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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 23 A-B
DATE: January 4, 2000
• FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
STAFF: Craig L. Foreman
SUBJECT:
Items Relating to the Gateway Mountain Park.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the adoption of the Resolution and the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Adoption of the Resolution and the Ordinance will appropriate $170,000 from the Colorado
Department of Transportation ("CDOT") and $25,000 from Latimer County for the Gateway
Mountain Park Access Road Project and $10,000 from the County for environmental education
signage for the park.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
A. Resolution 2000-1 Authorizing the Mayor to Enter into the Second Amendment to the
Intergovernmental Agreement Between the City and the Colorado Department of
Transportation ("CDOT") for Highway Realignment and Access Design for Gateway
I Mountain Park.
B. First Reading of Ordinance No.5.2000,Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the Capital
Projects Fund for Gateway Mountain Park.
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Gateway Mountain Park is a 400-acre site located five miles up the Poudre Canyon. The site is
owned by the City of Fort Collins and was previously the City's Rater Treatment Plant. The City
Council has provided direction to make this property accessible to the public. These lands are
currently inaccessible to the public because the entry road must be improved to provide safe access.
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Adoption of the Resolution authorizes the amendment of the Intergovernmental Agreement between
• CDOT and the City of Fort Collins for the design and development of the access road to Gateway
Mountain Park. The City entered into the Agreement on September 30, 1998 (Resolution 98-113).
DATE: January 4, 2000 2 ITEM NUMBER: 23 A-B
The contract provides that it may be changed or modified by written supplemental contract. The
contract is being amended to authorize additional funding for the project in the amount of 53,000
in 1999 funds and 5167,000 in year 2000 funds that will be provided by CDOT. The local agency
(City) match of$42 250 has been appropriated by Ordinance No. 135, 1998.
With this amendment,the City will have received a total of$373,000 from CDOT for this project.
The entry road project is expected to cost approximately $1.1 million. Additional funding in the
amount of$520.000 has been authorized and appropriated pursuant to Ordinance No. 135, 1998.
An additional $200.000 in Great Outdoors Colorado funding will be received after the project is
completed. Latimer County is contributing$25,000 to help with the entry road project. The County
also has$10,000 in Great Outdoors Colorado money to help create envirorunental education signs
for the Park. Ordinance No. 5, 2000 appropriates the $10,000 for this purpose.
RESOLUTION 2000-1
. OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO THE SECOND
AMENDMENT TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION ("CDOT") FOR HIGHWAY REALIGNMENT
AND ACCESS DESIGN FOR GATEWAY MOUNTAIN PARK
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins, Colorado (the "City") has the power to enter into
intergovernmental agreements with the State of Colorado under Article II,Section 16 of the Charter
of the City; and
WHEREAS, the State of Colorado, State Department of Transportation (the "State"), has
obtained certain federal funds pursuant to the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
1991 (ISTEA)to be allocated for highway projects; and
WHEREAS,the State is responsible for the disbursement of these funds; and
WHEREAS, the City is desirous of obtaining said funds for the provision of highway
realignment and access design of State Highway 14 to create a safe access to Gateway Mountain
Park, and has filed an application with the State for this purpose; and
. WHEREAS, on August 18, 1998, the Council adopted Resolution 98-113, authorizing the
Mayor to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the State Department of Transportation,
for highway realignment and access design for Gateway Mountain Park; and
WHEREAS, on May 4, 1999,the Council adopted Resolution 99-54 authorizing the Mayor
to enter into an amendment of the Intergovernmental Agreement with the State for highway
realignment and access design for Gateway Mountain Park; and
WHEREAS, the State has proposed a second amendment to the Intergovernmental
Agreement to provide additional funds for the project; and
WHEREAS,the City desires to accept the additional funds for such project pursuant to the
conditions of the amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City matching funds required in the Intergovernmental Agreement were
appropriated in Ordinance No. 135, 1998,along with sufficient additional City funds to provide the
required local match for the additional State funds, in the additional amount of forty-two thousand
two hundred fifty dollars($42 250); and
WHEREAS,the City desires to work together with the State to effect said project as provided
in the Intergovernmental Agreement, as amended.
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NOW. THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED BY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS, COLORADO that the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into an amendment to the
Intergovernmental Agreement between the City and the State of Colorado, State Department of
Transportation, for the provision of realignment and access design of State Highway 14 to create a
safe access to Gateway Mountain Park. which amendment shall increase the amount of federal
participating funds from $201.000 to 5373,000, and shall increase the amount of local agency
participating share from $51.000 to $93 250.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 4th day of January,
A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 5, 2000
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE
IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND FOR
GATEWAY MOUNTAIN PARK
WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins owns a 400-acre site located approximately five miles
up the Poudre Canyon, which property was formerly known as the City's Water Treatment Plant
No.1, a portion of which will be developed as Gateway Mountain Park; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has provided direction to make the Park accessible to the
public by improving the entry road to the Park from Highway 14 ("the Project") at an estimated
design and construction cost of one million one hundred twenty thousand dollars($1,120,000);and
WHEREAS,City Council adopted Resolution 98-113,on August 18, 1998,authorizing the
City to contract with the Colorado Department of Transportation("CDOT")for the realignment of
the entry road to Gateway Mountain Park; and
WHEREAS, on September 1, 1998, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 135, 1998,
appropriating six hundred sixty-four thousand dollars ($664,000) to be used for improvements
associated with the Project, with the understanding that the remaining funds($456,000) would be
• appropriated in 1999 and 2000: and
WHEREAS, CDOT previously made available an additional fifty-nine thousand dollars
($59,000)to be used for the Project and Council appropriated these funds pursuant to Ordinance No.
71, 1999; and
WHEREAS, CDOT recently made available an additional one hundred seventy thousand
dollars ($170,000) for the Project; and
WHEREAS, sufficient City funds were appropriated in Ordinance No. 135, 1998 to match
the new grant total; and
WHEREAS, City Council adopted Resolution 2000-1, amending the intergovernmental
agreement between the City of Fort Collins and the Colorado Department of Transportation for the
design and development of the access road to Gateway Mountain park to reflect the one hundred
seventy thousand dollars ($170.000) additional funding for the Project; and
WHEREAS,Latimer County has made available twenty-five thousand dollars($25,000)for
the Project and has also made available an additional ten thousand dollars($10,000)to help create
environmental education signage for the Park; 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 thatthe total amount of such supplemental appropriations,in combination with all previous
appropriations for that fiscal year, do not exceed the then current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS,it is the desire of the Council to appropriate funds,totaling one hundred ninety-
five thousand dollars($195,000),from unanticipated revenue in the Capital Projects Fund,Gateway
Mountain Park capital project, to be used for the design and development of the access road to
Gateway Mountain Park; and
WHEREAS,it is the desire of the Council to appropriate ten thousand dollars($10,000)from
unanticipated revenue in the Capital Projects Fund, Gateway Mountain Park capital project, to be
used for the design and development of environmental education signage for the Park.
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
Capital Projects Fund, Gateway Mountain Park capital project, the sum of ONE HUNDRED
NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS($195,000)to be used for the design and development of
the access road to Gateway Mountain Park and TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS($10,000)to be used
for the design and development of environmental education signage for the Park.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 4th day of
January,A.D. 2000, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of January, A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 18th day of January, A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
RESOLUTION 98-113
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, FOR THE REALIGNMENT AND ACCESS TO GATEWAY PARK
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins, Colorado (the "City") has the power to enter into
intergovernmental agreements with the State of Colorado under Article II,Section 16 of the Charter
of the City; and
WHEREAS, the State of Colorado, State Department of Transportation (the "State"), has
obtained certain federal funds pursuant to the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
1991 (ISTEA) to be allocated for highway projects; and
WHEREAS,the State is responsible for the disbursement of these funds; and
WHEREAS, the City is desirous of obtaining said funds for the provision of highway
realignment and access design of State Highway 14 to create a safe access to Gateway Park,and has
filed an application with the State for this purpose; and
WHEREAS,the State has proposed an intergovernmental agreement with the City to provide
. funds for such project; and
WHEREAS,the City desires to accept the funds for such project pursuant to the conditions
of the agreement; and
WHEREAS,the City matching funds required in the agreement are included in Ordinance
No. 115, 1998,which is being presented to the Council on first reading together with this Resolution;
and
WHEREAS,the City desires to work together with the State to effect said project as provided
in the agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS. COLORADO that. contingent upon the final approval of Ordinance No.135, 1998,
appropriating related City matching funds,the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement
with the State of Colorado,State Department of Transportation,for the provision of realignment and
access design of State Highway 14 to create a safe access to Gateway Park, which agreement shall
include the following terms,and such other terms not inconsistent with the following as the Mayor,
in consultation with the City Manager and City Attorney,may deem necessary to protect the interests
of the City:
a. The State will provide Federal Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Act Funds,Title I,Part A Section 1007 for realignment and access design of
SH 14, with the federal portion of said revenues to be in the amount of
$144,000 and the City share in the amount of$36,000;
b. The City will provide contract administration for the Federal ISTEA grant
program in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Fort Collins held
this 18th day of August, A.D. 1998.
ayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk