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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY June 21, 2016
City Council
STAFF
Lindsay Ex, Environmental Program Manager
Jeff Mihelich, Deputy City Manager
Mike Beckstead, Chief Financial Officer
Kevin Gertig, Utilities Executive Director
Laurie Kadrich, Director of PDT
Jackie Kozak-Thiel, Chief Sustainabillity Officer
Lucinda Smith, Environmental Sustainability Director
Susie Gordon, Senior Environmental Planner
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No, 081, 2016, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the General Fund for 2016
Projects Associated with the 2020 Climate Action Plan (CAP) Strategic Plan as Part of the Waste Innovation
Program.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appropriate $85,000 accumulated during 2015 and 2016 in the Waste Innovation
Fund account into the City’s General Fund account to initiate the Municipal Green Waste (Composting) Site
Initiative outlined in the Draft 2020 Climate Action Plan (CAP) Strategic Plan. At First Reading, staff will also
update Council on the remaining two initiatives (of 7) that were discussed at the March 10, 2016 Work
Sessions related to the 2020 CAP Strategic Plan. During that Work Session, staff committed to further vetting
3 of the 7 initiatives, with special consideration toward the larger financial impact of those initiatives. On these
two remaining initiatives, staff will highlight a change in the funding source for solar incentives and rebates,
allowing this initiative to move forward, and a recommendation to postpone consideration of the energy
efficiency funding for approximately 60-90 days. The postponement of the energy efficiency funding will allow
staff to evaluate the supplemental 2016 funding in the larger context of the Light and Power Capital
Improvement Plan (CIP), Long Term Financial Plan, and 2017-2018 Budgeting for Outcomes funding needs
(August/September timeframe) to help balance and inform decisions to address both the critical Utilities
infrastructure and advance CAP priorities.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of this Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
In 2015, City Council adopted updated the community greenhouse gas reduction goals:
20% below 2005 levels by 2020,
80% below 2005 by 2030, and
Carbon neutrality by the year 2050
In order to reach these goals, staff has developed an implementation plan to include an internal CAP Executive
Team, Core Team, and Strategic Initiative Teams, as well as an external Community Advisory Committee,
based on the accelerated goals of the CAP. During the March 10, 2016, Work Session, staff identified seven
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initiatives that could be invested in immediately. At the April 19, 2016, City Council meeting, Council adopted
Ordinance 046, 2016, investing in four of these seven initiatives. This item addresses two of the three
remaining initiatives (Municipal Green Waste/Composting Site and the Solar Incentives and Rebates) and
outlines the next steps proposed for the remaining initiative (Energy Efficiency) - see the table and additional
information outlined below.
Item Initiative 2016 Funding Funding
Recommendation
Waste
Innovation
Fund
Light and
Power
Total
1 Energy Efficiency N/A 0 Postpone funding
decision for 60-90
days
2 Solar Incentives and Rebates N/A 0 No new
appropriation
needed in 2016
3 Municipal Green Waste (Composting)
Sites
$85,000 - $85,000 $85,000 from Waste
Innovation Fund
Reserves
Totals $85,000 $85,000
Below is a summary of the three initiatives that were highlighted at the March 10, 2016 Work Session with City
Council (see Attachment 2 for full project descriptions on the Solar Incentives and Rebates and the Municipal
Green Waste (Composting) Sites, as those initiatives are proposed to move forward with this item):
1. Energy Efficiency: up to $1,460K
2020 Impact: 230,000 CO2e Tons (46%)
Energy efficiency programs provide approximately half of the projected energy savings to reach the
2020 target. Of this efficiency component, over 90% is from continued and enhanced Utilities efficiency
programs. These programs, many under the Efficiency Works shared brand, provide incentives and
technical assistance for all customer segments and most technology end uses-engaging residents and
businesses in meeting the community CAP goals.100% of supplemental City funding would support
customer efficiency improvements, of which every City dollar is leveraged 3 to 5 times by customer
investment.
Utilities has seen extraordinarily high participation in business efficiency programs year to date. This
uptake is good news - it shows an expanded pace for efficiency savings and community engagement
in the CAP goals. If continued at this current pace, the programs are well positioned to achieve the
energy efficiency portion of the 2020 CAP goals (230,000 tons of carbon, 46% of the 2020 goal).
However, as a result of this increased uptake in efficiency programs by the business community and
ongoing activity for residents, the City has committed all funding for energy efficiency incentives and
rebates for 2016. Utilities and Platte River are implementing a wait list process for projects as
applications are received (see Attachment 4 for the communication materials sent to customers
regarding this process). The estimated gap in program funding through the end of 2016 is up to
$1,460,300, based on forecasted activity in business programs and continuation of the Efficiency
Works Neighborhood pilot in the 4th quarter.
Staff is excited to implement the energy efficiency programs at a greater scale and accelerated pace to
meet CAP goals and respond to community demand. During the additional vetting of energy efficiency
funding, new information became available (since the March 10 Work Session) regarding the limited
Light & Power (L&P) funding. The CAP Executive Team recommends that Council consider
postponing the decision to recommend supplemental 2016 energy efficiency funding until the
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August/September timeframe. This is because, in the next 60-90 days, the L&P Capital Improvement
Plan (CIP), Utilities Long Term Financial Plan, and the BFO funding needs will be better understood,
and this understanding will help balance and inform decisions around both addressing critical Utilities
infrastructure and advancing CAP priorities. Three key analyses have informed this recommendation:
1. Currently, the L&P CIP indicates Utilities may have long-term reserve funding shortfalls to
meet priority infrastructure needs.
2. Initial BFO estimates of revenue and spending within L&P indicate a significant shortfall (up to
$10M short fall each year between revenue and ongoing offers plus required capital, outside
of the proposed enhancements).
3. The updated unassigned and available fund balance in L&P decreased from $18.4M to
$16.4M.
Providing partial funding for this interim period would provide for additional savings in 2016, extend the
ability of the programs to meet customer interest and keep efficiency service providers engaged
locally. However, the transition to a wait list status for business programs would simply occur later in
the year. In addition to the three analyses mentioned above, staff is working to quantifying the
benefits/costs of investing in CAP projects to allow a comparison and selection based on this impact
during the BFO process. At the same time, efficiency measures have consistently been analyzed as
providing high cost-effectiveness for carbon reduction in prior Fort Collins analyses and in independent
analyses conducted elsewhere.
More details associated with this recommendation are provided in the attached memo (see
Attachment 3).
2. Solar Incentives and Rebates: up to $350K
2020 Impact: 9,000 CO2e Tons (1.8%)
The current 2016 budget for solar incentives is $250,000 for residential and $125,000 for small
commercial solar projects. This budget supports approximately 170 home and 12 business rebates.
Current program uptake for the first five months of the year totals 125 residential and 2 commercial
projects with rebate funds committed to them. This represents 74% and 16% of budgeted capacity for
home and business rebates, respectively. In order to respond to additional rebate requests beyond the
initially authorized funding, staff expects to be able to shift uncommitted 2016 solar funds from the
Solar Power Purchase Program and the Community Solar program for a total of approximately
$300,000 in additional funds. This shifting of funds will help the program meet potential interest for
additional solar incentives in 2016.
Funding from the Solar Power Purchase Programs is available because all of the program’s projects
are complete and Power Purchase Agreements made are less than what was budgeted for 2016. The
Community Solar program funds are available due to a shift in the timeline for the next project to 2017.
Unless directed otherwise by Council, Utilities will inform customers and vendors of the additional
funding for 2016. Upon the full commitment of existing solar rebate funds, the additional funding would
be transferred from the two referenced solar programs to the Solar Rebates program.
3. Municipal Green Waste (Composting) Sites: $85K
2020 Impact: 9,000 CO2e Tons (1.9% of the Municipal Pathway to reach the 2020 Goals)
This initiative will enable municipal composting for organic landscape debris through a small-scale
(100 tons/year) composting facility at the Hoffman Mill Road Crushing Facility. The proposal includes
site grading at the Hoffman Mill Road Crushing Facility, purchase of compost-turning equipment, and
ongoing composting operations and management by the Streets Department.
Capital costs of $85,000 are associated with developing a City-only composting facility. Funds are
available to appropriate from prior year reserves in the General Fund that were collected for the Waste
Innovation Program. Composting capability will increase landfill waste diversion by departments,
including Parks, Streets, Forestry, Natural Areas, Stormwater, and Light & Power, that generate
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organic debris from municipal maintenance activities. As primary manager of the site, Streets will not
charge departments for in-bound material bought to Hoffman Mill Road for composting, but will charge
for out-bound compost products to allow them to recover operational costs for composting. Other
departments’ purchase of finished compost from Streets will be offset by savings from normal
purchases of commercially manufactured compost for use in landscaping projects.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
Investing in these initiatives has a bottom line impact of $85,000 in 2016, with no ongoing commitment to the
City budget.
Waste Innovation Fund
The $85,000 for the Municipal Green Waste Site is funded through the Waste Innovation Fund, and ongoing
costs will be covered by the sale of compost products to City departments.
The City Manager created a fund in 2010 to pay for projects that improve our organizational ability to divert
waste generated by municipal activities from being disposed in the Larimer County landfill. Discarded material
and trash that City crews self-haul to the landfill is charged only 28 cents/cubic yard by Larimer County Solid
Waste Department, which is passed through in payment to the state for landfill regulatory management and
monitoring programs.
The balance of the regular “tipping fee” at the landfill, $5.27 per cubic yard, is placed in the City’s Waste
Innovation Program (WIP) fund. WIP revenues are received from 15 City departments that self-haul various
types of waste to the landfill in truckloads. A cross-departmental team accepts and reviews proposals that
support the City’s goal to reduce landfill disposal. An application was developed by the Streets Department to
purchase composting equipment in February, 2016. The WIP team voted unanimously to recommend this
funding request.
Approval of the request to use $85,000 from Reserves will save costs of sending material to the landfill that
can otherwise be composted, including fall leaves swept from streets. The compost-turning equipment makes
up $51,000 of the total; other expenses include a creeper gear for an existing tractor, staff training, and
supplies.
Light and Power Fund
Staff has identified existing programs from which funds can be made available in 2016 to provide supplemental
funding to the residential and small commercial solar rebates. The funds are available from two programs: (1)
the Solar Power Purchase Program (SP3) for which all contracts are complete and the ongoing cost is lower
than originally forecasted, and (2) Community Shared Solar for which the Platte River led project is now on
schedule for 2017. These funds (approximately $350k) can be utilized to support the Solar Incentives and
Rebates Program.
BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
Staff will present this information to the Energy Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting in July for
discussion and feedback. In addition to specific outreach with the Energy Board, staff has also reached out to
the following boards on the Climate Action Plan more generally: Energy Board, Natural Resources Advisory
Board, and the Air Quality Advisory Board. However, the status of these off-cycle funding decisions has not
been discussed.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
Staff has reviewed all of the initiatives and BFO Offers associated with the 2020 CAP Strategic Plan with the
Climate Action Plan’s Community Advisory Committee. Staff is beginning to schedule public outreach events,
including an Open House with former governor Bill Ritter to gather community feedback on the Climate Action
Plan; however, the status of these off-cycle funding decisions has not been discussed.
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ATTACHMENTS
1. Work Session Summary, March 10, 2016 (PDF)
2. Initiative and Project Descriptions (PDF)
3. Memo to City Council, June 7 re: The Status of the Remaining CAP Initiatives for Immediate Investment
(PDF)
4. Notice to Customers regarding Energy Efficiency Rebate Availability (PDF)
5. Powerpoint presentation (PDF)
ATTACHMENT 1
2016 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN INITIATIVES
Title: Solar Incentives and Rebates
2020 Impact: 9,000 CO2e Tons (1.8%)
Fund: N/A Total Amount (2016): N/A
Total Amount (Ongoing ): N/A
Outcome: Environmental Health Contact: John Phelan
Norm Weaver
FTE Requested: N/A
Description:
The current 2016 budget for solar incentives is $250,000 for residential and $125,000 for small
commercial solar projects. This budget supports approximately 170 home and 12 business rebates.
Current program uptake for the first five months of the year totals 125 residential and 2 commercial
projects with rebate funds committed to them. This represents 74% and 16% of budgeted capacity for
home and business rebates, respectively. In order to respond to additional rebate requests beyond the
initially authorized funding, staff expects to be able to shift uncommitted 2016 solar funds from the Solar
Power Purchase Program and the Community Solar program for a total of approximately $350,000 in
additional funds. This shifting of funds will help the program meet demands for additional solar incentives
in 2016.
Funding from the Solar Power Purchase Programs is available because all of the program’s projects are
complete and Power Purchase Agreements made are less than what was budgeted in 2014 and 2016.
The Community Solar program funds are available due to a shift in the timeline for the next project to
2017. Upon the full commitment of existing Solar Incentives and Rebate funds, the additional funding
would be transferred from the two solar programs to the Solar Incentives rebates. Utilities would then
inform customers and vendors of the available funds upon direction from Council.
ATTACHMENT 2
1
2016 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN INITIATIVES
Title: Municipal Green Waste (Composting) Site
2020 Impact: 100 CO2e Tons (1.9% of the Municipal Pathway to reach the 2020 Goals)
Fund: 100 – General Fund Total Amount (2016): $85,000
Total Amount (Ongoing): $0
Outcome: Environmental Health Contact: Susan Gordon
FTE Requested: N/A
Description: The Road to Zero Waste represents approximately 25% of the projected savings to reach
the 2020 target. While this initiative represents only 0.01% of the overall roadmap to 2020, it
demonstrates the City as a leader in addressing its waste (representing 1.9% of the municipal reductions
needed by 2020), The City is committed to reducing the amount of waste it generates and has set a goal
to reduce its own “industrial” waste by 10% each year. Money paid by City departments for use of the
Larimer County landfill ($5.85/yard) is deposited in the Waste Innovation Program (WIP) fund. An
interdepartmental Waste Stream Team evaluates applications related to municipal operations that can
serve to achieve the 80% diversion rate.
This project has been selected for funding from the WIP fund (which has a balance of $179,024) for three
reasons:
(1) This initiative reestablishes a best practice of composting municipal waste; the City used to
compost its municipal waste – organic material such as fall leaves and park landscape trimmings
- until a state law prohibited municipal composting, without significant permitting. An exemption to
a State regulation will be going into effect this year to allow government agencies to compost
organic waste (up to 100 tons per site);
(2) The City currently sends approximately 1500 cubic yards (439 tons) of green waste annually to
the landfill. Funding this initiative will help divert 100 tons of the City’s operation’s waste from
landfilling and will reduce 100 metric tons of carbon from the atmosphere. The compost will be
used in City-owned landscape and garden applications, which help avoid using chemically based
fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides, as well as conserving on irrigation water usage.
(3) The initiative allows the City to lead by example on waste diversion that benefits climate –
establishing a composting site for municipal operations will provide a valuable composting
product back to City operations at a competitive price. The indirect benefits of this operation is a
reduced cost to haul waste material to the landfill and also to reduce the amount of tipping fees
paid to Larimer County.
This initiative will enable municipal composting for organic landscape debris through a small-scale (100
tons/year) composting facility at the Hoffman Mill Road Crushing Facility. The proposal includes site
grading at the Hoffman Mill Road Crushing Facility, purchase of compost-turning equipment, and ongoing
composting operations and management by the Streets Department.
Capital costs of $85,000 are associated with developing a City-only composting facility. Funds are
available to appropriate from prior year reserves in the General Fund that were collected for the Waste
Innovation Program. Composting capability will increase landfill waste diversion by departments,
including Parks, Streets, Forestry, Natural Areas, Stormwater, and Light & Power, that generate organic
debris from municipal maintenance activities. As primary manager of the site, Streets will not charge
departments for in-bound material bought to Hoffman Mill Road for composting, but will charge for out-
bound compost products to allow them to recover operational costs for composting. Other departments’
purchase of finished compost from Streets will be offset by savings from normal purchases of
commercially manufactured compost for use in landscaping projects.
ATTACHMENT 3
Utilities
electric · stormwater · wastewater · water
700 Wood Street
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
970.221-6700
970.221.6619 fax • V/TDD: 711
utilities@fcgov.com
fcgov.com/utilities
June 2016
Notice to customers and contractors working on commercial efficiency projects in Fort Collins
Due to increased participation, funds for Efficiency Works’ electric efficiency rebates will be depleted
in the very near future. Rebates for water projects remain available.
Applications will continue to be pre-approved on a first-come first-served basis until funding is no longer
available. When all funding is committed, new project submittals will be placed on a wait list. It is
anticipated that additional funding will not be available in 2016, unless previously approved projects
are canceled.
When 2017 funding becomes available in January, rebates for efficiency projects will be considered from
the wait list first, followed by projects submitted for 2017.
Thank you for making this program a success and for supporting our community energy savings and
climate protection goals.
Visit efficiencyworks.co or contact Kelley Gonzales at 970-221-6857, kgonzales@fcgov.com or
V/TDD 711 for more information.
ATTACHMENT 4
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CAP – Appropriation for Immediate Actions
Jeff Mihelich, Kevin Gertig, Jackie Kozak Thiel, Mike Beckstead, Lucinda Smith, Lindsay Ex
June 21, 2016
ATTACHMENT 5
Ordinance First Reading
2
• Current Progress
§ April - Four initiatives approved for funding
§ Summer – vetting of initiatives and development of messaging
§ Q4 – Council Work Session to review 2020 Plan
• Tonight – update on two remaining initiatives and one appropriation
§ Energy Efficiency
§ Solar Incentives and Rebates
§ Municipal Green Waste (Composting) Sites
Draft Roadmap to 2020
*Reductions are estimates and rounded to the nearest thousand 3
0
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
3,000,000
1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
CAP Journey: Progress
4
20% Reduction
80% Reduction
Carbon
Neutral
Inventory Results
Forecast
2015 Inventory: Emissions Goal
9% below 2005
CO2 Tons
Energy Efficiency
5
Up to $1.46M Needed
2020 Impact: 230,000 CO2e Tons (46%)
• Good news –Business energy efficiency incentives are nearly fully committed for
2016
§ Implications – customer projects will be waitlisted for the remainder of 2016
• Funding Needs:
§ 1.46M (forecasted) – up to $1.37M for business rebates & $0.09M ($90,000) for
Efficiency Works Neighborhoods Pilot in Q4
Energy Efficiency
6
• New Information:
§ Light and Power Fund – May have long-term reserve funding shortfalls
§ 2017/2018 Budget – Significant shortfalls from ongoing & capital offers
§ Year-end fund balance – Decrease from $18.4 à $16.4M
Energy Efficiency
7
$118.1
($56.9)
$3.1 $2.1
$123.1 $3.1
$2.2
$136.8
$6.9 $8.2
$139.9
$9.7 $7.1
($100.0)
($50.0)
$0.0
$50.0
$100.0
$150.0
$ Millions
501 L&P 2017-18 Budget
Energy Efficiency
8
Alternatives Explored
§ Future rate increase or use reserves
§ Partial funding
§ Redirect solar funding to energy efficiency
§ Postpone decision to evaluate comprehensive funding needs
Energy Efficiency
9
Staff Recommendation
§ Postpone immediate funding decision
• Pros: Allows consideration of L&P needs in broader context
• Cons:
• Slows implementation of efficiency investment and program
momentum,
• Loss of immediate efficiency gains, and
• Uncertain business planning environment for customers and
efficiency service providers.
Solar Incentives and Rebates
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Up to $350K
2020 Impact: 9,000 CO2e Tons (1.8%)
• Good news – Existing program funds can be
used in 2016 to support this program
• Funding Needs:
§ No new appropriations needed
§ Will shift uncommitted funds in the Solar Power
Purchase Program and Community Solar Program
to meet these needs
Municipal Green Waste (Composting) Site
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$85,000 (One-Time)
2020 Impact: 100 CO2e Tons (1.9% of
Municipal Pathway)
• Good news – Through vetting, costs have
decreased from ~$185K and one site will be
installed
• Funding Needs:
§ $85,000- One-time funding for capital equipment,
staff training, and site preparation
Municipal Green Waste (Composting) Site
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Why this project?
• Lead by Example
• Restores former City operation
• Diverts waste from the landfill and saves City
dollars
• Utilizes existing funding source: Waste Innovation
Fund
Initiatives Summary &
2016 Appropriation Request
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Item Initiative
Funding
Recommendation
1 Energy Efficiency
Postpone funding decision for
60-90 days
2 Solar Incentives and Rebates
No new appropriation needed
in 2016
3 Municipal Green Waste (Composting) Site
$85,000 from Waste
Innovation Fund Reserves*
Total Request $85,000
*Current Balance of Waste Innovation Fund - ~$180K
Next Steps
14
• Energy Board
• 2nd Reading – July 5
• Review of the CAP Model (June
23)
• Evaluate offers for the 2017-18
Budget Process
• Continue to engage the public
• Refine messaging
Ordinance First Reading
15
• Current Progress
§ April - Four initiatives approved for funding
§ Summer – vetting of initiatives and development of messaging
§ Q4– Council Work Session to review 2020 Plan
• Tonight – update on two remaining initiatives and one appropriation
§ Energy Efficiency
§ Solar Incentives and Rebates
§ Municipal Green Waste (Composting) Sites
16
CAP – Appropriation for Immediate Actions
Jeff Mihelich, Kevin Gertig, Jackie Kozak Thiel, Mike Beckstead, Lucinda Smith, Lindsay Ex
June 21, 2016
Light & Power Fund CIP
17
$-
$2,000,000
$4,000,000
$6,000,000
$8,000,000
$10,000,000
$12,000,000
$14,000,000
$16,000,000
$18,000,000
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Annual Capital Investment
501 - Light & Power Fund Operational Technology
& Fiber
Annexations
New Capacity
Substation Improvements
Distribution System
Improvements
2015 Operating Revenue not used for Purchased Power expense was $27.1M
Capital Investment
from Operating Revenues
18
33%
46%
35%
19%
19%
11%
10%
15%
9%
11%
7%
5%
7%
12%
13%
27%
6%
5%
6%
16%
10% 15%
30% 34%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Light & Power * Water Wastewater Stormwater
2015 Expenses as % of Operating Revenues
Operating Revenues
Available for Capital
Energy Services
PILOTs
Debt Service
Other Transfers
CS&A
Operations
* Purchased Power expenses, PILOTs associated with it and the necessary operating revenue for this expense have been removed for this table.
Revenue Forecast – Light & Power
19
Assumes 3.2%
Rate Increase
2017 and 2018
Light & Power 2017-18 Round 1
20
$118.1
($56.9)
$3.1 $2.1
$123.1 $3.1
$2.2
$136.8
$6.9 $8.2
$139.9
$9.7 $7.1
($100.0)
($50.0)
$0.0
$50.0
$100.0
$150.0
$ Millions
501 L&P 2017-18 Budget
CAP Journey: Investments & Savings
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• Short-term investments yield
significant long-term savings
• Paybacks vary – short to long
• Overall benefit/cost = 2.5
§ For every $1 invested, the
community saves $2.50
LED LIGHT BULB:
Investment: $6
Annual Savings: $5
Impact: 58 kWh
0.05 tons
SOLAR PANELS:
Investment: $8400
Annual Savings: $500
Impact: 5500 kWh
4.47 tons
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ORDINANCE NO. 081, 2016
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR
2016 PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2020 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN (CAP)
STRATEGIC PLAN AS PART OF THE WASTE INNOVATION PROGRAM
WHEREAS, on March 3, 2015, City Council adopted Resolution 2015-030, updating
community greenhouse gas goals and targets to be achieved by 2020, 2030, and 2050; and
WHEREAS, staff has developed an implementation plan based on the accelerated goals
of the Climate Action Plan (“CAP”) and has identified several initiatives for immediate action
and investment based on guidance provided by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, on April 19, 2016, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 046, 2016,
appropriating funds toward four projects identified for immediate action and investment (1)
Building energy Disclosure and Scoring, (2) CAP Program Support, (3) CAP Pilot
Project/Innovation Fund, and (4) Biomass Burner Feasibility Study; and
WHEREAS, two additional projects have been identified for immediate action and
investment: (1) Solar Incentives and Rebates, and (2) Municipal Green Waste (Composting)
Sites; and
WHEREAS, appropriated, but unexpended and unencumbered, funds are available in
2016 from the Solar Purchase Power Program (SP3) and the Community Shared Solar program
in the Light and Power fund to support the Solar Incentives and Rebates Program; and
WHEREAS, staff is requesting $85,000 for the Municipal Green Waste (Composting)
Site Initiative, including compost-turning equipment of $51,000 and other expenses, outlined in
the Draft 2020 Climate Action Plan (CAP) Strategic Plan, from funds accumulated during 2015
and prior years in the Waste Innovation Program account in the City’s General Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Green Waste (Composting) Site will enable municipal
composting for organic landscape debris through a small-scale (100 tons/year) composting
facility at the Hoffman Mill Road Crushing Facility, including site grading at the Hoffman Mill
Road Crushing Facility, purchase of compost-turning equipment, and ongoing composting
operations and management by the Streets Department; and
WHEREAS, composting capability will increase landfill waste diversion by City
departments that generate organic debris from municipal maintenance activities, including Parks,
Streets, Forestry, Natural Areas, Stormwater, and Light and Power; and
WHEREAS, in 2010, the City created the Waste Innovation Program (the “WIP”) fund
where revenues collected for the program are held in a reserve account in the General Fund; and
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WHEREAS, the WIP funds are used to administer grants that allow City departments to
initiate new waste diversion and recycling projects with special attention to departments that
have larger quantities of waste that is self-hauled to the Larimer County Landfill; and
WHEREAS, a team of interdepartmental employees (the “WIP Team”) acts as a liaison
for incorporating waste reduction, promoting recycling strategies, and awarding WIP funds when
requests are received from participating City departments; and
WHEREAS, the WIP Team voted unanimously to recommend the funding request for the
Municipal Green Waste (Composting) Site Initiative; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council to
appropriate by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as may
be available from reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were
not previously appropriated; and
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 prior year reserves in the General
Fund the sum of EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND ($85,000) for expenditure in the General
Fund for the City of Fort Collins for the Municipal Green Waste (Composting) Site Initiative
as part of the Waste Innovation Program.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21st day of
June, A.D. 2016, and to be presented for final passage on the 5th day of July, A.D. 2016.
__________________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
City Clerk
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 5th day of July, A.D. 2016.
__________________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
City Clerk