HomeMy WebLinkAbout003 - 01/21/2003 - AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE SHELDON LAKE IMPROVEMENTS CAPITAL PROJECT TO THE ORDINANCE NO. 003, 2003
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE
SHELDON LAKE IMPROVEMENTS CAPITAL PROJECT TO THE
CITY PARK POOL RENOVATION CAPITAL PROJECT
FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A WATER PLAY STRUCTURE
FOR THE OUTDOOR POOL
WHEREAS, on March 5, 2002, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 029, 2002,
appropriating a donation of$175,000 from the Don and May Wilkins Charitable Trust(the"Trust"),
$125,000 in Community Parkland Capital Improvement Expansion Fees, and in-kind services
donated by the Elks B.P.O.E.#804 valued at$125,000 to be used to fund improvements to Sheldon
Lake in City Park; and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned improvements included constructing a boardwalk around
the outdoor pool and providing irrigation and landscaping along the west and south shores,
constructing a stone wall along City Park Drive, a storage shed adjacent to the Trolley Barn,
improvements to City Park Center, and to purchase new paddleboats for the recreation boating
program at Sheldon Lake; and
WHEREAS, representatives for the Trust and City staff would like to reallocate funding
totaling$85,000,which is presently designated for replacement of the wooden retaining wall along
City Park Drive with a stone wall, and to instead use those funds for a water play structure for the
outdoor pool; and
WHEREAS,the existing wooden retaining wall is still functional and not in immediate need
of replacement, and the reallocation will not affect the City's ability to complete the boardwalk and
shoreline restoration work at Sheldon Lake; and
WHEREAS, under Article V, Section 10 of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins,the City
Council may, by ordinance, upon the request of the City Manager, transfer any unexpended and
unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof from one fund or capital project to another
fund or capital project provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended
remains unchanged;the purpose for which the funds were initially appropriated no longer exists; or
the proposed transfer is from a fund or capital project account in which the amount appropriated
exceeds the amount needed to accomplish the purpose specified in the appropriation ordinance;and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to authorize the transfer of $85,000 from the
City's Capital Projects Fund - Sheldon Lake Improvements project to the City's Capital Projects
Fund- City Park Pool Renovation project, to be used to fund a water play structure for the outdoor
pool.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the unexpended appropriated amount of EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
($85,000) is hereby authorized for transfer from the Capital Projects Fund - Sheldon Lake
Improvements project to the Capital Projects Fund-City Park Pool Renovation project, to be used
to fund a water play structure for the outdoor pool.
Introduced and considered favorable on first reading and ordered published this 7th day of
January, A.D. 2003, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day of January, A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 21st day of January, A.D. 2003.
Acting Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk