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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY February 3, 2015
City Council
STAFF
Renee Lee, Therapeutic Recreation Specialist
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 008, 2015, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the Recreation
Fund for the Adaptive Recreation Opportunities Program Paralympic Sports Club.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on January 20, 2015, appropriates $15,000 of
unanticipated grant revenue in the Recreation Fund to be used for general operating support for the Adaptive
Recreation Opportunities (ARO) program Paralympic Sport Club. ARO has been selected to receive a grant of
$15,000 from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for Veterans Adaptive Sports Programs serving
Disabled Veterans and disabled Members of the Armed Forces, funding cycle of October 2014- September
2015.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
ATTACHMENTS
1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, January 20, 2015 (w/o attachments) (PDF)
2. Ordinance No. 008, 2015 (PDF)
Agenda Item 5
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY January 20, 2015
City Council
STAFF
Renee Lee, Therapeutic Recreation Specialist
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 008, 2015, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the Recreation Fund
for the Adaptive Recreation Opportunities Program Paralympic Sports Club.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appropriate $15,000 of unanticipated grant revenue in the Recreation Fund to be
used for general operating support for the Adaptive Recreation Opportunities (ARO) program Paralympic Sport
Club. ARO has been selected to receive a grant of $15,000 from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for
Veterans Adaptive Sports Programs serving Disabled Veterans and disabled Members of the Armed Forces,
funding cycle of October 2014- September 2015.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The ARO program serves community members with disabilities to support their participation in recreation
programs and activities of their choice and has been a Paralympic Sport Club for five years. The VA Adaptive
Sports grant will allow ARO to provide local veterans the opportunity to learn adaptive techniques and receive
training in the Paralympic sports of swimming and archery, focusing on skill development, fitness and
community reintegration. Integrative Restorative (iRest) Yoga Nidra will also be offered and is used at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center and other VA facilities and has been proven to diminish symptoms of PTSD,
anxiety and depression. This grant project will also help strengthen our partnership with the Cheyenne VA
Outpatient clinic and other veteran agencies who serve veterans with physical and visual disabilities.
FINANCIAL/ECONOMIC IMPACTS
The VA Veterans Adaptive Sports Program grant will contribute to existing ARO programs and services and
will not require any additional City financial resources.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
The grant programs will be advertised through the ARO newsletter/ brochures and on the ARO website. The
grant director, Renee Lee, will attend the Larimer Co. Veteran Advisory Group monthly meetings and present
opportunities to veteran groups when available.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Paralympic Adaptive Sports Abstract (PDF)
2. City of Fort Collins ASB-16 Transmit Letter (PDF)
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ORDINANCE NO. 008, 2015
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE
RECREATION FUND FOR THE ADAPTIVE RECREATION
OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM PARALYMPIC SPORT CLUB
WHEREAS, the Recreation Department’s Adaptive Recreation Opportunities program
(ARO) has been selected by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to receive a grant in
the amount of $15,000 during the funding cycle of October 2014- September 2015; and
WHEREAS, this grant opportunity is made available through a partnership between the
USOC and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the U.S. Paralympics
Integrated Adaptive Sports Program, which provides integrated adaptive sports for disabled
Veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces; and
WHEREAS, the grant totals $15,000, which includes funding for qualified instructors;
coaching certification; and facility, transportation and equipment costs as related to providing
veteran specific opportunities in two Paralympics sports: swimming and archery; and the
addition of Integrative Restorative (iRest) Yoga Nidra for veterans more severely impacted by
PTSD; 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 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 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 FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($15,000) for the
ARO program partnership with the USOC and VA to serve veterans with physical and visual
disabilities.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of
January, A.D. 2015, and to be presented for final passage on the 3rd 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 3rd day of February, A.D. 2015.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk