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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-032-02/21/1984-PROPOSING A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS PERCENT (.25%) INCREASE IN SALES AND USE TAX ON ALL ITEMS EXCEPT RESOLUTION 84-32 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS BEING A RESOLUTION PROPOSING A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS PERCENT ( .25%) INCREASE ?N SALES AND USE TAX ON ALL ITEMS EXCEPT FOOD FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE (5) YEARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SWIMMING POOL/ICE RINK FACILITY WHEREAS, under Section 8, Article XVII of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins, the Council of the City of Fort Collins has the power to refer a proposed ordinance to a vote of the people at a special election called therefor; and WHEREAS, the City Council has received a proposed Ordinance from interested citizens which would increase the sales and use tax on all items except food by an amount of twenty-five hundredths percent ( .25%) for the purpose of providing funds for the construction of a swimming pool/ice rink facility; and WHEREAS, in the considered opinion of the City Council said proposed ordinance should be herewith referred to a vote of the people at a special election on May 1 , 1984. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS: Section 1 . That there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of the City of Fort Collins at a special election on May 1 , 1984, the question of whether or not the following proposed ordinance should be adopted: ORDINANCE NO. 29 , 1984 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY__OF FORT COLLINS REQUIRING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SWIMMING POOL/ICE RINK FACILITY FUNDED BY A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS PERCENT ( .25%) SALES AND USE TAX FOR FIVE YEARS ON ALL ITEMS EXCEPT FOOD WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Fort Collins has enacted ordi- nances for the obtainment and collection of sales and use taxes as set out in Chapter 104 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins; and WHEREAS, the citizens of Fort Collins desire to improve their quality of life by expanding public recreational facilities to include a swimming pool/ice rink facility; and WHEREAS, the citizens of Fort Collins are resolved to accept a twenty- five hundredths percent ( .25%) increase in the City' s sales and use tax on all items except food for a five year period for the sole purpose of funding this recreational facility; and WHEREAS, the citizens of Fort Collins have voted for the enactment of this ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, as follows: Section 1. The City of Fort Collins shall commit itself to the construction, maintenance, and operation of an all-purpose recreation facility to include an olympic swimming pool , a diving area, and a regu- lation size, all-purpose ice rink. Section 2. This recreation facility shall be constructed substan- tially similar to that as originally designed for the City of Fort Collins in 1979 by Hastings and Chivetta, Architects and Planners. Construction of the facility shall be scheduled so as to be completed by December 31, 1986 and so as to avoid any potential increases in cost due to delay. In order to meet the project completion date of December 31, 1986, Sales and Use Tax Revenue Bonds are authorized to be issued and interest and issuance costs are includable as a project expenditure. Section 3. A City sales and use tax increase of twenty-five hun- dredths percent ( .25%) for five (5) years on all sales and uses except sales of food items shall be effective on January 1, 1985 to continue until December 31, 1989, at which time such tax shall cease. Such increase in sales and use taxes shall be in addition to all other sales and use taxes collected pursuant to Chapter 104 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. Section 4. The revenue raised which is attributable to the portion of the twenty-five hundredths percent ( .25%) tax to the total sales and use taxes as defined in Chapter 104 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins, excluding food items as currently defined by C.R.S. , §39-26-102(4.5) , shall be used exclusively to fund this recreational facility in the following manner: First, this revenue shall be used to construct a facil- ity reasonably similar to that previously described depending upon the revenue actually and expected to be received. Second, revenue remain- ing shall be retained to be used solely for the purpose of supporting the facility's operational and maintenance costs until it might become self-sufficient. Finally, any revenue remaining shall be applied to the City' s General Fund. Section 5. The City shall contribute without charge to this facil- ity' s accounts, the use of land as a site for this facility. The City' s contribution for support and coordination by City staff throughout the construction phase, and management and staffing by City staff through the construction of this facility shall be accomplished in accordance with the City' s Capital Project Management Control System. Section 6. The user fees for this facility shall be structured to make all uses of this facility available to the citizens of Fort Collins." -2- • i • Section 2. That proposed Ordinance No. �29 , 1984 of the Council of the City of Fort Collins is submitted to the quTified electors of the City of Fort Collins at a Special Election to be held in the several precincts of the City on Tuesday, May 1, 1984, in substantially the following form: PROPOSED ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NO. 29 , 1984, OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS REQUIRING THE CITY TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN AN ALL-PURPOSE RECREATIONAL FACILITY CONSISTING OF AN OLYMPIC SWIMMING POOL, DIVING AREA, AND A REGULATION SIZED, ALL-PURPOSE ICE RINK BY BY DECEMBER 31, 1986. THIS FACILITY SHALL BE FUNDED BY A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS PERCENT ( .25%) INCREASE IN SALES AND USE TAX ON ALL ITEMS EXCEPT FOOD FOR FIVE (5) YEARS TO BEGIN ON JANUARY 1, 1985 AND CONTINUE UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 1989 AT WHICH TIME THE TAX SHALL CEASE For the Ordinance Against the Ordinance Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 21st of February, 1984. M or ATTEST: ity C erc -3-