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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/21/2021 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 101, 2021, APPROPR Agenda Item 2 Item # 2 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY September 21, 2021 City Council STAFF Nina Bodenhamer, City Give Director Aaron Guin, Legal SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 101, 2021, Appropriating Philanthropic Revenue Received Through City Give for Active Modes to Address the Needs of Populations Disproportionately Harmed by the Impacts of COVID-19. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 7, 2021, appropriates $50,000 in philanthropic revenue received through 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 Philant hropies, 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. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary (w/o attachments) (PDF) 2. Ordinance No. 101, 2021 (PDF) Agenda Item 5 Item # 5 Page 1 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 Philanthropic Revenue Received Through 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 t hrough 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 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. 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 asphalt 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 cause 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 fi scal year. ATTACHMENT 1 Agenda Item 5 Item # 5 Page 2 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. -1- ORDINANCE NO. 101, 2021 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED THROUGH 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 -2- 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 revenues 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. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ Interim City Clerk -3- Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21st day of September, A.D. 2021. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ Interim City Clerk