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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/04/2020 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 036, 2020, APPROPRIAgenda Item 21 Item # 21 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY February 4, 2020 City Council STAFF Zoe Shark, Public Engagement Manager Ingrid Decker, Legal SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 036, 2020, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue and Authorizing Transfers in the Natural Areas Fund for the Club Outdoors Program. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to appropriate a $70,660 grant awarded by the D.R. & V. Pulliam Charitable Trust into the Natural Areas Department’s 2020 budget. This grant was awarded to support Club Outdoors, an after- school and summer program that connects Boys & Girls Club members to natural areas. Most of the grant ($58,400) will be the salary for two summer internships and a new contractual staff person to run Club Outdoors for one year. The rest of the funds will cover expenses such as transportation, food, and gear for participants. The grant requires the Natural Areas Department to cover the benefits costs of the positions, $16,161, a funding match of approximately 22%. The match will come from previously appropriated Natural Areas Department funds. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION City of Fort Collins Natural Areas Department makes it a priority to reach audiences that traditionally have not had access to outdoor programming, such as Boys & Girls Club members. This is because the privilege of experiencing Colorado’s special outdoor places is, unfortunately, not available to all children in northern Colorado. This means that young people may not have access to nature’s benefits such as physical and mental health, increased focus and attention, a sense of connectedness to nature and community, and more. Without kids that care about getting outside and who see the value of nature, the future conservation of natural areas is at serious risk. This commitment to underserved youth was the inspiration for Club Outdoors, a very successful partnership between the Natural Areas Department and two Boys & Girls Club locations in 2018-2019. With this grant, Club Outdoors will be expanded to provide weekly activities, increase its reach to include the Loveland Boys & Girls Club location, and to add more field trips to Bobcat Ridge Natural Area. Club Outdoors, and its expansion funded by this grant, is an example of City Council’s priority to use an equity lens (Neighborhood Livability and Social Health) and improve equitable participation through expanded programming (Culture and Recreation). This grant supports the Natural Areas Department’s strategic goals to connect people to nature and expand equity and inclusion efforts. The grant is for one year, and continuing funds are anticipated to be sought from Pulliam Charitable Trust. Agenda Item 21 Item # 21 Page 2 CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS City resources would increase by $70,660. Required matching funds (amount $16,161) have already been appropriated in the 2020 Natural Areas Fund. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION On January 8, 2020, the Land Conservation and Stewardship Board unanimously recommended City Council appropriate the grant funds of $70,660 into the Natural Areas 2020 budget. ATTACHMENTS 1. Land Conservation and Stewardship Board Minutes, January 8, 2020 (draft) (PDF) 2. Powerpoint presentation (PDF) Land Conservation & Stewardship Board Meeting Minutes Excerpt - January 8, 2020 D R A F T Minutes CLUB OUTDOORS GRANT – Zoe Shark, reported the Natural Areas Department was awarded the Club Outdoors Grant for $70,6060 by the Pulliam Charitable Trust. The grant will support Club Outdoors, an after-school and summer program that connects Boys & Girls Club members to natural areas. Most of the grant will fund two salary summer internships and a new contractual staff person to run the program for one year. The remaining funds will go towards transportation, food and gear. The grant award requires NAD to cover the benefits costs of the positions, $16,000, a funding match of 22%. Discussion: Kelly inquired about Loveland’s support of the grant, since they would be benefitting from it as well. Zoe reported that NAD has been in contact with the Loveland Open Lands because a few years ago when NAD was awarded the GOCO Inspire Grant the Loveland Open Lands Program (LOLP) was working with the Loveland Boys & Girls Club at the time. Zoe contacted the LOLP and they didn’t have the capacity to do any of the work at this time. Kelly Ohlson made a motion recommending City Council approve the appropriation of the $70,6060 grant award from the D.R.&V. Pulliam Charitable Trust into the Natural Areas Department budget. David Tweedale seconded the motion. The motion was approved 7-0. ATTACHMENT 1 1 Club Outdoors Grant from Pulliam Charitable Trust Zoë Shark 2-4-20 ATTACHMENT 2 Question Before Council Does Council support the appropriation of a $70,6060 grant for Club Outdoors into the Natural Areas Department budget? 2 Grant Makes Possible: • Increase Club Outdoors to weekly • Expand to a 3rd location • 10-month position • 2 summer internships • Transportation, food, gear • City match of $16,161 3 Background 4 The D.R. and V. Pulliam Charitable Trust 5 • Former owners of Bobcat Ridge Natural Area • We appreciate their funding for education, historic structure preservation, trails at Bobcat Ridge Alignment 6 CITY PLAN CR 2: Provide a variety of high-quality outdoor recreational opportunities that are accessible to all residents. ENV 1c: Promote understanding and enjoyment of local and regional open lands... (through) recreational activities, formal and nonformal education, and interpretive programs. STRATEGIC PLAN NLSH 1.3: Improve accessibility to City and community programs and services to low-and moderate-income populations. ENV 4.10: Expand the Natural Areas land portfolio while simultaneously maintaining existing lands and access to nature. COUNCIL PRIORITIES NLSH: Equity and inclusion CR: Equitable participation in culture and recreation programs Recommended the appropriation: • Staff • Land Conservation & Stewardship Board 7 Question Before Council Does Council support the appropriation of $70,6060 into the Natural Areas Department budget? 8 Questions? 9 -1- ORDINANCE NO. 036, 2020 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS IN THE NATURAL AREAS FUND FOR THE CLUB OUTDOORS PROGRAM WHEREAS, in 2018, in collaboration with Boys & Girls Club, the City’s Natural Areas Department created the Club Outdoors Program; and WHEREAS, Club Outdoors is intended to reach underserved youth and provide them with experiences in the outdoors that will connect them to nature and build their sense of community; and WHEREAS, the Natural Areas Department has been awarded a grant of $70,660 by the D.R. and V. Pulliam Charitable Trust to support Club Outdoors in 2020 (the “Grant”), and City staff is requesting that the Council appropriate the Grant proceeds into the Natural Areas Fund to be expended for this purpose; and WHEREAS, the majority of the Grant proceeds would be used for salaries for a new contractual staff person to run Club Outdoors for one year, and two summer interns; and WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Fort Collins and serves the public purposes of expanding access to and equitable participation in City programs and facilities, and increasing interest in the conservation of natural areas; and WHEREAS, the Grant requires the City to cover the costs of benefits for the new positions at a cost of approximately $16,161; and WHEREAS, the funds to cover this match are appropriated and available in the Natural Areas Department operating budget; 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, the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the Natural Areas Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Natural Areas Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during any fiscal year; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10, of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof -2- from one fund or capital project account to another fund or capital project account, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged. 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 Natural Areas Fund the sum of SEVENTY THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY DOLLARS ($70,660) for expenditure in the Natural Areas Fund for the Club Outdoors Program. Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of SIXTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE DOLLARS ($16,161) is authorized for transfer from the Natural Areas Department operating budget in the Natural Areas Fund to the Club Outdoors Program and appropriated therein. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 4th day of February, A.D. 2020, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of February, A.D. 2020. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 18th day of February, A.D. 2020. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk