HomeMy WebLinkAbout201 - 12/18/2001 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES FOR TRANSFER TO THE BUILDING COMMUNITY CHOICES CAPITAL PROJECTS FU ORDINANCE NO. 201, 2001
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES
DESIGNATED FOR COMMUNITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT EXPANSION FUND AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARKLAND FUND PRIOR
YEAR RESERVES FOR TRANSFER TO THE BUILDING COMMUNITY CHOICES
CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND FOSSIL CREEK COMMUNITY PARK CAPITAL PROJECT
FOR USE WITH EXISTING APPROPRIATIONS TO CONSTRUCT A MAINTENANCE
FACILITY
WHEREAS,the current Parks and Recreation Policy Plan,which was approved by the City
Council with the adoption of Resolution 96-146 in December 1996, recommends that community
parks be developed at a standard of 4.5 acres per 1,000 population; and
WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Policy Plan identifies the need for centralized
maintenance facilities for the future 50-acre community park and seven neighborhood parks planned
for the southeast area of the City; and
WHEREAS, included in the Building Community Choices Capital Improvement Plan for
Natural Areas and Parks, approved by voters at a Municipal Election on April 8, 1997, is
development and construction of Fossil Creek Community Park; and
WHEREAS,improvements at the 99-acre Fossil Creek Community Park,located on Lemay
Avenue south of Harmony Road across the street west of Southridge Golf Course will include
lighted ballfields, shelters, playgrounds, multi-use turf areas, restrooms, sidewalks, water features,
basketball and tennis courts,multi-use courts,parking lots,a maintenance facility,and landscaping;
and
WHEREAS, staff recommends constructing a maintenance facility at Fossil Creek
Community Park that is larger than originally planned for that Park, in order to serve a future 50-
acre community park and seven neighborhood parks planned for the southeast area of the City;and
WHEREAS, a larger maintenance facility at Fossil Creek Community Park is an efficient,
cost-effective way to provide maintenance facilities for existing and future park sites in southeast
Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS,neighborhood and community park impact fees are assessed on new residential
dwellings and are used to build new neighborhood and community parks, including maintenance
facilities needed to care for those parks; and
WHEREAS, additional funds are available for appropriation from prior year reserves
designated for community park improvements in the Capital Improvement Expansion Fund
($105,000) and Neighborhood Parkland Fund prior year reserves ($75,000); and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (the "Charter")
permits the City Council to appropriate by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year such funds
for expenditure as may be available from reserves accumulated in prior years,notwithstanding that
such reserves were not previously appropriated; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the sum of$180,000 from prior
year reserves designated for community park improvements in the Capital Improvement Expansion
Fund($105,000)and Neighborhood Parkland Fund prior year reserves($75,000)for transfer to the
Building Community Choices Capital Projects Fund for Natural Areas and Parks to be used to
construct a larger maintenance facility at Fossil Creek Community Park.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves designated for
community park improvements in the Capital Improvement Expansion Fund, the sum of ONE
HUNDRED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS($105,000)for transfer to the Fossil Creek Community
Park project, within the Building Community Choices Capital Projects Fund for Natural Areas and
Parks, to be used to construct a larger maintenance facility at Fossil Creek Community Park.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Neighborhood
Parkland Fund,the sum of SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS($75,000)for transfer to the
Fossil Creek Community Park project, within the Building Community Choices Capital Projects
Fund for Natural Areas and Parks, to be used to construct a larger maintenance facility at Fossil
Creek Community Park.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 20th day of
November, A.D. 2001, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of December, A.D.
2001.
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-Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 18th day of December,A.D. 2001.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk