HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 08/20/2002 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 115, 2002, APPROPRI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 23
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: August 20, 2002
10 STAFF: Kevin Gettig
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 115,2002,Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the Water Fund
and Authorizing the Transfer of Appropriations Within the Water Fund for the Vulnerability
Assessment Grant Project.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The grant of $115,000 is unanticipated revenue in the Water Fund. The total cost of the
vulnerability assessment project is estimated to be $190,000.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
A $115,000 Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") Grant has been awarded to the City to be
used for a vulnerability assessment of the water system. Adoption of this Ordinance would
appropriate the EPA grant proceeds to the Water Fund Vulnerability Assessment Grant Project and
transfer $75,000 of existing appropriations from the Water Fund into the Grant Project.
BACKGROUND:
House of Representatives Bill H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act
of 2001 (the"Act"),requires community water systems to conduct vulnerability assessments under
the authority of the EPA.Under the Act, community water systems serving a population of greater
than 3,300 persons are required to conduct an assessment of the vulnerability of its system to a
terrorist act or other intentional acts intended to substantially disrupt the ability of the system to
provide a safe and reliable source of drinking water.The vulnerability assessment must include, but
need not be limited to, a review of pipes and constructed conveyances, physical barriers, water
collection,pretreatment, treatment, storage and distribution facilities,electronic,computer or other
automated systems which are utilized by the public water system, the use, storage, or handling of
various chemicals, and the operation and maintenance of such system.
DATE: August 20, 2002 2 J ffEM NUMBER: 23
The EPA announced March 19,2002,that Requests for Application for the security planning grants
of $115,000 for drinking water systems serving more than 100,000 people were due April 29,2002.
Grants were awarded in July 2002,for use for vulnerability assessments that must be completed by
March 31, 2003,or six months from the award date, whichever is later. The funds awarded can be
applied toward three basic security elements:(1)vulnerability assessments;(2)emergency operating
plans (EOPs); or (3) security system improvement designs. The EPA recognizes that these funds
will not be sufficient to complete each of the security elements,but the funds will provide the means
for utilities to begin to protect their systems.
ORDINANCE NO. 115, 2002
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE
IN THE WATER FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF
APPROPRIATIONS WITHIN THE WATER FUND FOR THE VULNERABILITY
ASSESSMENT GRANT PROJECT
WHEREAS, House of Representatives Bill H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and
Bioterrorism Response Act of 2001, requires community water systems to conduct vulnerability
assessments under the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"); and
WHEREAS, under that law,community water systems serving a population of greater than
3,300 persons are required to conduct an assessment of the vulnerability of their systems to a terrorist
act or other intentional acts intended to substantially disrupt the ability of such systems to provide
a safe and reliable drinking water; and
WHEREAS, EPA grants were awarded in July 2002, for cities with more than 100,000
people, for vulnerability assessments to be completed by March 31, 2003, or six months from the
award date, whichever is later; and
WHEREAS, one of these EPA grants in the amount of$115,000, was awarded to the City
to be used for a vulnerability assessment of the City's water system; and
WHEREAS, the total cost of the vulnerability assessment project is estimated to be
$190,000; and
WHEREAS,the remaining$75,000 needed to complete the project will be transferred from
existing appropriations in Water Fund Operations into the grant project in the Water Fund; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9,of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins 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 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, City staff has determined that the appropriation of the EPA grant funds, as
described herein, will not cause the total amount appropriated in the relevant funds to exceed the
current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received during any fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to appropriate the sum of$115,000 in the
Water Fund-Vulnerability Assessment Grant Project from unanticipated revenue in the form of EPA
grant proceeds and authorize the transfer of $75,000 from unspent and unencumbered existing
appropriations in the Water Fund-Operations to the Water Fund-Vulnerability Assessment Grant
Project to be used for a vulnerability assessment of the City's water system.
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 Water Fund-Vulnerability Assessment Grant Project the sum of ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS($115,000)from EPA grant funds to be used for a vulnerability assessment
of the City's water system.
Section 2.That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of SEVENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($75,000) is hereby authorized for transfer from the Water Fund-
Operations to the Water Fund-Vulnerability Assessment Grant Project and appropriated therein to
be used for a vulnerability assessment of the City's water system.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 20th day of
August, A.D. 2002 and to be presented for final passage on the 3rd day of September, A.D. 2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 3rd day of September, A.D. 2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk