HomeMy WebLinkAbout117 - 09/16/2014 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND FOR A SAFE ROUTES TO S ORDINANCE NO. 117, 2014
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE TRANSPORTATION
SERVICES FUND FOR A SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECT AND TRANSFERRING
APPROPRIATIONS TO THE CULTURAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND FOR THE
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Safe Routes to School Program established by the Colorado Department
of Transportation (CDOT) is designed to promote the safety of students traveling to and from
school and to encourage more students to choose walking or bicycling to and from school; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins Safe Routes to School Program has received a
federal grant through the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) in the amount of
$244,903 for a Safe Routes to School Project; and
WHEREAS, this grant requires a minimum 20% local match which has been paid for by
Poudre School District in the amount of$70,000; and
WHEREAS, the grant and matching funds will be used to construct a new multi-use path
and signalized crosswalk serving Tavelli Elementary School and to provide events and
programming to teach the Tavelli community about the benefits of walking and biking to school
as well as safety precautions; and
WHEREAS, the total amount of this appropriation request, including the CDOT grant and
matching funds, is $314,903; and
WHEREAS, $3,149, which represents one percent of the appropriation for the
construction project, must be transferred to the Cultural Services and Facilities fund for a
contribution to the Art in Public Places (APP) program, with $2,456 reserved for the APP artwork
project and $693 reserved for the maintenance of the artwork and operations of the APP program;
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 grant funds 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; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10, of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
transfer by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof
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from one fund (project) to another fund (project), provided that the purpose for which the
transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated
revenue in the Transportation Services Fund the sum of THREE HUNDRED FOURTEEN
THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THREE DOLLARS ($314,903) for the grant project to
construct a path serving Tavelli Elementary School.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of TWO THOUSAND FOUR
HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX DOLLARS ($2,456) in the Transportation Services Fund - Safe Routes
to School Grant Project is authorized for transfer to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and
appropriated therein for the Art Project.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of SIX HUNDRED NINETY-
THREE DOLLARS ($693) in the Transportation Services Fund - Safe Routes to School Grant
Project is authorized for transfer to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and appropriated
therein for the Art in Public Places Program Maintenance and Operations.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of
September, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of September, A.D.
2014.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 16th day of September, A.D. 2014.
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