HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/07/2021 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 101, 2021, APPROPRI Agenda Item 5
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY September 7, 2021
City Council
STAFF
Nina Bodenhamer, City Give Director
Aaron Guin, Legal
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 101, 2021, Appropriating Unanticipated Philanthropic Revenue Received by
City Give for Active Modes to Address the Needs of Populations Disproportionately Harmed by the Impacts of
COVID-19.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to request an appropriation of $50,000 in philanthropic revenue received by City
Give for Active Modes in the FC Moves Department. A ‘Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery’ grant
has been awarded and designated by the National Association of City Transportation Officials (“NACTO”), in
partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies, to address the nee ds of populations disproportionately harmed by
COVID-19’s public health, social, and economic impacts through community -based partnerships to spark
physical or operational changes to public space.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The ‘Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery ’ will underwrite Active Modes for the development of a
community-driven asphalt art program. Community applicants will: propose designs and locations for asp halt
art installation, collaborate with City staff, seek approval from surrounding neighbors, and then fund, install,
and maintain the asphalt art.
The $50,000 in philanthropic revenue to Active Modes will also be used to establish a “Paint Pot” opportunity
fund for low-income neighborhoods to design, install and maintain asphalt art projects in low -income
neighborhoods. The award also funds Bike Fort Collins to engage and provide technical support to historically
marginalized and underrepresented communities with painted intersection projects.
NACTO’s mission is to build cities as places for people, with safe, sustainable, accessible, and equitable
transportation choices that support a strong economy and vibrant quality of life. NACTO awarded ten ‘Streets
for Pandemic Response and Recovery’ grants to transportation agencies that demonstrated support for those
who have been particularly hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Submissions were prioritized by applications
articulating defined community outcomes, project readiness, and strong community partnerships.
The City Manager recommends the appropriation described herein and determined that this appropriation is
available and previously unappropriated from the Transportation Services Fund and will not cau se the total
amount appropriated in the Transportation Services Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and
anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received in the Transportation Services Fund during this fiscal
year.
Agenda Item 5
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CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
This Ordinance will appropriate $50,000 in philanthropic revenue in the Transportation Services Fund for
Active Modes in the FC Moves department to address the needs of populations disproportionately harmed by
the impacts of COVID-19. The funds have been received and accepted per City Give Administrative and
Financial Policy.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
The grant application was developed in partnership with Bike Fort Collins, the Built Environment Program at
the Larimer County Department of Health and Environment, and Mujures de Colores.
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ORDINANCE NO. 101, 2021
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE
RECEIVED BY CITY GIVE FOR ACTIVE MODES TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF
POPULATIONS DISPROPORTIONATELY HARMED BY THE IMPACTS OF COVID -19
WHEREAS, Active Modes is a transportation work program within the FC Moves
department, which is housed in the City’s Planning, Development, and Transportation division;
and
WHEREAS, FC Moves exists to advance mobility solutions to increase walking,
bicycling, transit use, shared and environmentally sustainable modes; and
WHEREAS, one of the values of FC Moves is to recognize inequities and address them
by continually adjusting policies, programs, projects, and practices to serve economically and
socially disadvantaged groups; and
WHEREAS, a ‘Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery’ grant (the “Grant”) of
$50,000 has been awarded and designated by the National Association of City Transportation
Officials (“NACTO”), in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies, to address the needs of
populations disproportionately harmed by COVID-19’s public health, social, and economic
impacts through community-based partnerships to spark physical or operational changes to
public space; and
WHEREAS, NACTO’s mission is to build cities as places for people, with safe,
sustainable, accessible, and equitable transportation choices that support a strong economy and
vibrant quality of life; and
WHEREAS, Active Modes received one of ten such grants awarded to transportation
agencies in 2021 that demonstrated support for those who have been particularly hard-hit by the
coronavirus pandemic, prioritizing applications that articulated defined community outcomes,
project readiness, and strong community partnerships; and
WHEREAS, the Grant will underwrite Active Modes for the development of a
community-driven asphalt art program by which community applicants will propose designs and
locations for asphalt art installation, collaborate with City staff, seek approval from surrounding
neighbors, and then fund, install, and maintain the asphalt art; and
WHEREAS, the Grant also will be used to establish a “Paint Pot” opportunity fund for
low-income neighborhoods to design, install, and maintain asphalt art projects in low-income
neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, the Grant also will provide funding to Bike Fort Collins, an independent
Fort Collins/Northern Colorado-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit bicycle advocacy and bicycle
education organization (with which the City of Fort Collins partners on other projects), to engage
and provide technical support to historically excluded and underrepresented communities with
painted intersection projects; and
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WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits the public health, safety, and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of serving disadvantaged groups in
historically excluded and underrepresented communities and contributing to the vibrancy of Fort
Collins by making art fun and accessible; 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 and all other funds 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
Transportation Services Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the
Transportation Services Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated rev enues
and all other funds to be received in that Fund during this fiscal year.
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 Transportation Services Fund the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
($50,000) for expenditure in the Transportation Services Fund for Active Modes to address the
needs of populations disproportionately harmed by the impacts of COVID-19.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of
September, A.D. 2021, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day of September, A.D.
2021.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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Interim City Clerk
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21st day of September, A.D. 2021.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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Interim City Clerk