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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 07/01/2014 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 091, 2014, APPROPRIAgenda Item 9 Item # 9 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY July 1, 2014 City Council STAFF Nancy Nichols, Safe Routes to School Coordinator SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 091, 2014, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue into the Transportation Services Fund for the Safe Routes to School Program. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to appropriate unbudgeted funds received through a grant for the Safe Routes to School Program. The City of Fort Collins FC Moves Department has received a $25,822 federal grant through the Colorado Department of Transportation for the 2014-15 Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program. This funding will allow the City’s Safe Routes to School Program (administered and staffed by FC Moves) to enhance its pedestrian and bicycle safety education programs. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION This is the latest of several CDOT grants received by the City’s Safe Routes to School program since 2007, totaling $415,822. The City of Fort Collins FC Moves staff develops and administers the local SRTS program. The success of the program is based on collaborations with local partners including Poudre School District (PSD), Thompson School District, Bicycle and Pedestrian Education Coalition, Healthier Communities Coalition, Safe Kids Larimer County, Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County, Bike Fort Collins, various City departments (Traffic Operations, Police, Engineering, Streets), individual schools and parents. Both the 2008 Bicycle Plan and the 2011 Bicycle Safety Education Plan (BSEP) call for the City and community partners to provide bicycle education for children. BSEP specifically recommends that at least 11,000 K-12 students are engaged in safety education annually and that each school has at least one trained bicycle-safety educator. A major goal of the overall SRTS program is to double the number of children who safely bike and walk to school - from an estimated of 20% to 25% of local schoolchildren currently to 50% in 2015 and beyond. Per the grant scope of work, the Fort Collins SRTS program will work with local K-8 schools during the 2014- 15 school year. Specific objectives of the grant include: • Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Education for K-5 Students - The SRTS program will deliver its comprehensive safety education program to physical education classes at the following PSD schools during the 2014-15 school year: Irish Elementary, Laurel Elementary, Linton Elementary, and Putnam Elementary. Agenda Item 9 Item # 9 Page 2 • Safe Routes to School Bike Fleet for Middle-School Students - Expand the existing SRTS bike fleet by purchase of 20 additional bikes to be housed as a satellite SRTS fleet at Lincoln Middle School. After this acquisition, the SRTS fleet will total 73 bikes. This project directly supports City Plan and the City’s Transportation Master Plan: City Plan: Policy SW 2.3 - Support Active Transportation Support means of physically active transportation (e.g., bicycling, walking, wheelchairs, etc.) by continuing bike and pedestrian safety education and encouragement programs, providing law enforcement, and maintaining bike lanes, sidewalks, trails, lighting, and facilities for easy and safe use, as outlined in the Pedestrian Plan and Bicycle Plan. Transportation Master Plan: Policy T 8.1 - Support Active Transportation Support physically active transportation (e.g., bicycling, walking, wheelchairs, etc.) by continuing bike and pedestrian safety education and encouragement programs, providing law enforcement, and maintaining bike lanes, sidewalks, trails, lighting, and facilities for easy and safe use. FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is providing the full $25,822, with no matching funds required. The funds will be allocated as outlined in the CDOT-approved scope of work (see Attachment 1: 2014-15 SRTS Non-infrastructure Grant Application). The City can begin utilizing the funds immediately upon City Council’s approval of this appropriation. Many governmental and nonprofit research organizations are beginning to quantify the economic benefits of active transportation. Economic savings are a clear result when people shift away from motor vehicle use, particularly for short trips, and opt instead to walk or bike. These savings are realized by both individual families as well as the larger community. Choosing to walk or bike translates to personal savings for families through fewer car trips and reduced costs for vehicle maintenance and fuel. For the larger community, reduced automobile emissions combined with a more physically active populace translates to lower health-care costs by reducing the incidence of disease associated with physical inactivity and air pollution. Shifts to active transportation modes also impact the community’s economy through less wear and tear on roadways (reducing road maintenance expenditures) and higher home values in areas with less traffic congestion and less air pollution. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS Public-health and environmental agencies are recognizing the connection between active transportation choices and improved health of both people and the environment. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Although motor vehicle emissions have decreased significantly over the past three decades, air pollution from motor vehicles continues to contribute to the degradation of our environment and adverse respiratory and cardiovascular health effects.” The CDC specifically mentions Safe Routes to School as a means of ameliorating the negative impacts of motor vehicle emissions and chronic diseases stemming from physical inactivity among children. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION The Transportation Board and its Bicycle Advisory Committee receive periodic updates from the SRTS program. Both groups have shown strong support for the program’s goals as well as for grant funding to Agenda Item 9 Item # 9 Page 3 support the program. The program is also guided by a PSD Safe Routes to School Steering Committee, which meets three times annually. PUBLIC OUTREACH The 2014-15 SRTS grant application was developed by the City’s FC Moves staff after consultation with key partners, including PSD teachers and staff, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Education Coalition, the Healthier Communities Coalition, and Poudre School District. Public outreach is ongoing throughout the school year. Student, teacher, principal, PTA/PTO, and parent feedback is used to refine programs to be responsive to community needs. ATTACHMENTS 1. 2014-15 SRTS Non-infrastructure Grant Application (PDF) Contact Information Sheet Organization (check one) School District City County State Other Project Title: Fort Collins Safe Routes to School Contact Name: Nancy Nichols Contact Title: Safe Routes to School Coordinator Organization: City of Fort Collins Mailing Address: 281 N. College, PO Box 580 City, State, Zip: Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 Best Phone # to Call: 970-416-2357 Contact E-mail: nnichols@fcgov.com Contact Fax: 970-221-6239 Amount of Funding Requested: $25,822 School District(s): Poudre School District (PSD) School Name(s) & Address(es): Four PSD elementary schools (Irish, Laurel, Linton, Putnam) and one middle school (Lincoln) in Fort Collins. CDOT Region R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 (See Addendum E) Congressional District: D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 Safe Routes to School Coordinator Dec. 6, 2013 Signature and Title of Person Submitting the Proposal* Date *By signing, applicant admits to being authorized to sign for __City of Fort Collins____ (name of organization) and that all the information contained herein is true and correct to the best of his/her knowledge. 2014-15 Safe Routes to School Application City of Fort Collins Page 2 of 9 SECTION 1. Existing conditions. a) Current risks/obstacles. According to local emergency-medicine data from the past year (Nov. 1, 2012, to Oct. 31, 2013), a total of 55 children 4 to 15 years old were treated at local hospitals for significant traumatic injuries related to bike crashes (29) and pedestrian/motorist crashes (26). These data do not include children with minor injuries who were treated and released from the emergency room, or when a trauma team was not activated. Of the 29 bike accident patients, only 12 were documented as wearing a helmet. Local parents’ perceived barriers to biking and walking include: weather, major arterial streets, speed and volume of traffic, fear of child abduction, distance to school, missing sidewalk segments and bike lanes, and lack of crosswalks (issues being addressed by various City departments/programs, including SRTS). b) Crash/traffic data. According to the City of Fort Collins 2013 Traffic Safety Summary, people who are 10 to 34 years old are overrepresented in bicycle and pedestrian crashes. People 15 to 19 years old are most overrepresented; they are more than twice as likely to be involved in both bicycle and pedestrian crashes when compared to the general population. (See appendix for full report.) c) Complete the following chart for each school affected by the proposed program. The following Poudre School District (PSD) K-5 schools will be targeted for SRTS educational programming during physical education (PE) classes. In addition, the expanded SRTS bike fleet will serve students at Lincoln Middle School during the grant period (and other middle schools in the future). See appendix for each school’s 2-mile buffer map. School Grades Demographics # Walk* # Bike* % Within 2 Mi. of School* # Benefit % F/R lunch Irish K-5 74% HIS; 25% WH; 1% OMIN -- -- 28% 391 86% Laurel K-5 50% WH; 42% HIS; 8% OMIN 9% 12% 51% 457 66% Lincoln 6-8 47%; WH; 46% HIS; 7% OMIN -- -- 34% 490 69% Linton K-5 59% WH; 36% HIS; 5% OMIN 37% 4% 89% 457 50% Putnam K-5 58% WH; 35% WH; 7% OMIN 28% 0% 49% 381 81% *Data derived from most recent SRTS parent surveys; data is for departure from school at end of school day. Survey data unavailable from NCSRTS for Irish and Lincoln, though Lincoln parent-survey data are pending from fall 2013. Notes: WH=White; HIS=Hispanic; OMIN=Other Minority. Regarding school buses, elementary schools bus students who live 1 mi. or more from school or if there is a major arterial street that students must cross. Busing distance is greater for middle schools (1.5 mi.). d) Describe any existing programs at the affected school(s) for walking/bicycling.  Poudre School District (PSD) has vibrant safety and wellness programs, including an “I Walk & Ride Safely” program, campus security officers and school resource officers whose duties include safety during arrival and dismissal times, and a school crossing guard program.  The PSD Wellness Program includes 40 schools that participate in such activities as school wellness teams, walkathons, running clubs, activity breaks in the classroom, activity competitions (such as “Schools on the Move” challenge), healthy-eating projects/lessons, wellness days, and other school policy work that helps establish an environment encouraging healthy behaviors and habits for students, staff, and families.  An increasing number of school principals, PE teachers, and wellness teams are embracing Safe Routes to School and working to embed SRTS education into the school’s curriculum (particularly PE).  Safe Kids Larimer County conducts Strap-and-Snap helmet safety education in 3rd-grade classrooms throughout Larimer County, including PSD schools. 2014-15 Safe Routes to School Application City of Fort Collins Page 3 of 9 Section 2: How do you propose to help solve the problem you identified in Section 1? This grant funding will continue to build the City of Fort Collins Safe Routes to School program. The City has goals of reaching 11,000 local students annually with education on safe biking and walking and getting 50% of local schoolchildren biking or walking to school on a regular basis. a) Describe the activity you plan to implement. The City of Fort Collins has developed its own SRTS K-8 curriculum (attached). The curriculum targets four distinct K-8 age groups with age-appropriate lessons: (1) kindergartners and first- graders, (2) second- and third-graders, (3) fourth- and fifth-graders, and (4) middle-schoolers. Kindergartners and first-graders learn the basics of being safe and careful pedestrians and are introduced to bike safety and the importance of wearing a helmet. They learn to walk and bike with adults whenever possible, how to stay safe in parking lots, how to cross streets safely, and the importance of stopping at the edge of any sidewalk or pavement (to eliminate darting into street). Pedestrian skills take precedence over bike skills for this age group. Second- and third-graders review pedestrian safety and are introduced to safe-bicycling skills and route finding. They learn basic “rules of the road” and practice their skills in a bike rodeo skills course. Fourth- and fifth-graders review pedestrian and bike safety through lessons emphasizing their biking and walking independent of adults in the future. They review basic pedestrian and bike safety, learn advanced “rules of the road” and route finding, and practice safe bike-handling skills (including hand signals) in a bike rodeo skills course. Whenever possible, this age group also practices their bike skills through a group ride on multi-use paths or low-traffic streets. Middle-school students learn adult-level “rules of the road,” basic bike mechanics, advanced route finding, and advanced bike-handling skills (based on the League of American Bicyclists’ Traffic Skills 101). They also practice bicycling on multi-use paths and streets near their school through a bike field trip. b) How will it address the identified participation and safety problems in Section 1? Through continued development of pedestrian and bicycling education programs in local schools, we expect to see fewer serious injuries among youth pedestrians and bicyclists. c) How will you ensure these efforts are sustainable? With the SRTS grant funding received to date, we have been able to provide SRTS programming to virtually all PSD elementary and middle schools that are within City boundaries, some multiple times. We have developed a local K-8 curriculum, we have acquired and continue to expand and maintain an SRTS bike fleet, and we have developed a network of local SRTS trainers and volunteers to implement the programming. Each year, we are seeing more schools conduct their own biking/walking programming with less assistance from the City. We are creating a viable sustainability strategy to keep the programming going into the future. d) How will you ensure parents and the neighborhoods/community are engaged/educated? The SRTS coordinator has received authorization to participate in the school district’s “Share-It” networking program to communicate the availability of SRTS activities directly to school staff. We regularly give presentations to PTOs and other community groups. Parents and community volunteers are target audiences for this program. All partners’ websites link to the SRTS site. e) Whom are you going to target with your program? Students, school administrators, teachers, parents, wellness educators, and community members. 2014-15 Safe Routes to School Application City of Fort Collins Page 4 of 9 Section 3: Please describe your timeline from project start to finish. (Maximum 2 pages.) a) Project Timeline: Date Milestone August-September 2014 CDOT Authorization to Proceed City of Fort Collins Grant Funding Appropriation Service Agreement Created for Contractual Services Organizational Meeting with Contractor (SRTS Trainers) October-December 2014 Pre-surveys to All Five Schools Educational Program Delivered to Two Elementary Schools (Including Travel Tallies) Bicycles Ordered for Middle-School Use March-May 2015 Educational Program Delivered to Remaining Two Elementary Schools, and Bicycles Used at Lincoln Middle School for Education or Field Trip (Including Travel Tallies) May 2015 Post-surveys to All Five Schools June-July 2015 Data Collection and Program Evaluation September 2015 Final CDOT Grant Report 2014-15 Safe Routes to School Application City of Fort Collins Page 5 of 9 Section 4: Who are your partners – what collaborations have you created to ensure the success of your project? (Maximum 1 page.) The City of Fort Collins will continue partnering with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Education Coalition (BPEC) to coordinate local walking and bicycling education efforts, and to promote more understanding about sharing the road/trails among all users. BPEC was launched by the Healthier Communities Coalition of Larimer County (HCC), a nonprofit entity that works to connect the community for kids by serving as a relationship broker, networker, communicator, convener, facilitator, researcher, and capacity builder for the family and youth service providers throughout Larimer County. By working together from the grassroots level with the support of local governing agencies, safety and enforcement agencies, and local health systems, BPEC facilitates a coordinated approach to the development and implementation of our community’s SRTS program. Program partners include:  City of Fort Collins FC Moves program (including Safe Routes to School and FC Bikes)* – Grant administrator and project manager. The SRTS coordinator is the project manager and receives assistance from her colleagues in FC Moves, including the City’s transportation planners and FC Bikes staff.  Poudre School District* – This grant serves PSD K-8 schools that are within City of Fort Collins boundaries, and collaborators within the school district range from principals, to PE teachers, to the district-wide wellness coordinator, to school wellness teams, to parents, to PTOs, to community volunteers.  Bike Fort Collins* – Lead SRTS educational programming at schools; provide mechanical assistance for SRTS bike fleet.  Healthier Communities Coalition* – BPEC liaison; SRTS marketing; technical assistance.  Safe Kids Larimer County* – Administer Strap-and-Snap helmet-safety program.  City of Fort Collins Police Services* – Coordination on enforcement efforts and safety outreach.  City of Fort Collins Engineering – Coordination on infrastructure needs and technical expertise.  City of Fort Collins Traffic Operations – Coordination on school zones, crosswalks, pedestrian signals, and other items impacting the operation of the transportation network.  Other BPEC members (see appendix for complete list)* – Participation in the SRTS train-the-trainer program (both taking the training and then teaching the training), Family Bike Rodeos, and other encouragement and education activities.  Local bike shops – Provide mechanics, incentives, and volunteers for SRTS events. * Indicates a member of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Education Coalition. 2014-15 Safe Routes to School Application City of Fort Collins Page 6 of 9 SECTION 5: How will you measure your success? a) Identify your project outcomes. The goals of this program are to: • Increase the number of K-8 students (and their parents) who receive pedestrian and bicycle education • Increase the number of K-8 students who safely bicycle and walk to school • Help the targeted schools become models for other schools to emulate in terms of high rates of biking/walking • Expand the SRTS bike fleet to accommodate a growing number of middle-school students who are participating in our SRTS program b) Project effectiveness. SRTS educational programming – During the eight years that the City of Fort Collins has received CDOT grants for SRTS programming in our community, we have seen strong increases in K-8 students biking and walking to school. At some schools, the biking/walking numbers are far ahead of the national average, hitting as high as 60% of children regularly biking/walking to/from their particular school (according to NCSRTS parent surveys). The City’s goal is to get 50% of all schoolchildren biking or walking to school, so some of our schools are already there while many more have far to go before reaching the 50% benchmark. At schools where the biking/walking numbers are already high, the educational programming serves to help protect those children who are actively biking/walking, and at schools where the numbers are low, the programming helps to encourage students and parents to start biking/walking safely. The City’s educational programming has received nothing but positive reviews from PE teachers, and we also are seeing great support from school administrators (starting with the PSD superintendent), teachers, parents and community members. c) How are you going to work with your data after the project is completed? The data collected through the NCSRTS parent surveys and in-school tallies, as well as school site audits (as appropriate), will be used to inform policy decisions and help refine the SRTS program focus for the future. The new data will allow the City, PSD, and community partners to effectively address ongoing trends and issues in the physical environment that might otherwise preclude students from walking or biking to school. We also survey PE teachers whose students receive the educational programming as a way of fine-tuning our programming on an ongoing basis both to help meet state academic standards as well as to fit their personal preferences for effective interaction with their particular students. d) What type of information-sharing will you do as a follow-up to your project? New data will be shared with school principals, staff, and PSD administration; parents; BPEC member organizations; Safe Kids Larimer County board members; county commissioners; Fort Collins City staff and City Council members; and HCC for inclusion in its online database of information about the health and well-being of Larimer County children and youth (www.healthylarimer.org/snapshot). Parent surveys and travel tallies will also be reported back to the NCSRTS for sharing with other states. We also serve as a resource for nearby communities embarking on biking and walking initiatives, such as Wellington Middle School and its Eagles After Hours bike program. 2014-15 Safe Routes to School Application City of Fort Collins Page 7 of 9 SECTION 6: Budget Proposal Item Requested SRTS Funds from CDOT External Personnel BPEC Member Organization (Bike Fort Collins) — education, encouragement, bike rodeos: 640 hours @ $25/hour $16,000 Internal Personnel City of Fort Collins SRTS Grant Administration: 100 hours @ $18.22/hour $1,822 Equipment and Supplies 20 new bikes for middle- schoolers at $300/bike (expand SRTS bike fleet) $6,000 Incentives for Student Program Participants (stickers,“I Like to Bike Right” bracelets) $2,000 TOTAL: $25,822 2014-15 Safe Routes to School Application City of Fort Collins Page 8 of 9 SECTION 7: Has your organization received an SRTS grant for any of the schools indentified in this application in a previous year? Maximum 1 page. a) The City of Fort Collins has received $634,152 in SRTS grants from 2005 to present. All schools targeted for this new grant-funded programming have received some level of SRTS programming or new facilities as a result of prior SRTS grants. b) We have three SRTS grants still in progress (2013-14 Non-infra, 2011-12 Infra, 2013-14 Infra). We are seeing a clear increase in numbers of children biking or walking to school. We are also seeing a clear decline in numbers of children being driven to school by their parents. About half of all PSD K-8 schools participated in the most recent International Walk to School Day, and a growing number of schools are planning to participate in National Bike to School Day. c) Following are some of the major accomplishments in Fort Collins as a direct result of SRTS grant-funded activities (infrastructure and non-infrastructure): i. New or improved crosswalks and sidewalks for some schools ii. New walking/biking audit tool, which has been used at multiple schools iii. Ongoing traffic-calming measures in the vicinity of Fort Collins schools iv. Acquisition and expansion of an SRTS bike fleet v. Regular SRTS presentations to PTOs, school wellness teams, and community groups vi. Safe Routes maps for all PSD schools (slated for update to online format by City’s IT Dept.) vii. Safe biking/walking education and encouragement activities at all PSD schools viii. Ongoing train-the-trainers program (including teacher mentoring) ix. New bike racks at schools x. Walking school buses at a growing number of Fort Collins schools xi. Development of local SRTS K-8 curriculum d) All programs that have been started at local schools with SRTS grant funding are ongoing and continuing to grow. New funding will help us keep the momentum going and unveil the new initiatives described in this grant application. This funding will help us reach a far greater number of students than the City’s SRTS coordinator would be able to reach with the City’s SRTS operating budget alone. 2014-15 Safe Routes to School Application City of Fort Collins Page 9 of 9 SECTION 8: Subcontractors Will you be subcontracting with an individual or organization to perform any of the activities includedin this SRTS grant application? (If not, you may skip this section.) Maximum: 1 page a) Please list any subcontractors included in this grant application. As in the past, we will contract with a BPEC member organization to help carry out the grant scope of work. The plan will be to contract with Bike Fort Collins, which has carried out CDOT grant-funded activities for the past two years in Fort Collins. b) Has your subcontractor ever performed work on another project funded by a CDOT SRTS grant? Yes, Bike Fort Collins has successfully performed work for past SRTS grants. c) Briefly summarize all SRTS grant-funded projects on which you have performed work. Include year of project, schools included, key activities, and amount of funding received. See appendix for SRTS-grant-related service agreements with Bike Fort Collins. d) For all completed projects, please provide data documenting changes in the number of students walking or biking to school. An NCSRTS aggregate summary of parent surveys from spring 2013 indicates an excellent percentage of students biking/walking -- much higher than the national average. Four of the five schools in the aggregate summary received educational programming by the contractor prior to spring 2013. (Contractor handled programming at all but Coyote Ridge.) The aggregate summary indicates 30% of students walking or biking in the a.m. and 36% walking or biking in the p.m. We don’t have aggregate information for the same schools prior to the educational programming, but NCSRTS data for Fort Collins is showing general increases in biking/walking since 2008, when we began to gather parent survey data. (See appendix for spring 2013 summary.) e) Are SRTS programs continuing at the project school(s)? How have these efforts been sustained at each project site? All schools served by these contractors have shown interest in increasing their biking/walking activities, and some have taken specific action. All schools are participating in International Walk to School Day, National Bike to School Day, and similar biking-walking encouragement events. Some of the schools have created their own biking/walking clubs or other programs, and many have begun to incorporate biking/walking into PE classes and wellness initiatives. f) How will the work proposed in this application be similar to your previous SRTS projects? How will it be unique to this community and school(s)? The programming in this grant application systematically builds on past SRTS grant-funded programming. The City’s Safe Routes to School program is a vibrant community program that is embraced by City leaders including the mayor, city council, city manager, and PSD school superintendent. It is also supported by a diverse group of community partners, the most recent being BNSF Railway (leading us to add railroad-crossing safety to our SRTS curriculum). Our SRTS program was a leading factor in the City receiving Platinum Bike-Friendly Community status from the League of American Bicyclists in 2013. This particular application targets schools that have both a high percentage of students living in close proximity to their school and a high percentage of students in the free-and- reduced-lunch program. We hope to turn these schools into model schools that can help other schools understand how it is possible and beneficial to get more students biking and walking for their health, academic achievement, and the environment. Lincoln Middle School recently received SRTS educational programming and is interested in hosting a middle-school bike fleet. - 1 - ORDINANCE NO. 091, 2014 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE INTO THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND FOR THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM WHEREAS, the Safe Routes to School Program established by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is designed to promote the safety of students traveling to and from school and to encourage more students to choose walking or bicycling to and from school; and WHEREAS, the City’s FC Moves Division has received a Safe Routes to School Program grant in the amount of $25,822 from CDOT for State fiscal year 2014 – 2015 (the “Grant”); and WHEREAS, the Grant will be used for bicycle and pedestrian safety education for K-5 students and to expand the Safe Routes to School Bike Fleet for middle-school students; and WHEREAS, the Grant does not require the City to provide local matching funds; 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 Grant funds will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Transportation Services Fund - FY 2014-2015 Safe Routes to School program to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received during the 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 Transportation Services Fund the sum of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO DOLLARS ($25,822) for the Safe Routes to School Program. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1st day of July, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of July, A.D. 2014. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk - 2 - Passed and adopted on final reading on the 15th day of July, A.D. 2014. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk