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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 08/19/2014 - ITEMS RELATING TO THE VIDA SANA GRANTAgenda Item 7 Item # 7 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY August 19, 2014 City Council STAFF Bob Adams, Recreation Director SUBJECT Items Relating to the Vida Sana Grant. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. Resolution 2014-066 Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Grant Agreement With The Poudre Valley Health Systems Foundation For Delivery Of Vida Sana Project Programming B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 106, 2014, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the Recreation Fund for the Vida Sana Grant. The purpose of this item is to approve the sub-grant agreement and appropriate sub-grant funds from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, through the Poudre Valley Health System Foundation and the Coalition for Activity and Nutrition to Defeat Obesity (CANDO), for the Vida Sana program to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in access among Latino/Hispanic community members to healthy lifestyle counseling and programs. Specific interventions include increasing access to facilities providing physical activity; providing social support to increase physical activity; and implementing a community wide campaign for increasing physical activity that will be carried out by partner agencies. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution and the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The sub-grant from CANDO will fund salaries to support a program coordinator, two program staff and exercise coaches who will be responsible for organizing and facilitating bilingual physical activity programming targeted for Latino/Hispanic community members at risk for chronic diseases. Additionally, funds will support supplies, operating costs and free passes for admission to the National Association of Counsel for Children Conference (NACC) for program participants. The sub-grant agreement/Memorandum of Understanding expressly outlines the provisions for which the grant was awarded. The MOU requires appropriate reporting, recognition, and a commitment to fulfill the Agreement and all its terms and conditions. This MOU will guide staff through June 30, 2015 to successfully fulfill all aspects of the grant requirements. The Resolution provides for approval of the sub-grant agreement and the ordinance appropriates the sub-grant funds for expenditure in the program. FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACT  $71,720 will be available to support the program.  $37,100 will be used for salaries for the Vida Sana Program Coordinator and 2 program staff, 2 assistants and exercise coaches.  $34,620 will be available for supplies, operating costs, and to reimburse NACC for free admission passes given to participants of the Vida Sana program. - 1 - RESOLUTION 2014-066 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE POUDRE VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEMS FOUNDATION FOR DELIVERY OF VIDA SANA PROJECT PROGRAMMING WHEREAS, the Coalition for Activity and Nutrition to Defeat Obesity (CANDO) through Poudre Valley Health System Foundation (PVHSF) as fiscal administrator, has received a grant from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Office of Health Equities to fund the Vida Sana program; and WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins Recreation Department has received a Vida Sana program sub-grant from PVHSF to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities among Latino/Hispanic community members regarding access to healthy lifestyle counseling and programs; and WHEREAS, the grant totals $71,720, and will fund salaries for a program coordinator, two program staff and exercise coaches, who will engage participants through the City's Northside Aztlan Community Center; and WHEREAS, additional grant monies will fund supplies, operating costs and free admission passes to the National Association of Counsel for Children Conference by program participants; and WHEREAS, in order to receive the grant funds, the City must enter into a grant agreement with PVHSF and CANDO; and WHEREAS, the City is authorized to enter into intergovernmental agreements, including grant agreements, to provide any function, service or facility, under Article II, Section 16 of the Charter for the City of Fort Collins and Section 29-1-203, C.R.S.; and WHEREAS, the Grant Agreement, a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk and available for public inspection, requires the City to offer specific programming through June 30, 2015; to make certain reports for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment; and commit to developing and evolving appropriate programming for members of the target populations; and WHEREAS, City staff recommends the City Council approve the Grant Agreement as described herein. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, that the City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into the Grant Agreement with the Poudre Valley Health Systems Foundation obligating the City to use $71,720 in sub- grant proceeds for the development of culturally congruent exercise programming to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities among Latino/Hispanic community members regarding access to healthy lifestyle counseling and programs through the Northside Aztlan Community Center, in substantially the form of agreement attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and is on file in the office of - 2 - the City Clerk , and that the terms of the Grant Agreement are approved together with such other terms and conditions as the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, determines to be necessary and appropriate to protect the interests of the City. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 19th day of August, A.D. 2014. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk EXHIBIT A - 1 - ORDINANCE NO. 106, 2014 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE RECREATION FUND FOR THE VIDA SANA PROGRAM WHEREAS, the Recreation Department has received a grant from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, through the Poudre Valley Health System Foundation and the Coalition for Activity and Nutrition to Defeat Obesity (CANDO), for the Vida Sana program to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities among Latino/Hispanic community members regarding access to healthy lifestyle counseling and programs; and WHEREAS, the program will provide specific interventions include increasing access to facilities providing physical activity; providing social support to increase physical activity; and implementing a communitywide campaign for increasing physical activity that will be carried out by partner agencies; and WHEREAS, the grant totals $71,720, which includes funding for supplies, operating costs and free admission passes to National Association of Counsel for Children Conference by program participants; and WHEREAS, a resolution regarding approval of the grant agreement is coming before Council at the same time as this appropriation ordinance as a separate action item; 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 have 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; and 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 SEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND, SEVEN-HUNDRED AND TWENTY DOLLARS ($71,720) for the Vida Sana program to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities among Latino/Hispanic community members regarding access to healthy lifestyle counseling and programming. - 2 - Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 19th day of August, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 2nd day of September, A.D. 2014. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 2nd day of September, A.D. 2014. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk