HomeMy WebLinkAbout024 - 03/04/2014 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE KEEP FORT COLLINS GREAT FUND TO FUND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ORDINANCE NO. 024, 2014
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE KEEP FORT COLLINS
GREAT FUND TO FUND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST CENTRAL
NEIGHBORHOODS PLAN
WHEREAS, the West Central Neighborhoods Plan (the "Plan') which was established in
1999, encompasses the neighborhoods south and west of Colorado State University ("CSU")
campus; and
WHEREAS, the Plan area includes commercial and institutional uses as well as the
highest residential density of any planning area in Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation element of the Plan is in need of an update in light of
CSU on-campus expansion, student population growth, additional area development, automobile
congestion mitigation needs, and deficiencies of sidewalks, bike lanes, and parking facilities; and
WHEREAS, the update will address transportation facilities and services for the
"Prospect Corridor," (the portion of Prospect Road between Peterson Street and South Taft Hill
Road) review of existing conditions, identifying data needs, establishing a transportation vision,
CSU campus development, potential on-campus stadium impacts, updates to existing network
plans, and evaluating design alternatives for Prospect Road; and
WHEREAS, the FC Moves Department is requesting a one-time appropriation of
S 170,000 from existing reserves in the Keep Fort Collins Great Other Transportation Reserve to
fund consulting services associated with the development of the Transportation Element of the
Plan update; and
WHEREAS, if appropriated, these funds will supplement $135:000 of previously
approved funding for consulting services to update the land use, housing, and urban design
elements of the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the consolidation of funds will result in considerable efficiencies in public
expenditure, outreach and engagement, sharing of data and design concepts between land use
and transportation, and utilizing a single consultation team to serve both land and transportation
updates to the Plan; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City 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
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from reserves in the Keep
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Fort Collins Great Fund the sum of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
($170,000) to support the update of the West Central Neighborhoods Plan in 2014.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 18th day of
February, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of March, A.D. 2014.
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