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ORDINANCE NO. 094, 2018
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE FROM THE
COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD AND GREAT
OUTDOORS COLORADO IN THE NATURAL AREAS FUND
WHEREAS,the City has been awarded a Colorado Water Conservation Board("CWCB")
grant in the amount of$200,600 that will be used to improve the health of the Poudre River fish
communities; and
WHEREAS,the CWCB grant will be used to install a fish ladder on the Timnath Reservoir
Inlet Ditch diversion dam and a fish movement monitoring study on the Poudre River; and
WHEREAS, the City has also been awarded a Great Outdoors Colorado ("GOCO") grant
in the amount of $100,000 that will support Poudre River and floodplain habitat restoration at
Kingfisher Point Natural Area; and
WHEREAS, the GOCO grant requires $100,000 of matching funds and the CWCB Grant
requires $200,000 of matching funds, which have been appropriated and are available in the
Natural Areas budget for this purpose; and
WHEREAS,the Land Conservation and Stewardship Board at its regular meeting in March
2018 voted unanimously to recommend approval of the CWCB grant funds; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of conserving land and restoring wildlife habitats; 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, the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and
determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the General
Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the General Fund to exceed the current
estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during any fiscal year; and;
and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10, of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
transfer by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof
from one fund or capital project to another fund or capital project, provided that the purpose for
which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged; the purpose for which the
funds were initially appropriated no longer exists;or the proposed transfer is from a fund or capital
project in which the amount appropriated exceeds the amount needed to accomplish the purpose
specified in the appropriation ordinance.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the Natural
Areas Fund the sum of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000) for expenditure
in the Natural Areas Fund for the installation of a fish ladder on the Timnath Reservoir Inlet Ditch
diversion dam and a fish movement monitoring study on the Poudre river.
Section 3. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the Natural
Areas Fund the sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000) for expenditure in
the Natural Areas Fund for Poudre River and floodplain habitat restoration at the Kingfisher Point
Natural Area.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 17th day of
July, A.D. 2018, and to be presented for final passage on the 21 st day of August, A.D. 2018.
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