HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 07/17/2012 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO.063, 2012 APPROVINGDATE: 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.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21st day of August, A.D. 2012.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk