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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024 Ordinance No. 035 1 ORDINANCE COUNCIL BILL NO. 31 NO. 35 ___ INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL SERIES OF 2024 MEMBER ANDERSON AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO FOR AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT REGARDING 2024 GRANT OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY OPEN SPACE PROGRAM FUNDS PROJECT NAME: BATES LOGAN PARK RENOVATION PHASE 3 WHEREAS, On November 2, 2021, the voters of Arapahoe County permanently reauthorized, until repeal, a countywide sales and use tax to be deposited in the County Open Space Fund and used for specified open space purposes as set forth in County Resolution No. 21-263; and WHEREAS, Arapahoe County is authorized to award Grant funds from its Open Space Fund to municipalities; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Englewood authorized the City’s Arapahoe County Open Space Grant Application for Bates Logan Park Renovation Phase 3 by the passage of Resolution No. 14, Series 2024; and WHEREAS, the City of Englewood submitted an Arapahoe County Open Space Grant Application for Bates Logan Park Renovation Phase 3 for the award of Grant funds from the Open Space Fund; and WHEREAS, On July 23, 2024, Arapahoe County approved by resolution the City’s Grant proposal for Bates Logan Park Renovation Phase 3; and WHEREAS, the City of Englewood has been awarded an Arapahoe County Open Space Program Grant in the amount not to exceed $600,000 for the Bates Logan Park Renovation Phase 3; and WHEREAS, the City’s Grant matching funds of $522,577.19 will be sourced from the Open Space Fund 2024 budget; and WHEREAS, the City will utilize 2024 Grant funds for Phase 3 improvements to the amenities at Bates Logan Park, including adding bocce courts, a bike skills course, a glide track, and reducing turf; and WHEREAS, this Ordinance will authorize the Intergovernmental Grant Agreement between the City of Englewood and the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe, State of Colorado for the Bates Logan Park Renovation Phase 3; and Docusign Envelope ID: 97D07C3B-65EC-4514-9B0B-AB935564C48F 2 WHEREAS, Article XIV, Section 18(2)(a) of the Constitution of the State of Colorado, and Part 2, Article 1, Title 29, C.R.S. encourages and authorizes intergovernmental agreements; and WHEREAS, Sections 29-1-203 and 29-1-203.5, C.R.S. authorize governments to cooperate and contract with one another to provide any function, service, or facility lawfully authorized to each. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado hereby authorizes execution by the City of an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado for an Intergovernmental Agreement Regarding 2024 Grant of Arapahoe County Open Space Program Funds Project Name: Bates Logan Park Renovation Phase 3, in the form substantially the same as that attached hereto. Section 2. General Provisions Applicable to this Ordinance The following general provisions and findings are applicable to the interpretation and application of this Ordinance: A. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall for any reason be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this Ordinance or its application to other persons or circumstances. B. Inconsistent Ordinances. All other Ordinances or portions thereof inconsistent or conflicting with this Ordinance or any portion hereof are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict. C. Effect of repeal or modification. The repeal or modification of any provision of the Code of the City of Englewood by this Ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter, modify, or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture, or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been incurred under such provision, and each provision shall be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purposes of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings, and prosecutions for the enforcement of the penalty, forfeiture, or liability, as well as for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree, or order which can or may be rendered, entered, or made in such actions, suits, proceedings, or prosecutions. D. Safety Clauses. The City Council hereby finds, determines, and declares that this Ordinance is promulgated under the general police power of the City of Englewood, that it is promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the public, and that this Ordinance is necessary for the preservation of health and safety and for the protection of public convenience and welfare. The City Council further determines that the Ordinance bears a rational relation to the proper legislative object sought to be obtained. This Safety Clause Docusign Envelope ID: 97D07C3B-65EC-4514-9B0B-AB935564C48F 3 is not intended to affect a Citizen right to challenge this Ordinance through referendum pursuant to City of Englewood Charter 47. E. Publication. Publication of this Ordinance may be in the City’s official newspaper, the City’s official website, or both. Publication shall be effective upon the first publication by either authorized method. F. Actions Authorized to Effectuate this Ordinance. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute all documents necessary to effectuate the approval authorized by this Ordinance, and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest to such execution by the Mayor where necessary. In the absence of the Mayor, the Mayor Pro Tem is hereby authorized to execute the above-referenced documents. The execution of any documents by said officials shall be conclusive evidence of the approval by the City of such documents in accordance with the terms thereof and this Ordinance. City staff is further authorized to take additional actions as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this Ordinance, and has authority to correct formatting and/or typographical errors discovered during codification. G. Enforcement. To the extent this ordinance establishes a required or prohibited action punishable by law, unless otherwise specifically provided in Englewood Municipal Code or applicable law, violations shall be subject to the General Penalty provisions contained within EMC § 1-4-1. Introduced and passed on first reading on the 3rd day of September, 2024; and on second reading, in identical form to the first reading, on the 16th day of September, 2024. Othoniel Sierra, Mayor ATTEST: _________________________________ Stephanie Carlile, City Clerk I, Stephanie Carlile, City Clerk of the City of Englewood, Colorado, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of an Ordinance, introduced and passed in identical form on first and second reading on the dates indicated above; and published two days after each passage on the City’s official website for at least thirty (30) days thereafter. The Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after first publication on the City’s official website. Stephanie Carlile Docusign Envelope ID: 97D07C3B-65EC-4514-9B0B-AB935564C48F