HomeMy WebLinkAbout160 - - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE CAPITAL EXPANSION FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPR1
ORDINANCE NO. 160, 2017
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE CAPITAL EXPANSION
FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS
FROM THE CAPITAL EXPANSION FUND INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECT
FUND FOR THE EAST DISTRICT MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND
TRANSFERRING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE CULTURAL SERVICES
AND FACILITIES FUND FOR THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM
WHEREAS, staff has identified a need for a maintenance facility in the East Park District
which includes Radiant, English Ranch,Harmony, Stew Case,Eastside,Archery Range and Twin
Silo Parks),to be built on the East Community Park site,near the intersection of Drake and Ziegler;
and
WHEREAS, this new facility will continue the precinct maintenance facility approach
supported by the Council approved 2008 Parks and Recreation Policy Plan; and
WHEREAS, to determine the ultimate cost and location of the maintenance facility on the
park site, planning and design are needed (the "Project'); and
WHEREAS, the total cost of the maintenance facility is unknown, although preliminary
estimates suggest it will be $3-5 million; and
WHEREAS, the facility will be modeled after existing maintenance facilities, including
the maintenance facilities located at Spring Canyon and Fossil Creek parks. The facility will be
approximately 4,000-6,000 square feet in size; and
WHEREAS, design costs in the Ordinance are for floodplain analysis ($100,000),
preliminary site master planning ($30,000), and facility design ($3b0,000) for a total requested
appropriation of$430,000; 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 Capital Expansion Fund; 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
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, this project involves construction estimated to cost more than $250,000, as
such, Section 237304 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
Capital Expansion Fund for transfer to the Capital Projects Fund the sum of FOUR HUNDRED
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($430,000) for the planning and design of the Project and
appropriated therein.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of THREE THOUSAND
THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($3,354) in the Capital Projects Fund - East
District Park Maintenance Facility 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 NINE HUNDRED FORTY-
SIX DOLLARS ($946) in the Capital Projects Fund - East District Park Maintenance Facility
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.
Mayor
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 5th day of December, A.D. 2017.
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