HomeMy WebLinkAbout001 - 01/21/2014 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE GARDENS ON SPRING CREEK ORDINANCE NO. 001, 2014
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE
GENERAL FUND FOR THE GARDENS ON SPRING CREEK
WHEREAS, the City's community botanical gardens program, Gardens on Spring Creek
(the "Gardens"), was awarded two grants in the aggregate amount of$76,000; and
WHEREAS, the Gardens received a grant from the Colorado Health Foundations in the
amount of $65,000, to pay for a portion of the Community Garden Outreach Coordinator
position and for two part-time hourly positions to assist with the Community Garden Outreach
Program; and
WHEREAS, the Gardens also received a grant in the amount of $11,000 from the
Colorado State University Specialty Crops program to conduct research on the feasibility of a
Farm Incubator Program; and
WHEREAS, neither grant requires City matching funds; and
WHEREAS; Article V, Section 9, of the City Charter 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 grant funds totaling
$76,000 as described herein, will not cause the total amount appropriated in the General Fund to
exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during
the fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the
General Fund the sum of SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($65,000) for expenditure in
the General Fund for the Gardens on Spring Creek to help fund various positions within the
Community Garden Outreach Program.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the
General Fund the sum of ELEVEN THOUSAND ($11,000) for expenditure in the General Fund
for the Gardens on Spring Creek to fund research of the feasibility of a Farm Incubator Program.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of
January, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 21 st day of January, A.D. 2014.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21 st day of January, A.D. 2014.
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