In addition to the many ARPA-funded programs that relate to the Recovery Theme of Environmental Resilience (view here) there are many other projects and programs supported by the City that relate to the theme. The chart below displays total amounts of non-ARPA funding that support initiatives that tie to Environmental Resilience.
Learn more about these specific projects on the City’s Budget Website.
2022 Budget Offer
Offer #
2022 Allocation
Urban Forest Management
40.1
$1,975,702
Utilities: Light & Power: Epic Loans Capital Accounting
1.15
$4,537,000
Utilities: Light & Power: Renewable Customer Programs
1.13
$995,000
Nature in the City
52.1
$106,572
Natural Areas – Land Conservation
51.1
$4,480,356
CCIP – Nature in the City
52.2
$300,000
Shift Your Ride Travel Options Program
13.8
$200,000
Air Quality Monitoring Fund
48.15
$100,000
Local and Regional Air Quality Monitoring – Improved AQ Priority & Regionalism
48.13
$35,000
Innovate Fort Collins Challenge – Housing/Climate Nexus
48.11
$100,000
Lincoln Center – Sustainable Performance Hall Lighting
55.14
$174,167
Total: $13,003,797
2023-2024 Budget Offer
Offer #
2023 Allocation
2024 Allocation
Utilities Light & Power: Renewable Customer Programs
1.4
$1,181,000
$1,291,000
Utilities Light & Power: Epic Loans Capital Accounting
1.5
$3,040,000
$3,980,000
Urban Forest Management
59.1
$2,151,618
$2,240,363
Natural Areas – Land Conservation
44.1
$4,933,709
$4,947,171
Nature in the City
48.1
$110,417
$114,527
Air Quality Monitoring Fund
32.11
$100,000
$100,000
Seed Funding for a Partner-Led Sustainable Business Program
32.16
$144,000
$144,000
Increasing Community Leadership for Our Climate Future
32.17
$60,000
$60,000
Municipal Innovation Funds
32.15
$125,000
$125,000
Nature in the City – CCIP
48.2
$300,000
$400,000
Shift Your Ride Travel Options Program
27.13
$200,000
$200,000
Innovate Fort Collins Challenge
32.12
$300,000
$0
Utilities: Water Efficiency Plan Update
1.42
$100,000
$150,000
Light & Power – Attrition-Based LED Streetlight Conversion Program
2.7
$1,106,866
$1,106,866
Utilities: Light & Power – Disaster Recovery Site Improvements – Phase 2
2.18
$256,500
$0
Environmental Learning Center Flow Restoration Project
1.45
$2,089,196
$0
Total: $31,057,233
Key
- 2022 Budget Offer: Name of the project / program in the 2022 Adopted Budget. Please Note: Due to the pandemic, the City adopted a one-year budget, rather than the typical two-year budget. View the City’s 2022 Adopted Budget.
- 2023-2024 Budget Offer: Name of the project / program in the 2023-2024 Adopted Budget. View the City’s 2023-2024 Budget.
- Offer #: Offer Number used to identify individual projects in the City budget
- Allocation: Amount of non-ARPA funds budgeted for a particular project. Allocation amounts for a particular program can vary year to year.
Glossary
- ARPA: American Rescue Plan Act, federal act passed in March 2021, established $1.9 trillion in COVID-19 relief funding. The City received $28.1M of ARPA funds in 2021.
- ARPA Funds: ARPA Funds or American Rescue Plan Act Funds refers to the funds the City of Fort Collins has received from the federal American Rescue Plan Act. In the majority of cases, ARPA Funds is used as shorthand to refer to the $28.1 million SLFRF received by the City
- SLFRF: State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). $360B was allocated via SLFRF to state and local governments to assist with recovery. The City of Fort Collins received $28.1 million SLFRF funds for pandemic response and recovery.