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HomeMy WebLinkAbout031 - 03/06/2001 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES REPRESENTING A DONATION FROM THE WILKINS CHARITABLE TRUST ORDINANCE NO. 31, 2001 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN VARIOUS CITY FUNDS REPRESENTING A DONATION FROM THE WILKINS CHARITABLE TRUST WHEREAS,Don and May Wilkins moved to Fort Collins in 1937,and Mr.Wilkins was the editor of the Fort Collins Express Courier (now the Coloradoan) for over 30 years; and WHEREAS,the Wilkins created a Charitable Trust to provide support for cultural,charitable, literacy, historic, and educational purposes in and around the Fort Collins area; and WHEREAS, the City received a donation of$235,000, in December of 2000, through the generosity of the Don and May Wilkins Charitable Trust; and WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Trust's objectives, the following projects and services benefiting the Fort Collins community are recommended for funding: Improvements to the north shore of Sheldon Lake in City Park $ 100,000 Museum Courtyard Improvements 50,000 Library/Museum Facility Study 25,000 Fundraising Services from The North Group for a New Performing Arts Center 60,000 Total $ 235,000 WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (the "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, it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the total amount of $235,000, representing a donation from the Don and May Wilkins Charitable Trust, as follows: $100,000 in the Capital Improvement Expansion Fund for improvements to Sheldon Lake; $110,000 in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for improvements to Museum courtyard ($50,000) and for fundraising services from the North Group for a new performing arts center($60,000);and$25,000 in the General Fund for a Library/Museum Facility study. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Capital Improvement Expansion Fund the amount of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000) to be used with existing appropriations for improvements to Sheldon Lake. Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund the amount of ONE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($110,000) to be used as follows: Museum Courtyard Improvements $ 50,000 Fundraising Services from the North Group for a New Performing Arts Center 60,00 Total $ 110,000 Section 3. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the General Fund the amount of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000) to be used for a Library/Museum Facility Study. Introduced and considered favorable on first reading and ordered published this 20th day of February, A.D. 2001, and to be presented for final passage on the 6th day of March, A.D. 2001. y4 X Mayor , ATTEST: U.L k •. City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 6th day of March, A.D. 2001. Q f , Mayor , ATTEST: - VULY__'�. -s". - L City Clerk