HomeMy WebLinkAbout058 - 05/01/2018 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN GENERAL FUND AND URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY FUND/AUTHORIZING THE T ORDINANCE NO. 058; 2018
OF-THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE FORT
COLLINS URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE ,
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND THE FORT
COLLINS URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY FUND INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUND
FOR THE POUDRE RIVER WHITEWATER PARK PROJECT AND TRANSFERRING
APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUND TO THE CULTURAL
SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND FOR THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM
AND TRANSFERRING APPROPRIATIONS IN THE STORM DRAINAGE FUND FROM
THE BOXELDER CREEK OUTFALL PROJECT AND THE REMINGTON STREET
OUTFALL PROJECT TO THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUND FOR THE POUDRE RIVER
WHITEWATER PARK PROJECT
WHEREAS, at a regular City election held on April 7, 2015, the voters of the City of Fort
Collins approved the extension of the expiring twenty-five hundredths percent (0.25%) capital
projects sales and use tax (the "Tax") for a period of ten years; and
WHEREAS, the puipose of the Tax, as outlined in the ballot measure, is the planning,
design, real property acquisition, and construction of seventeen capital projects and related
operation and maintenance, referred to as the .Community Capital Improvement Program
("CCIP"), which includes construction of Downtown Poudre River Enhancements and a Kayak
Park(the "Whitewater Park Project" or"Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Whitewater Park Project will include world class whitewater features,
park gathering places, river overlooks, fish passage and habitat improvements, stormwater
improvements, street and sidewalk improvements, and various other related public improvements;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 013, 2015 ("Building on Basics Ordinance"), in
which the City Council recognized and adopted the passage of the April 7, 2015, CCIP ballot
measure,prior to use of any revenues from the Tax for construction of the Whitewater Park Project
(but not before beginning planning, design, and property acquisition) the City Council must have
determined, after receiving a report and recommendation from the City Manager, that the City has
received at least $1,500,000 in contributions and pledges of cash and other property from private
sources in support of the Whitewater Park Project, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Building on Basics Ordinance, no decision regarding the
design or cost of the Whitewater Park Project shall substantially change its essential character or
eliminate any of its components from that described in Exhibit "A"thereto; and
WHEREAS, the description of the Project set forth on Exhibit "A" to the Building on
Basics Ordinance includes a "whitewater kayak park" with "viewing/picnic areas", a "pedestrian
bridge over the river", improved "access to the river", enhancement of"the river's habitat and
beauty" and lowering of the river channel to improve flood mitigation and prevent flooding of
College Avenue; and
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WHEREAS, the initial Whitewater Park Project budget of $9,647,000 was approved in
Budget Offer 21.1 (2015), including approximately $4,200,000 in revenues from the Tax; and
WHEREAS, since such time Park Planning and Stormwater Utility staff have identified
the need for additional funding of $2,032,920 to complete all of the improvements in the
description of the Project on Exhibit "A" to the Building on Basics Ordinance, including a
pedestrian bridge, south bank wall and plaza enhancements, concrete walks, children's play area,
and site lighting and security features to support the Project
WHEREAS, at its work session on February 27, 2018, City Council reviewed the scope of
the Enhancements and additional budget elements, including contributions to the Art and Public
Places Program and $240,000 of additional construction costs contingency; and
WHEREAS, on March 6, 2018, the City and the Urban Renewal Authority (the "URA")
entered into an intergovernmental agreement by which the URA agreed to pay the City $300,000
toward the Whitewater Park Project costs, recognizing the value of the Project in furthering the
URA's North College Plan; and
WHEREAS, combining funds committed by the URA with funds identified in the
Stormwater Utility enterprise and General funds,Park Planning staff recommends the City Council
appropriate an additional$1,526,000 for the Whitewater Park Project,plus$7,920 to be transferred
to the Art and Public Places Program, as set forth herein; and ,
WHEREAS, during completion of the design and associated regional improvements for
the Whitewater Park Project and Enhancements,staff has identified additional benefits Stormwater
Utility ratepayers will realize, supporting a proportional increase in the Utility's contribution to
project costs; such benefits include additional flood conveyance under the College Avenue Bridge,
removal of developable land from the 100-year floodway, and new structures to convey runoff
from Vine Drive into a reconfigured water quality pond; and
WHEREAS, the City has not yet received the entire $1,500,000 in private contributions
and pledges required by Ordinance No. 013, 2015, and Council desire to appropriate the funds as
set forth herein, subject to the conditions that:
• such funds may not be expended for construction of the Project until the City
Manager provides a further report and recommendation indicating the City has
received the full $1,500,000 in private contributions and pledges; and
• the City Council adopts a resolution making a determination that this condition of
Ordinance No. 013, 2015, has been fully satisfied; and
WHEREAS, Article XII of the City Charter authorizes City Council to expend net
operating revenues of the City's utilities for renewal, replacement, extraordinary repair, extension,
improvement, enlargement, and betterment of such utilities, or other specific utility purposes
determined by Council to be beneficial to the ratepayers of said utilities; and
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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 fund"s for expenditure as may be
available from reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were not
previously appropriated; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and;
determined that these appropriations are available and previously unappropriated from the General
Fund,the Fort Collins Urban Renewal Authority Fund and the Storm Drainage Fund,as applicable,
and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the General Fund, the Fort Collins Urban,
Renewal Authority Fund or the Storm Drainage Fund,as applicable,to exceed the current estimate
of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in these funds during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
transfer by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered appropriated 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; the purpose for which the
funds were initially appropriated no longer exists;or the proposed transfer is from a fund or capital
project in which the amount appropriated exceeds the amount needed to accomplish the purpose
specified in the appropriation ordinance; and
WHEREAS, this Project involves construction estimated to cost more than $250,000, as
such, Section 23-304 of the City Code requires one percent of these qualified appropriations to be
transferred to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for a contribution to the Art in Public Places
(APP)program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from reserves in the
General Fund for transfer to the Capital Projects Fund the sum of FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-
SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS ($496,920) for the Poudre River
Whitewater Project and appropriated therein.
Section 3. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from reserves in the Fort
Collins Urban Renewal Authority Fund for transfer to the Capital Projects Fund the sum of THREE
HUNDRED THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($303,000) for the Poudre River Whitewater
Project and appropriated therein.
Section 4. That the unexpended appropriated amount of SIX THOUSAND ONE
HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT DOLLARS ($6,178) in the Capital Projects Fund-Poudre River
Whitewater Project is authorized for transfer to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and
appropriated therein-for Art in Public Places projects.
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Section 5. That the unexpended appropriated amount of ONE THOUSAND-SEVEN
HUNDRED FORTY-TWO DOLLARS ($1,742) in the Capital Projects Fund - Poudre River
Whitewater Project is authorized for.transfer to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and
appropriated therein for the Art in Public Places Program Maintenance and Operations.
Section 6. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from-the Boxelder Creek
Outfall Project and the Remington Street Outfall Project in the Storm Drainage Fund for transfer
to the Capital Projects Fund the sum of SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($734,000) for the Poudre River Whitewater Project and appropriated therein.
Section 7. That the expenditure of the funds appropriated herein for construction of
the Project is conditioned on the City Manager first providing a report and recommendation to City
Council indicating the City has received the full $1,500,000 of private contributions and pledges
in support of the Whitewater Park Project, as required by Ordinance No. 013, 2015, and City
Council adoption of a subsequent resolution making the determination that such requirement has
been fully satisfied.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and•ordered ublished this 17th day of
April, A.D. 2018, and to be presented for final passage on the Is A.D. 2018.
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