HomeMy WebLinkAbout113 - 10/06/2020 - MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NORTHSIDE AZT ORDINANCE NO. 113, 2020
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS OF APPROPRIATIONS
FOR THE NORTHSIDE AZTLAN RESILIENCE HUB PROJECT
WHEREAS, in the summer of 2019, the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA)
launched the Renewable/Clean Energy Challenge grant program to support energy efficiency
efforts that align with needs and opportunities identified by local governments and will help the
State of Colorado reach its 2040 100% renewable energy goal; and
WHEREAS, DOLA solicited Clean Energy Challenge grant projects with multiple
objectives that targeted renewable energy, energy efficiency, and energy conservation efforts;
supported innovations in renewable energy, and served populations with the greatest need; and
WHEREAS, in December 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Colorado
communities and City facilities,the City filed a Clean Energy Challenge grant application detailing
a $425,000 project to create a resiliency hub at the Northside Aztlan recreation center by adding
off-grid energy storage and management capabilities through battery systems to enable operation
in emergencies where the electric grid may be impacted ("Northside Aztlan Resilience Hub
project"); and
WHEREAS, throughout 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City used the
Northside Aztlan Center property and facilities for waves of community sheltering and resiliency
service efforts, through which the City demonstrated the community need and viability of the
proposed Northside Aztlan Resilience Hub project; and
WHEREAS, DOLA selected the Northside Aztlan Resilience Hub project for a Clean
Energy Challenge grant award of$200,000, conditioned on a $200,000 local fund match by the
City, which staff has identified is available in the 2020 Utilities Energy Services budget from
anticipated underspending due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, accepting the DOLA grant funds and commitment of matching funds, in
conjunction with Keep Fort Collins Great monies and other community funding, to complete the
Northside Aztlan Resilience Hub project will serve utility ratepayers by enabling installation of
energy system features in a community emergency facility that will lower demands on the City's
electric grid and leverage outside funding to reduce the financial impact on the Electric Utility
enterprise fund ("Light & Power Fund") for the project; and
WHEREAS, appropriating the DOLA grant and other matching and complementary
financial resources described in this Ordinance to complete the Northside Aztlan Resilience Hub
project benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Fort Collins and serves the
public purpose of ensuring more stable standalone operation of the facility as a community
emergency resource center ahead of the next pandemic or emergency; and
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WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon
recommendation of the City Manager, 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, the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and
determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the Light &
Power Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Light& Power 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, upon
recommendation of 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; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended the transfer of $25,000 from the Keep
Fort Collins Great Fund to the Light & Power Fund for the Northside Aztlan Resilience Hub
project and determined that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains
unchanged; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended the transfer of $200,000 from the
Utilities Energy Services operating budget to the Northside Aztlan Resilience Hub project and
determined that the proposed transfer is from an account in which the amount appropriated exceeds
the amount needed to accomplish the purpose specified in the appropriation ordinance.
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 unanticipated grant revenue in the
Light & Power Fund the sum of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000) for
expenditure in the Light & Power Fund for the Northside Aztlan Resilience Hub project and
appropriated therein.
Section 3. That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of TWENTY
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000) is hereby authorized for transfer from the Keep Fort
Collins Great Fund to the Light & Power Fund for the Northside Aztlan Resilience Hub project
and appropriated therein.
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Section 4. That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000) is hereby authorized for transfer from the
Energy Services operating budget to the Northside Aztlan Resilience Hub project.
Section 5. That the DOLA Renewable/Clean Energy Challenge grant program terms
and conditions, as provided to the City, are approved and agreed to as a condition of accepting the
grant funds without entering into a separate grant contract or intergovernmental agreement with
the State.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 15th day of
September, A.D. 2020, and to be presented for final passage on the 6th day of October,A.D. 2020.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 6th day of October, A.D. 2020.
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