HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/20/2001 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 27, 2001, APPROPRIA AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 23
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: February 20, 2001
lip I STAFF: Tom Frazier
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 27, 2001, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue and Authorizing
the Transfer of Appropriations Between Funds for Local and Regional Transportation Demand
Management Programs.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This Ordinance appropriates $379,403 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
40 alternative fuel programs. The local match of $79,887 will be provided by City departments
(Transfort, Natural Resources, Fleet Services) and by Latimer County.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
For the past several years the City has been using Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
(CMAQ) funds to support the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program. In 2000,
the CMAQ funding level increased and the funds were made available to other departments. The
2000 funds were used to fund the TDM program and programs in Natural Resources,
Engineering, and Transportation Planning. In 2001, the CMAQ funds will be used for the
following local and regional programs:
• TDM —for General Marketing, Business Outreach, and Youth Outreach
• Chamber of Commerce— for a Transportation Subsidy Assessment
• Natural Resources — for Business and Youth Outreach, and an Emission Repairs
project
• Fleet Services —for a CNG Fueling Facility and CNG Fueling Appliances
• Larimer County— for Bike Lockers
ORDINANCE NO. 27, 2001
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE AND
AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEN FUNDS FOR
LOCAL AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
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 North Front Range Transportation & Air Quality Planning Council
(NFRT&AQPC)has identified$379,403,in Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality(CMAQ)funds,
from the Colorado Department of Transportation, for use by the City's Local and Regional
Transportation Demand Management Programs; and
WHEREAS, the aformentioned CMAQ funds require a local match, totaling $79,887; and
WHEREAS, local matching funds, totaling$79,887,have been identified and are available
as follows:
General Fund - existing appropriations $ 33,460
Transit Services Fund - existing appropriations 25,571
Equipment Fund - existing appropriations 19,297
Larimer County - unanticipated revenue 1,559
Total $ 79,887
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 or portion thereof from one fund or capital
project to another fund or capital project, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds
are to be expended remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the sum of $379,403 in CMAQ
. funds from the Colorado Department of Transportation and $1,559 from Latimer County, and to
authorize the transfer of appropriations from the General Fund($33,460),the Transit Service Fund
($25,571), and the Equipment Fund ($19,297) to the Transportation Services Fund, to be used to
provide additional programming for Transportation Demand Management 2001 Local and Regional
programs.
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,Local Transportation Demand Management program,the sum of
TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS
($221,825), representing additional revenue from the Colorado Department of Transportation, to
be used for additional programming in 2001.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in
the Transportation Services Fund,Regional Transportation Demand Management program,the sum
of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN DOLLARS
($159,137), representing additional revenue from the Colorado Department of Transportation
($157,578) and matching funds from Latimer County ($1,559), to be used for additional
programming in 2001.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amounts, totaling SEVENTY-EIGHT
THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT DOLLARS are hereby authorized for transfer
to the Transportation Services Fund as follows:
From the General Fund for TDM Local 2001 programming $ 26,757
From the General Fund for TDM Regional 2001 programming 6,703
From the Transit Services Fund for TDM Local 2001 programming 25,571
From the Equipment Fund for TDM Regional 2001 programming 19,297
Total $ 78,328
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 20th day of
February, A.D. 2001, and to be presented for final passage on the 6th day of March, A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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• Passed and adopted on final reading this 6th day of March, A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk