HomeMy WebLinkAbout121 - 09/16/2003 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE CULTURAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND TO BE USED TO ORDINANCE NO. 121, 2003
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE
IN THE CULTURAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND
TO BE USED TO EVALUATE AND DETERMINE THE CULTURAL
AFFILIATION OF HUMAN REMAINS AND CULTURAL ARTIFACTS
IN THE MUSEUM'S HOLDINGS
WHEREAS, in 1990, Congress established the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act(NAGPRA),Public Law 101-601,providing for a process for determining the rights
of lineal descendants of Indian tribes,Alaskan Natives,and Native Hawaiian organizations to certain
human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony that are currently
held in public museums; and
WHEREAS, the Fort Collins Museum has been working towards compliance with the
aforementioned law, by completing a physical inventory of its collections, sending out notification
letters to tribal communities, and consulting with various plains Indian tribes to evaluate and
determine the cultural affiliation of human remains and cultural artifacts in the Museum's holdings;
and
WHEREAS,the Museum's goal is to receive certification of Inventory Completion from the
National Park Service through consultation with several Californian and Puebloan tribes,the Hopi
tribe, the Navajo Nation, and continued consultations with Plains Indians tribes; and
WHEREAS,on August 1,2003,the Museum was awarded a NAGPRA grant,in the amount
of$75,000 from the Department of Interior, National Park Service; and
WHEREAS, during the remainder of 2003 and into 2004, the Museum will use the grant
proceeds to hire a NAGPRA Coordinator and part-time Collections Manager, to organize and
facilitate the consultation with tribes, and to cover travel expenses and consultation fees; and
WHEREAS, no local matching funds are required; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 9,of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins 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 the federal Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act grant as described herein will not cause the total amount
appropriated in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund Museum budget 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$75,000 in National Park
Service NAGPRA grant funds in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund,Museum NAGPRA grant
project to be used to evaluate and determine the cultural affiliation of human remains and cultural
artifacts in the Museum's holdings.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in the
Cultural Services and Facilities Fund the sum of SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
($75,000), upon receipt from the National Park Service, to be used to evaluate and determine the
cultural affiliation of human remains and cultural artifacts in the Museum's holdings.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 2nd day of
September, A.D. 2003, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of September, A.D.
2003.
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ATTEST: Mayor p
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 16th day of September, A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk