HomeMy WebLinkAbout179 - 12/07/2004 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE RECREATION FUND TO BE USED FOR GENERAL OPERATING SU ORDINANCE NO. 179, 2004
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE
IN THE RECREATION FUND TO BE USED FOR GENERAL OPERATING
SUPPORT OF THE ADAPTIVE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM
RECREATION WORKS PROJECT
WHEREAS, in 2001, The Center for Community Participation in the Department of
Occupational Therapy at Colorado State University, in collaboration with the City of Fort Collins
Recreation Division's Adaptive Recreation Opportunities Program applied for and was awarded a
Recreation Works grant, in the amount of $315,000 from the U.S. Department of Education's
Rehabilitation Services Administration ("RSA"); and
WHEREAS, on February 5, 2002, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 003, 2002,
appropriating $123,742 in the City's Recreation Fund, representing the City's share as a
Subrecipient of the aforementioned grant proceeds from Colorado State University, to be used to
provide individuals with disabilities enhanced opportunities and support to participate in inclusive
recreation programs at their greatest level of independence, while also pursuing employment goals
("Recreation Works Project"); and
WHEREAS, the City's share of the aforementioned funding spanned a three-year period
commencing in October 2001 and ending September 2004; and
WHEREAS, on September 13, 2004,the City of Fort Collins Recreation Division received
notice that it had been awarded a$43,030 grant from the U.S. Department of Education, via a sub-
award from Colorado State University that will enable the City's Adaptive Recreation Opportunities
program to continue providing inclusion support and recreation opportunities to people with
disabilities; and
WHEREAS, as the subrecipient, the City will provide the necessary personnel, services,
equipment and facilities to continue the work of the Recreation Works Project; and
WHEREAS, the City will receive reimbursement from Colorado State University, in the
amount of$43,030, during the three-year grant period (10/1/04 - 9/30/07), for the City's share of
expenses associated with the Recreation Works Project; and
WHEREAS, the City's share of the aforementioned funding for the three-year period is as
follows:
2005 $ 14,173
2006 $ 13,691
2007 15,166
Total $43,030
WHEREAS,no local matching funds are required by the City for the three-year period;and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins permits City
Council 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,do not exceed the then current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of the grant funds to support
the Recreation Works Project, beginning in 2004, as described herein, will not cause the total
amount appropriated in the relevant funds to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received in that fund during any fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the sum of $43,030 in grant
proceeds in the Recreation Fund to be used for the City's share of implementing the second phase
of the Recreation Works Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in the
Recreation Fund, Recreation Works Grant II project the sum of FORTY-THREE THOUSAND
THIRTY DOLLARS ($43,030) from the U.S. Department of Education via a sub-award from
Colorado State University, to be used for the City's share of implementing the second phase of the
Recreation Works Project.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 16th day of
November,A.D.2004,and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of December,A.D.2004.
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 7th day of December, A.D. 2004.
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