HomeMy WebLinkAbout132 - 10/17/2023 - MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FROM THE REGIONAL AIR QUALITY COUNCIL MOW DOWN POLLUTION GRANT FORDINANCE NO.132,2023
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FROM THE REGIONAL AIR
QUALITY COUNCIL MOW DOWN POLLUTION GRANT FOR PURCHASE OF
ZERO-EMISSION COMMERCIAL LAWN AND GARDEN EQUIPMENT
WHEREAS,the City is committed to 100 percent renewable energy and an 80 percent
decrease in carbon emissions from a 2005 baseline by 2030 and in 2019 the City adopted a
Municipal Sustainability and Adaptation Plan (“MSAP”)outlining the City’s goals,objectives and
strategies for the municipality’s sustainability and resilience utilizing a triple bottom line approach;
and
WHEREAS,the City’s Parks Department was awarded a $100,000 grant from the Regional
Air Quality Council (“RAQC”)through funds provided by the Colorado Department of Public
Health and Environment to support replacement of gas-powered mowers,trimmers,edgers,
blowers and other lawn and garden equipment that support maintenance of properties part of the
City’s Parks,Forestry,Golf,Cemeteries,and Parks Planning and Development Departments;and
WHEREAS,this grant will support the City’s Goal 5 within the MSAP titled “We are
Carbon Neutral”,which includes Objective 5.1.3 to replace City-owned fossil fuel powered,small-
engine equipment with non-combustion engine alternatives;and
WHEREAS,the award is based on total costs of $135,000,with RAQC providing $100,000
in unanticipated funds and the remaining $35,000 being provided by Parks as a grant match,which
has already been appropriated in the 2023 General Fund;and
WHEREAS,this appropriation benefits the public health,safety and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of meeting the City’s renewable energy
commitment and reduction of carbon emissions by 2030;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 funds 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 General
Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the General 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 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 donation or the
City’s expenditure of all funds received from such grant or donation;and
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WHEREAS,the City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the Regional
Air Quality Council Mow Down Pollution grant as an appropriation that shall not lapse until the
earlier of the expiration of the grant or the City’s expenditure of all funds 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
General Fund the sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000)to be expended
in the General Fund for the purchase of zero-emission commercial lawn and garden equipment to
be used by the Parks department.
Section 3.That the appropriation herein for the Regional Air Quality Council Mow
Down Pollution 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 first reading and ordered published this 3rd day of
October,2023,and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of October,2023.
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 17th day of October,2023.
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