HomeMy WebLinkAbout112 - 09/19/2023 - MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERSORDINANCE NO.112,2023
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS
FOR THE “PLANNING TO IMPLEMENT FUTURE INNOVATION ZONES”PROJECT
WHEREAS,FC Moves is department is housed in the City’s Planning,Development,and
Transportation division that exists to advance mobility solutions to increase walking,bicycling,
transit use,shared and environmentally sustainable modes;and
WHEREAS,the Colorado Department of Transportation (“CDOT”),through its Office of
Innovative Mobility,recently awarded a Transportation Demand Management (“TDM”)grant to
the City in support of developing the City’s Innovation Zone Plan;and
WHEREAS,the “Planning to Implement Future Innovations Zones”Project (the “Project”)
will develop the Innovation Zone Plan to prepare for the implementation of innovation zones and
a Mobility as a Service (“MaaS”)application in the City of Fort Collins;and
WHEREAS,development of Innovation Zones is a priority that the City identified in its
2019 Transit Master Plan that will expand mobility offerings to underserved areas of the City by
offering microtransit service;and
WHEREAS,the proposed microtransit service will provide a point-to-point,on-demand
transportation service where passengers are picked-up at their home or a nearby “virtual stop”
within the designated innovation zone boundary and then taken to other destinations within zone
boundaries,or potentially greater distances using vehicles,such as vans,that seat up to six
passengers;and
WHEREAS,while the 2019 Transit Master Plan identified four innovation zones
throughout the City,this Project will evaluate and determine the preferred total number of zones
and their boundaries in the City and will determine the level of service,evaluate the fleet
composition (including electric and autonomous vehicles),and develop a marketing plan;and
WHEREAS,in addition to planning for microtransit implementation,the Project also will
explore the development of a MaaS application for the City,which is a singular platform for
multimodal trip planning with a unified payment solution which would allow for microtransit to
be leveraged along with existing services such as fixed-route transit,micromobility (e-scooters,e
bikes),and Transportation Network Companies (TNCs)such as Uber and Lyft;and
WHEREAS,this Project aligns with goals identified in a number of City plans adopted in
recent years,including the 2019 City Plan,the 2021 Our Climate Future Plan,and the 2022
Strategic Plan;and
WHEREAS,the TDM grant award is based on total project costs of $60,000,with CDOT
providing $50,000 in funds and the remaining $10,000 being provided by the City’s FC Moves
department as a local match;and
WHEREAS,this appropriation benefits the public health,safety and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of promoting shared and environmentally
sustainable transportation solutions;and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council,upon
recommendation of the City Manager,to make a supplemental appropriation by ordinance at any
time during the fiscal year,provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriation,in
combination with all previous appropriations for that fiscal year,do not exceed the current estimate
of actual and anticipated revenues and all other hinds 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 and
all other funds to be received in this Fund during this fiscal year;and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 10 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council,upon
recommendation by the City Manager,to transfer by ordinance any unexpended and
unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof from one hind or capital project to another
fund or capital project,provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended
remains unchanged,the purpose for which the funds were initially appropriated no longer exists,
or the proposed transfer is from a hind or capital project in which the amount appropriated exceeds
the amount needed to accomplish the purpose specified in the appropriation ordinance;and
WHEREAS,the City Manager has recommended the transfer of $10,000 from the FC
Moves operating budget in the Transportation Services Fund to the “Planning to Implement Future
Innovation Zones”Project in the Transportation Services Fund and determined that the purpose
for which the transferred hinds are to be expended remains unchanged;and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 11 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds for a federal,state or private grant,that such
appropriation shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made,but
continue until the earlier of the expiration of the federal,state or private grant or the City’s
expenditure of all hinds received from such grant or donation;and
WHEREAS,the City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the Colorado
Department of Transportation’s Strategic Transportation Demand Management (TDM)grant as
an appropriation that shall not lapse until the earlier of the expiration of the grant or the City’s
expenditure of all hinds received from such grant.
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 new revenue or other funds in the
Transportation Services Fund the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000)to be
expended in the Transportation Services Fund for “Planning to Implement Future Innovation
Zones”.
Section 3.That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of TEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000)is authorized for transfer from the FC Moves operating budget
in the Transportation Services Fund to the “Planning to Implement Future Innovation Zones”
Project in the Transportation Services Fund and appropriated therein to be expended on the project.
Section 4.That the appropriation herein for the Colorado Department of
Transportation’s Strategic Transportation Demand Management grant is hereby designated,as
authorized in Article V,Section 11 of the City Charter,as an appropriation that shall not lapse at
the end of this fiscal year but continue until the earlier of the expiration of the grant or the City’s
expenditure of all funds received from such grant.
Introduced,considered favorably on_f ‘.~..ing,and ordered published this 5th day of
September,2023,and to be presented for i~b~Qqç,o %the 19th day of September,2023.
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Passed and adopted on final
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19th day of September,2023.
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