HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/07/1999 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 175, 1999, APPROPR AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 7
DATE: December 7, 1999
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Lucinda Smith
SUBJECT:
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 175, 1999,Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General
Fund for the Local Action Plan Development for the Cities for Climate Protection Campaign.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Ordinance No. 175, 1999,which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on November 16, 1999,
appropriates unanticipated revenue in the General Fund for the Cities for Climate Protection
Campaign that Fort Collins joined in 1997.
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 14
DATE: November 16, 1999
• FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
STAFF: Lucinda Smith
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 175, 1999, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General
Fund for the Local Action Plan Development for the Cities for Climate Protection Campaign.
RECOMMENDATION:Staff recommends adoption of-fie Ordinance on`First Readm �,
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This action will allow the City to spend $9,175 received from the International Council for Local
Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This Ordinance appropriates$9,175 of unanticipated revenue in the General Fund for the Cities for
Climate Protection Campaign that Fort Collins joined in 1997. The funds are part of a grant to the
City for use by the Natural Resoureeg-Hepar♦mant t etpdevelopment of our Local Action Plan
to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions! Ptis atnount!r ` seis the second half of the City's grant
allocation,to be received in 1999 upon tlbmittal oftTie final r�ort to ICLEI.
BACKGROUND:
In 1997, Council adopted Resolution 97-97,authorizing Fort Collins' participation in the Cities for
Climate Protection Campaign. Participation in the campaign, which is sponsored by the nonprofit
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives(ICLEI),Public Technology,Inc.,and U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, involves conducting an audit of current greenhouse gas
emissions in the city,setting a greenhouse gas reduction target,and developing a Local Action Plan
for meeting that target.
The City applied for and received a"Local Action Plan Development Grant" from ICLEI to assist
in developing the City's Local Action Plan. A total of $18,150 awarded by ICLEI, with an
additional$6.725 of in-kind match provided by the City of Fort Collins. Grant funds were awarded
')ATE: November 16, 1999 2 ITEM NUMBER: 14
to reimburse $8,750 worth of staff time and will provide $9,600 for a local Pollution Prevention
consultant to help quantify measures in the Plan.
A Staff Technical Team and a Citizen Advisory Committee were convened in 1998 to develop the
Local Action Plan. The Local Action Plan is scheduled for Council consideration on November 16,
1999,completing our contract obligations to ICLEI under this grant. Natural Resources intends to
submit a final project report to ICLEI on November 4, 1999. Upon receipt of the report,they will
issue the remaining funds($9,175).
Only half the funds were actually received in 1998, per contract agreement. This Ordinance
appropriates the remaining grant forms that will,be eceivedu 1999, following completion of the
project.
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