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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 08/21/2012 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 063, 2012 APPROVINDATE: August 21, 2012 STAFF: Brian Woodruff AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 8 SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 063, 2012 Approving a Grant Project with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund for the Natural Resources Radon Program and Authorizing the Transfer of Matching Funds Previously Appropriated in the Natural Resources Operating Budget to the Grant Project. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on July 17, 2012, appropriates a $11,525 grant given by the Colorado Department of Health and Environment. It also transfers a matching amount of $11,525 from the 2012 General Fund and combine these in the Radon Program account. The Radon Program carries out radon risk-reduction activities identified in the current City Budget. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary - July 17, 2012 (w/o attachments) COPY COPY COPY COPY ATTACHMENT 1 DATE: July 17, 2012 STAFF: Brian Woodruff AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 18 SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 063, 2012 Approving a Grant Project with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund for the Natural Resources Radon Program and Authorizing the Transfer of Matching Funds Previously Appropriated in the Natural Resources Operating Budget to the Grant Project. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance appropriates $11,525 that has been granted by Colorado Department of Health and Environment. It would also transfer a matching amount of $11,525 from the 2012 General Fund and combine these in the Radon Program account. The Radon Program carries out radon risk-reduction activities identified in the current City Budget. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The Colorado Department of Health and Environment has provided these funds as a grant to the City for a program to encourage radon testing and mitigation through media advertising, and low-cost test kit sales, and to develop and test outreach messages designed to encourage homeowners with high radon to install radon-reduction systems. The grant directly supports radon activities identified in two City budget offers, Air Quality Improvement and the Radon Mitigation Behavioral Study. The grant requires a local match of $11,525. FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS City resources would be increased by $11,525. Required matching funds have already been appropriated in the 2012 General Fund. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS These funds would be used to lower the lung-cancer risk of Fort Collins residents that have elevated home radon levels. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. ORDINANCE NO. 063, 2012 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING A GRANT PROJECT WITH THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCES RADON PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF MATCHING FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED IN THE NATURAL RESOURCES OPERATING BUDGET TO THE GRANT PROJECT WHEREAS, the Fort Collins Natural Resources Radon Program (the "Program") is part of the City’s indoor air quality program, which is guided by the Air Quality Plan with a policy goal to educate and encourage residents to reduce their exposure to indoor air pollution; and WHEREAS, the current radon program includes aggressive education, a voluntary radon testing program, mandatory radon mitigation in new construction, and an ordinance requiring the distribution of radon information to all residential home-buyers at point-of-sale; and WHEREAS, the City has been awarded a grant from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (“CDPHE”) in the amount of $11,525; and WHEREAS, the CDPHE grant funds are to be used to lower the lung-cancer risk of Fort Collins residents by directly supporting radon activities identified in two City Budget offers, Air Quality Improvement and the Radon Mitigation Behavioral Study; and WHEREAS, the grant requires $11,525 of matching funds, which have been included in the 2012 Natural Resources budget and are available for transfer to the CDPHE project for the Program; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City 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 current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of the CDPHE grant funds as described herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the General Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during the fiscal year; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10, of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by ordinance any unexpected and unencumbered amount or portion thereof from one project to another project, provided 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 specifically approves the above-described joint and cooperative efforts with CDPHE to promote identification and mitigation of radon- related risks. Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the General Fund the sum of ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($11,525) for expenditure in the General Fund for the Natural Resources Radon Program. Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($11,525) is authorized for transfer from the Natural Resources operating budget in the General Fund to the CDHE grant project for the Natural Resources Radon Program and appropriated herein. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 17th day of July, A.D. 2012, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day of August, A.D. 2012. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21st day of August, A.D. 2012. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk