HomeMy WebLinkAbout075 - 06/15/2021 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE COMMUNITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUND FOR PUBLIC ENGAGORDINANCE NO.075,2021
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE COMMUNITY CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUND FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR THE
SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY INNOVATION CENTER AND POOL
WHEREAS,in April 2015,Fort Collins voters passed a ten-year quarter cent (.25%)sales
tax renewal dedicated to community capital improvements,known as “Building on Basics”or
BOB”;and
WHEREAS,in Resolution 2015-012,one of the projects the City Council specified would
be funded with BOB proceeds is a southeast community center with an outdoor pool,focused on
innovation,technology,art,recreation,and the creative process (the “Project”);and
WHEREAS,the Project is scheduled to be designed in 2022,and Recreation staff wishes
to use $100,000 of the BOB proceeds to engage an consultant to conduct public outreach that will
be used to help develop a program plan for this unique facility;and
WHEREAS,this appropriation benefits the public health,safety and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of ensuring that the Project will be designed
to best serve the needs of the community;and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council,upon the
recommendation of the City Manager,to appropriate by ordinance at any time during the fiscal
year such funds 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 this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the Community
Capital Improvement Program Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the
Community Capital Improvement Program Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and
anticipated revenues to be received in that 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 for expenditure from prior year reserves in
the Community Capital Improvement Program Fund the sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($100,000)for public outreach by the Recreation Department that will be used to
provide program plan services for the Southeast Community Innovation Center and Pool.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 15th day of ne,A.D.
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Introduced,considered favorably on first reading,and ordered published this 1st day of
June,A.D.2021,and to be presented for final passage ~1.
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