HomeMy WebLinkAbout158 - - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE NATURAL AREAS FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIORDINANCE NO. 158, 2017
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE NATURAL AREAS FUND
AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE
NATURAL AREAS FUND INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUND FOR THE
NATURAL AREAS MAINTENANCE FACILITY EXPANSION PROJECT, AND
TRANSFERRING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE CULTURAL SERVICES AND
FACILITIES FUND FOR THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM
WHEREAS, A Natural Areas Department Campus Site Master Plan has been developed
for the Natural Areas Department that identifies facilities that will ensure the ability of the City to
manage its natural areas portfolio for several decades into the future; and
WHEREAS, the existing shop and equipment yard were built in 2002, and since that time
the Natural Area acreage has,increased from 5,OOO acres to 36,000 acres including an increase in
field staff from 10 to 40 employees; and
WHEREAS,the City will continue to add an estimated 500 acres of natural area every year
for the foreseeable future; and
WHEREAS, the Natural Areas department has identified a need to increase the size of the
Maintenance Facility to include vehicle and equipment storage, employee facility remodeling,
expansion of the equipment yard, solar panel installation, roof fall protection and a fueling station
the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the total cost of the Project is expected to be $2,870,000; and
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WHEREAS, $1,450,000 was appropriated for the Project in the Budgeting For Outcomes
BFO_') Offer; however of those funds, $200,000 in appropriations lapsed and went to Natural
Areas fund balance and will be reappropriated in this Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, $1,620,000 will be appropriated for the Project in this Ordinance from prior
year reserves from the Natural Areas Fund, of which $1,420,000 is the additional cost of the
Project; and
WHEREAS, the cost to maintain and operate the new shop facilities will be modest and is
estimated at less than $25,000 annually; and
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 funds for expenditure as may be
available from reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were not
previously appropriated; and
WHEREAS, City staff have determined that the appropriations as described herein are
available and previously unappropriated in the Natural Areas Fund; and
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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
Natural Areas Fund for transfer to the Capital Projects Fund the sum of ONE MILLION SIX
HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,620,000) for the Project and appropriated
therein.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of TWELVE THOUSAND SIX
HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX DOLLARS ($12,636) in the Capital Projects Fund - Natural Areas
Maintenance Facility Expansion Project is authorized -for transfer to the Cultural Services and
Facilities Fund and appropriated therein for Art in Public Places projects.
Section 4. That the unexpended appropriated amount of THREE THOUSAND
SIXTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($3,564) in the Capital Projects Fund - Natural Areas Maintenance
Facility Expansion 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.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21st day of
November, A.D. 2017, and to be presented for final passage on the 5th day of December, A.D.
2017.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 5th day of December,A.D. 2017.
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