HomeMy WebLinkAbout040 - 04/19/2011 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND TO BE USED FOR THE 201 ORDINANCE NO. 040, 2011
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE
IN THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND TO BE USED FOR THE
2011 FORT COLLINS BIKES PROGRAM
WHEREAS, on October 7, 2008, the City Council adopted the 2008 Bicycle Plan (the
"Bicycle Plan") to improve community outreach and operational practices to increase bicycling in
the community and integrate training in bicycle safety in a comprehensive manner; and
WHEREAS the City's Fort Collins Bikes Program (the "Bikes Program") is designed to
attain the goals of the Bicycle Plan as well as address recommendations provided by the League of
American Bicyclists in order to attain the Platinum Level Bicycle Friendly Community designation;
and
WHEREAS, the City has been awarded Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality ("CMAQ")
grant funding from the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization and Colorado
Department of Transportation ("CDOT") in the amount of$150,000; and
WHEREAS,the City Council has adopted Resolution 2011-024 authorizing the City to enter
into an intergovernmental agreement with CDOT for the grant funding for the Bikes Program; and
WHEREAS, the City's local matching funds for 2011, in the amount of $37,000, have
already been appropriated through the City's 2011-2012 budget process and matching funds for 2011
have been included in the 2011 budget; and
WHEREAS,the grant funds will be used to staff and operate the Bikes Program for the 2011
funding cycle; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City Charter permits the 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, does not exceed the 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 revenue as described
herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Transportation Services Fund to exceed
the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during any fiscal
year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the Transportation
Services Fund the sum of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($150,000) for
expenditure in the Transportation Services Fund for the Fort Collins Bikes Program.
Services Fund the sum of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($150,000) for
expenditure in the Transportation Services Fund for the Fort Collins Bikes Program.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 15th day of
March, A.D. 2011, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th da of April, A.D. 2011.
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ATTEST:
City'Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 19th day of April, A.D. 2011.
ayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk