HomeMy WebLinkAbout042 - 03/19/2002 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE BUILDING COMMUNITY CHOICES NORTHSIDE ATZLAN COMMUNITY CENTE ORDINANCE NO. 042, 2002
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES
IN THE BUILDING COMMUNITY CHOICES
NORTHSIDE AZTLAN COMMUNITY CENTER REPLACEMENT
CAPITAL PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE PROJECT TO PROCEED
WHEREAS, on April 8, 1997, the voters of the City approved Ordinance No. 31, 1997,
authorizing the imposition of a quarter cent sales and use tax for the purpose of generating revenues
to construct certain capital projects described in the"Building Community Choices"("BCC")capital
improvement program; and
WHEREAS, one such project approved for funding by the voters was the construction of a
new, larger, full-service recreation facility to replace the existing Northside Aztlan Community
Center(the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the description for the Project, as included as an attachment to Ordinance No.
31, 1997, stated that the new center would be located in the downtown or north Fort Collins area;
and
WHEREAS, staff has conducted research, beginning in 1998, on possible sites, including
the current location, and is proceeding under the direction that unless an affordable and acceptable
alternative site can be found, the Project will be built on the existing site; and
WHEREAS, it is Council's desire that if the Project is constructed on the same site as the
present facility, the construction of the new facility should not disrupt the operation of the present
facility; and
WHEREAS, $100,000 is needed to allow staff to contract with an architectural firm to
determine the feasibility and cost of relocating the Project on the present site; and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost of the Project, as part of the original Building Community
Choices Plan, is $10,004,721, with $3,081,039 scheduled for appropriation in 2004 and the
remaining $6,923,682 to be appropriated in 2005; and
WHEREAS, $100,000 has been identified and is available from prior year reserves in the
Building Community Choices - Community Enhancements Capital Project Fund; and
WHEREAS, staff proposes appropriating the aforementioned $100,000 from prior year
reserves in the Building Community Choices-Community Enhancements Capital Projects Fund to
be used for an architectural study to determine the feasibility of the Project on the present site, and
reducing the proposed Project appropriation by $100,000, scheduled for 2004; and
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 sum of$100,000 from prior
year reserves in the Building Community Choices - Community Enhancements Capital Projects
Fund to be used for an architectural study to determine the feasibility of constructing the
replacement Northside Aztlan Community Center on the present site.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Building Community
Choices - Community Enhancements Capital Projects Fund, the sum of ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS($100,000),in the Northside Aztlan Community Center project,to be used
for an architectural study to determine the feasibility of constructing the replacement Northside
Aztlan Community Center on the present site.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 5th day of
March, A.D. 2002, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th day of March, A.D. 2002.
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City Clerk ,
Passed and adopted on final reading this 19th day of March, A.D. 2002.
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