HomeMy WebLinkAbout091 - 10/06/2009 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE CULTURAL SERVICES FUND TO BE USED FOR MOVING THE AR ORDINANCE NO. 091, 2009.
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE
IN THE CULTURAL SERVICES FUND TO BE USED FOR MOVING THE ARCHIVE
AND ARTIFACT COLLECTIONS TO THE NEW MUSEUM FACILITY
WHEREAS, on November 1, 2005, Fort Collins voters passed Ordinance No. 092, 2005,
approving the "Building on Basics" ("BOB") tax for certain capital projects; and
WHEREAS, included in the BOB capital projects is $6,000,000 for construction of a new
combined-use facility in the Fort Collins downtown area for the Fort Collins Museum and the
Discovery Science Center; and
WHEREAS, this facility will be jointly owned, managed, and funded by the City and
Discovery Science Center and will expand the educational experience of city residents by providing
a broader array of scientific,cultural and historical exhibits in a single location,and will also provide
an exciting new City amenity; and
WHEREAS, the Fort Collins Museum has been awarded a Preservation Assistance Grant
from the National Endowment for the Humanities in the amount of$5,711; and
WHEREAS, the Fort Collins Museum will use the Preservation Assistance Grant to hire
consultants to assist in the development of a preliminary collections move plan; and
WHEREAS,the Fort Collins Museum has also been awarded a Museum for America Grant
from the Institute of Museums and Library Services in the amount of$149,672; and
WHEREAS,the Fort Collins Museum will use the Museum for America Grant to establish
a team to prepare artifacts and move archival materials and artifacts for the move to the new museum
facility; 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 have determined that the appropriation of the revenue as described
herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Cultural Services Fund to exceed the
current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during any fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the Cultural Services Fund
the sum of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE
DOLLARS ($155,383) for expenditure in the Cultural Services Fund to prepare and execute the
moving of archive and artifacts collections to the new museum facility.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 15th day of
September,A.D. 2009, and to be presented for final passage on e 6t day of October, A.D. 20
_ Mayor
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 6th day of October, A.D. 2009.
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City Clerk`