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HomeMy WebLinkAbout128 - 12/21/2010 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT FUNDS AND DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FUNDS FOR THE LINDEN STRE ORDINANCE NO. 128, 2010 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT FUNDS AND DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FUNDS FOR THE LINDEN STREET STREETSCAPE PROJECT WHEREAS, Linden Street is the link between the Old Town Square and the area known locally as the "Downtown River District' which includes existing and future residential areas, cultural and arts venues, commercial/retail centers, and industrial businesses; and WHEREAS,Linden Street between Walnut Street and Jefferson Street was improved several years ago and serves as an inviting extension of the Downtown for driving, walking, or bicycling; and WHEREAS, the section of Linden Street north of Jefferson Street/State Highway 14, is uninviting and hazardous due to the current levels of automobile and truck traffic coupled with the lack of continuous sidewalks, bike lanes, and streetscape and landscape features; and WHEREAS, the Linden Street Streetscape project (the "Project') will add curb, gutter, attractive and functional sidewalks,on-street parking,bike lanes,urban design,historic interpretive features and landscaping to Linden Street between Jefferson Street and the Poudre River; and WHEREAS, City Council has previously appropriated $1,000,000 for the Project; and WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Transportation ("CDOT") has recently awarded the City a Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program grant in the amount of$580,000 for the Project and the Downtown Development Authority ("DDA") Board of Directors has approved an additional $500,000 for the Project; and WHEREAS, this new funding from the CDOT and the DDA provides an additional $1,080,000 to be appropriated for the Project; and WHEREAS, the prior appropriation of $1,000,000 plus the appropriation of$1,080,000 provided herein will fully fund the Project; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City 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, 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 Capital Projects 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 as follows: Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the Capital Project Fund the sum of FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($580,000) for the Linden Street Streetscape Project. Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue from the Downtown Development Authority in the Capital Project Fund the sum of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000) for the Linden Street Streetscape Project. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of December,A.D.2010,and to be presented for final passage on the t day of December,A. .2010. E � , Mayo ATTEST: - c City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21st day of D e er, A.D. 2010. Mayo ATTEST: . City Clerk