HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 05/15/2001 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 93, 2001, APPROPRIA AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 15
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: May 15, 2001
STAFF: Tom Frazier
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 93, 2001, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue and Authorizing
the Transfer of Appropriations for the Local and Regional Transportation Demand Management
Programs the Regional Vanpool Program and Transportation Planning.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This Ordinance appropriates $91,000 in Federal Small Urban (STM) funds and $16,529 in
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds managed by the Colorado Department of
Transportation and the North Front Range Transportation and Air Quality Planning Council.
The unanticipated funds will be appropriated in the Transportation Fund for use in
Transportation Demand Management, Air Quality, and alternative fuel programs. The local
match of$3,471 will be provided by City departments and is currently budgeted.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The $91,000 is unspent 2000 Regional TDM program funds. In April 2001, the North Front
Range Transportation and Air Quality Planning Council approved expenditures of these funds on
SMARTTrips marketing and business outreach activities, the purchase of a van for the VanGO
program, and support of MPO administrative expenses.
The $16,529 CMAQ funds will be used to pay for accounting support of the 12 City CMAQ
projects — TDM, air quality, and alternative fuel activities. The funding for the CMAQ projects
is through a contract with the Colorado Department of Transportation, and the funding for these
projects was approved by Council at its February 20, 2001 meeting.
ORDINANCE NO. 93, 2001
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE AND AUTHORIDNG
THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS
FOR THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMS THE REGIONAL VANPOOL PROGRAM AND
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
WHEREAS, the City's SMARTTrips Local and Regional Transportation Demand
Management Programs promote awareness and participation in alternative modes of
transportation, including but not limited to car pooling, van pooling, biking, and public transit
services, in concert with the goal of shifting ten percent of single occupant vehicle trips to other
modes; and
WHEREAS, the SMARTTrips programs rely heavily on federal funding as well as
working closely with other cities around the region and the business community in an effort to
leverage resources to fund the program; and
WHEREAS, the City's Transportation Planning division also works with affected
interests and agencies to develop a well-balanced transportation system, promoting all modes of
travel; and
WHEREAS, the North Front Range Transportation & Air Quality Planning Council
(NFRT&AQPC) has identified $91,000 in Federal Small Urban (STM) funds from the Colorado
Department of Transportation (CDOT), and $16,529 in Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
(CMAQ) funds, also from CDOT, to be appropriated for the Local and Regional Transportation
Demand Management Programs the Regional VanPool Program, and Transportation Planning;
and
WHEREAS, local matching funds for the CMAQ funds, totaling $3,471, have been
identified and are available in the form of existing appropriations in the City's Transportation
Services Fund ($955), Transit Services Fund ($2,052), Equipment Fund ($325), and General
Fund($113), and from a contribution from Latimer County ($26); and
WHEREAS, local matching funds required for the $91,000 in STM funds have been
identified and are already appropriated in the Regional TDM and VanPool programs; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (the
"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 conjunction 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, Article V, Section 10, of the Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer
by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered amount of portion thereof from one fund or
capital project to another fund or capital project, provided that the purpose for which the funds
are to be expended remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the sum of $107,555 from
unanticipated revenues in the Transportation Services Fund and authorize the transfer of$2,052
from the Transit Services Fund, $955 from the Transportation Services Fund, $325 from the
Equipment Fund and $113 from the General Fund, to be used to provide additional programming
for the SMARTTrips Local and Regional programs, the Regional VanPool program, and
Transportation Planning.
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 Transportation Services Fund, the sum of SIXTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
TWENTY-NINE DOLLARS ($16,529), representing Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
(CMAQ) funds from the Colorado Department of Transportation, to be used as follows in 2001.
Regional TDM programming $ 2,233
Local TDM programming 9,871
Regional VanPool programming 510
Transportation Planning programming 3,915
Total $ 16,529
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue
in the Transportation Services Fund,the sum of NINETY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
($91,000), representing Federal Small Urban (STM) funds from the Colorado Department of
Transportation, to be used as follows in 2001.
Regional TDM programming $ 75,089
Regional VanPool programming 15,911
Total $ 91,000
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount, totaling THREE THOUSAND
FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($3,445) is hereby authorized for transfer from
the following funds
Transit Services Fund $ 2,052
Transportation Services Fund (Operations) 955
Equipment Fund 325
General Fund 113
Total $ 3,445
to the Transportation Services Fund, and appropriated therein to be used as follows in 2001.
Local TDM programming $ 2,052
Regional TDM programming 438
Transportation Planning 955
Total $ 3,445
Section 4. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue
in the Transportation Services Fund, Regional TDM program, the sum of TWENTY-SD(
DOLLARS ($26), representing a contribution from Larimer County to be used for Regional
TDM programming(Bike Lockers at Latimer County Offices) in 2001.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 15th day
of May, A.D. 2001, and to be presented for final passage on the 5th day of June, A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 5th day of June, A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk