HomeMy WebLinkAbout078 - 06/18/2013 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE INTO THE STORMWATER FUND, AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF ORDINANCE NO. 078, 2013
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE INTO THE STORMWATER
FUND, AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF EXISTING APPROPRIATIONS FROM
THE FLOOD MAPPING/STREAM GAGING CAPITAL PROJECT TO THE POST FIRE
FLOOD WARNING GRANT PROJECT FOR EARLY FLOOD WARNING CAPABILITIES
WHEREAS, Stormwater Utility has received two grants from the State of Colorado totaling
$17,881 that will be used to enhance early flash flood warning capabilities due to the increased risk
of flooding caused by conditions existing after the High Park Fire (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the initial grant of$10,958 will allow the City to install a new streamflow
sensor in the Cache la Poudre Canyon to provide an additional one to two hours of flash flood
warning time above that currently available from the existing sensor located at the mouth of the
canyon; and
WHEREAS, the second grant of$6,923 will allow the City to provide enhanced reception
and utility of Poudre River in-stream water quality data from equipment that was installed post-fire
in order to monitor water quality conditions upstream of the City's Water Treatment Plant (WTP)
intake; and
WHEREAS,the State ofColorado grants require a 25%local funding match,totaling$5,960,
which will be transferred from existing appropriations in the Flood Mapping/Stream Gaging
stormwater capital project to the Post Fire Flood Warning grant project(for a total project cost of
$23,841); and
WHEREAS, the Project will contribute to enhanced emergency response and public
notification in case of flooding and will assist in determining when the Poudre River WTP intake
should be closed; 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 forthat
fiscal year, does not exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received
during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, City staff have determined that the appropriation of the revenue as described
herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Stormwater Fund to exceed the current
estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during any 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 capital project to another fund or capital 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 Stormwater Fund the sum of SEVENTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
EIGHTY-ONE DOLLARS ($17,891) for the Post Fire Flood Warning grant project.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of FIVE THOUSAND NINE
HUNDRED SIXTY DOLLARS ($5,960) in the Flood Mapping/Stream Gaging capital project is
authorized for transfer to the Post Fire Flood Warning grant project and appropriated therein for
expenditure on the Project.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading,and ordered published this 4th day of June,
A.D. 2013, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of June, A.D. 2013.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 18th day of June, A.D. 2013.
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