HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/21/2017 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 141, 2017, APPROPRAgenda Item 5
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY November 21, 2017
City Council
STAFF
Eric Keselburg, Compliance Supervisor
Jody Hurst, Legal
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 141, 2017, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund
for Hairy Willow Herb-Affected Lands Management.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on November 7, 2017, appropriates $6,000 of
unanticipated grant revenues from the Colorado Department of Agriculture Noxious Weed Management
Program into the General Fund. This project provides for contracted herbicide applications to private property
owners affected by Hairy Willow Herb. Hairy Willow Herb is a List A aquatic species requiring mandatory
eradication by local governing agencies. Additionally, two acres in City Natural Areas that are now bare due to
efforts last year to treat Hairy Willow Herb will be reseeded.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
ATTACHMENTS
1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, November 7, 2017 (w/o attachments) (PDF)
2. Ordinance No. 141, 2017 (PDF)
Agenda Item 8
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY November 7, 2017
City Council
STAFF
Eric Keselburg, Compliance Supervisor
Jody Hurst, Legal
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 141, 2017, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund for
Hairy Willow Herb-Affected Lands Management.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appropriate in the General Fund $6,000 of unanticipated grant revenues from the
Colorado Department of Agriculture Noxious Weed Management Program. This proposed project will provide
contracted herbicide applications to private property owners affected by Hairy Willow Herb. Hairy Willow Herb is
a List A aquatic species requiring mandatory eradication by local governing agencies. Additionally, two acres in
City Natural Areas that are now bare due to efforts last year to treat Hairy Willow Herb will be reseeded.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
This is the first application from the City of Fort Collins to the Colorado Department of Agriculture Noxious Weed
Management Program Division to address noxious weed control for Hairy Willow Herb.
The City was awarded full funding of $10,675; however, staff is only requesting $6,000 of appropriations due
to timelines not being met prior to funding distribution. The $6,000 will be used for herbicide application by
a private vendor and purchase of seeds for bare areas.
This has been a joint department collaboration between Natural Areas and Neighborhood Services
This is a matching, in-kind funds grant that benefits 23 private property owners that have been identified as
being affected for approximately 10 acres.
The City is fortunate to receive funding of this grant amount to address this invasive aquatic species. The
community will benefit from the education provided by the Code Compliance staff, and the reseeding provided
by Natural Areas staff.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
The City benefits by a $6,000 grant which supports this initiative with an additional amount of $15,322 (matching
in-kind funds of labor, reseeding, herbicide, and educational materials). No additional funds beyond the $6,000
grant need to be appropriated.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Award Letter (PDF)
ATTACHMENT 1
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ORDINANCE NO. 141, 2017
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL
FUND FOR HAIRY WILLOW HERB-AFFECTED LANDS MANAGEMENT
WHEREAS, the City has been awarded a grant from the Colorado Department of
Agriculture Noxious Weed Management Program (“Noxious Weed”) to address noxious weed
control for the Hairy Willow Herb; and
WHEREAS, the Hairy Willow Herb is a List A aquatic species requiring mandatory
eradication by local governing agencies; and
WHEREAS, the Noxious Weed grant funds in the amount of $6,000 (the “Grant”) will be
used to provide education, apply herbicide, purchase seeds and conduct re-seeding on
approximately ten acres of privately owned property, which includes twenty-three separate
property owners; and
WHEREAS, the Grant will also be used to purchase seeds and conduct re-seeding on two
acres within a City-held Natural Area that is currently bare due to prior Hairy Willow Herb weed
control; and
WHEREAS, the City’s match portion towards the Grant is $15,322, which funds were
previously appropriated in the 2017-2018 City Budget and will provide public education by the
Code Compliance staff and re-seeding by the Natural Areas staff; 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 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
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 SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS ($6,000) for expenditure in the General
Fund for Hairy Willow Herb-affected land management.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of
November, A.D. 2017, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st 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 21st day of November, A.D. 2017.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk