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City Clerk's Office Item # R8
Background Paper for Proposed
Ordinance
COUNCIL MEETING DATE: April 28, 2025
TO: President Mark Aliff and Members of City Council
CC: Mayor Heather Graham
VIA: Marisa Stoller, City Clerk
FROM: Scott Hobson, Acting Director Planning and Community Development
SUBJECT: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN ASSISTANCE AMENDMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF PUEBLO, A COLORADO MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION, AND THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000, AND BUDGETING AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000 INTO PL2501
RELATING TO THE EPA BROWNFIELDS MULTIPURPOSE GRANT,
AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE SAME
SUMMARY:
This Ordinance approves an Assistance Amendment which amends the budget to add
additional grant funds from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Grant
Award No. 00I02100-1, in the amount of $250,000.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:
City Council passed ORD 10885 on January 27, 2025 which approved a Cooperative
Agreement with the U.S. EPA, created project number PL2501 and budgeted and
appropriated $750,000 for the Project.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of the Project is to conduct environmental assessments, hazardous
materials reports, planning studies and cleanup planning for sites and corridors in the
City of Pueblo. Specifically, the grant will conduct at least one cleanup of the City-owned
El Centro del Quinto Sol Recreation Center. The grant also allows for broad
redevelopment planning related to contamination and environmental justi
low- and moderate-income designated neighborhoods. This is the final amendment to
bring the total project amount to the total grant award of $1,000,000.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
The funding source for the EPA Brownfields Multi-purpose Grant Project:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Grant Award No. 00I02100-
1 $250,000
This Project will require staff time from the Planning and Finance Departments for grant
management and consultant oversight. The total grant award is $1,000,000. The initial
$750,000 was budgeted and appropriated with ordinance ORD 10885 on January 27,
2025. With this action, the remaining $250,000 will be added to the existing
Project. There is no city matching fund requirement for this grant.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
Not applicable to this Ordinance.
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS:
The City is forming a Brownfields Advisory Committee, made up of business owners,
citizens, non-profit organizations, as well as local state agencies involved in public health
and redevelopment. The grant will focus environmental assessments and
redevelopment efforts within the low-and moderate-income designated neighborhoods,
that primarily include Bessemer, East Side, and Downtown/West Side. Funds are also
available for neighborhood wide, or site-specific, planning and redevelopment
strategies.
ALTERNATIVES:
If the funding and Supplemental Cooperative Agreement are not approved, the Project
will not be completely funded.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approval of the Ordinance.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Assistance Amendment-OMB Form 00I02100-1
ORDINANCE NO. 10935
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN ASSISTANCE AMENDMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF PUEBLO, A COLORADO MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION, AND THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000, AND
BUDGETING AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT
OF $250,000 INTO PL2501 RELATING TO THE EPA
BROWNFIELDS MULTIPURPOSE GRANT, AND AUTHORIZING
THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE SAME
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
SECTION 1.
The Cooperative Agreement between the City of Pueblo, a Colorado Municipal
Corporation, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Grant Award No. 00I02100-
1, a copy of which is attached, having been approved to form by the City Attorney, is hereby
approved.
SECTION 2.
Subject to encumbrances by the EPA, funds from Grant Award No. 00I02100-1 in the
amount of $250,000 are hereby budgeted and appropriated into Project PL2501 for the EPA
Brownfields Multi-Purpose Grant.
SECTION 3.
The Mayor is authorized to execute and deliver the Agreement in the name of the City and
the City Clerk is directed to affix the seal of the City.
SECTION 4.
The officers and staff of the City are authorized to perform any and all acts consistent with
the intent of the Ordinance to implement the policies and procedures described therein.
SECTION 5.
This Ordinance shall become effective on the date of final action by the Mayor and City
Council.
Action by City Council:
Introduced and initial adoption of Ordinance by City Council on April 14, 2025.
Final adoption of Ordinance by City Council on April 28, 2025.
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President of City Council
Action by the Mayor:
Approved on _______________.
Disapproved on ______________ based on the following objections:
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Mayor
Action by City Council After Disapproval by the Mayor:
Council did not act to override the Mayor's veto.
Ordinance re-adopted on a vote of ____________, on _____________
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President of City Council
ATTEST
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City Clerk