HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-08-12 Ordinance 5203ORDINANCE NO. 5203
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING
THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
APPROPRIATION OF $111,091 IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUND TO FUND ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE
($26,873), PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION ($14,618), ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ($31,600) ALLOCATIONS, AS WELL AS THE AVENIDAS
HVAC UPGRADE PROJECT ($38,000), AND TO INCREASE THE
ESTIMATE FOR FEDERAL REVENUES IN THE AMOUNT OF $111,091
DUE TO ADDITIONAL CDBG PROCEEDS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD).
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The Council of the City of Palo Alto finds and
determines as follows:
A. Pursuant to the provlslons of Section 12 of Article III of
the Charter of the City of Palo Alto, the Council on June 10,' 2013
did adopt a budget for Fiscal Year 2014; and
B. At the time the 2014 Adopted Budget was being considered by
the City Council, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development had not provided notification of its final entitlement
grant amount; and
C. The 2014 Adopted Budget in the Community Development Block
Grant Fund was based on an estimated entitlement grant amount; and
D. On May 29, 2013 the received formal notification from HUD
of its final allocation amount, representing $73,091 more than
anticipated; and
E. Additional funds are to be allocated for publi~ service
($26,873), Planning and Administration ($14,618) and Economic
Development ($31,600) purposes; and
F. With the additional funding being made available, each
agency, with the exception of the Microenterprise Assistance Pilot
Program, will either be receiving the requested amount or more than
was received in the prior fiscal year; and
G. The changes recommended in this ordinance are procedurally
allowable under the City Council approved Citizen Participation
Plan; and
H. The Avenidas HVAC Upgrade project, originally approved as
part of the 2013 Adopted Budget, is currently under construction
and in need of additional funding due to higher than anticipated
bids and a greater scope of work than originally anticipated; and
I. Unprogrammed funds in the City's Federal Line of Credit
in the amount of $3S,000 are available to assist in the completion
of this proj ect, and these funds are not available for public
service activities given the statutory spending cap.
SECTION 2. The sum of One Hundred Eleven Thousand and Ninety
One Dollars ($111,091) is hereby appropriated for various grants
and the Avenidas HVAC Upgrade project, and the estimate for Federal
Revenue in the Community Development Block Grant Fund is
correspondingly increased.
SECTION 4. As specified in Section 2.2S.0S0(a) of the Palo
Al to Municipal Code, a two-thirds vote of the City Council is
required to adopt this ordinance.
SECTION 5. As provided in Section 2.04.330 of the Palo
Alto Municipal Code, this ordinance shall become effective upon
adoption.
SECTION 6. The Council of the City of Palo Alto hereby finds
that this is not a proj ect under the California Environmental
Quality Act and, th"erefore, no environmental impact assessment is
necessary.