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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY January 17, 2017
City Council
STAFF
Cassie Archuleta, Senior Environmental Planner
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 008, 2017, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund for
the Environmental Services Radon Program and Authorizing the Transfer of Matching Funds Previously
Appropriated in the Environmental Services Department Operating Budget.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appropriate unanticipated grant revenue in the General Fund for the
Environmental Services Radon Program and transfer existing and unexpended appropriated funds from the
Environmental Services 2017 operating budget to the Radon Grant project. This Ordinance appropriates
$7,960 of unanticipated grant revenues in the General Fund. The Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment granted these funds to the City for a program to encourage radon testing and mitigation through
media advertising and low-cost test kit sales. The grant directly supports radon activities identified in the
Environmental Services Department’s core budget offer. The grant requires a local match of $5,307.
Matching funds are appropriated and unexpended in the 2017 Environmental Services operating budget and
will be transferred to the Environmental Services Radon Program.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
Radon is an indoor air quality and public health issue in Fort Collins, as homes in Fort Collins and much of
Colorado routinely test high for radon gas. Sixty-five percent of homes in Fort Collins test higher than
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defined "action levels". Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer in
non-smokers (and second for smokers). The Environmental Services Department proposes to use these grant
funds to augment existing programs that provide low cost radon test kits to residents, education and outreach
to raise awareness of the health risks, and resources to help mitigate high radon levels.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
City resources would increase by $7,960. Required matching funds have already been appropriated in the
2017 General Fund.
BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
Radon is a priority pollutant for the Air Quality Advisory Board, but no formal recommendation was sought for
appropriation of the grant funds to augment existing radon program efforts.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
Public outreach regarding radon will be conducted throughout the year with presentations, educational
materials and through print and electronic media.
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ORDINANCE NO. 008, 2017
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE
GENERAL FUND FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES RADON
PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF MATCHING
FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES DEPARTMENT OPERATING BUDGET
WHEREAS, the Fort Collins Environmental Services Radon Program (the "Program") is
part of the City’s indoor air quality program, which is guided by the Air Quality Plan with a
policy goal to educate and encourage residents to reduce their exposure to indoor air pollution;
and
WHEREAS, the current radon program includes aggressive education, a voluntary radon
testing program, mandatory radon mitigation in new construction, and an ordinance requiring the
distribution of radon information to all residential home-buyers at point-of-sale; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins has been awarded a grant from the Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment (“CDPHE”) in the amount of $7,960; and
WHEREAS, the CDPHE grant funds will be used for the existing Environmental
Services Radon Program, which provides low cost radon test kits to residents, education and
outreach to raise awareness of the health risks, and resources to help mitigate high radon levels;
and
WHEREAS, the grant requires $5,307 of matching funds, which have been appropriated
in the 2017 Environmental Services operating budget and are available for transfer to the
Environmental Services Radon Program; 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 CDPHE grant funds
as described herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the General Fund to exceed
the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during the
fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10, of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
transfer by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof
from one fund or capital project account to another fund or capital project account, provided that
the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the
General Fund the sum of SEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY DOLLARS ($7,960)
for expenditure in the General Fund for the Environmental Services Radon Program.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of FIVE THOUSAND THREE
HUNDRED SEVEN DOLLARS ($5,307) is authorized for transfer from the Environmental
Services operating budget in the General Fund to the Environmental Services Radon Program
and appropriated therein.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 17th day of
January, A.D. 2017, and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of February, A.D. 2017.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 7th day of February, A.D. 2017.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk