Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Mayor and Council adopt the attached ordinance.

Discussion
In accordance with the City Charter, since the budget ordinance is adopted at the fund level, a change in the appropriated amount of any fund requires action by Mayor and Council. The vehicle for such action is an amendment to the budget ordinance. The attached budget ordinance, Attachment A, would amend the Fiscal Year 2010 budget.

Staff recommends the Mayor and Council increase the Stormwater Management Capital Improvements Program (CIP) budget by $1.89 million in order to recognize a low interest loan granted to the City on August 14, 2009, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. This one percent, twenty-year loan will allow the City to accelerate the Woodley Gardens Park Stream Restoration CIP project (330-850-2G59) from FY 2011 to the current year. This CIP project funds repairs to specific stream valley erosion problems identified in the 2001 Watts Branch Watershed Study. The work area is within Woodley Gardens Park along the main stem of Watts Branch and a side tributary near Wilson Avenue. This project provides stabilization to approximately 3,400 linear feet of streambank, protects utilities, enhances wetlands and reforests the area.

As outlined in the ARRA/Stimulus legislation funding can only be used for "shovel ready" projects. Adoption of this budget amendment will allow the City to meet the mandatory loan obligations to submit the construction contract procurement documents to the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) for approval by October 30, 2009, and to start construction by December 31, 2009.

Mayor and Council History
This ordinance was introduced at the Mayor and Council meeting on September 14, 2009. This is the second budget amendment for FY 2010. The first budget amendment was adopted by the Mayor and Council on August 3, 2009. The FY 2010 budget was adopted by the Mayor and Council on May 18, 2009.

Fiscal Impact
The following CIP fund will be adjusted if this budget amendment is adopted.

City Fund	FY 2010 Current Budget	September Amendment	FY 2010 Amended Budget
Capital Projects Fund	$37,111,977	-	$37,111,977
Water Fund	17,068,407	-	17,068,407
Sewer Fund	5,622,760	-	5,622,760
Refuse Fund	2,126,075	-	2,126,075
Parking Fund	1,527,038	-	1,527,038
SWM Fund	1,975,314	$1,890,000	3,865,314
RedGate Golf Fund	327,818	-	327,818
Speed Camera Fund	3,668,540	-	3,668,540
Total	$69,427,929	$1,890,000	$71,317,929

Attachments
Attachment A: Amendment to Budget Ordinance

Department Head:



Gavin Cohen, Director of Finance
Approved on: 09/11/2009

City Manager:

Scott Ullery, City Manager
Approved on: 09/11/2009