HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-006-01/12/2021-AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND LARIMER COUNTY FOR FUNDING AND ADMIN RESOLUTION 2021-006
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY AND LARIMER COUNTY FOR FUNDING AND ADMINISTRATION
OF A SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins is threatened with serious injury and damage,
consisting of widespread human and economic impact caused by the Novel Coronavirus 2019
(COVID-19); and
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, in order to undertake emergency measures to protect the
life,health, safety and property of the citizens of the City and persons conducting business therein,
and in order to attempt to minimize the loss of human life and the preservation of property, the
City Manager,as the Director of the City's Office of Emergency Management,proclaimed a"local
emergency"in accordance with Section 2-671(a)(1)of the City Code and activated the Emergency
Operations Plan established pursuant to Section 2-673 of the City Code; and
WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic has had an unexpected and substantial impact on
health risks for City residents, the social structures in the community, the economic wellbeing of
the business community, and the services provided by the City in response; and
WHEREAS, the prevention and management of exposure to COVID-19 and mitigation of
related social, economic, and other impacts of all kinds continue to require emergency action by
the City;and
WHEREAS,the City Council has, with the adoption of Resolution 2020-030,extended the
City Manager's proclamation of local emergency; and
WHEREAS, the State of Colorado declared its first Emergency Disaster Declaration
related to COVID-19 on March 11, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Colorado General Assembly, as part of a special session in December
2020, approved Senate Bill 20B-001 ("SB20B-001"), authorizing monetary relief for small and
minority businesses as well as arts organizations, which Bill was signed by the Governor on
December 7, 2020; and
WHEREAS, SB20B-001 provides $37 million in state funds for direct relief payments to
small businesses located in a county that is subject to, and in compliance with, severe capacity
restrictions pursuant to a public health order, with payments allocated to the counties for
distribution to eligible small businesses, including restaurants, bars, movie theaters, and fitness
and recreational sports centers; and
WHEREAS, Larimer County (the "County") is eligible to receive funding and submitted
the required application for consideration of allocation on January 4, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the County has asked the City, the City of Loveland, and Town of Estes Park
to each act as a "hub" to distribute funds to their community, adjacent communities, and adjacent
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portions of the unincorporated county, which means the City will receive unanticipated revenue to
distribute and administer a Small Business Relief(SBR)program for its defined"hub"geography;
and
WHEREAS, to establish a uniform process for administration of the SBR, the County
intends to enter into a separate intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with each hub; and
WHEREAS,the proposed IGA between the City and the County has not yet been prepared;
however, the IGA will include the following key provisions:
• Larimer County will distribute funds to each of the hubs based on the number of
applications received and processed by the hub for the SBR.
• Larimer County will pass through to the hubs 4.5 percent of the allowable 5 percent the
County allotted for administrative costs for program administration, with the 4.5 percent
based on the total funding provided to each hub as described above.
• The SBR application dates for Larimer County will be Wednesday, January 6, 2020
through close of business on Wednesday, January 27, 2020 for a total of 22 days.
• Representatives from the three hubs and the County will meet Friday, January 29, 2021 to
review the number of eligible applications and determine relief fund amounts for the three
relief tiers (as outlined in the legislation).
• The goal is to provide each eligible business with the same amount of relief payment
(within their relief tier) and to provide a consistent approach among the three hubs.
• All three hubs will use the same application, collect the same documentation, and use the
same online grant management system.
• Hubs are encouraged to retain applications that do not meet SBR eligibility but may have
valid needs for SBR-like assistance if additional funds become available through other
sources.
• The Fort Collins hub would consist of Fort Collins, LaPorte, Livermore, Red Feather
Lakes, Wellington, and Timnath (within Larimer County), as well as businesses in the
unincorporated areas of the County around or between those communities. However, the
geographic boundaries of the hubs need not be precise, as the applications from all three
hubs will be considered as one pool and funding divided evenly regardless of the hub to
which a business has applied; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes Section 29-1-203, governments may
cooperate or contract with one another to provide any function or service lawfully authorized to
each of the cooperating or contracting units of government; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City that
the City Manager be authorized to execute an IGA between the City and the County in support of
the SBR as described in this Resolution.
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NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED 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 the City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute an
intergovernmental agreement between the City and the County consistent with this Resolution, for
the purpose of administering a small business assistance program using funds provided by the State
of Colorado pursuant to SB2013-001, including such terms and conditions as the City Manager, in
consultation with the City Attorney, determines to be necessary and appropriate to protect the
interests of the City or further the purposes of this Resolution.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 12th
day of January, A.D. 2021. C:36
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