HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 10/07/2003 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 127, 2003 APPROPRI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 11
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: October 7, 2003FROM:
Eric Bracke
SUBJECT :
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 127, 2003, Appropriating Revenue in the Amount of$186,000
to Install a Median on College Avenue at the Intersection of Lake Street.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This Ordinance, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 16, 2003,
appropriates funds to install a median on College Avenue at the Lake Street intersection.
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 12 A-B
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: September 16, 2003
STAFF:
Eric Bracke
SUBJECT:
Items Relating to an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Colorado Department of Transportation.
RECOMMENDATION: w -
Staff recommends adoption o CeReso opionPthe Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no financial obligation to the City of Fort Collins with this project. The City of Fort Collins
has been awarded a Federal Haz d,E 'mi atio Granti th ou of$186,000 to improve safety
at the intersection of Colleg vene d L ree ant is 100% federally funded.
Construction of the median w take pl e duri t mmer f 2004.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
A Resolution 2003-101 Authorizing the Mayor to Execute an Intergovernmental Agreement
with the Colorado Department of Transportation for the Construction of a Median at the
Intersection of College ven S 2 a L e ' eetfor Safety Improvements.
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B. First Reading of Ordi ce No. 127, 200- Approp ting Revenue in the Amount of
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$186,000 to Install a Median on College Avenue at the ntersection of Lake Street.
BACKGROUND:
The intersection of College Avenue and Lake Street is currently a full movement, stop controlled
intersection. This intersection also has the highest number of accidents for any stop controlled
intersection within Fort Collins. Over the past four years, there have been 55 accidents at this
location,many of which have involved injury. In the Fall of 2002,the City staff applied for,and was
awarded a Hazard Elimination Grant in the amount of$186,000 to construct a median on College
Avenue that would prevent the north and southbound left turns as well as the east and westbound
left and through movements. In effect, Lake Street will become a right-in/right-out access onto
College Avenue.
ORDINANCE NO. 127, 2003
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE
IN THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND -
COLLEGE AVENUE/LAKE STREET MEDIAN PROJECT
TO BE USED TO INSTALL A MEDIAN TO IMPROVE SAFETY
AT THE INTERSECTION OF COLLEGE AVENUE AND LAKE STREET
WHEREAS, the intersection at College Avenue and Lake Street, a full movement, stop
controlled intersection, has the highest number of accidents for any stop controlled intersection
within Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS, in the fall of 2002, the City applied for and received a total of $186,000 in
Federal Hazard Elimination grant funds to pay for 100% of the cost of constructing a median on
College Avenue at Lake Street for the purpose of improving safety at the intersection of College
Avenue and Lake Street (the "Project'); and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost of the Project is $186,000, with no local matching funds
required; and
WHEREAS, construction of the Project will take place during the summer of 2004; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution 2003-101, on September 16, 2003,
authorizing the Mayor to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Colorado Department
of Transportation for receipt of Federal Hazard Elimination Grant funds to be used to construct a
median on College Avenue at Lake Street for the purpose of improving safety at the intersection of
College Avenue and Lake Street; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 9,of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins permits the City
Council to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year,
provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriations,in combination with all previous
appropriations for that fiscal year,does not exceed the then current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of the Federal Hazard
Elimination Grant funds as described herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the
Transportation Services Fund budget to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during any fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the sum of $186,000 in federal
Hazard Elimination grant funds in the Transportation Services Fund-College Avenue/Lake Street
Median project to be used to construct a median on College Avenue at Lake Street for the purpose
of improving safety at the intersection of College Avenue and Lake Street.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in the
Transportation Services Fund - College Avenue/Lake Street Median project, the sum of ONE
HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS ($186,000),upon receipt,from the Colorado
Department of Transportation, be used to construct a median on College Avenue at Lake Street for
the purpose of improving safety at the intersection of College Avenue and Lake Street.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 16th day of
September, A.D. 2003, and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of October, A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 7th day of October, A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk