HomeMy WebLinkAbout088 - 09/04/2007 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKLAND FUND - OLD FORT COLLINS HERITAGE PA ORDINANCE NO. 088, 2007
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKLAND
FUND - OLD FORT COLLINS HERITAGE PARK CAPITAL PROJECT AND
AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN FUNDS TO
REDEVELOP A PLAYGROUND AND CONSTRUCT A SKATE PARK AND TWO NEW
HANDBALL COURTS AT OLD FORT COLLINS HERITAGE PARK
WHEREAS, construction of the new Northside Aztlan Community Center resulted in the
removal of an existing playground at Old Fort Collins Heritage Park(the"Park") and a skate park
located on the west side of the current Northside Aztlan facility; and
WHEREAS,construction of a new playground featuring a climbing boulder and a skate park
were included in the design of the new Northside Aztlan Community Center; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the two aforementioned facilities two new three-wall handball
courts will be constructed at the Park; and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost to construct the new playground, skate park, and handball
courts (the "Project") at the Park is $395,000; and
WHEREAS, the Project will be partially funded by contributions from Soderberg Masonry
and the Bohemian Foundation and by revenues derived from neighborhood parkland fees and
proceeds from the Building Community Choices (BCC) sales and use tax; and
WHEREAS,the City's Parks Department applied for and has been awarded a Great Outdoors
Colorado Trust Fund ("GOCO") grant, totaling$110,000, to help fund the Project; and
WHEREAS,the City Council is concurrently considering the adoption of Ordinance No.087
2007, authorizing the City Manager to enter into a grant agreement with the GOCO state board,
which agreement would obligate the City to use the$110,000 in grant proceeds for construction of
the new playground, skate park and handball courts at the Park; and
WHEREAS,funding sources for the remaining cost of improvements for the Project totaling
$285,000 have been identified as follows:
Soderberg Masonry Cash Contribution $ 45,000
Bohemian Foundation Grant 30,000
Neighborhood Parkland Fund - Old Fort Collins
Heritage Park Existing Appropriations 100,000
BCC Capital Projects Fund - City/School District
Community Projects Capital Project Existing
Appropriations 110,000
Total $285,000
WHEREAS,Under Article V,Section 9 of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins permits the
City Council to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year,
provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriations,in combination with all previous
appropriations for that fiscal year, does not exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS,City staff has determined that the appropriation of the proceeds from the GOCO
grant, and the contributions from Soderberg Masonry and the Bohemian Foundation will not cause
the total amount appropriated in the Neighborhood Parkland Fund-Old Fort Collins Heritage Park
capital project to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received during
the fiscal year; 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
were initially appropriated no longer exists; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 23-304 of the City Code, one percent of the funds
appropriated for the construction of capital projects should be set aside in the Art in Public Places
Reserve account in the Cultural Services & Facilities Fund, for use in the acquisition or leasing of
works of art, maintenance,repair or display of works of art, and administrative expenses related to
the Art in Public Places Guidelines adopted by Council in Ordinance No. 047. 1998; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to:
(a) appropriate, upon receipt,the sum of$185,000 in the Neighborhood
Parkland Fund - Old Fort Collins Heritage Park capital project,
representing the proceeds from a GOCO grant ($110,000), the
contribution from Soderberg Masonry($45,000),and the contribution
from the Bohemian Foundation Fund ($30,000); and
(b) authorize the transfer of existing appropriations, totaling $110,000,
from the Capital Projects Fund - Building Community Choices -
City/School District Community Projects capital project to the
Neighborhood Parkland Fund-Old Fort Collins Heritage Park to be
used for construction of playground,skate park,and handball courts
at the Park; and
(c) authorize the transfer of $3,950 from the Neighborhood Parkland
Fund-Old Fort Collins Heritage Park capital project to the Cultural
Services & Facilities Fund to provide funding for the City's Art in
Public Places program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue
in the Neighborhood Parkland Fund-Old Fort Collins Heritage Park capital project,the sum of ONE
HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS($185,000),upon receipt from the following
sources:
Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) Grant Proceeds $ 110,000
Soderberg Masonry Cash Contribution 45,000
Bohemian Foundation Grant 30,000
Total $ 185,000
to be used for construction of a playground, skate park, and handball courts at the Park.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of ONE HUNDRED TEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($110,000) is hereby authorized for transfer from the Capital Projects
Fund - Building Community Choices - City/School District Community Projects capital project to
the Neighborhood Parkland Fund - Old Fort Collins Heritage Park be used for construction of a
playground, skate park, and handball courts at the Park.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of THREE THOUSAND NINE
HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($3,950) is hereby authorized for transfer from the Neighborhood
Parkland Fund- Old Fort Collins Heritage Park capital project to the Art in Public Places Reserve
Account in the Cultural Services&Facilities Fund,for appropriation therein,to be used for purposes
consistent with the City's Art in Public Places Program.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21st day of
August,A.D. 2007, and to be presented for final passage on the ay of September, A.D. 2007.
May
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 4th day of Se ber, A.D. 2007.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk