HomeMy WebLinkAbout059 - 06/07/2022 - APPROPRIATING PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED THROUGH CITY GIVE FOR THE GARDENS ON SPRING CREEKORDINANCE NO. 059, 2022
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED THROUGH CITY GIVE FOR
THE GARDENS ON SPRING CREEK
WHEREAS, The Friends of the Gardens on Spring Creek ("Friends") is an independent,
not -for -profit 501(c)(3) organization established in 1988 whose mission is to support the general
operating costs of the Gardens on Spring Creek through advocacy, community engagement,
volunteerism, and fundraising; and
WHEREAS, Friends has raised $55,000, which it desires to donate to the City through City
Give to support operations of the Gardens on Spring Creek; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to accept this philanthropic donation and pledges to manage
and expend such funds for the benefit of the Gardens on Spring Creek as though the funds were
raised by the City itself; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of funding the Gardens on Spring Creek; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon
recommendation of the City Manager, to make a supplemental appropriation by ordinance at any
time during the fiscal year, provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriation, in
combination with all previous appropriations for that fiscal year, do not exceed the current estimate
of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the Interim City Manager has recommended the appropriation described
herein and determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the
Cultural Services Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Cultural Services
Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be
received in this Fund during this fiscal year.
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 new philanthropic revenue in the
Cultural Services Fund the sum of FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($55,000) to be
expended in the Cultural Services Fund for the Gardens on Spring Creek.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 17th day of,
May A.D. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of June, A.D. 2022.
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