HomeMy WebLinkAbout109 - 11/01/2022 - MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM- AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACTORDINANCE NO. 109, 2022
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF HOME INVESTMENT
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM -AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FROM THE
FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS, on March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act
(ARP A), enabling over $ 1.9 trillion in relief to address the continued impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals and businesses;
and
WHEREAS, ARPA appropriated $5 billion to help communities provide housing, shelter,
and services for people experiencing homelessness and other qualifying populations, to be
administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the HOME
Investment Partnership Program -American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP); and
WHEREAS, populations qualifying for assistance from HOME-ARP funds include
persons who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness, fleeing or attempting to flee domestic
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking or human trafficking, other populations where
provision of assistance would prevent homelessness or would serve those with the greatest risk of
housing instability, and veterans; and
WHEREAS, as a HOME program participating jurisdiction, the City received a HOME-
ARP Award of $2,628,410 to benefit qualifying populations in our community, in addition to the
annual allocation of HOME funds the City receives from HUD; and
WHEREAS, once appropriated, HOME-ARP funds will be allocated through a
Competitive Process according to the HOME-ARP Allocation Plan, with funding
recommendations for specific projects and programs presented to City Council by the Human
Services and Housing Funding Board in 2023; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of providing additional financial capacity to address
critical housing needs for persons experiencing homelessness and persons at risk of homelessness;
and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon
recommendation of the City Manager, to make a supplemental appropriation by ordinance at any
time during the fiscal year, provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriation, in
combination with all previous appropriations for that fiscal year, do not exceed the current estimate
of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds 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 HOME
Investment Partnership Grant Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the HOME
Invest Partner Grant Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all
other funds to be received in this Fund during this fiscal year; and
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WHEREAS, Article V, Section 11 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds for a federal, state or private grant or
donation, that such appropriation shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year in which the
appropriation is made, but continue until the earlier of the expiration of the federal, state or private
grant or donation or the City's expenditure of all funds received from such grant or donation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein of HOME-ARP
grant funds from the Federal American Recovery Plan Act as an appropriation that shall not expire
until the earlier of the expiration of the grant or the City's expenditure of all funds received from
such grant.
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 grant revenue in the HOME
Investment Partnership Fund the sum of TWO MILLION SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TEN DOLLARS ($2,628,410) to be expended in the HOME
Investment Partnership Fund for production or preservation of affordable housing, tenant-based
rental assistance, provision of supportive services including homeless prevention services, and
acquisition and development of non-congregate shelter.
Section 3. That the appropriation herein of HOME-ARP grant funds from the Federal
American Recovery Plan Act is hereby designated, as authorized in Article V, Section 11 of the
City Charter, as an appropriation that shall not lapse at the end of this fiscal year but continue until
the earlier of the expiration of the grant or the City's expenditure of all funds received from such
grant.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 18th day of
October, A.O. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on the I st day of November, A.O. 2022.
ATTEST:
Chief Deputy City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 1st day of November, AD. 2022.
ATTEST:
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EXHIBIT A
City of
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UNANTICIPATED REVENUE (2022 Donations)
City Department/Donor Donor
Designation
K9, Fort Collins Police Services The Geroy Family
K9, Fort Collins Police Services The DePrue Family
Youth Golf Scholarship Marsh & Karppinen
Living Tribute Tree, Forestry Vince Sierra
City Give
215 N Mason Street, 2nd Floor
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
970,221.6687
fcgov.com
Gift Date Gift
Amount
10/03/2022 $3,500.00
07/17/2022 20.00
10/01/2022 50.00
9/28/2022 500.00