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HomeMy WebLinkAbout155 - 12/05/2023 - Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue and Authorizing Transfers for Replacement of Bicycle Racks in DoORDINANCE NO.155,2023 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS FOR REPLACEMENT OF BICYCLE RACKS IN DOWNTOWN FORT COLLINS WI-IEREAS,the FC Moves department is housed in the City’s Planning,Development,and Transportation division and exists to advance mobility solutions to increase walking,bicycling, transit use,and shared and environmentally sustainable transportation modes;and WHEREAS,one of the major objectives identified in the 2014 Bicycle Master Plan is to provide high quality bicycle parking at key destinations across the City;and WHEREAS,FC Moves plans to replace twenty aging and corroded bike racks in downtown Fort Collins with newer infrastructure to achieve that objective;and WHEREAS,the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT),through its Revitalizing Main Streets grant program,recently awarded a grant to the City in support of its project to replace these aging and corroded bike racks in downtown Fort Collins;and WHEREAS,the Revitalizing Main Streets grant is based on total project costs of $16,722, with CDOT providing $15,050 in funds and the remaining $1,672 being provided by the City’s FC Moves department as a local match;and WHEREAS,the replacement bike racks will help to bring a uniform look to our downtown center,and will have a reduced footprint in the right-of-way,making more room for pedestrians and improving accessibility along the downtown sidewalks;and WHEREAS,the inverted U-style of the new bicycle racks provides a high level of security, ease of use,and improved general aesthetics;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 transportation solutions;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 Transportations Services 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 this 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 $1,672 from the FC Moves Operating Budget in the Transportation Services Fund to the FC Moves Revitalizing Mainstreet Project Budget in the Transportation Services Fund 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 federal,state or private grant,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 the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such grant or donation;and WHEREAS,the City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the CDOT Revitalizing Main Streets grant as an appropriation that shall not lapse 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 new revenue or other funds in the Transportation Services Fund the sum of FIFTEEN THOUSAND FIFTY DOLLARS ($15,050) to be expended in the Transportation Services Fund for replacing bicycle racks in downtown Fort Collins. Section 3.That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO DOLLARS ($1,672)is authorized for transfer from the FC Moves operating budget in the Transportation Services Fund to the FC Moves Main Streets Revitalization Grant Project in the Transportation Services Fund and appropriated therein to be expended on the replacing bicycle racks in downtown Fort Collins. Section 4.That the appropriation herein for the Colorado Department of Transportation Revitalizing Main Streets grant 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 21st day of November,2023,and to be presented for final passage on 5th day of December,2023 ATtEST: 5th day of Dec~ Passed and ATtEST: ‘-I