HomeMy WebLinkAbout104 - 09/01/2020 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED BY CITY GIVE FROM THE URBAN AGRICULTURE R ORDINANCE NO. 104, 2020
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED BY
CITY GIVE FROM THE URBAN AGRICULTURE RESILIENCE PROGRAM THROUGH
THE FRIENDS OF THE GARDENS ON SPRING CREEK FOR
TRANSFER TO THE GARDENS ON SPRING CREEK
WHEREAS, The Friends of the Gardens on Spring Creek ("The Friends") is an
independent,not-for-profit 501(c)(3)organization established in 1988 whose mission is to support
the general operating costs of the Gardens on Spring Creek through advocacy, community
engagement, volunteerism, and fundraising; and
WHEREAS, the United States Botanic Garden and the American Public Gardens
Association have partnered to create the Urban Agriculture Resilience Program (the "Program"),
which supports established urban agriculture, community gardening, and other food-growing
programs at public gardens affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS,The Friends has solicited and been awarded$15,000 in philanthropic support
from the Program for the benefit of the Gardens on Spring Creek, which The Friends desires to
donate to the City through City Give to support the Gardens on Spring Creek for the designated
purpose of supporting urban agriculture and community gardens; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to accept this philanthropic donation and pledges to manage
and expend such funds for the benefit of the Gardens on Spring Creek as though the funds were
raised by the City itself; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of funding the Gardens on Spring Creek; 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 these appropriations are 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 these funds during the fiscal year; 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 account to another fund or capital project account, provided that
the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended the transfer described herein and
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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 philanthropic revenue
in the General Fund the sum of FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($15,000) for transfer to the
Gardens on Spring Creek within the General Fund and appropriated therein.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 18th day of
August, A.D. 2020, and to be presented for final passage on the l st day of September, A.D. 2020.
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