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HomeMy WebLinkAbout088 - 08/04/2020 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND AUTHORIZING A TRANSFER OF EXISTING ORDINANCE NO. 088, 2020 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND AUTHORIZING A TRANSFER OF EXISTING APPROPRIATIONS FOR A CONTEXTUAL REPORT ON THE WORK OF ARCHITECT WILLIAM ROBB WHEREAS, the City recently was awarded a grant in the amount of $15,588 (the "Grant") by the State Historical Fund; and WHEREAS, the Grant requires $6,000 in matching funds from the City, which have been appropriated and are available in the General Fund for this purpose; and WHEREAS, the Grant will fund a historic context report on local architect William "Bill" Robb and the many projects he and his firm, now known as RB+B, designed in Fort Collins; and WHEREAS, the Grant will pay for professional historic preservation services to identify and research Robb-designed buildings, to highlight the work of this mid-century designer and to proactively identify which of these may be eligible for historic designation; and WHEREAS, the results of this historic context report will be used to promote awareness and pride within the neighborhood, and will provide the City with the tools to make informed planning decisions; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon recommendation of the City Manager, 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 this fiscal year; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council, upon recommendation by the City Manager, 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; and -1- WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended the transfer described herein and determined that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged. 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 grant revenue in the General Fund the sum of FIFTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT DOLLARS ($15,588) for expenditure in the General Fund for the William Robb historic context report. Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS ($6,000) is authorized for transfer from the Historic Preservation Division's operating budget in the General Fund for expenditure in the General Fund for the William Robb historic context report. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21 st day of July, A.D. 2020, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of August A.D. 2020. 04tayy ATTEST:ic�ity ClPassed and adopted on final reading ust, A.D. 2020. ayor ATTEST: of FORT co � � • 'lli SEAL City C °°ioiiA90 -2-