HomeMy WebLinkAbout041 - 04/20/2021 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED BY CITY GIVE FOR TRANSFER TO NATRUAL AREA ORDINANCE NO. 041, 2021
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED
BY CITY GIVE FOR TRANSFER TO NATURAL AREAS FOR RESTORATION
OF BOBCAT RIDGE
WHEREAS, the City is the owner of a 2,600 acre parcel of land southwest of Fort Collins
known as Bobcat Ridge Natural Area(the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, the City purchased the Property in 2003 from D.R. and Virginia Pulliam;
and
WHEREAS, in the fall of 2020, most of the Property was burned by the Cameron Peak
Fire; and
WHEREAS, the D.R. &V. Pulliam Charitable Trust has awarded the City $75,000 for the
Natural Areas Department to use for fire recovery and ecological restoration efforts on the
Property; specifically:
(1) restoration of the "wishing well" at the historic cabin;
(2) replacement of the horse ramp for people with disabilities;
(3) shrub/habitat restoration;
(4) drainage restoration; and
(5) trail maintenance and repairs; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens
of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of restoring historic structures, replacing features
needed to accommodate persons with disabilities and restoring habitat, all with the goal of
reopening the Property to the public in 2021; 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, the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and
determined that these appropriations are available and previously unappropriated from the
General Fund and the Natural Areas Fund, as applicable, and will not cause the total amount
appropriated General Fund and the Natural Areas Fund, as applicable, to exceed the current
estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in these funds during this 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
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from one fund or capital project account to another fund or capital project account, provided that
the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS, because the donated funds are restricted to use for a particular purpose, any
appropriations for Art in Public Places that may be required pursuant to Article XII of Chapter
23 of the City Code for the restoration project on the Property will be made with unrestricted
funds in other funding appropriations for the project; and
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 philanthropic
revenue in the General Fund, City Give Reserves account, the sum of SEVENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($75,000) for transfer to the Natural Areas Fund and appropriated
therein for the Natural Areas Department to support fire recovery and ecological restoration
efforts at the Bobcat Ridge Natural Area.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day of
March, A.D. 2021, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of April, A.D. 2021.
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