HomeMy WebLinkAbout125 - 10/03/2023 - MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FROM THE GREAT OUTDOORS COLORADO GRANT IN SUPPORT FOR THE COMPLEORDINANCE NO.125,2023
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FROM THE GREAT
OUTDOORS COLORADO GRANT IN SUPPORT FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE
COLORADO FRONT RANGE TRAIL-POUDRE RIVER TRAIL SEGMENT
WHEREAS,Larimer County (“County”),in partnership with the City’s Park Planning and
Development Division of the Parks Department,the Town of Timnath,and the Town of Windsor
applied for and received a grant from Great Outdoors Colorado (“GOCO”)for the completion of
the Poudre River Trail (the “Grant”);and
WHEREAS,the Grant will fund construction of gaps in the trail from CSU’s
Environmental Learning Center (“ELC”)in eastern Fort Collins to River Bluffs Open Space west
of Windsor including a spur connection to Windsor’s Kyger reservoir property;and
WHEREAS,on July 18,2023,City Council approved Resolution 2023-067 authorizing
the City Manager to execute an intergovernmental agreement between the City and the County
with respect to the Grant,which has now been fully executed by both parties;and
WHEREAS,the City’s estimated portion of the Grant allocation is $1,000,744;and
WHEREAS,this appropriation benefits the public health,safety and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of completing the Poudre River Trail by
constructing the remaining sections of trail needed to enable residents to safely traverse between
communities,uninterrupted,while enjoying the beauty of the Poudre River corridor;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 City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and
determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the
Conservation Trust Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Conservation
Trust 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;and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 11 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds for a federal,state or private grant,that such
appropriation shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made,but
continue until the earlier of the expiration of the federal,state or private grant or the City’s
expenditure of all funds received from such grant or donation;and
WHEREAS,the City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein from the Great
Outdoors Colorado Grant as an appropriation that shall not lapse until the earlier of the expiration
of the grant or the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such grant.
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 revenue or other funds in the
Conservation Trust Fund the sum of ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR
DOLLARS ($1,000,744)to be expended in the Conservation Trust Fund for the completion of the
Poudre River Trail.
Section 3.That the appropriation herein from Great Outdoors Colorado Grant is
hereby designated,as authorized in Article V,Section 11 of the City Charter,as an appropriation
that shall not lapse at the end of this fiscal year but continue until the earlier of the expiration of
the grant or the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such grant.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 19th day of
September,2023,and to be presented for final passage on t -3rd day of Octoi 2023.
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Passed and adopted on final readin~this 3rd day of October,2023.
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