The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 03/02/2021 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 028, 2021, MAKING Agenda Item 14 Item # 14 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY March 2, 2021 City Council STAFF Meaghan Overton, City Planner Paul Sizemore, Interim Director, Comm. Devt. & Neighborhood Serv. Sue Beck-Ferkiss, Social Policy and Housing Programs Manager Ingrid Decker, Legal SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 028, 2021, Making Supplemental Appropriations for Year 2 of the Home2Health Project. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, adopted on First Reading by a vote of 6 -0 (Recused: Gorgol), completes the second and final appropriation of unanticipated grant revenue in the amount of $363,513 awarded by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) through its Health Disparities Grant Program (HDGP). In 2019, Fort Collins was awarded a reimbursable grant of $795,657 from CDPHE to support the Home2Health initiative. The first appropriation of $397,828 was approved on consent via Ordinance No. 090, 2019. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance of Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, February 16, 2021 (w/o attachments) (PDF) 2. Ordinance No. 028, 2021 (PDF) Agenda Item 10 Item # 10 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY February 16, 2021 City Council STAFF Meaghan Overton, City Planner Paul Sizemore, Interim Director, Comm. Devt. & Neighborhood Serv. Sue Beck-Ferkiss, Social Policy and Housing Programs Manager Ingrid Decker, Legal SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 028, 2021, Making Supplemental Appropriations for Year 2 of the Home2Health Project. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to complete the second and final appropriation of unanticipated grant revenue in the amount of $363,513 awarded by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) through its Health Disparities Grant Program (HDGP). In 2019, Fort Collins was awarded a reimbursable grant of $795,657 from CDPHE to support the Home2Health initiative. The first appropriation of $397,828 was approved on consent via Ordinance No. 090, 2019. This item is listed on discussion to allow Councilmember Gorgol to recuse herself. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The objective of the Home2Health initiative is to implement community-led policy, code, and regulatory changes to improve housing affordability in Fort Collins, particularly for community members who struggle to afford safe, stable, high-quality housing. The Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization, and Healthy People 2020 all state that housing affordability and quality are critical components in health outcomes, and this grant project seeks to reduce health inequities in our community by addressing housing as an “upstream” determinant of health. Funding for this grant comes from the CDPHE Office of Health Equity’s Health Disparities Grant Program (HDGP). This grant is funded through Amendment 35 (Tobacco Tax) revenues. A memo from the Office of Health Equity, outlines the background of the Request for Applications for this grant, the review process, and the funding recommendations made to the State Board of Health in March 2019. (Attachment 1) Amount and Timing: The City was awarded a total of $795,657 in reimbursable grant funding over a two-year grant cycle (State FY 2020-2021). This total award was reduced by approximately 8.5% ($34,316) in the second year of the grant cycle due to lower-than-expected tobacco tax revenues at the state level. A total of $397,828 has been appropriated to date, and the current appropriation of $363,513 will fulfill the remainder of the revised project budget of $761,341. ATTACHMENT 1 Agenda Item 10 Item # 10 Page 2 Year 1 (July 2019-June 2020) focused on assessment, analysis and community engagement. Year 2 (July 2020- June 2021) is emphasizing code/policy writing and supporting the update and implementation of the City’s Housing Strategic Plan (HSP). Key Staff and Partners: The City is the lead agency on this grant and is responsible for overall management and coordination of all grant activities, including any tasks completed with consultant support. Departments involved in this effort include:  Planning - lead, convener, organizer, public engagement, code changes  Finance - grant management, financial expertise, purchasing assistance  Social Sustainability - topic area expertise, policy coordination, public engagement, code changes The grant also requires cross-sector collaboration with outside organizations or entities who receive funding through sub-grants with the City and play a key role in the project:  Larimer County Department of Health and Environment, Built Environment Group: $3,000  The Family Center/La Familia: $5,000  The Center for Public Deliberation at CSU: $45,000  The Family Leadership Training Institute: $50,000 Each of these organizations has been formally committed to the grant project since its inception in the summer of 2019 and has submitted a letter of collaboration to CDPHE. Previous related Council Actions: Several policy documents adopted by Council within the last six years, including the City Strategic Plan (2018) and City Plan (2019), discuss the need for more affordable housing, both subsidized and unsubsidized. Further, several plans specifically mention a need to prevent displacement of vulnerable populations. This grant provides significant funding to conduct community engagement and implement policy direction contained in:  Affordable Housing Redevelopment Displacement Mitigation Strategy (2013)  Housing Affordability Policy Study (2014)  Affordable Housing Strategic Plan (2015 with update beginning this year)  Social Sustainability Strategic Plan (2016)  City Strategic Plan (2018)  City Plan (2019)  Housing Strategic Plan (2021) This grant is closely aligned with community, City and Council priorities, particularly in the Neighborhood Livability and Social Health Outcome Area. CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS This grant is administered on a reimbursement basis; funds are spent and reimbursed from the General Fund monthly. The amount of $363,513 in both revenue and expense will be appropriated in the City’s General Fund and does not require a local match. ATTACHMENTS 1. CDPHE Office of Health Equity Funding Recommendations Memo, 2019 (PDF) -1- ORDINANCE NO. 028, 2021 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR YEAR 2 OF THE HOME2HEALTH PROJECT WHEREAS, in 2019 the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (“CDPHE”) awarded the City a grant through its Health Disparities Grant Program (the “Grant”) to reimburse the City’s costs to update City codes, policies and regulations affecting the quality and quantity of affordable housing in the community (the “Project”); and WHEREAS, the Project focuses on health inequity with the goal of helping residents who may not be able to afford safe, stable, high quality housing and, as a result, are more likely to have health issues; and WHEREAS, the total amount of the Grant is up to $795,657 over two years (2019-2020 and 2020-2021); and WHEREAS, the City Council appropriated $397,828 in funds for the first year of the Grant through approval of Ordinance No. 090, 2019; and WHEREAS, if approved, this Ordinance will appropriate funds for the second year of the Grant in the amount of $363,513; and WHEREAS, the Grant does not require the City to provide matching funds; and WHEREAS, the City sub-granted a portion of the Project funding to several outside organizations or entities that have been collaborating with the City on the Project, including Larimer County, the Family Center/La Familia, the Family Leadership Training Institute and Colorado State University; and WHEREAS, the City Manager entered into a grant agreement with CDPHE and sub-grant agreements with each entity receiving funds from the City for the Project; and WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of improving access to safe, stable, affordable housing; 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. -2- 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 THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTEEN DOLLARS ($363,513) for expenditure from the General Fund for year 2 of the Home2Health project. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day of February, A.D. 2021, and to be presented for final passage on the 2nd day of March, A.D. 2021. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 2nd day of March, A.D. 2021. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk