HomeMy WebLinkAbout135 - 11/17/2020 - MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE CANDO COMMUNITY TELEWORK PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE CIT ORDINANCE NO. 135, 2020
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION
FOR THE CANDO COMMUNITY TELEWORK PROGRAM
AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE GRANT AGREEMENT
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Transportation ("CDOT") awarded the City
$4,999.99 in unanticipated grant revenue to enable the City to support CDOT's "CanDo
Community Telework Program," ("CanDo"); and
WHEREAS, the CanDo program was developed to support communities in creating
innovative Transportation Demand Management programs and tools that draw from the lessons
learned during the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, with this funding, the City will meet a number of the CanDo program goals
by developing and providing information and resources to businesses regarding the benefits of
teleworking and other mobility options; and
WHEREAS,the CanDo program aligns with the updated vision of Fort Collins Moves such
as reducing dependence on automobile trips for work commuting,supporting improved air quality,
and supporting Climate Action Plan and Green House Gas reduction in line with that Plan; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the residents
of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of promoting and facilitating reduced dependence on
automobile trips, improving air quality and supporting the City's Climate Action Plan objectives;
and
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
Transportation Services Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the
Transportation Services Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to
be received in that fund during any fiscal year.
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.
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Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the
Transportation Services Fund the sum of FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE
DOLLARS ($4,999) for expenditure from the Transportation Services Fund for the Can Do
Community Telework Program.
Section 3. That the City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager, after
consultation with the City Attorney, to execute the CanDo Grant accepting the CDOT emergency
funds on behalf of the City.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 4th day of
November, A.D. 2020, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of November, A.D.
2020.
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