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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-111-09/02/1980-CONCERNING FINANCING OF A JOINT LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPLEX BY THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND LARIMER COUN F i RESOLUTION 80-111 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS CONCERNING FINANCING OF A JOINT LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPLEX BY THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND LARIMER COUNTY WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Fort Collins and the Board of the County Commissioners of Larimer County are in agreement that intergovern- mental cooperation is desirable to provide governmental services in the most cost-efficient manner, and WHEREAS, the Council has directed its staff to evaluate the cost- effectiveness of the construction of a Jointly-funded law enforcement complex and jail facility, and WHEREAS, Council has received a comprehensive evaluation of the financial aspects of the proposed jointly-funded facility which demon- strates the cost-effectiveness of said project, and WHEREAS, the anticipated growth in both the City and the County will create the need for additional facilities which can be more efficiently provided through joint funding, and WHEREAS, the Council endorses the proposed downtown location for the law enforcement complex and jail facility which provides convenient access to the public and reduces governmental expenditures, and WHEREAS, the Council is aware that City residents will provide 48% of the County' s sales tax revenue collected to finance the new jail facility and the City residents will provide 38% of the County' s property tax revenue, and WHEREAS, the County is of the opinion that it must substantially increase its office space and therefore cannot afford to jointly finance a law enforcement facility with the City NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AS FOLLOWS Section 1 That the City Council hereby goes on record as opposing the sales tax to be submitted by the Board of County Commissioners to the voters on September 9th Section 2 That the City Council recommends to the Board of County Commissioners of Larimer County that they place a General Obligation Bond Issue on the ballot for the November, 1980 election for the purpose of financing a complex including a Joint law enforcement center located on the downtown Fort Collins site at a cost of approximately $13,000,000 Not Adoe+ed 91.21n A Section 3 That the City Council provide a commitment to the County i which the City agrees to purchase the land for tiie downtown site under a 'ease-purchase arrangement, while the County provides funding and con- .ructs the joint law enforcement complex and jail facility from authorized ^venues Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of rc.rt Collins this 2nd day of September A D 1980 Mayor ,TTEST (City Clerk -2-