HomeMy WebLinkAbout112 - 09/03/2013 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE INTO THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND FOR THE SAFE ROUTES ORDINANCE NO. 112, 2013
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE INTO THE TRANSPORTATION,
SERVICES FUND FOR THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM AND
TRANSFERRING APPROPRIATIONS IN THE KEEP FORT COLLINS GREAT FUND
FROM THE OPERATING BUDGET TO THE GRANT PROJECT
WHEREAS,the Safe Routes to School Program established by the Colorado Department of
Transportation("CDOT")is designed to promote the safety of students traveling to and from school
and to encourage more students to choose walking or bicycling to and from school; and
WHEREAS,.the City's FC Moves Division has received a Safe Routes to School Program
(the "Program") grant in the amount of$22,700 from CDOT for State fiscal year 2013 - 2014; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds will be used to continue and expand the "Train the Trainer"
program, establish new Walking School Buses and Bike Trains, develop Safe Routes to School
Resource Notebooks and Technical Assistance for Schools,expand the Family Bike Rodeo program;
and maintain and transport the Safe Routes to School bike fleet; and
WHEREAS,there is a 20 percent required local match in the amount of$5,675 that has been
appropriated in the Keep Fort Collins Great Fund and these appropriations will be moved to a Safe
Routes to School Grant project under the Transportation Services Fund; 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 grant funds totaling$22,700
will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Transportation Services Fund - FY 2013-2014
Safe Routes to School program to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to
be received during the fiscal year; and
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 or project to another fund or 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 there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated grant
revenue in the Transportation Services Fund the sum of TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND SEVEN
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($22,700) for the Safe Routes to School program.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of FIVE THOUSAND SIX
HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($5,675) is authorized for transfer from the Keep Fort
Collins Great Fund operating budget to the grant project for the Safe Routes to School program.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of
August, A.D. 2013, and to be presented for final passage on the 3rd day of September, A.D. 2013.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 3rd day of September, A.D. 2013.
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