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HomeMy WebLinkAbout013 - 03/01/2022 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS IN THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FORDINANCE NO. 013, 2022 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS IN THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND FOR THE ELECTRIC MICRO -MOBILITY PASS AND EDUCATION SERIES PILOT PROGRAM WHEREAS, FC Moves is a department within the City's Planning, Development, and Transportation division that exists to advance mobility solutions to increase walking, bicycling, transit use, shared modes, and environmentally sustainable modes; and WHEREAS, advancing clean and affordable transportation options like e-scooters and e- bikes (branded as SPIN in the City of Fort Collins) is an important element in achieving FC Moves' mission; and WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins applied for and was awarded $81,000 from the Colorado Department of Transportation ("CDOT") Transportation Demand Management ("TDM") Seed Funding Grant for the FC Moves Electric Micro -Mobility Pass and Education Series Pilot Program (the "Program"); and WHEREAS, the CDOT grant requires a local match of $20,250, of which $10,000 will be paid from the SPIN E-Bike Share Program in the Transportation Services Fund Reserves, and $10,250 will be paid from the FC Moves Travel Demand Management Program in the Transportation Services Fund; and WHEREAS, the CDOT grant funds will enable the Program to subsidize micro -mobility and educational programming for up to 150 participants (75 low-income residents and 75 City of Fort Collins employees) to provide free access to SPIN a -bikes and e-scooters for a one-year period; and WHEREAS, Program funding also will be used to develop and provide supportive and educational programing to the participants; and )XIIEREAS, subsidizing sustainable transportation options and providing hands-on education are proven TDM-supportive strategies in encouraging people to try and utilize other modes of transportation besides driving alone; and WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits the public health, safety, and welfare of the residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of promoting environmentally sustainable mobility solutions, 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 and all other funds to be received during the fiscal year; and -1- 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 and all other funds to be received in that fund during this fiscal year; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council, upon recommendation by 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 $10,000 from the SPIN E-Bike Share Program in the Transportation Services Fund Reserves to the Electric Micro - Mobility Pass and Education Series Pilot Program in the Transportation Services Fund 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 $10,250 from the FC Moves Travel Demand Management Program in the Transportation Services Fund to the Electric Micro- Mobility Pass and Education Series Pilot Program in the Transportation Services Fund and determined 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 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 Transportation Services Fund the sum of EIGHTY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($81,000) for expenditure in the Transportation Services Fund for the Electric Micro -Mobility Pass and Education Series Pilot Program. Section 3. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the SPIN E- Bike Share Program in the Transportation Services Fund Reserves the sum of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000) to be expended in the Transportation Services Fund for the Electric Micro - Mobility Pass and Education Series Pilot Program. Section 4. That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of TEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($10,250) is authorized for transfer from the FC Moves TDM Program in the Transportation Services Fund for the Electric Micro -Mobility Pass and Education Series Pilot Program. -2- Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 15th day of February, A.D. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on the 1 st day of March, A.D. 2022. ATTEST: City Clerk FORr C� _ " SEAL IN � C+OtORA�4 Passed and adopted on final reading on the 1st day of March, A.D. 2022. of �o�rcc -r ATTEST: SEAL City Clerk -3-