HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024 - RESO 13 - Urban Forestry Grant AgreementCITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 13 Series of 2024
TITLE: A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024
BUDGET TO REFLECT THE APPROVAL OF A
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION IN THE
AMOUNT OF $233,025 FOR THE PURPOSES OF ACCEPTING
AN URBAN FORESTRY GRANT AND AUTHORIZING THE
MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE URBAN
SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTORS NETWORK IN THE AMOUNT
OF $669,073 FOR EXPANDING THE URBAN TREE CANOPY
IN WHEAT RIDGE
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge was awarded a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Urban and Community Forestry program in the amount of
$669,073 for tree planting, tree care supplies, and tree monitoring software; and
WHEREAS, the Urban Sustainability Directors Network will serve as a pass-through funding organization for the City of Wheat Ridge; and
WHEREAS, the year-one grant revenue will be deposited into the Open Space (Fund 32) budget, and a budget supplemental is needed to make the funds available for
related expenses in 2024; and
WHEREAS, the acceptance of the grant is subject to the condition of execution of the attached agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Wheat Ridge City Council, that:
Section 1. The City Council hereby authorizes the Mayor to sign the grant
agreement with Urban Sustainability Directors Network. Section 2. A supplemental budget appropriation is hereby approved to transfer $233,025 from Open Space Fund reserves to account No. 32-601-
800-867 for the purposes of budgeting for the work associated with
the urban forestry grant. Section 3. This Resolution shall be effective upon adoption.
DONE AND RESOLVED this 25th day of March 2024.
Bud Starker, Mayor ATTEST:
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Margy Greer, Sr. Deputy City Clerk