HomeMy WebLinkAbout021 - 03/02/1999 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE CULTURAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND ART IN PUBLIC PLACE ORDINANCE NO. 21, 1999
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPAI ED REVENUE IN THE
CULTURAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND ART IN
PUBLIC PLACES RESERVE ACCOUNT FOR PAYMENT TOWARD THE
SCULPTURE COMMEMORATING THE 1997 FLOOD
WHEREAS,on October 6, 1998,City Council adopted Ordinance No. 154, 1998,authorizing
the appropriation of$13,000, representing the first installment of a community fundraising effort
to pay artist honorariums and purchase and install a sculpture commemorating the 1997 flood; and
WHEREAS, Fort Collins artist Jack Kreutzer was selected,and his sculpture titled"Human
Spirit" will consist of a group of three life-sized bronze figures holding a child and a dog, and will
depict and capture the community's spirit, not only the night of July 28, 1997, but during the many
days, weeks, and months following the flood; and
WHEREAS,the estimated cost to pay the artist honorariums and to purchase and install the
work and establish funds for maintenance is $50,000: and
WHEREAS,the City has received an additional $13,400 through donations received by the
Chamber of Commerce which will be used toward foundry charges, installation of the sculpture,
signage and artist fees; and
WHEREAS,the Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce will continue to raise funds to be used
towards this community project; and
WHEREAS, the planned completion date for the sculpture is July 1999, in time for the
second anniversary of the flood; 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, it is the desire of the Council to authorize the appropriation of$13,400, from
donations, in the Art in Public Places reserve account in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund,
to be applied towards payments on the sculpture "Human Spirit" for Creekside Park, as proposed
by Jack Kreutzer.
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 Art
in Public Places reserve account in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund,the sum of THIRTEEN
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS ($13,400) from donations to be used for payments
towards the commemorative sculpture entitled "Human Spirit" at Creekside Park.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this l 6t of
February, A.D. 1999, and to be presented for final passage on the-grid dy of March, A 199 .
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 2nd day of Mare;A.U." 1999.
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