HomeMy WebLinkAbout040 - 05/06/2008 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND - CITY PARK SOUTH BALLFIELD REDEVEL ORDINANCE NO. 040, 2008
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE CAPITAL
PROJECTS FUND - CITY PARK SOUTH BALLFIELD REDEVELOPMENT
CAPITAL PROJECT TO CONVERT THE USE OF THE FIELD FROM
SOFTBALL TO BASEBALL
WHEREAS,during the fall 2007,Colorado State University,the Fort Collins Foxes Baseball
Club(a semi-professional baseball team and member of the Mountain Collegiate Baseball League),
and the Fort Collins Baseball Club contacted the City's Parks Division with a proposal to convert
the City Park South ballfield from a softball field to a hardball field; and
WHEREAS,staff believes the conversion of the City Park South ballfield would be a benefit
to the City and provide an opportunity to bring an exciting,high level of baseball back into the City's
park system; and
WHEREAS,new softball fields at Fossil Creek Park and the recently opened Spring Canyon
Park will compensate for the lost use of City Park South ballfield as a softball field; and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost of converting the City Park South ballfield from a softball
field to a hardball field is $245,706; and
WHEREAS,pursuant to the terms of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City and
the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University, Colorado State University has agreed to
fund the full cost of the conversion in return for priority scheduling rights of the field in April and
May;and
WHEREAS, City Parks Division staff will act as the general contractor for the conversion;
and
WHEREAS,operating and maintenance costs associated with use of the field,including field
preparation charges, will be paid by those using the field, including Colorado State University;and
WHEREAS, construction of the improvements is scheduled to begin April 2008 with an
anticipated completion date of June 1, 2008; 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 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 contribution from
Colorado State University, totaling $245,706, will not cause the total amount appropriated in the
Capital Projects Fund - City Park South Ballfield Redevelopment capital project to exceed the
current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to appropriate the sum of $245,706,
representing a contribution from Colorado State University,in the Capital Projects Fund-City Park
South Ballfield Redevelopment capital project to be used to convert the City Park South ballfield
from a softball field to a hardball field.
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
Capital Projects Fund-City Park South Ballfield Redevelopment capital project,the sum of TWO
HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIX DOLLARS ($245,706)
representing a contribution from Colorado State University to be used to convert the City Park South
ballfield from a softball field to a hardball field.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 15th day of
April A.D. 2008, and to be presented for final passage on the 6t of May, A.D. 2008.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 6th day of M .D, 2008.
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