HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/19/2008 - RESOLUTION 2008-020 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER ITEM NUMBER: 25
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: February 19, 2008
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Britney Sorensen
SUBJECT
Resolution 2008-020 Authorizing the Mayor to Enter Into An Agreement with the Colorado
Department of Transportation for the Design,Construction and Development ofaTraffic Responsive
Signal Timing System on Harmony Road from US Highway 287 to Interstate Highway 25.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The preliminary overall budget for the project is estimated as follows:
Design $ 10,000
Data Collection 15,000
Software Integration 15,000
Implementation 25,000
Timing Plan Creation 25,000
Detection Equipment 250,000
Total $ 340,000
These Federal funds require no local match and became available July 1, 2007. The funds are
currently available in the Traffic Operations 2008 approved budget.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Colorado Department of Transportation(CDOT)has awarded the City of Fort Collins$340,000
in Federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Funds to design, construct, and develop a Traffic
Responsive Signal Timing System on Harmony Road. The purpose of this project is to install
vehicle detection that will continually monitor traffic flow and automatically adjust signal timing
plans, developed as part of the project, to better accommodate fluctuating traffic flows.
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BACKGROUND
The Traffic Responsive Signal Timing project is an enhancement to the Advanced Traffic
Management System(ATMS). Traffic responsive signal timings enable the traffic system to adjust
to changing roadway congestion by monitoring traffic volumes and selecting plans to better serve
corresponding traffic volumes. To achieve this,vehicle count detection will be installed along the
corridor and at adjacent signals. The data collected from the detectors will be analyzed by the traffic
management software. The traffic management software will select appropriate timing plans and
send commands to field equipment to implement the new plans. A minimum of ten traffic plans will
be developed for the traffic management software to utilize. Traffic counts and corridor travel times
will be collected as part of the project to determine volumes for timing plan creation and to evaluate
effectiveness of the plans.
The project is expected to be completed by December 1, 2008.
RESOLUTION 2008-020
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR
THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A TRAFFIC
RESPONSE SIGNAL TIMING SYSTEM ON HARMONY ROAD FROM
US HIGHWAY 287 TO INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 25
WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Transportation ("CDOT") has awarded the City
a grant in the amount of$340,000 in Federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality(CMAQ)funds
to design,construct,and develop a traffic response signal timing system on Harmony Road from US
Highway 287 to Interstate Highway 25 (the "Project'); and
WHEREAS,the aforesaid grant does not require the City to contribute matching funds; and
WHEREAS,the Project will continually monitor traffic flow and automatically adjust signal
timings to better accommodate traffic flows which the Council has determined is in the best interests
of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that the Mayor should execute the
intergovernmental agreement with CDOT in order for the City to receive the grant funds in the
amount of$340,000 for the Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with CDOT in order for
the City to receive grant funding in the amount of$340,000 for the Project.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 19th
day of February A.D. 2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk