HomeMy WebLinkAbout055 - 05/02/2017 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE STORM DRAINAGE FUND TO PERFORM STREAM RESTORATION WORK ON M (2)ORDINANCE NO. 055, 2017
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE STORM DRAINAGE FUND TO
PERFORM STREAM RESTORATION WORK ON MCCLELLANDS CREEK IN
CONNECTION WITH THE TWIN SILO PARK DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND
TRANSFERRING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE CULTURAL SERVICES
AND FACILITIES FUND FOR THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM
WHEREAS, local development and the construction of Lady Moon Drive has
increased flows and affected McClellands Creek, resulting in severe degradation of the stream
channel and banks between Ziegler Road and Lady Moon Drive, causing erosion and
undercutting along the channel banks within the project area; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort.Collins has been constructing stream rehabilitation activities
along McClellands Creek in southeast Fort Collins as a joint effort between the Stormwater
Utility and Parks Planning; and
WHEREAS, City staff has recommended stream rehabilitation activities along
approximately 2,200 linear feet of McClellands Creek in the new Twin Silo Park(the "Park"),
including channel modifications to stabilize the channel and banks, and improve the quality of
the aquatic and riparian habitat within McClellands Creek and its associated floodplain, and to
mitigate storm drainage impacts and enhance stormwater management (collectively, the
McClellands Creek Stream Restoration Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Park's proposed recreation facility enhancements and site amenities,
which will be constructed concurrently with the Project under a single contract, include
constructing a designated creek play area, relocating two pedestrian bridges, installing
stormwater outfall structures, and constructing one raised pedestrian bridge and one at-grade
creek crossing (the "Twin Silo Park Development Project"); and
WHEREAS, the McClellands Creek Stream Restoration Project and Twin Silo Park
Development Project address separate issues, but can be constructed more economically and
with less overall impact if designed and constructed concurrently; and
WHEREAS, the Water Board previously approved the Stream Restoration Program and
the Project has been prioritized due to the ability to construct it in coordination with the Park
Improvements Project; and
WHEREAS, Utilities is requesting $454,500 from the Storm Drainage Fund Reserves to
cover costs of the Project ($450,000) in conjunction with the Twin Silo Park Development
Project and the one percent (1%) required for the Art in Public Places Program ("APP") under
City Code Section 23-304(a) ($4,500); 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
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available from reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were not
previously appropriated; 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 (project) to another fund (project), provided that the purpose for which the
transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Article XII, Section 6 of the City Charter, the
appropriation of reserves for the Project from the Storm Drainage Fund and the transfer of a
portion of those unexpended and unencumbered appropriated funds to the APP 'program
established by City Code Section 23-304(a) will be used for stormwater purposes and
improvements in connection with the Park Improvements Project.
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 Storm Drainage Fund the sum of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($454,500) as follows:
Twin Silo Park Development Project (stream restoration 450,000
work on McClellands Creek)
Art in Public Places Project (Artwork)3,510
Art in Public Places Project (transfer to Cultural Services 990
Fund for APP Maintenance & Operations)
TOTAL 454,500
Section 3.That the unexpended appropriated amount of NINE HUNDRED AND
NINETY DOLLARS ($990) is authorized for transfer to the Art in Public Places Projects from
the Storm Drainage Fund to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and appropriated therein
for the Art in Public Places Program Maintenance and Operations
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 18th day of
April, A.D. 2017, and to be presented for final passage on the 2nd day of May, A.D. 2017.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 2nd day of May, A.D. 2017.
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