HomeMy WebLinkAbout094 - 08/15/2023 - APPROPRIATING PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND THROUGH CITY GIVE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICESORDINANCE NO.094,2023
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND THROUGH
CITY GIVE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AND
THE CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF A NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS GUIDE
WHEREAS,Neighborhood Services is a program within the Community Development
and Neighborhood Services Department in the Planning,Development,and Transportation service
area of the City;and
WHEREAS,Neighborhood Services offers a variety of services and programming to
promote quality neighborhoods,from a Neighborhood Grant Program that assists financially with
large projects or events,to free and confidential conflict resolution services;and
WHEREAS,the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)is the Nation’s largest
nonprofit,nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering people to choose how they live as
they age;and
WHEREAS,AARP works to strengthen communities and advocate for what matters most
to families,with a focus on health security,financial stability,and personal fulfillment;and
WHEREAS,the City’s Neighborhood Services program was awarded a gift of $20,000
through the 2023 AARP Community Challenge,with the designated intent to support healthy
outcomes for residents’homes and personal wellbeing through Homeowner Workshops to take
place at different mobile home parks in the City,including Skyline,North College and Hickory
Village;and
WI-IEREAS,the gift from AARP will allow Neighborhood Services to present three one-
day workshops to 696 households where residents will improve their do-it-yourself home repair
skills to better maintain their homes;and
WHEREAS,the gift also will support the creation and distribution of a neighborhood
business guide to encourage these residents to shop locally and bolster home-based businesses,
many of which are operated by individuals over the age of fifty years;and
WHEREAS,the events will involve two dozen volunteers and follow-up assistance
through the Neighborhood Services’existing Adopt-A-Neighbor program;and
WHEREAS,this appropriation benefits public health,safety and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of educating the public and supporting local businesses;
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 General
Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the General 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.
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 new philanthropic revenue in the
General Fund the sum of TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000)to be expended in the
General Fund by the Community DeveJopment and Neighborhood Services Department for
hosting three one-day workshops to help residents develop do-it-yourself home repair skills and
the creation and distribution of a neighborhood business guide.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 18th day of
July,2023,and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of August,2023.
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Chief Deputy City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 15th day of
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