HomeMy WebLinkAbout088 - 08/04/2020 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND AUTHORIZING A TRANSFER OF EXISTING ORDINANCE NO. 088, 2020
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
AND AUTHORIZING A TRANSFER OF EXISTING APPROPRIATIONS
FOR A CONTEXTUAL REPORT ON THE WORK OF ARCHITECT WILLIAM ROBB
WHEREAS, the City recently was awarded a grant in the amount of $15,588 (the
"Grant") by the State Historical Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Grant requires $6,000 in matching funds from the City, which have been
appropriated and are available in the General Fund for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, the Grant will fund a historic context report on local architect William
"Bill" Robb and the many projects he and his firm, now known as RB+B, designed in Fort
Collins; and
WHEREAS, the Grant will pay for professional historic preservation services to identify
and research Robb-designed buildings, to highlight the work of this mid-century designer and to
proactively identify which of these may be eligible for historic designation; and
WHEREAS, the results of this historic context report will be used to promote awareness
and pride within the neighborhood, and will provide the City with the tools to make informed
planning decisions; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon
recommendation of the City Manager, 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, the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and
determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the General
Fund and 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 this fiscal year;
and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council, upon
recommendation by the City Manager, 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
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WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended the transfer described herein and
determined that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains
unchanged.
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 from unanticipated grant revenue in the
General Fund the sum of FIFTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT
DOLLARS ($15,588) for expenditure in the General Fund for the William Robb historic context
report.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of SIX THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($6,000) is authorized for transfer from the Historic Preservation Division's
operating budget in the General Fund for expenditure in the General Fund for the William Robb
historic context report.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21 st day of
July, A.D. 2020, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of August A.D. 2020.
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