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HomeMy WebLinkAbout026 - 04/04/2000 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES FOR THE FRANZ-SMITH CABIN RELOCATION PROJECT ORDINANCE NO. 26, 2000 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND AND UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE CULTURAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND FOR THE FRANZ-SMITH CABIN RELOCATION PROJECT WHEREAS, in October of 1999, Fort Collins Museum staff learned of a small homestead cabin, the Franz-Smith cabin, which currently sits on blocks behind the Forks Restaurant on Colorado Department of Transportation(CDOT) land but must be removed from that location(the "Franz-Smith Cabin"); and WHEREAS,the Franz-Smith Cabin,which was originally located adjacent to Shields Street near Harmony Road in around 1882 and was moved to its current location in 1987,is considered by Museum staff to be a significant structure of Fort Collins' past that is now in danger of being lost; and WHEREAS,the mission of the Fort Collins Museum is to engage and inspire its audiences to explore the legacies of the peoples and environments of the Cache La Poudre River Valley; and WHEREAS, the Franz-Smith Cabin serves as an icon of Fort Collins agricultural heritage and will be preserved and protected for the education and enjoyment of today's,and future,citizens; and WHEREAS,Museum staff,with the support of the Cultural Resources Board and interested citizens,determined that the relocation of the Franz-Smith Cabin to the Museum's Courtyard would offer a desirable means of protecting the cabin from being lost or destroyed; and WHEREAS, in 1999, the City received a donation in the amount of$21,000 to support the Franz-Smith Cabin Relocation Project from the Don and May Wilkins Charitable Trust, a local private estate trust, and the donation has been received and placed in an interest bearing account in the General Fund; and WHEREAS, the interest earned on the donated funds of $21,000 is $370 for a total, including the interest, of$21,370; and WHEREAS, the donation was conditioned upon the City providing or obtaining matching funds or in-kind contributions in the amount of$21,000,which have been identified in the form of a $7,000 transfer from the Downtown Development Authority, a $7,000 transfer from existing appropriations in the General Fund, and $7,000 in-kind, from local businesses and organizations; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins(the"Charter") permits the City Council to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year,provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriations,in combination with all previous appropriations for that fiscal year,do not exceed the then current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and WHEREAS,Article V,Section 9,ofthe Charter also 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 $35,370, consisting of a donation from the Don and May Wilkins Charitable Trust($21,370)and transfer of $7,000 each from the City's General Fund and the Downtown Development Authority for the purpose of relocating the Franz-Smith Cabin. 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 General Fund the amount of TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY DOLLARS($21,370) and authorized for transfer to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund,and appropriated therein for the Franz-Smith Cabin Relocation Project. Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund the sum of FOURTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($14,000) for expenditure for the Franz-Smith Cabin Relocation Project,upon receipt from the following sources: Transfer from Downtown Development Authority 7,000 Transfer from General Fund 7,000 Total $14,000 Introduced and considered favorable on first reading and ordered published this 21 st day of March, A.D. 2000, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of April, A.D. 2000. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 4th day of April, A.D. 2000. Mayor ATTEST: lm� City Clerk