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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 03/01/2022 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 013, 2022, APPROPR Agenda Item 2 Item # 2 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY March 1, 2022 FC Moves STAFF Melina Dempsey, Sr. Transportation Planner Aaron Guin, Legal SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 013, 2022, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue and Authorizing Transfers in the Transportation Services Fund for the Electric Micro-Mobility Pass and Education Series Pilot Program. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on February 15, 2022, appropriates unanticipated grant revenue received from the Colorado Department of Transportation (“CDOT”) Travel Demand Management Seed Funding Grant Program and to authorize transfers in the Transportation Services Fund for the Electric Micro-Mobility Pass and Education Series Pilot Program (the “Program”). STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, February 15, 2022 (w/o attachments) (PDF) 2. Ordinance No. 013, 2022 (PDF) Agenda Item 8 Item # 8 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY February 15, 2022 City Council STAFF Melina Dempsey, Sr. Transportation Planner Aaron Guin, Legal SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 013, 2022 Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue and Authorizing Transfers in the Transportation Services Fund for the Electric Micro-Mobility Pass and Education Series Pilot Program. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to request appropriation of unanticipated grant revenue received from the Colorado Department of Transportation (“CDOT”) Travel Demand Management Seed Funding Grant Program and to authorize transfers in the Transportation Services Fund for the Electric Micro-Mobility Pass and Education Series Pilot Program (the “Program”). STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION FC Moves is a department within the City’s Planning, Development, and Transportation division that exists to advance mobility solutions to increase walking, bicycling, transit use, shared modes, and environmentally sustainable modes. An important element in achieving this mission is advancing clean and affordable transportation options like e-scooters and e-bikes (branded as SPIN in the City of Fort Collins). The City of Fort Collins applied for and was awarded a CDOT Transportation Demand Management (“TDM”) Seed Funding Grant that will enable the FC Moves Department to subsidize micro-mobility and educational programming for up to 150 participants to provide free access to SPIN e-bikes and e-scooters for a one-year period. During this pilot phase of the Program, 75 low-income residents and 75 City of Fort Collins employees will have free access to SPIN e-scooters and e-bikes. Communications will make it clear that the program is seeking individuals who want to shift away from driving alone to using more sustainable transportation, but who have other concerns or barriers that have prevented them from doing so. The low-income resident participants must qualify for SPIN’s “Spin Access” program (a reduced-rate program where proof of low-income status is required) and then will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis from the pool of applicants. As for City employee participants, FC Moves will announce the pilot program by email to all employees, inviting those who are interested to sign up and, if more than 75 employees sign up, then the participants will be selected randomly from the pool of applicants. All participants will be required to complete a pre-participation survey to participate in this pilot program and receive subsidized passes. A post-participation survey also will be conducted to evaluate this pilot program. Program funding also will be used to develop and provide supportive and educational programing to up to 40 of the subsidized pass participants. The goal of this pilot program is to identify and select participants who want to shift away from driving alone to use of sustainable transportation options, but who have concerns or barriers that ATTACHMENT 1 COPY Agenda Item 8 Item # 8 Page 2 have prevented them from doing so. In addition to SPIN, the City is partnering with Bike Fort Collins for educational programming, marketing and outreach. The FC Moves Department focuses on the promotion and implementation of sustainable mobility such as: the City’s award-winning bike program; industry-leading Safe Routes to School Program; electric vehicle advancement efforts, micro-mobility share (e-scooters and e-bikes) program; and transit planning. However, to further the mission of reducing driving (especially people driving alone, which includes about 75% of commuters in Fort Collins and 85% of City employees), additional initiatives and tools must be developed. FC Moves received funding through the Budgeting For Outcomes process to develop and formalize a Travel Demand Management (“TDM”) program (branded as the “Shift Your Ride Travel Options Program”) to expand its reach and further its mission. Subsidizing sustainable transportation options and providing hands-on education are proven TDM-supportive strategies in encouraging people to try and utilize other modes of transportation besides driving alone. Therefore, the grant funds received from CDOT directly support the TDM program that is being developed. The total budget for this Program is $101,250. The CDOT TDM Seed Funding Grant funds awarded for this Program total $81,000. The CDOT grant requires a local match of 20% of the total Program cost, which will be paid from two sources: $10,250 (10.1%) from the FC Moves Travel Demand Management Program, and a previously appropriated amount of $10,000 (9.9%) from the SPIN E-Bike Share Program. This Program supports the following components of the 2019 City Plan: Principle T 6: Support bicycling as a safe, easy and convenient travel option for all ages and abilities by building a connected network of facilities. Policy T 6.2: Bicycle Facilities and Programs. Implement appropriate, well-designed bicycle facilities, education and enforcement programs. Principle T 8: Manage the transportation system to ensure reliable traffic and transit flow through travel demand management and transportation system optimization. Policy T 8.1 - Transportation Demand Management. Promote and facilitate transportation options that reduce dependence on automobile trips (e.g., carpools, regional vanpools, telecommuting, electronic access, new vehicle types, vehicle sharing, transit, walking, biking, employee programs, market pricing for parking, road-user charges, etc.). Principle T 9: Utilize the transportation system to support a healthy and equitable community. Policy T 9.4: Healthy Transportation Choices. Develop travel demand programs that support and promote active transportation choices. Policy T 9.5: Equitable Access. Provide equitable access to services and resources, particularly for marginalized and under-resourced communities as identified in the Health Equity Index Analysis in the City Plan Trends and Forces Report (Appendix) and other future equity analyses. Policy T 9.6: Active Transportation. Support physically active transportation (e.g., bicycling, walking, using wheelchairs, etc.) by continued bike and pedestrian education and encouragement programs and infrastructure investments. Policy T 9.8 - Air Quality. Support efforts to improve air quality through the prioritization of transportation infrastructure and travel demand programmatic investments that reduce vehicle miles traveled. Incorporate air quality impacts into transportation planning decisions through the use of the Fort Collins Air Quality Impacts Tool. Policy T 9.9 - Climate Action Plan. Prioritize transportation planning projects and programs that COPY Agenda Item 8 Item # 8 Page 3 support CAP and GHG-reduction goals. CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS The Grant requires a local match of 20% of the total program cost. The following is a summary of the project funding: Funds to be Appropriated with this Action CDOT Grant Funds to be Appropriated $81,000.00 Partner Funds Previously Appropriated (SPIN) $10,000.00 Local Match Funds to be Appropriated (FC Moves TDM Program) $10,250.00 Total Project Budget $101,250.00 PUBLIC OUTREACH Letters of support for this Program were provided by SPIN, Bike Fort Collins and the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization. No other public outreach was conducted prior to the award of the CDOT TDM Seed Funding Grant. Future public outreach is planned to select participants who qualify for the subsidized pass program. Program team members will coordinate with social service agencies and Bike Fort Collins to recruit community participants. Additionally, there will be two eight-week educational classes offered to participants to receive hands-on training on using sustainable transportation. These classes will be presented in person and virtually. ATTACHMENTS 1. Grant Terms and Conditions (PDF) 2. Email Communication (PDF) COPY -1- ORDINANCE NO. 013, 2022 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS IN THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND FOR THE ELECTRIC MICRO-MOBILITY PASS AND EDUCATION SERIES PILOT PROGRAM WHEREAS, FC Moves is a department within the City’s Planning, Development, and Transportation division that exists to advance mobility solutions to increase walking, bicycling, transit use, shared modes, and environmentally sustainable modes; and WHEREAS, advancing clean and affordable transportation options like e-scooters and e- bikes (branded as SPIN in the City of Fort Collins) is an important element in achieving FC Moves’ mission; and WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins applied for and was awarded $81,000 from the Colorado Department of Transportation (“CDOT”) Transportation Demand Management (“TDM”) Seed Funding Grant for the FC Moves Electric Micro-Mobility Pass and Education Series Pilot Program (the “Program”); and WHEREAS, the CDOT grant requires a local match of $20,250, of which $10,000 will be paid from the SPIN E-Bike Share Program in the Transportation Services Fund Reserves, and $10,250 will be paid from the FC Moves Travel Demand Management Program in the Transportation Services Fund; and WHEREAS, the CDOT grant funds will enable the Program to subsidize micro-mobility and educational programming for up to 150 participants (75 low-income residents and 75 City of Fort Collins employees) to provide free access to SPIN e-bikes and e-scooters for a one-year period; and WHEREAS, Program funding also will be used to develop and provide supportive and educational programing to the participants; and WHEREAS, subsidizing sustainable transportation options and providing hands-on education are proven TDM-supportive strategies in encouraging people to try and utilize other modes of transportation besides driving alone; and WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits the public health, safety, and welfare of the residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of promoting environmentally sustainable mobility solutions, 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 -2- 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; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council, upon recommendation by the City Manager, to transfer by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof from one fund or capital project to another fund or capital project, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged, the purpose for which the funds were initially appropriated no longer exists, or the proposed transfer is from a fund or capital project in which the amount appropriated exceeds the amount needed to accomplish the purpose specified in the appropriation ordinance; and WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended the transfer of $10,000 from the SPIN E-Bike Share Program in the Transportation Services Fund Reserves to the Electric Micro- Mobility Pass and Education Series Pilot Program in the Transportation Services Fund and determined that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged; and WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended the transfer of $10,250 from the FC Moves Travel Demand Management Program in the Transportation Services Fund to the Electric Micro- Mobility Pass and Education Series Pilot Program in the Transportation Services Fund and determined that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged. 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 Transportation Services Fund the sum of EIGHTY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($81,000) for expenditure in the Transportation Services Fund for the Electric Micro-Mobility Pass and Education Series Pilot Program. Section 3. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the SPIN E- Bike Share Program in the Transportation Services Fund Reserves the sum of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000) to be expended in the Transportation Services Fund for the Electric Micro- Mobility Pass and Education Series Pilot Program. Section 4. That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of TEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($10,250) is authorized for transfer from the FC Moves TDM Program in the Transportation Services Fund for the Electric Micro-Mobility Pass and Education Series Pilot Program. -3- Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 15th day of February, A.D. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on the 1st day of March, A.D. 2022. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 1st day of March, A.D. 2022. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk