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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY April 15, 2014
City Council
STAFF
Renee Lee, Therapeutic Recreation Specialist
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 049, 2014, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the Recreation
Fund for the Adaptive Recreation Opportunities Program Paralympic Sport Club.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on April 1, 2014, appropriates unanticipated grant
revenue in the recreation fund to be used for general operating support for the Adaptive Recreation
Opportunities program Paralympic Sport Club.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary, April 1, 2014 (w/o attachments) (PDF)
2. Ordinance No. 049, 2014 (PDF)
Agenda Item 6
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY April 1, 2014
City Council
STAFF
Renee Lee, Therapeutic Recreation Specialist
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 049, 2014, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the Recreation Fund
for the Adaptive Recreation Opportunities Program Paralympic Sport Club.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appropriate unanticipated grant revenue in the recreation fund to be used for
general operating support for the Adaptive Recreation Opportunities program Paralympic Sport Club.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has awarded to the Fort Collins Recreation Department,
Adaptive Recreation Opportunities program (ARO) a grant in the amount of $15,000 during the funding cycle of
October 2013-September 2014. This grant opportunity is made available through a partnership between the
USOC and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the U.S. Paralympics Integrated
Adaptive Sports Program, which provides integrated adaptive sports for disabled veterans and disabled
members of the Armed Forces.
ARO has operated an established Paralympic sport club since 2010 and is extremely fortunate to have the
opportunity to collaborate with the USOC to provide adaptive sport instruction and opportunities to veterans
and service members of the U.S. Armed Forces who have become physically disabled and are transitioning
back into the community.
The USOC grant subaward will allow ARO to provide competitive adaptive sport programs and opportunities
for individuals with disabilities to develop independence, confidence, and fitness through participation in
community sports, recreation, and educational programs. The grant funding will provide for qualified
instructors, coaching certification, and facility, transportation and equipment costs as related to providing
veteran-specific opportunities in two Paralympics sports: swimming and archery. Other existing ARO
Paralympics sport club offerings, including wheelchair rugby, cycling, guided running and goalball, will also
benefit through use of grant funds for equipment maintenance, replacement and coaches training.
Staff looks forward to this project and further strengthening the partnership with the USOC and VA to serve
veterans with physical and visual disabilities.
ATTACHMENTS
1. VA Grant Letter of Intent (PDF)
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ORDINANCE NO. 049, 2014
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN
THE RECREATION FUND FOR THE ADAPTIVE RECREATION
OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM PARALYMPIC SPORT CLUB
WHEREAS, the Recreation Department’s Adaptive Recreation Opportunities program
(ARO) has been selected by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to receive a grant in
the amount of $15,000 during the funding cycle of October 2013- September 2014; and
WHEREAS, this grant opportunity is made available through a partnership between the
USOC and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the U.S. Paralympics
Integrated Adaptive Sports Program, which provides integrated adaptive sports for disabled
veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces; and
WHEREAS, the grant totals $15,000, which includes funding for qualified instructors,
coaching certification and facility, transportation and equipment costs as related to providing
veteran specific opportunities in two Paralympics sports: swimming and archery; 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 revenue as described
herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Recreation Fund to exceed the
current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during any fiscal
year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated grant
revenue in the Recreation Fund the sum of FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($15,000) for the
ARO program partnership with the USOC and VA to serve veterans with physical and visual
disabilities.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1st day of
April, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of April, A.D. 2014.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 15th day of April, A.D. 2014.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk