HomeMy WebLinkAbout056 - 05/04/2021 - AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A GRANT AWARD AND AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THE GRANT AND MAKING ORDINANCE NO. 056, 2021
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A GRANT AWARD AND
AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THE GRANT AND MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CAN DO COLORADO E-BIKE PROGRAM
WHEREAS,the Colorado Energy Office(CEO) is a non-regulatory department within the
Governor's Office with a stated mission to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and consumer energy
costs by advancing clean energy, energy efficiency and zero emission vehicles to benefit all
Coloradans; and
WHEREAS, on March 18, 2021, the City received a grant award of$135,000 from the
CEO (the "Grant") to implement the Can Do Colorado E-Bike Program (the "Program"); and
WHEREAS, the Program will use the Grant funding to provide Class 1 electric bikes,
accessories, and a maintenance package to lawfully present, low-income essential workers at no
cost; and
WHEREAS, the Program objectives include supporting program participants to use their
e-bikes to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the two-year program period; and
WHEREAS,the City will partner with community-based organizations(CBOs)to identify
participants who meet the lawfully present, low-income and essential worker criteria and will
apply to the Program on behalf of their clients, and the Program partners will select eligible
participants whose use of an a-bike is expected to most significantly reduce GHG emissions; and
WHEREAS, Program partners Northern Colorado Clean Cities(NCCC), Bike Fort Collins
(BFC), and a to-be-selected bike vendor will develop instructional videos about a-bike
maintenance, where to ride, how to ride and bicycling safety; and
WHEREAS, the a-bikes and accessories are intended to be purchased at the end of
ApriI/beginning of May and distributed before July 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS, additional Program partner National Renewable Energy Laboratory
(NREL)'s CanBikeCO app will be customized for the Program and will be used to collect data
about a-bike usage and to continuously communicate with Program participants amd the data
collected through the CanBikeCO app will be used to evaluate Program effectiveness in reducing
GHG emissions; and
WHEREAS, quantitative and qualitative data will be collected from Program participants
to respond in real-time to their reported barriers to riding during the two-year data collection period
and to provide insight for future scale-up of the Program if additional funding is obtained; and
WHEREAS,this Program will directly benefit mobility and access for the lawfully present,
low-income essential workers who receive a-bikes and the program model also strengthens
relationships between the City and local CBOs facilitating future programs to advance equity and
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sustainable transportation within the City; and
WHEREAS, the Colorado Energy Office's Purchase Order, a copy of which is attached
hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit"A"(the"PO"),requires only City affirmation to receive
the Grant; and
WHEREAS, the City is authorized to enter into intergovernmental agreements, such as
grant agreements, to provide any function, service or facility, under Article II, Section 16 of the
City Charter and Section 29-1-203 of the Colorado Revised Statutes; and
WHEREAS, City Code Section 1-22 requires intergovernmental agreements or
cooperative activities between the City and other governmental entities to be submitted to the City
Council for review and approval by ordinance or resolution; and
WHEREAS, City staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager or
their designee to accept the grant award and comply with the terms of the grant as evidenced in
the attached PO marked as Exhibit "A"; and,
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves a public purpose of promoting alternative forms of non-carbon emitting
transportation by lower income commuters and to study the feasibility of widespread use of e-
bikes for commuter purposes; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon
recommendation of the City Manager, 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
Transportation Services Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the
Transportation Services Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to
be received in that fund during any 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 the City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager,or their designee,
to accept the terms and conditions outlined in Exhibit A for purposes of receiving the grant award
and facilitating the Program in a manner consistent with this Ordinance.
Section 3. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the
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Transportation Services Fund the sum of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($135,000) for expenditure in the Transportation Services Fund for the Can Do
Colorado E-Bike program.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of
April, A.D. 2021, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of May, A.D. 2021.
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