HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 06/07/2016 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 075, 2016, APPROPRIAgenda Item 11
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY June 7, 2016
City Council
STAFF
Nancy Nichols, Safe Routes to School Coordinator
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 075, 2016, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the Transportation
Services Fund for the Safe Routes to School Program.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is appropriate unbudgeted funds received through a grant for the Safe Routes to
School (SRTS) program (part of the City’s FC Moves Department). The Colorado Department of
Transportation (CDOT) has awarded a $12,960 grant for implementation of new bicycling and walking camps,
clubs and field trips at Fort Collins schools. This project requires a 20% local match ($3,240), which will be
covered by the SRTS program operating budget.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a nationwide effort to get more children biking and walking to school for their
health, academic achievement and the environment. SRTS focuses on the Five E’s of transportation services:
Education, Encouragement, Engineering, Enforcement and Evaluation. The City’s SRTS program emphasizes
education, encouragement and evaluation activities, while collaborating with other City departments to address
engineering and enforcement issues.
In 2015, the SRTS program reached a total of 15,700 local residents with bike-pedestrian education and
encouragement programming, including 13,500 K-12 students and 2,200 parents and other adults. Of the
13,500 students, 7,700 received personal instruction on bike-pedestrian safety from an SRTS instructor during
PE class or at another school or community event.
The success of the program is based on collaborations with local partners, including Poudre School District
(PSD), Bike Fort Collins, Bicycle and Pedestrian Education Coalition, Safe Kids Larimer County, BaseCamp,
various City departments (Traffic Operations, Police, Engineering, Recreation, Parks, Streets), local
businesses, individual schools and parents.
This grant supports the following City of Fort Collins plans:
City Plan: Policy SW 2.3 - Support Active Transportation
Support means of physically active transportation (e.g., bicycling, walking, wheelchairs, etc.) by
continuing bike and pedestrian safety education and encouragement programs, providing law
enforcement, and maintaining bike lanes, sidewalks, trails, lighting, and facilities for easy and safe use,
as outlined in the Pedestrian Plan and Bicycle Plan.
Transportation Master Plan: Policy T 8.1 - Support Active Transportation
Support physically active transportation (e.g., bicycling, walking, wheelchairs, etc.) by continuing bike
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and pedestrian safety education and encouragement programs, providing law enforcement, and
maintaining bike lanes, sidewalks, trails, lighting, and facilities for easy and safe use.
2014 Bicycle Plan: Recommendation 2.7 - Expand Safe Routes to School Programming
With the assistance of local advocacy organizations and community partners, the SRTS program will
educate at least 8,000 K-12 students annually by 2020.
This grant funding will support existing bike field trips at two schools (Olander Elementary and Traut
Elementary) and will create new after-school and summer biking and walking camps/clubs at Summer
BaseCamp and regular BaseCamps at Irish, Laurel, Linton, O’Dea, Putnam and Werner elementary schools. It
will also support a new after-school bike club at Lincoln Middle School.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
This is the latest of several grants received by the City’s Safe Routes to School program since 2007, totaling
$803,981. CDOT is providing 80% ($12,960) of the full program cost ($16,200), with the City’s SRTS program
covering 20% ($3,240) in required matching funds.
BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
The Transportation Board and its Bicycle Advisory Committee receive periodic updates from the SRTS
program. Both groups have shown strong support for the program’s goals as well as for grant funding to
support the program. The PSD SRTS Steering Committee also supports the scope of this grant.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
SRTS public outreach occurs on an ongoing basis through presentations to school PTOs/PTAs, school
wellness teams and community groups. Public outreach is also accomplished through an SRTS annual
summary, media coverage and information posted on the SRTS website, Safe Routes to School.
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ORDINANCE NO. 075, 2016
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN
THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND FOR THE
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Safe Routes to School Program established by the Colorado Department
of Transportation (“CDOT”) is designed to promote the safety of students traveling to and from
school and to encourage more students to choose walking or bicycling to and from school; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins Safe Routes to School Program has received a grant
through CDOT in the amount of $12,960; and
WHEREAS, this grant requires a minimum 20% local match which will be paid for by
existing appropriations in the Safe Routes to School operating budget in FC Moves in the amount
of $3,240; and
WHEREAS, the grant and matching funds will be used for implementation of new
bicycling and walking camps, clubs and field trips at Fort Collins schools; and
WHEREAS, the City’s grant application defines the scope of the grant and the City is
awaiting a CDOT letter to proceed and invoice before conducting activities pursuant to the grant;
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, do 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 grant funds as
described herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Transportation Services
Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund
during any fiscal year.
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 for expenditure from unanticipated
revenue in the Transportation Services Fund the sum of TWELVE THOUSAND NINE
HUNDRED SIXTY DOLLARS ($12,960) for the Safe Routes to School Program
implementation of new bicycling and walking camps, clubs and field trips at Fort Collins
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schools.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of
June, A.D. 2016, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day of June, A.D. 2016.
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Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21st day of June, A.D. 2016.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk