HomeMy WebLinkAbout137 - 10/01/2002 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE TO BE USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO GATEWAY MOUNTAIN PARK ORDINANCE NO. 137, 2002
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE
IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND - GATEWAY MOUNTAIN PARK CAPITAL
PROJECT AND THE CONSERVATION TRUST FUND FOR TRANSFER TO THE CAPITAL
PROJECTS FUND - GATEWAY MOUNTAIN PARK CAPITAL PROJECT
TO BE USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO GATEWAY MOUNTAIN PARK
WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins owns a 377-acre site located approximately five miles
up the Poudre Canyon, which property was formerly known as the City's Water Treatment Plant
No.1, a portion of which has been developed as Gateway Mountain Park (the "Park"); and
WHEREAS, on June 26, 2002, the City celebrated the grand opening of the Park; and
WHEREAS, the scope of improvements at the Park included realignment and substantial
improvements to the entry road to the Park from Highway 14,constructing interior access roads and
parking,picnic shelters,restrooms,fencing,landscaping,an irrigation system,an interpretive facility,
and a walking path; and
WHEREAS, the cost of the aforementioned improvements is $1,390,000, including a
contingency for possible additional work that may be required of approximately $50,000; and
WHEREAS,to date City Council has adopted ordinances appropriating a total of$1,110,000
for improvements to the Park from the following sources:
Ordinance No. 135, 1998
General Fund $ 200,000
Open Lands Fund 210,000
Conservation Trust Fund 110,000
Colorado Department of Transportation 144,000
Total $ 664,000
Ordinance No. 71, 1999
Colorado Department of Transportation $ 59,000
Ordinance No. 5, 2000
Colorado Department of Transportation $ 170,000
Larimer County 35,000
Total $ 205,000
Ordinance No. 9, 2001
Colorado Department of Transportation $ l 82,000
Grand Total $ 1,1109000
and;
WHEREAS, an additional appropriation, totaling $280,000, is needed to fully fund the
improvements at the Park, including the amount designated as contingency funds; and
WHEREAS,the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund and the Colorado Division of Wildlife
have made available to the City a total of$100,000 and$80,000,respectively,to reimburse the Park
project for certain improvements that have been constructed in the interior of the Park using
previously available contingency funds; and
WHEREAS,City staff has identified an additional $100,000 in unanticipated revenue from
lottery proceeds in the Conservation Trust Fund that staff has proposed be appropriated together with
the foregoing $180,000 in grant proceeds to fully fund the construction of the Park and related
improvements; 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, does not exceed the then current estimate of actual
and anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of funds from Great Outdoors
Colorado, the Division of Wildlife, and the Conservation Trust Fund as described herein will not
cause the total amount appropriated in the Capital Projects Fund-Gateway Mountain Park capital
project and the Conservation Trust Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during any fiscal year; and
WHEREAS,it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the sum of$180,000 in the Capital
Projects Fund - Gateway Mountain Park project, representing grant proceeds from the Great
Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund ($100,000) and the Colorado Division of Wildlife ($80,000), and
$100,000 in Conservation Trust Fund for transfer to the Capital Projects Fund-Gateway Mountain
Park capital project for appropriation therein to be used for improvements to Gateway Mountain
Park.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the sum of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
($180,000) is hereby appropriated in the Capital Projects Fund - Gateway Mountain Park capital
project from the following sources:
Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund (GOCO) Grant Proceeds $ 100,000
Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) Grant Proceeds 80,000
Total $ 180,000
to be used for improvements to Gateway Mountain Park.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the
Conservation Trust Fund, the sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000) for
transfer to the Capital Projects Fund - Gateway Mountain Park capital project and appropriated
therein to be used for improvements to Gateway Mountain Park.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 17th day of
September, A.D. 2002, and to be presented for final passage on the 1st day of October,A.D. 2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 1 st day of October, A.D. 2002.
Mayor _._
ATTEST:
City Clerk