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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: October 21, 2003
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
STAFF: Kathleen Reavis
SUBJECT
Items Relating to Intergovernmental Agreement with the Colorado Department of Transportation
for the Design and Construction of Bike Lanes on College Avenue (US 287) from Harmony Road
to Carpenter Road.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution and Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The total cost of this project is $750,000 which is being funded from CDOT's Enhancement grant
program. This contract is for the first two phases of the project (2003-04) for $285,000. The
remaining funding ($465,000) will be provided by CDOT in 2005.
Federal funds (80%) $228,000
City's Local Match (20%) 57,000
Total project (2003-2004): $285,000
Transportation Planning is intending to use Transportation Reserves to cover the local match portion
of this project.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A. Resolution 2003-112 Authorizing the Mayor to Execute an Intergovernmental Agreement
with the Colorado Department of Transportation for the Design and Construction of Bike
Lanes on College Avenue (US 287) from Harmony Road to Carpenter Road.
B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 141, 2003, Appropriating Revenue from the Colorado
Department of Transportation in the Transportation Fund for the US 287/South College
Avenue Bicycle Lane Project.
October 21, 2003 -2- Item No. 16 A-B
The City of Fort Collins Transportation Planning office received a grant from CDOT Enhancement
Funds for FY 2003-05 to construct on-street bicycle lanes on South College Avenue/US 287 from
Harmony Road/SH68 southward to Carpenter Road/CR32.
This new commuter bikelane facility will greatly improve safety and connectivity for local as well
as regional commuter cyclists. This primary route between Fort Collins and Loveland has been
identified through the public planning process by the City of Fort Collins as well as the North Front
Range Metropolitan Planning Organization(MPO)as a critical link in the local and regional bicycle
lane system. Both the City of Fort Collins Bicycle Program Plan and the North Front Range Bicycle
&Pedestrian Plan indicate the need for this project.
BACKGROUND:
The length of the US 287/South College Avenue bikelane project is 3 miles,along the corridor from
Harmony Road on the north end to Carpenter Road on the south end. The design of the new bicycle
lanes on South College/US 287 will be consistent with the design of the bicycle lanes on Harmony
Road/SH68. This special design allows for using the existing 10-12' shoulder area to provide for
8' bicycle lanes with a 2' shoulders for the portions of the corridor without curb and gutter. Along
the sections with curb and gutter,the bicycle lanes would be 8' wide.The signage would include the
wording "right lane for bikes and emergency parking only" which is the same signage that was
required by CDOT for the Harmony Road bicycle lanes. This design is consistent with,and in some
cases exceeds, the minimum AASHTO bicycle requirements.
South College Avenue/US 287 is currently a four-lane arterial roadway through this corridor and
carries approximately 35,000 vehicles per day, with posted speed limits of 45-55 mph. It currently
serves many commuter cyclists,and without the proposed improvements,provides a very hazardous
cycling corridor. The traffic projections for this corridor are 45,000 vehicles per day in 2025. By
improving this corridor with the addition of formal (striped & signed) bikelanes, the City of Fort
Collins, the Colorado Department of Transportation, and the North Front Range MPO will be able
to improve the cycling conditions and safety for this important commuter cycling route which will
increase the viability and attractiveness of non-motorized trips. In addition to great safety benefits,
this project will lead to fewer automobile trips, less traffic congestion, and improved air quality for
our community and the region.
The US 287/South College Avenue bikelane project will connect into a growing system of bikeways
along the adjacent City roadways and State Highways. It will provide a continuous bikelane link to
the existing bikelanes on Harmony Road/SH68 as well as link to the local street bikeways(existing
and planned) on Fossil Creek Parkway, Skyway Drive, Trilby Road, Carpenter Road, and to the
Fossil Creek regional off-road trail system that will intersect with South College Avenue near Fossil
Creek Parkway/Cameron Drive. The new US 287/South College bikelanes will also provide
connectivity to the Mason Transportation Corridor trail system where cyclists will be able to
continue northward into the South College commercial/employment corridor, and up to Colorado
State University.
These new bikelanes would also provide access for cyclists to the existing FoxTrot transit service
on South College from Loveland to Fort Collins. Cyclists will be able to ride along South College
to access the transit stops and then the buses are equipped with bike racks for their use.
October 21, 2003 -3- Item No. 16 A-B
Through these existing and future bikeway connections, the bikelanes on South College will serve
one of the fastest growing residential, commercial, educational, and employment corridors in our
community as well as serve cyclists traveling to/from Fort Collins from Loveland. The design of
the South College bikelanes will serve all levels of cyclists from recreational riders through advanced
commuter cyclists and provide the critical missing link in the bikeway system for south Fort Collins.
The construction of the US 287/South College Avenue bikelane project will be phased based upon
the available funding levels from the Enhancement program.Design work will begin in winter 2003
and be completed by summer 2004. Construction on the first phase will begin in fall 2004 and then
be completed in 2005 along with the final phase of the project. During the design process, the City
and CDOT will determine which segments of the project will be built in each phase.
This project will provide critical safety improvements and help achieve the City of Fort Collins and
regional goals of increased use of alternative modes,reduced traffic congestion,and improved safety
and air quality benefits. This projects is consistent with the City's adopted Master Transportation
Plan, Bicycle Program Plan, Pedestrian Plan, Master Street Plan, Transfort Strategic Plan, Mason
Transportation Corridor Master Plan, South College Access Plan, and the goals of the Land Use,
Transportation, & Air Quality Committee.
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RESOLUTION 2003-112
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENT WITH THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR
THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF BIKE LANES ON COLLEGE AVENUE
(US 287) FROM HARMONY ROAD TO CARPENTER ROAD
WHEREAS, the primary route between Fort Collins and Loveland has been identified
through the public planning process of the City and the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning
Organization as being College Avenue ( US 287) and is a critical link in the local and regional
bicycle lane system; and
WHEREAS, new commuter bike lane facilities along College Avenue between Harmony
Road and Carpenter Road will greatly improve safety and connectivity for local,as well as regional
commuter cyclists; and
WHEREAS,both the City of Fort Collins Bicycle Program Plan and the North Front Range
Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan indicate the need for the construction of said bike lanes along College
Avenue from Harmony Road to Carpenter Road; and
WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) Enhancement Grant
Program has awarded the City of Fort Collins a grant in the amount of $228,000 to design and
construct said bike lanes; and
WHEREAS, the Council believes it to be in the best interest of the City that the Mayor
execute an intergovernmental agreement with CDOT for the purpose of enhancing bicycle safety and
connectivity along College Avenue from Harmony Road to Carpenter Road by the construction of
bike lanes on said portion of College Avenue.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute an intergovernmental agreement
between the City and CDOT regarding the design and construction of bike lanes on College Avenue
from Harmony Road to Carpenter Road,to be funded by CDOT in the amount of TWO HUNDRED
TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND ($228,000) DOLLARS; and with City matching funds in the
amount of FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($57,000).
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 21st day of October,
A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 141, 2003
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE AND PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND TO BE USED TO CONSTRUCT ON-STREET
BIKE LANES ON SOUTH COLLEGE AVENUE SOUTH OF
HARMONY ROAD TO CARPENTER ROAD
WHEREAS,the US Highway 287/South College Avenue corridor is a heavily traveled four-
lane arterial roadway and represents one of the fastest growing residential,commercial,educational,
and employment corridors in the community; and
WHEREAS, this primary route, connecting Fort Collins and Loveland, has been identified
through public planning processes of the City as well as the North Front Range Transportation&Air
Quality Planning Council (MPO)as a critical link in the local and regional bicycle lane system; and
WHEREAS, adequate bicycle facilities along the US Highway 287/South College Avenue
corridor do not exist, creating dangerous cycling conditions; and
WHEREAS,the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)has made available to the
City of Fort Collins, Federal Enhancement Funds for FY 2003-2005 in the amount of$228,000 to
be used to construct the first phase of on-street bicycle lanes on the US Highway 287/South College
Avenue, from Harmony Road southward to Carpenter Road (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the scope of the Project improvements will include using the existing 10-12'
road shoulder area to provide of 8'bicycle lanes with 2' shoulders for those sections of the roadway
without curb and gutter; an 8'wide bicycle lane for sections with curb and gutter; and signage; and
WHEREAS,local matching funds needed to cover the cost of the Phase I improvements and
administrative costs associated with the Project, totaling $57,000, have been identified and are
available in the form of prior year reserves in the Transportation Service Fund; and
WHEREAS, the total contract with CDOT for constructing bicycle improvements on US
Highway 287/South College Avenue, from Harmony Road south to Carpenter Road, is $750,000,
and CDOT is expected to provide additional Federal Enhancement Funds for Phase II, totaling
$372,000, in 2005, at which time the City's local match will be $93,000; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution 2003-112, on October 21, 2003,
authorizing the Mayor to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the CDOT for the receipt
of Federal Enhancement Funds to be used to design and construct on-street bicycle lanes on US
Highway 287/South College Avenue, from Harmony Road southward to Carpenter Road; 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, Article V, Section 10, of the Charter permits the City Council to appropriate
by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as may be available from
reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were not previously
appropriated; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of the Federal Enhancement
Funds from CDOT 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$228,000 in Federal
Enhancement Funds from CDOT and$57,000 in prior year reserves in the Transportation Services
Fund for the purpose of designing and constructing on-street bicycle lanes on US Highway
287/South College Avenue, from Harmony Road southward to Carpenter Road.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in
the Transportation Services Fund-US Highway 287/South College Avenue Bicycle Improvements
project,the sum of TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS($228,000)from
Colorado Department of Transportation Federal Enhancement Funds, for the purpose of designing
and constructing on-street bicycle lanes on US Highway 287/South College Avenue,from Harmony
Road southward to Carpenter Road.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Transportation
Services Fund, the sum of FIFTY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($57,000) for the purpose of
designing and constructing on-street bicycle lanes on US Highway 287/South College Avenue,from
Harmony Road southward to Carpenter Road.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 21st day of
October, A.D. 2003, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of November, A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 4th day of November, A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk