HomeMy WebLinkAbout128 - 10/03/2000 - AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS TO BE USED FOR DOWNTOWN CIVIC CENTER IMPROVEMENTS ORDINANCE NO. 128, 2000
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE STREET
OVERSIZING FUND TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND AND
BETWEEN PROJECTS IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND TO
BE USED FOR DOWNTOWN CIVIC CENTER IMPROVEMENTS
WHEREAS,Transportation Services has been working toward improving the transportation
infrastructure surrounding the Downtown Civic Center projects; and
WHEREAS, the Civic Center Transportation Plan, which is an element of the Downtown
Civic Center Master Plan adopted by City Council via Resolution 96-86 on July 16, 1986,identified
transportation and streetscape improvements needed to serve the redevelopment of the downtown
area; and
WHEREAS, certain improvements have been included or have coincided with the
construction of the Civic Center Parking Structure and the Larimer County Justice Center such as
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad crossing improvements, drainage improvements (the
Howes Outfall) and a number of aesthetic and safety improvements; and
WHEREAS,transportation related improvements are also included in the construction of the
City Office Building and the Transit Center; and
WHEREAS, additional offsite transportation improvements, which are considered vital to
the development of the downtown area,including major street and intersection reconstruction,traffic
signal upgrades,crosswalk and sidewalk improvements,and various streetscape enhancements,have
been identified; and
WHEREAS, the total estimated cost of the aforementioned offsite improvements
("Downtown Civic Center Improvements") is $1,779,482; and
WHEREAS, funding for the Downtown Civic Center Improvements has been identified as
follows:
Street Oversizing Fund - Existing Appropriations $ 1,530,302
Capital Projects Fund Pedestrian Accessibility Project-
Existing Appropriations (General Fund) 109,180
Capital Projects Fund Downtown Intersection Improvements -
Existing Appropriations (Downtown Development
Authority Contribution) 140,000
$ 1,779,482
and;
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10, of the Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by
ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered amount or portion thereof from one fund or capital
project to another fund or capital project,provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds
are to be expended remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to authorize the transfer of existing
appropriations in: (1)the Street Oversizing Fund,totaling$1,530,302; (2)the Capital Projects Fund
Pedestrian Accessibility project, totaling $109,180; and (3) the Capital Projects Fund Downtown
Intersections project, totaling $140,000, to the Capital Projects Fund Downtown Civic Center
Improvements capital project to be used to construct transportation related improvements in the
downtown civic center area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the unexpended appropriated amount of ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THIRTY THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWO DOLLARS ($1,530,302) is hereby authorized
for transfer from the Street Oversizing Fund to the Capital Projects Fund Downtown Civic Center
Improvements project, and appropriated therein to be used to construct transportation related
improvements in the downtown civic center area.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of ONE HUNDRED NINE
THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS ($109,180) is hereby authorized for transfer
from the Capital Projects Fund Pedestrian Accessibility project to the Capital Projects Fund
Downtown Civic Center Improvements project, and appropriated therein to be used to construct
transportation related improvements in the downtown civic center area.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of ONE HUNDRED FORTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($140,000) is hereby authorized for transfer from the Capital Projects
Fund Downtown Intersections project to the Capital Projects Fund Downtown Civic Center
Improvements project, and appropriated therein to be used to construct transportation related
improvements in the downtown civic center area.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 19th day of
September, A.D. 2000, and to be presented for final passage on the 3rd day of October, A.D. 2000.
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Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 3rd day of October, A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATM ST:
City Clerk