HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 06/20/2000 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 74, 2000, APPROPRIA AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 19
DATE: June 20, 2000
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
STAFF: Glenn Levy
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 74, 2000, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the Flood
Mitigation Fund and Authorizing the Transfer of Appropriations Between Funds for Projects
Pertaining to Flood Mitigation Measures.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The City was awarded three grants from the Colorado Office of Emergency Management for
Disaster Resistant Grant Program funds. The funds, totaling $8,500, will be appropriated in the
City's Flood Mitigation Fund and used to provide information to the citizens of Fort Collins
concerning flood awareness and mitigation measures. Matching funds,totaling$8,500,have been
identified from existing appropriations in the Storm Drainage Fund ($7,500) and in-kind services
in the form of contributions of time and materials from private entities ($1,500).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This item appropriates unanticipated revenue and authorizes the transfer of existing appropriations
between funds to be used for flood awareness and mitigation measures. Three grants have been
awarded from the Colorado Office of Emergency Management. Matching funds have been
identified within the Storm Drainage Fund. The grants will assist the City in: (1) designing a
website that displays stream flow and weather data in graphical and tabular format; (2) designing
and developing a brochure on the City's early flood warning system and mitigation benefits for the
businesses and residents within the City,focusing on those located in mapped floodplain areas;and
(3) conducting public meetings aimed at increasing the public's understanding and ability to react
to natural disasters.
The City's Flood Mitigation Fund was created in April, 1998 to account for revenues and
expenditures associated with long range planning, and flood awareness and mitigation measures
which became necessary in the aftermath of the flash flood that hit Fort Collins on July 28, 1997.
The flood resulted in the loss of five lives, the loss of 120 mobile homes, and caused over $200
million in damage. A Presidential declaration qualified the community for various types of federal
disaster assistance programs. Since the creation of the fund,the City has received in excess of$1.4
million in federal funding to develop a flood recovery action plan,a flood warning program,and to
develop a disaster resistant community initiative. This latest application by the City, for federal
funds, will help address the continued need to find ways to expand mitigation awareness and
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benefits to citizens and businesses residing in floodplain areas, and provide a means to accurately
disseminate streamflow and precipitation gage data to the public. The three grants to be
administered by the City's Office of Emergency Management are as follows:
Stream &Rain Gage on Office of Emergency Management
Federal funds $ 5,000
City match 5,000
Total $ 10,000
Informational Public Meeting Series on Community Safety
Federal funds $ 2,000
City match 2,000
Total $ 4,000
Flood Mailers
Federal funds $ 1,500
City match 0
Total $ 1,500
ORDINANCE NO. 74, 2000
• OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE
FLOOD MITIGATION FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER
OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN FUNDS FOR PROJECTS PERTAINING
TO FLOOD MITIGATION MEASURES
WHEREAS, in April 1998, the City created the Flood Mitigation Fund to account for
revenues and expenditures associated with long range planning and flood awareness and mitigation
measures following the aftermath of the flash flood that hit Fort Collins on July 28, 1997; and
WHEREAS, since the creation of the aforementioned fund,the City has received in excess
of$1.4 million dollars in federal funding to develop a flood recovery action plan, a flood warning
program, and to develop a disaster resistant community initiative; and
WHEREAS,the City's Office of Emergency Management continues to find ways to expand
mitigation awareness and benefits to the public,focusing on residents and businesses located in the
City's floodplain areas; and
WHEREAS, the Colorado Office of Emergency Management has awarded the City three
grants and has made available Disaster Resistant Grant Program funds totaling $8,500, to be used
• to: (1) design a website that displays stream flow and weather data to the public alerting them to
potential flooding incidents ($5,000); (2) design and develop a new brochure on the City's early
flood warning system, including information on how businesses and homeowners can mitigate
property damage before a flood and safety precautions during a flood($1,500);and(3)conduct four
public meetings aimed at increasing the public's understanding and ability to react to natural
disasters ($2,000); and
WHEREAS, matching funds, totaling $7,000, are required and have been identified from
existing appropriations in the Storm Drainage Fund; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins(the"Charter")
permits the City Council 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 then current estimate of actual
and anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 10,of the Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by
ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered 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; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to appropriate $8,500 to be received from the
. Colorado Office of Emergency Management and authorize the transfer of existing appropriations,
totaling$7,000,in the Storm Drainage Fund to the Flood Mitigation Fund to be used for providing
flood mitigation measures.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in
the Flood Mitigation Fund, the sum of EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($8,500), upon receipt from the Colorado Office of Emergency Management to be used for the
following projects:
Stream& Rain Gage Website $ 5,000
Informational Public Meeting Series 2,000
Flood Warning Mailer 1,500
Total $ 8,500
Section 2. That the unexpended,appropriated amount of SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
($7,000) is hereby authorized for transfer from the Storm Drainage Fund to the Flood Mitigation
Fund and appropriated therein to be used for the following projects:
Stream&Rain Gage Website $ 5,000
Informational Public Meeting Series 2,000
Total $ 7,000
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 20th day of
June, A.D. 2000, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of July,A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 18th day of July,A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk