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HomeMy WebLinkAbout049 - 04/01/2025 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS TO BE USED AS LOCAL MATCH FOR CARBON REDORDINANCE NO.049,2025 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS TO BE USED AS LOCAL MATCH FOR CARBON REDUCTION PROGRAM FUNDING FOR ADA BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS A.Bus stops are a critical component of the transit system,directly impacting service reliability,mobility,and accessibility. B.Enhancing the accessibility of all Transfort bus stops by 2026 is a City Council priority. C.Transfort owns and maintains eleven bus stops along Regionally Significant Corridors in its service area,including US 287,Mulberry Street,and Prospect Road. D.Transfort will be upgrading these bus stops to enhance its compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”)standards,improve overall conditions, and enhance accessibility and equity for all users of the public transit system (the “Project”). E.To support the Project,Transfort applied for and was awarded $538,447 in Fiscal Year 2025 grant funding (the “Grant”)through the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Carbon Reduction Program (“CRP”),which grant is managed by the Colorado Department of Transportation (“CDOT”). F.The funds for the Project are to be administered by CDOT pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement (the “IGA”)with CDOT that outlines the terms and conditions of the use of the Grant funds,including a local match requirement of $111,930. G.The City Council is concurrently considering Resolution 2025-016,to authorize the Mayor to execute the IGA. H.Transfort will utilize the Grant and local match to improve bus stops for the Project,including design,right-of-way acquisition,concrete pad construction,and the installation of amenities such as shelters,benches,bike racks,and trash cans. The Grant funds as well as $11,930 in local matching funds were previously appropriated as part of the City’s 2025 through 2026 Budgeting for Outcomes Process. J.This Ordinance will transfer the remaining $100,000 required for the local match from the Community Capital Improvement Program Fund to the Transit Services Fund for the ADA Bus Stop Improvements Project. K.This appropriation benefits the public health,safety,and welfare of the residents of Fort Collins and the traveling public and serves the public purpose by —1— enhancing accessibility of the public transit system and advancing broader local and regional transportation goals. L.Article V,Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council,upon the recommendation of the City Manager,to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year from such revenues and funds for expenditure as may be available from reserves accumulated in prior years,notwithstanding that such reserves were not previously appropriated. M.The City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and determined that the funds to be appropriated are available and previously unappropriated from the Community Capital Improvements Projects Fund and that this appropriation will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Community Capital Improvements Projects 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. N.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 fund 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 fund or capital project in which the amount appropriated exceeds the amount needed to accomplish the purpose specified in the appropriation ordinance. 0.The City Manager has recommended the transfer of $100,000 from the Community Capital Improvements Program Fund to the Transit Services Fund determined that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged. P.Article V,Section 11 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds for a capital project,that such appropriation shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made but continue until the completion of the capital project. Q.The City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for ADA Bus Stop Improvement Projects as an appropriation that shall not lapse until the completion of the projects. In light of the foregoing recitals,which the Council hereby makes and adopts as determinations and findings,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1.There is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Community Capital Improvement Program Fund the sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000)to be expended in the Community Capital -2- Improvement Program Fund for transfer to the Transit Services Fund for ADA Bus Stop Improvements Projects. Section 2.The appropriation herein for ADA Bus Stop Improvements Projects 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 completion of the projects. Introduced,considered favorably on first reading on March 18,2025,and approved on second reading for final passage on April 1,2025 ATTEST: /‘a, Effective Date:April 11,2025 Approving Attorney:Madelene Shehan