HomeMy WebLinkAbout027 - 03/02/2004 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES DESIGNATED FOR COMMUNITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEM ORDINANCE NO. 027, 2004
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES DESIGNATED FOR COMMUNITY PARK
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT EXPANSION FUND
FOR TRANSFER TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND - SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY
PARK CAPITAL PROJECT TO BE USED FOR PARK DESIGN COSTS
WHEREAS,the current Parks and Recreation Policy Plan, which was approved by the City
Council with the adoption of Resolution 96-146 in December 1996, recommends that community
parks be developed at a standard of 4.5 acres per 1,000 population; and
WHEREAS,growth in residential development in the southwest area of the City has created
the need for a community park; and
WHEREAS, the City purchased land in 1994 in the southwest section of the community, a
portion of which was to serve as a site for a 100-acre community park (the "Park Site"), using
proceeds from the Choices 95 capital improvement program; and
WHEREAS, the Park Site is located at the west end of Horsetooth Road, with Pineridge
Natural Area serving as the west boundary,Horsetooth Road as the south boundary,Tefft Acres and
Silver Oaks Developments to the east of the Park Site,and Quail Hollow Development to the north;
and
WHEREAS, features of community parks typically include open turf areas for both
programmed (soccer, football, and lacrosse) and non-programmed (pick-up games, picnics, etc.)
activities, lighted facilities such as ballfields, tennis and basketball courts, dog park, skate park,
picnic shelters,playgrounds, water and natural features,parking lots, sidewalks and walking paths,
maintenance facility, and landscaping; and
WHEREAS, staff is recommending that the City contract with a consulting team to help
develop a design for a community park at the Park Site; and
WHEREAS, design costs for a the community park are estimated to be $850,000; and
WHEREAS,staff is recommending that the design costs associated with the community park
be funded from prior year reserves accumulated in the Capital Improvement Expansion Fund for
community park improvements; and
WHEREAS,the City Council adopted Ordinance No.51, 1996,on May 21, 1996,amending
the City Code by adding a new article pertaining to the imposition of capital expansion fees,paid by
new residential development, to be used to fund capital improvements for community parkland,
library, police services, fire services, and general government facility services; and
WHEREAS, the proposed community park, preliminarily scheduled to open in the Spring
of 2007, will be the first community park to be designed and constructed using the aforementioned
capital expansion fees; and
WHEREAS, the request to begin design work for a southwest community park and funding
scenario was presented to the Parks and Recreation Board (the `Board") on January 28, 2004, at
which time the Board voted unanimously in support of using prior year reserves in the Capital
Improvement Expansion Fund for community park improvements for the design of the community
park; and
WHEREAS,City Code Section 7.5-28(a)requires that capital improvement expansion fees
for community park improvements be used only for capital improvements related to the provision
of community parks, as such improvements may be identified in the capital improvements plan for
community parkland; and
WHEREAS,costs associated with the design of a southwest community park are identified
in, and consistent with the Parks and Recreation Policy Plan adopted by the City Council in
Resolution 96-147 on December 3, 1996, and updated in 1999, and are also included in the City's
Ten-Year Capital Improvement Plan and Inventory (2001-2010); 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$850,000 from prior year
reserves designated forcommunity park improvements in the Capital Improvement Expansion Fund
for transfer to the Capital Projects Fund - Southwest Community Park project, for appropriation
therein, to be used for the design of a southwest community park.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves designated for community park
improvements in the Capital Improvement Expansion Fund,the sum of EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($850,000), for transfer to the Capital Projects Fund - Southwest
Community Park project, and appropriated therein to be used for the design of a southwest
community park.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 17th day of
February, A.D. 2004, and to be presented for final passage on the 2nd ay of March, A. . 2004.
Mayor
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 2nd day of March, A.D. 2004.
Mayor
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City Clerk