HomeMy WebLinkAbout060 - 05/15/2018 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE TRANSPORTATION FUND FROM THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF ORDINANCE NO. 060, 2018
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN
THE TRANSPORTATION FUND FROM THE COLORADO
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE BNSF RAILWAY
FOUNDATION FOR THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM
WHEREAS, Safe Routes to School ("SRTS") is a nationwide effort to get more children
biking and walking to school for their health, academic achievement and the environment; and
WHEREAS, including the appropriation in this Ordinance, the City's SRTS program has
received numerous grants totaling $829,565; and
WHEREAS, this Ordinance will appropriate unanticipated grant revenue to the City's
SRTS program in the amount of$25,584,which consists of a grant from the Colorado Department
of Transportation ("CDOT") in the amount of$18,584 for acquisition of new equipment, as well
as a grant from BNSF Railway Foundation in the amount of $7,000 for SRTS bike-ped safety
education in K-8 school; and
WHEREAS, the CDOT grant requires local funds in the amount of$4,646, which amount
will come from the BNSF Railway Foundation Grant consistent with the terms of both grants as
the grant funds will allow the City to provide adequate equipment to educate participants in the
City's SRTS program; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of enhancing the health, academic achievement and the
environment of children in Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council to
appropriate by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as may be
available from reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were not
.previously{appropriated; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and
determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the
Transportation Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Transportation 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 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 for expenditure from unanticipated grant
revenue from CDOT ($18,584) and BNSF Railway Foundation ($7,000) in the Transportation
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Fund the sum of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR DOLLARS
($25,584) for the SRTS program.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1st day of
May, A.D. 2018, and to be presented for final passage on tXor ,
A.D. 2018.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on t e 5th day of May, A.D. 2018.
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