HomeMy WebLinkAbout080 - 06/20/2023 - AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NORTHSIDE AZTLAN RESILIENCE HUB PROJECTORDINANCE NO.080,2023
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
NORTHSIDE AZTLAN RESILIENCE HUB PROJECT
WHEREAS,through Ordinance No.113,2020,City Council approved and appropriated
funds to support construction of battery storage and upgraded solar equipment at the Northside
Aztlan Community Center to function as a resilience hub during community emergencies (the
“Northside Aztlan Resilience Hub Project”),to be overseen by Utilities Energy Services;and
WHEREAS,the project was funded through a $200,000 grant from the Colorado
Department of Local Affairs,$25,000 from the Keep Fort Collins Great Fund;and $200,000 of
matching funds from Fort Collins Utility Services;and
WHEREAS,project cost overruns due to materials cost escalation,building and fire code
changes,and related design modification requirements exceeded the anticipated project budget,
requiring additional local funding to satisfy project invoices;and
WHEREAS,City Council authorized expenditures in the 2023 Electric Utility enterprise
fund (“Light &Power Fund”)Operations Budget for various Energy Services division purposes,
portions of which lapsing funds remain unexpended and unencumbered;and
WHEREAS,to ensure that all expenses for the Northside Aztlan Resilience Hub Project,
regardless of funding source,are accounted for collectively as part of the Northside Aztlan
Resilience Hub Project,the $60,000 of previously appropriated funds in the Light &Power Fund
Operations Budget,should be transferred to the Northside Aztlan Resilience Hub Project within
the Light &Power Fund Project Budget;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 $60,000 from the Light &
Power Fund Operations Budget to the Light &Power Fund Project Budget and determined that
the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged;and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 11 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds for a capital project such as the Northside
Aztlan Resilience Hub Project,that such appropriation shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year
in which the appropriation is made,but continue until the completion of the Northside Aztlan
Resilience Hub Project;and
WHEREAS,the transfer described in this Ordinance 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 Northside Aztlan Resilience Hub as a community emergency resource
center ahead of the next pandemic or emergency;and
WHEREAS,the proposed transfer also continues the original utility purposes advanced by
accepting the 2020 DOLA grant funds and Keep Fort Collins Great monies to complete the
Northside Aztlan Resilience Hub project,namely to 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 Light &Power
Fund during the next pandemic or emergency;and
WHEREAS,the City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the
Northside Aztlan Resilience Hub Project as an appropriation that shall not lapse until the
completion of the project.
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 the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of SIXTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($60,000)is authorized for transfer in the Light &Power Fund
Operations Budget to the Light &Power Fund Project Budget and appropriated therein to be
expended for the renovation of the Northside Aztlan Resilience Hub Project.
Section 3.That the appropriation herein for the Northside Aztlan Resilience Hub
Project 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 completion of
the project or 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 6th day of
June,2023,and to be presented for fis~~passage on the 20th day of June,2023.
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Chief Deputy City Clerk
Passed and adopted on
ATtEST:
the 20th day of June,2023.
Chief Deputy City Clerk