HomeMy WebLinkAbout051 - 05/17/2016 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE TRANSIT SERVICES FUND FOR A BICYCLE PARKING ACILITYORDINANCE NO. 051, 2016
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE
IN THE TRANSIT SERVICES FUND FOR A BICYCLE PARKING
FACILITY AT THE DOWNTOWN TRANSIT CENTER AND TRANSFERRING
APPROPRIATIONS TO THE CULTURAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND FOR THE
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the purpose of this item is to appropriate funds to facilitate the design and
construction'of a secure bicycle parking facility at the Downtown Transit Center; and
WHEREAS, in 2015, the Colorado Department of Transportation ("CDOT") awarded
the City $210,000 (80% of total project cost of $262,000) in Transportation Alternatives
Program ("TAP") funding to design and construct the facility, and a grant agreement was
executed by CDOT with Boulder County who will administer the funds on January 25, 2016, and
a Notice to Proceed was approved on March 11, 2016; and
WHEREAS, a local match for the project in the amount of $52,500 (20% matching
funds) was previously appropriated from Keep Fort Collins Great-Other Transportation capital
project funding; and
WHEREAS, the bicycle parking facility will be an open-air structure with a roof, walls,
a locked door to protect parked bicycles from theft, vandalism and the elements and there will be
secure access to the facility limited to members who sign-up for the program; and
WHEREAS, providing secure bicycle facilities is one of three approaches identified in
an outreach effort that took place in the fall of 2014 to help assist with bike parking needs along
the MAX Bus Rapid Transit route; and
WHEREAS, an additional $2,625, which represents one percent of the total project
appropriation including the local match of the project and is coming from existing appropriations.
for 2016, must be transferred to the Cultural Services and Facilities fund for a contribution to the
Art in Public Places (APP) program, with $2,050 reserved for the APP artwork project and $575
reserved for the maintenance of the artwork and operations of the APP program; 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 revenue as described
herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Transit Services Fund to exceed the
current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during the fiscal
year.
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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 (project) to another fund (project), 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 for expenditure from unanticipated grant
revenue in the Transit Services Fund the sum of TWO HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($210,000) for a bicycle parking facility at the Downtown Transit Center.
Section 3. That the unexpended 'appropriated amount of FOUR HUNDRED TEN
DOLLARS ($410) in the Transit Services Fund — Bicycle Parking Facility at the Downtown
Transit Center Grant Project is authorized for transfer to the Cultural Services and Facilities
Fund and appropriated therein for the Art Project.
Section 4. That the unexpended appropriated amount of ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN
DOLLARS ($115) in the Transit Services Fund — Bicycle Parking Facility at the Downtown
Transit Center Grant Project is authorized for transfer to the Cultural Services.and Facilities
Fund and appropriated therein for the Art in Public Places Program Maintenance and Operations.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 3rd day of
May, A.D. 2016, and to be p or final passage on the 17th day of May, A.D. 2016.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 17th day of May, A.D. 2016.
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