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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY February 17, 2015
City Council
STAFF
Kurt Ravenschlag, Transfort/DAR General Manager
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 014, 2015, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue from Federal Fiscal
Year 2014 Federal Transit Administration Section 5307 and Section 5339 Grants for Transit Operations and
Pass-Through to Partner Transit Agencies.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on February 3, 2015, appropriates funds to provide
local funding in exchange for federal funding to the City’s partner transit agencies in the Transportation
Management Area (TMA) - the City of Loveland, the Town of Berthoud, and the North Front Range
Metropolitan Planning Organization (NFRMPO) and to increase appropriations for Transfort operations. The
added appropriations for the swap arrangements amount to $668,616 and the added appropriations for
Transfort operations amounts to $210,827 - for a total appropriation request of $879,443. All appropriations
are fully funded with federal grant revenues.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
ATTACHMENTS
1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, February 3, 2015 (w/o attachments) (PDF)
2. Ordinance No. 014, 2015 (PDF)
Agenda Item 6
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY February 3, 2015
City Council
STAFF
Kurt Ravenschlag, Transfort/DAR General Manager
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 014, 2015, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue from Federal Fiscal
Year 2014 Federal Transit Administration Section 5307 and Section 5339 Grants for Transit Operations and
Pass-Through to Partner Transit Agencies.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appropriate funds to provide: local funding in exchange for federal funding to the
City’s partner transit agencies in the Transportation Management Area (TMA) - the City of Loveland, the Town
of Berthoud, and the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization (NFRMPO) and to increase
appropriations for Transfort operations. The added appropriations for the swap arrangements amount to
$668,616 and the added appropriations for Transfort operations amounts to $210,827 - for a total appropriation
request of $879,443. All appropriations are fully funded with federal grant revenues.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The City of Fort Collins has entered into agreements with each of its three TMA partners to transfer local funds
to the partners in exchange for the partner's allocation of federal formula funding. These agreements are
specific to FFY 2014 FTA Section 5307 and Section 5339 formula grants. This request for additional
appropriations to match the sum of the agreed-upon local funds exchange is fully funded with additional federal
funding.
In addition, Transfort wishes to increase its operating appropriations in 2015 to account for all remaining
unanticipated federal revenue that will not be passed thru to its partner agencies.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
This Ordinance increases Transfort’s operating funds by $210,827 in 2015.
BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
This appropriation request has not been presented to the Transportation Board. However, both the
Transportation Advisory Commission (TAC) and the MPO Planning Council have approved the exchange of
federal and local funds between the TMA members.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
In compliance with FTA Circular 9030.1E, Transfort developed a Program of Projects (POP) in consultation
with interested parties, made the information available to the public and provided for a public hearing. In
addition, the POP was presented to the TAC for its approval and to the MPO Planning Council for its approval
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Agenda Item 6
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and inclusion into the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
ATTACHMENTS
1. MPO Agenda Item Summary (PDF)
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ORDINANCE NO. 014, 2015
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE FROM FEDERAL FISCAL
YEAR 2014 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION SECTION 5307 AND
SECTION 5339 GRANTS FOR TRANSIT OPERATIONS AND PASS-THROUGH TO
PARTNER TRANSIT AGENCIES
WHEREAS, the City has been awarded $879,443 in Federal Transit Administration (the
“FTA”) Section 5307 and Section 5339 grant funding from federal fiscal year (FFY) 2014; and
WHEREAS, the City has entered into agreements with its three Transportation
Management Area (the “TMA”) partner agencies to provide local funding in exchange for the
partner’s allocation of federal formula funding; and
WHEREAS, the TMA partner agencies include the City of Loveland, the Town of
Berthoud, and the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization; and
WHEREAS, this Ordinance will appropriate the FTA grant award in the amount of
$879,443; and
WHEREAS, a sum in the amount of $668,616 of the FTA grant funding shall be passed
through to the TMA partner agencies per the exchange agreements; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Advisory Commission and the Metropolitan Planning
Organization have approved the exchange of federal and local funds between the TMA partners;
and
WHEREAS, the balance of FTA grant funding in the amount of $210,827 will be used to
fund increases to Transfort operations for 2015; 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.
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 Transit Fund the sum of SIX HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND SIX
HUNDRED SIXTEEN DOLLARS ($668,616) to provide federal funding to the City’s TMA
partner agencies in exchange for local funding.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated
revenue in the Transit Fund the sum of TWO HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND EIGHT
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HUNDRED TWENTY SEVEN DOLLARS ($210,827) to fund increases to Transfort operations
for 2015.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 3rd day of
February, A.D. 2015, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of February, A.D.
2015.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 17th day of February, A.D. 2015.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk