CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
SEVENTEENTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO.
R-07-202 ENACTMENT NO. ________________
SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton
RESOLUTION
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Further Defining the Department of Family and Community Services '05 GO Bond Community Revitalization Set-Aside Project to Include the Acquisition of the Railyard Property in the Barelas Neighborhood (Benton)
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FURTHER DEFINING THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES '05 GO BOND COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION SET-ASIDE PROJECT TO INCLUDE THE ACQUISITION OF THE RAILYARD PROPERTY IN THE BARELAS NEIGHBORHOOD; UNRESERVING FUNDS SET ASIDE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR FY/06 EXPENSES AND APPROPRIATING THEM TO THE ACQUISITION OF THE RAILYARD PROPERTY PROJECT IN FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
WHEREAS, the City has set aside out of the proceeds of the 2005 general obligation bond issuance $4,000,000 for Community Revitalization; and
WHEREAS, the project description for the 2005 G.O. Bond Community Revitalization Set Aside Project, activity number 7395120, states that one of the purposes of this funding is to acquire land for projects associated with redevelopment activity in defined centers and corridors and/or in blighted areas of the City; and
WHEREAS, the project description also states that adjacent neighborhoods shall be involved by the implementing agencies in the planning and construction of these projects; and
WHEREAS, there is an unencumbered fund balance sufficient to make the appropriation outlined below; and
WHEREAS, in FY/06, the City Council reserved $4.075 million for the City Council to cover increased fuel costs in FY/06; and
WHEREAS, per the FY/06 Year-End Clean-up bill now before the Council (R-06-141), $2.774 million is unreserved and appropriated for excess fuel costs for FY/06, leaving a total of $1.301 million available to be unreserved and utilized for another purpose; and
WHEREAS, the acquisition and redevelopment of the Railyard Property is critical for the...
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