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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/15/2020 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 107, 2020, APPROPR Agenda Item 2 Item # 2 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY September 15, 2020 City Council STAFF Nina Bodenhamer, City Give Director Jackie Kozak-Thiel, Chief Sustainability Officer Ingrid Decker, Legal SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 107, 2020, Appropriating Unanticipated Philanthropic Revenue Received by City Give for Transfer to Social Sustainability in the General Fund for the Equity Indicators Project. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 1, 2020, appropriates $20,000 in philanthropic revenue in the General Fund for transfer to Social Sustainability for the support of the Equity Indicators project as designated by the donor, Bohemian Foundation. In a commitment to advance equitable outcomes, the City has selected CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance (ISLG) to lead an Equity Indicators project which will establish a framework for measuring and understanding the inequities that exist in Fort Collins. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, September 1, 2020 (w/o attachments) (PDF) 2. Ordinance No. 107, 2020 (PDF) Agenda Item 7 Item # 7 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY September 1, 2020 City Council STAFF Nina Bodenhamer, City Give Director Jackie Kozak-Thiel, Chief Sustainability Officer Ingrid Decker, Legal SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 107, 2020, Appropriating Unanticipated Philanthropic Revenue Received by City Give for Transfer to Social Sustainability in the General Fund for the Equity Indicators Project. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to appropriate $20,000 in philanthrop ic revenue in the General Fund for transfer to Social Sustainability for the support of the Equity Indicators project as designated by the donor, Bohemian Foundation. In a commitment to advance equitable outcomes, the City has selected CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance (ISLG) to lead an Equity Indicators project which will establish a framework for measuring and understanding the inequities that exist in Fort Collins. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION In a commitment to advance equitable outcomes, the City will contract with CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance (ISLG) to lead an Equity Indicators project establishing a framework for measuring and understanding the inequities that exist in Fort Collins. ISLG will collect and analyze data disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and other demographic factors to examine the broader landscape of disparities in outcomes in Fort Collins and work closely with the City and community to develop a set of Equity Indicators that will be used to track progress in reducing key disparities. The project’s goal is to develop a baseline quantitative framework that can be used by City staff and community members alike to better measure inequities in our community, particularly equality gaps connected to racial justice. While the Equity Indicators themselves cannot directly address inequities, they will inform the City’s equity work moving forward, and can help to increase transparen cy and accountability. It will enable the City to monitor changes in the disparities for different groups over time and will offer an opportunity for City staff and community members to work in collaboration to devise and implement course correction and ce lebrate progress. Equity Indicators measure equality across multiple outcomes, including economy, education, health, housing and justice. The specific local measures will be determined and finalized once the project launches. The grant is awarded by Bohemian Foundation, a Fort Collins-based private family foundation that supports local, national, and global efforts to build strong communities. Funding for Equity Indicators was awarded by ATTACHMENT 1 Agenda Item 7 Item # 7 Page 2 Bohemian Foundation’s Community Programs which is committed to the car e and enrichment of our local community. The City Manager recommends the appropriation described herein and determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the General Fund and 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 the General Fund during this fiscal year. He is also recommending the transfer described herein and has determined that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged. CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS This Ordinance will appropriate $20,000 of philanthropic revenue toward a total project budget of $80,000. The revenue is being appropriated into the General Fund for transfer to Social Sustainability, Sustainability Services. The remaining $60,000 was appropriated in 2020 through 2019 revision offers, for expenditure on this project in the General Fund. The funds have been received and accepted per City Give Administr ative and Financial Policy. PUBLIC OUTREACH ISLG, in partnership with the City, will engage stakeholders throughout the Equity Indicators project to ensure that the data collection, analysis, and indicator development are responsive to the Fort Collins c ommunity and the equity work that has already been done. This engagement will include two stages: In the first stage, ISLG will gather initial input from government stakeholders and data partners on key inequity issues and disaggregated data sources for a preliminary landscape analysis. The second stage will be a robust and inclusive engagement effort, including community listening sessions, an online survey, and other outreach methods, where community members can respond to the preliminary analysis and help to determine which inequity issues will be selected as Equity Indicators. -1- ORDINANCE NO. 107, 2020 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED BY CITY GIVE FOR TRANSFER TO SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE EQUITY INDICATORS PROJECT WHEREAS, the City is preparing to launch the Equity Indictors project, through a contract with the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance, to collect and analyze data to measure and understand inequities in Fort Collins (the “Project”); and WHEREAS, the total Project budget is $80,000; and WHEREAS, the Bohemian Foundation has awarded the City a grant of $20,000 to help support the Project; and WHEREAS, the remaining $60,000 of the Project budget is already appropriated and available for expenditure in the General Fund; and WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of helping the City analyze disparities in outcomes among City residents, particularly equality gaps connected to racial justice; 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 these appropriations are available and previously unappropriated from the General Fund and 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 these funds during the 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 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; and WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended the transfer described herein and determined 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 philanthropic revenue -2- in the General Fund the sum of TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000) for transfer to the Social Sustainability Department in the General Fund and appropriated therein for the Equity Indicators Project. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1st day of September, A.D. 2020, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of September, A.D. 2020. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 15th day of September, A.D. 2020. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk