HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 07/01/2008 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 063, 2008, APPROPR ITEM NUMBER: 36
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: July 1, 2008
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Jim Hibbard
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No.063,2008,Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the Stormwater
Fund For Review of Stormwater Best Management Practices and Implementation of Low Impact
Development Demonstration Projects.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of this Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Council has asked for a review of the City's Stormwater Best Management Practices. City staff has
requested assistance from Colorado State University. This Ordinance,adopted on First Reading on
June 3, 2008 by a vote of 6-0 (Councilmember Troxell withdrew due to a conflict of interest),
appropriates $303,012 from Stormwater reserves to fund the services to be provided by the Urban
Water Center at Colorado State University.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary- June 3, 2008.
(w/o original attachments)
ATTACHMENT
ITEM NUMBER: 16 A-B
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: June 3, 2008
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL S�AFF: Jim Hibbard
SUBJECT
Items Relating to Review of Stormwater Best Management Practices and Pilot Testing of Low
Impact Development Stormwater Practices.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution and the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT �g
The proposed three year agreetith olora to ni s' is for$303,012 and will be paid
from Stormwater Fund Priorese s.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A. Resolution 2008-054 Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Intergovernmental
Agreement with Colorado State University for Review of Stormwater Best Management
Practices.
B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 063, 2008, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the
Stormwater Fund For Review of Stormwater Best Management Practices and
Implementation of Low Impact Development Demonstration Projects.
Council has asked for a review of the City's Stormwater Best Management Practices. City staff has
requested assistance from Color tate vers' T ' ite uthorizes the City Manager to
execute an intergovernmental eem t 'th U an a C ter at Colorado State University
for services related to the Be Manag ent a revi and appropriates $303,012 from
Stormwater reserves to fund th n 'ct.
BACKGROUND
City Council has asked for a review of the City's Stormwater Best Management Practices(BMPs).
City staff has requested assistance from Colorado State University. The first phase includes:
June 3, 2008 -2- Item No. 16 A-B
• Review of current stormwater BMPs, and
• Recommended changes in practice and design criteria, including appropriate Low Impact
Development (LID)prac nsierkby
Any proposed changes will be C puncil in a first quarter of 2009.
The second and concurrent phase is:
• Monitoring performance of certain existing stormwater water quality facilities;
• Recommending performance and operational changes for existing facilities;
• Monitoring results of performance modifications; and
• Pilot testing of selected LID practices and BMP renovation demonstration projects.
The total length of the agreement will be three years, with the results of the second phase used for
continuous improvement to stormwater BMPs. This review of stormwater practices and the
proposed agreement with Colorado State University also support the Utilities 21 st Century Initiative
to implement sustainable utility practices.
The Urban Water Center at Colorado State University is a nationally recognized leader in
developing protocols for control rr fte
ff t prban
e. sta le urban stream systems from
both hydrologic and ecologic 'rs" peckR e e to do Stormwater Council, a non-
profit organization of Municip StormD erms olders, of which Fort Collins is a
member, commissioned a signi tth Wer Center to study the Performance
and Whole Life Costs of Stormwater BMPs. This study uniquely positions the University to
perform the work requested by the City. In addition,the availability of graduate students,under the
supervision of Dr.Larry Roesner,Director of the Urban Water Center,results in substantially lower
cost to the City. Finally,the proposed agreement will strengthen the relationship between the City
and the University, support the goals of the UniverCity Connections Program and connect the
University to the City, Downtown, and the Poudre River.
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ORDINANCE NO. 063, 2008
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE STORMWATER FUND
FOR REVIEW OF STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
WHEREAS, the City Council has requested a review of current Stormwater Best
Management Practices; and
WHEREAS, such a review supports the Utilities 21st Century Initiative to implement
sustainable utility practices; and
WHEREAS, the Urban Water Center at Colorado State University ("CSU") is recognized
nationally as a leader in stormwater best management practices and is engaged in a study of such
practices commissioned by the Colorado Stormwater Council; and
WHEREAS, by virtue of Colorado State University's ongoing work in the field of
stormwater best management practices,the Urban Water Center is uniquely positioned to leverage
the results of concurrent studies with a review of the City's stormwater practices; and
WHEREAS,the Colorado Stormwater Council study allows for strong synergy in the review
of the City's stormwater practices and would lower the City's cost of review due to the participation
of graduate students; and
WHEREAS,one of the purposes ofUniverCity Connections is to bring CSU,the City of Fort
Collins, Downtown, and the Poudre River together in harmony with our natural environment and
utilizing the services of CSU to review the City's stormwater practices would further this purpose;
and
WHEREAS,City staff has recommended,and by authorization of Resolution 2008-054,the
Council has authorized an agreement between the City and CSU for the above described purposes;
and
WHEREAS, the funds needed to carry out the City's financial obligations under this
agreement are available from the Stormwater Fund prior year reserves; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 9,of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins permits the City
Council to appropriate by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as
may be available from reserves accumulated in prior years,notwithstanding that such reserves were
not previously appropriated.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from Stormwater Fund Prior Year
Reserves the sum of THREE HUNDRED THREE THOUSAND AND TWELVE DOLLARS
($303,012),to be used to fund the City's obligations under the above-referenced intergovernmental
agreement with Colorado State University for the review of the City's stormwater best management
practices and implementation of low impact development demonstration projects.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading,and ordered published this 3rd day of June,
A.D. 2008, and to be presented for final passage on the 1st da uly, A.D. 2008.
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ATTEST: o
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 1 st day of July, A.D. 2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk