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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY November 7, 2017
City Council
STAFF
Cassie Archuleta, Senior Environmental Planner
Judy Schmidt, Legal
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 133, 2017, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund
for Electric Lawn and Garden Equipment Procurement.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on October 17, 2017, appropriates unanticipated grant
revenue in the amount of $15,000 in the General Fund for the purchase of electric lawn and garden equipment
for the Parks Department. The Regional Air Quality Council (RAQC) granted these funds to assist
municipalities in purchasing new low-emission commercial lawn and garden equipment. The grant directly
supports efforts to lead by example in reducing air quality impacts from municipal lawn and garden equipment
fleet.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
ATTACHMENTS
1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, October 17, 2017 (PDF)
2. Ordinance No. 133, 2017 (PDF)
Agenda Item 5
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY October 17, 2017
City Council
STAFF
Cassie Archuleta, Senior Environmental Planner
Judy Schmidt, Legal
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 133, 2017, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund for
Electric Lawn and Garden Equipment Procurement.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appropriate unanticipated grant revenue in the amount of $15,000 in the General
Fund for the purchase of electric lawn and garden equipment for the Parks Department. The Regional Air
Quality Council (RAQC) granted these funds to assist municipalities in purchasing new low-emission
commercial lawn and garden equipment. The grant directly supports efforts to lead by example in reducing air
quality impacts from municipal lawn and garden equipment fleet.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
Small gasoline engines, such as those used for lawn and garden equipment, contribute to the City’s carbon
inventory, and contribute to emissions that cause ozone formation. The City actively works to promote and
incentivize the use of electric lawn and garden equipment in the community, and the City is working to lead by
example in reducing emissions from municipal operations such as Parks maintenance. The Parks Department
proposes to use these grant funds to augment existing efforts to replace gas powered municipal lawn and
garden equipment with electric alternatives.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
City resources would increase by $15,000.
BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
Ozone is a priority pollutant for the Air Quality Advisory Board, and fossil fuel powered lawn and garden
equipment contributes to ozone causing pollution and to the municipal carbon inventory. No formal
recommendation was sought for appropriation of the grant funds to purchase additional electric lawn and
garden equipment.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
To help the private sector and other municipalities transition to electric lawn and garden equipment, a regional
municipality event coordinated with the Regional Air Quality Council (RAQC) will take place October 17, 2017,
in Brighton featuring the City of Fort Collins. Additionally, the City will issue a press release regarding the City’s
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Agenda Item 5
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efforts to transition to electric lawn and garden equipment and publish equipment performance evaluations to
help the private sector better evaluate the benefits and considerations of electric equipment.
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ORDINANCE NO. 133, 2017
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL
FUND FOR ELECTRIC LAWN AND GARDEN EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT
WHEREAS, the City has been awarded a grant from the Regional Air Quality Council
(“RAQC”) in the amount of $15,000 to purchase electric lawn and garden equipment for the
Parks Department; and
WHEREAS, the RAQC granted these funds to assist municipalities in purchasing new
low-emission commercial lawn and garden equipment; and
WHEREAS, the grant directly supports efforts to lead by example in reducing air quality
impacts from municipal lawn and garden equipment fleet; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires no matching funds; 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 RAQC 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.
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 FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($15,000) for expenditure in the
General Fund for the purchase of electric lawn and garden equipment for use by the Parks
Department.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 17th day of
October, A.D. 2017, and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of November, 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 November, A.D. 2017.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk