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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 08/15/2000 - RESOLUTION 2000-107 DETERMINING THE DESIGN, COST A AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 36 DATE: August 15, 2000 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: .John Lang/ Dean Klingner SUBJECT: Resolution 2000-107 Determining the Design, Cost and Scheduling of the Taft Hill Road Improvements as Authorized Pursuant to Ordinance No. 31, 1997. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The project was originally scoped and budgeted using Drake Road as a northern limit and Derby Court as a southern limit. The design has revealed that the limits need to be extended on both ends. The north side of the Drake/Taft intersection must be rebuilt. This will ensure that the intersection is symmetrical and operates safely. The project will then extend about 800' north of the intersection (to Valley Forge Avenue) to transition back to the existing road. The southern limit should be extended to Bronson Street to meet existing sidewalk and to complete the median for the entire mile. These extensions do increase the estimated cost for the project, but the increase is offset by the reduction in width from the standard. Therefore, the conceptual design cost estimate for the recommended 100-foot wide alternative (including the north and south additions) is within budget. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Fort Collins voters approved the South Taft Hill Road Improvements in 1997. However, the Building Community Choices ballot language states the "design, cost and scheduling" of this project shall be determined by City Council without substantially changing the essential character. The staff recommendations are the result of extensive public outreach and conceptual design engineering completed over the last nine months. Staff recognizes that this project is in an area with established residents and businesses. Staff also recognizes the importance of providing safe and efficient transportation facilities that will meet current and future demands. Staff believes that the recommended 100-foot wide road (including the raised median), with a few isolated modifications to the width, best meets the project objectives. The anticipated schedule calls for completion of design and right-of-way acquisition by early 2001 and construction during 2001 and 2002. The conceptual cost estimate indicates that the project as recommended can be built within budget. DATE: August 15, 2000 2 ITEM NUMBER: 36 BACKGROUND: The Taft Hill Road Improvements are part of the voter-approved "Building Community Choices Program" (BCC) funding package. Appropriated funding for the project is $5.9 million. The main goals of the project are to increase roadway capacity and level of service and to improve safety along South Taft Hill Road from Drake Road to Derby Court. Existing Constraints and Design Parameters 1. Approximately 3/4 of the project is located in Latimer County. This is an "enclave" situation and it is eligible for annexation into the City early in 2001. The area maintains a rural feel and the typical land use consists of single family houses on large lots with some farming and ranching uses still active. There are several combined business/homes in the southern part of the project. The land in the County is zoned FA-1-Farming. When annexed under the City's Structure Plan land west of Taft Hill Road is designated Urban Estate (maximum of 2 units/acre) and land east of Taft Hill Road is designated Low- Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood (maximum of 8 units/acre). 2. When the Drake Road Choices 95 project (Drake Road between Taft and Dunbar) was designed and built under the previous 100-foot arterial road standard, the City acquired the anticipated right-of-way needed for the future "Building Community Choices" Taft Hill widening project from two of the property owners just south of the Taft Hill/Drake intersection. This right-of-way is offset 17 feet to the east. 3. On the southern end of the project half the road (including curb, gutter, and detached sidewalk) was built with the adjoining housing development. The right-of-way east of the centerline is 50'. 4. In the area just south of Spring Creek there are six houses very close to the existing roadway. Four of these are on the west side and two are on the east. 5. Current Average Daily Traffic (ADT) is approximately 22,000 vehicles per day. Projected ADT for year 2020 is approximately 32,000 vehicles per day. Summary of Key Design Issues Roadway Alignment 1. The Design Team evaluated the advantages and disadvantages of several roadway alignments including a shift to the west, a shift to the east and a "best fit through the center." 2. The affected residents rejected the "best fit through the center" alternative stating that equally distributing the impacts would be hardest on everyone. 3. The shift to the west would impact four houses requiring the purchase of two houses and impacting two. In addition, it would require an undesirable "S" curve in the roadway to match the existing 17' offset at the Taft/Drake intersection. 4. The Design Team is recommending an alignment shift to the east. Although it will require the purchase of two houses, the Design Team believes it is the alternative that best meets the project objectives while minimizing the impact to nearby residents. DATE: August 15, 2000 3 ITEM NUMBER: 36 Roadway Cross-Section L The City of Fort Collins Master Street Plan identifies south Taft Hill Road as an Arterial Street. The current Arterial Street Standard is 115-foot wide. This includes four 12-foot travel lanes, two 8-foot bike lanes, a 19-foot landscaped center median, two 6-foot sidewalks, and two 10-foot parkways. 2. Very early in the process residents expressed concern about the width of the standard and how it would affect their properties. 3. In an effort to balance the long-term effectiveness of the roadway with the local impacts, the Design Team recommended a reduced typical cross-section of 100-feet and modifications to further reduce the width in front of a few properties. The 100-foot section includes all of the components of the arterial standard (sidewalk, parkway, bike lane, travel lanes, and raised landscaped median) reduced in width to the minimum that will still fulfill the design intent of the standard. 4. In the recommended alternative the typical section is modified at the following locations: in front of several isolated properties to mitigate impacts; at the Drake Road intersection; and, at both ends of the project to transition back to the existing roadway. Access Control 1. The arterial standard includes a raised landscaped median. The median serves to control side access and left turns helping traffic to move more efficiently and minimizing dangerous turning movements. However, the installation of a median tends to be a controversial issue because it limits access for some properties to a right-in/right-out movement. Staff has prepared an Access Control Plan (ACP) that recommends median breaks at the intersections of Hull Street, Hyline Drive, Falcon Drive, Moffett Drive, and Primrose/Devonshire Drive. Although some residents will be restricted to right-in/right- out, a majority will have access to a side street with a median break or a short distance to a legal U-turn. While developing the ACP, staff used the current zoning or structure plan designation to account for future build-out conditions. 2. The residents have identified the median as their primary objectionable issue. Therefore, staff continues to work to find alternate solutions to improve access. These include combining accesses and moving or rebuilding private driveways. Schedule 1. Construction will begin by July 2001 and be completed in 12 to 18 months. Summary of Public Outreach 1. This project affects adjacent residential and business properties. The challenge for City staff is to design and build a project that meets the City's transportation and quality goals and is also acceptable to the nearby residents. 2. City staff initiated public outreach for these projects in September 1999. The process to date has included multiple "one-on-one" meetings with all property owners along the project, neighborhood meetings, a conceptual design public open house (the first of three planned), and coordination with multiple City departments and other affected agencies and businesses. Below is a list of these meetings. DATE: August 15, 2000 4 ITEM NUMBER: 36 Individual Meetings Purpose Date Number of Mtes Project kick-off and request for right-to-enter September 1999 15 agreements from property owners. Roadway Resident meetings prior to the first April 2000 15 Open House. Pond/Trail Resident meetings following the first June 2000 12 Open House. Miscellaneous informational and requested Ongoing 10 Resident meetings. Total number of Individual Meetings 52 Neighborhood Meetings Purpose Date Initial information meeting at the request of the neighborhood. December 1999 Meeting with residents in the vicinity of Hull Street to solicit March 2000 feedback on alignment options. Meeting with Ron Phillips as requested by the Residents. July 2000 Project walk through as requested by the Residents. July 2000 Total number of Neighborhood Meetings 4 Public Meetings Meetine Date Initial Open House (attended by approximately 100 people) May, 2000 Natural Resources Board Meeting March 2000 Parks and Recreation Board Meeting July 2000 Council Committee for Growth Management(twice) May &July 2000 Planning and Zoning Board Meeting July 2000 Transportation Board Meeting July 2000 City Council Work Session July 2000 City Council Regular Meeting August 2000 Total number of Public Meetings 9 Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of the following three elements: (1) Design: (a) The 100-foot Typical Cross-Section for the new street. (b) Conceptual Roadway Alignment _ a shift to the east on the approach to the Drake intersection is recommended. DATE: August 15, 2000 5 ITEM NUMBER: 36 (c) Authority to modify the typical cross-section to mitigate damages at isolated locations and to transition to existing conditions. (d) Scope revision (to extend the project's limits to approximately 850' north of Drake and 800' south of Derby). (2) Cost: Preliminary estimates indicate that the approved budget of$5.9 million is sufficient to fund the project as recommended. (3) Schedule: Construction is scheduled to be start no later than July 2001. Construction duration will be approximately eighteen months. Transportation Board Recommendation The Transportation Board voted (6-3) to recommend the 100-foot ROW typical section as proposed by staff with the understanding that negotiations will continue with regard to specific access/issues with property owners. A second motion was made to encourage staff to consider the possibility of additional, flexible alternatives within the 100-foot width of ROW, while maintaining 12-foot lanes at the expense of medians and parkways. That motion failed 3-6. Planning and Zoning Board Recommendation The four members of the Planning and Zoning Board present at the meeting were split on the issue. A motion was made that the 108-foot wide road improvements be recommended to the City Council. This motion had a split decision of 2-2. . RESOLUTION 2000-107 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DETERMINING THE DESIGN, COST AND SCHEDULING OF THE TAFT HILL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 31, 1997 WHEREAS,on April 8, 1997,the voters of the City approved Ordinance No. 31, 1997 (the "Ordinance") imposing a quarter-cent sales and use tax for the purpose of funding of certain capital projects; and WHEREAS, one of the capital projects to be funded by the tax (the 'Project") is the improvement of Taft Hill Road from Drake Road to Derby Court for the purpose of widening said section of Taft Hill Road to a full arterial street to increase capacity and improve the level of service, including the installation of curb, gutter and sidewalk to provide safer and more effective facilities for pedestrians and bicyclists; and WHEREAS, the Ordinance provided, in section 2(a) thereof, that the design, cost and scheduling of the proposed projects shall be determined by the City Council; and WHEREAS,the City's current design standards for an arterial street call for an overall arterial width of 115 feet, and certain of the property owners adjacent to the proposed improvements have objected to the impacts that an arterial of such width would have on their properties; and • WHEREAS,City staff has met with the affected property owners and agrees that a reduction in the width of the arterial improvements would be appropriate, so long as other essential components of the standard arterial are retained, including medians and detached sidewalks; and WHEREAS,City staff is recommending that the Project be expanded in its scope so that the project improvements would extend from Valley Forge Avenue to Bronson Street; and WHEREAS,the Ordinance expressly permits the City Council to enhance the scope or design of any project so long as such enhancement would not substantially impair the City's ability to fully fund the construction of the other projects described in the Ordinance; and WHEREAS,the City Manager has requested Council approval of the foregoing modifications in the design and scope of the Project, and the Council believes that such modifications are in the best interest of the City. NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the design of the Project shall be as shown on Exhibit "A", attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. Section 2. That the cost of the Project shall not exceed 5.9 million dollars. Section 3. That construction of the Project shall commence by July 1, 2001, and shall be completed within eighteen (18) months after commencement. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 15th day of August, A.D. 2000. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk EXm■T "A' --- — -- . �■ & ; � § & 2 & � f ; ( } } } \ ■ I I ) / ( e | ! � ( � ■ � . � ■ � r -- } ; $z , __ /__ } � . _� � } Ll ----------- BRONSON ST. BRONSON ST. - ---------------—------- ag sk 00, -4, z WATCHUME STA. 110+50.00,plwr&l�mffkll� 9 9 W-SEAIR-BROWN �E, RAW-- 9, �' I E [ 0. fig i yg 1I a s i: 'T s; . 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Transportation Services Administration City of Fort Collins MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Tim Johnson, Transportation Board Chair 773_� DATE: August 1 , 2000 SUBJECT: Transportation Board Recommendation for S. Taft Hill Road Project At our regularly scheduled meeting-on July 19, the Transportation Board reviewed the South Taft Hill Road widening project, listened to residents of the area and a staff presentation, engaged in a thorough dialogue, and made the following recommendations: 1 ) A motion was made on the project to recommend the 100' ROW typical section as proposed by staff with the understanding that negotiations will continue with regard to specific access/issues with property owners. That motion passed 6 - 3. Much of the discussion centered on whether the travel lanes should be narrowed from 12 feet to 11 feet. 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