HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-150-09/06/1994-BRANCH LIBRARY COLLEGE PUBLIC LIBRARY FRONT RANGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IGA JOINT COMMUNITY LIBRARY LEAS RESOLUTION 94-150
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENT FRONT RANGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO OPERATE A
JOINT COMMUNITY/COLLEGE PUBLIC LIBRARY
WHEREAS, the City desires to open a branch library in the south part of
Fort Collins in order to provide improved library services to the citizens of
Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS, Front Range Community College, ("the College") , wishes to combine
the College's campus library with the Fort Collins branch library in order to
provide better library services to the College's students, faculty and staff; and
WHEREAS, by combining their resources, the City and the College can provide
better library services less expensively than if the services were provided by
the City and the College separately; and
WHEREAS, the City and the College would like to develop a site on the
College's Larimer County campus for the branch library and would also like to
acquire a modular building approximately 6500 square feet in size to be placed
on the site to be used as the joint library; and
WHEREAS, the City and the College wish to jointly operate the library for
the benefit of the public and the students, faculty and staff of the College; and
WHEREAS, Section 29-1-203, C.R.S. , and Article II, Section 16, of the City
Charter authorize the City to cooperate and contract with other governmental
entities in order to provide any function, service or facility lawfully permitted
to each if such a contract is properly authorized by each party.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
that the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into an intergovernmental agreement
with the College to develop, operate, maintain and use a joint community
college/public library; and said intergovernmental agreement shall provide as
follows:
a. That the College will provide a site for the joint library on the
College's Larimer Campus for a period of ten (10) years.
b. That the City will procure, through a lease/purchase, the
development of the library site and a modular building for the
library approximately sixty-five hundred (6500) square feet in size.
C. That the City and the College will cooperate in the operation and
rrrai-trtendnLL- oT ttrL- jui-nt library sv as tu- provide the most
beneficial library services to the public and to the College's
students, faculty and staff.
d. That the City shall pay for sixty (60), percent of the costs ,to
develop the library site, acquire the library building and other
customary costs associated with the operation and maintenance of the
joint library, and the College will pay forty (40) percent of these
costs; and that the parties may adjust their percentage of costs for
the joint library annually based on customer use.
e. That the City and the College shall assemble an advisory committee
to make recommendations to the City and the College concerning their
operation of the joint library.
f. That the agreement shall provide for all other matters necessary to
allow for the parties to develop, operate, use and maintain the
joint library to provide the most beneficial library services to the
public and to the College's students, faculty and staff.
g. That the Mayor is authorized to modify and amend the
intergovernmental agreement with the College, provided such
amendments or modifications are consistent with items (a) through
(f) above.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the YJ ouncil h is th
day of September, A.D. 1994.
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ATTEST: A
TAl erk
City Clerk