HomeMy WebLinkAbout159 - 11/15/1994 - APPROPRIATING $15,000 FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF OLD FORT COLLINS HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING AND AUTHORIZI ORDINANCE NO. 159, 1994
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING $15,000 FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF THE
OLD FORT COLLINS HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING AND AUTHORIZING STAFF TO
CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE USE OF THE BUILDING AS A
MAIN- LIBRARY AND_ YOUTH CENTER_
WHEREAS, the City's present library facilities are not adequate to meet the
needs of the Fort Collins community; and
WHEREAS, the Fort Collins community values library services; and
WHEREAS, the Old Fort Collins High School ("the Old High School") building
will be put to an alternative use due to the construction of a new Fort Collins
High School ; and
WHEREAS, the Old High School building and site is large enough to
accommodate a main library for the growing Fort Collins community and to provide
parking for the library; and
WHEREAS, the use of the Old High School for the main library would allow
for an important and historic educational institution to continue to be used for
the educational benefit of the entire Fort Collins community; and
WHEREAS, the Council wishes for City staff to continue to explore the
feasibility of using the Old High School for a main library and youth center; and
WHEREAS, the Council recognizes the need to retain the services of a
professional library building consultant to perform a thorough structural and
mechanical analysis of the Old High School building and site; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 7, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins
authorizes the City Council to provide by ordinance for payment of any expense
from reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were
not appropriated for expenditure in the annual appropriation ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
as follows:
Section 1 . That there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund
Reserve designated for facilities maintenance the amount of Fifteen Thousand
Dollars ($15,000) to be used to retain the services of a library building
consultant to study the feasibility of using the Old High School building and
site as the main City library.
Section 2. That staff is directed to continue to work on the use of the
Old High School building as a main library and youth center.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published
this 1st day of November, A.D. 1994, and to be presente final pas on the
15th day of November, A.D. 1994.
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 15th da f November, A.D. 1994.
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