HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 05/06/1999 - ITEMS RELATING TO GATEWAY MOUNTAIN PARK ACCESS ROA AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 21 A-BDATE: May4, 1999
10 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF
• Craig Foreman
SUBJECT:
Items Relating to Gateway Mountain Park Access Road Project.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the adoption of the Resolution and the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Adoption of the Ordinance will appropriate an additional $59,000 from the Colorado Department
of Transportation for the Gateway Mountain Park Access Road Project. The required matching
funds have already been appropriated.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
A. Resolution 99-54 Authorizing the Mayor to Enter into an Amendment to the j
Intergovernmental Agreement Between the City and the State Department of Transportation a
for Highway Realignment and Access Design for Gateway Mountain Park.
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B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 71, 1999, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the
Capital Projects Fund to Be Used for the Gateway Mountain Park Access Road Project.
Gateway Mountain Park is a 400-acre site located five miles up the Poudre Canyon. The site is d
owned by the City of Fort Collins and was previously the City's Water Treatment Plant. The City o
Council has provided direction to make this property accessible to the public. In addition to ?
providing access to a 400-acre park site, this project will also open up approximately two square
miles of additional natural area. This land is owned by a combination of federal, state, and local
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agencies and is contiguous to the 400-acre site. These lands are currently inaccessible to the public
because of the entry road problem. The overall plan for the Gateway project is to provide a
mountain park setting for more active recreation and safe access to a currently inaccessible mountain
area.
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DATE: May 4, 1999 2 ITEM NUMBER: 21 A-B
The project involves the realignment of State Highway 14 (Poudre Canyon) at the entrance to the
City's old water treatment plant. This project will provide safe access to Gateway Mountain Park
and alleviate highway safety issues associated with the site.
Council approved this project and the contract with CDOT pursuant to Resolution 98-113 and
appropriated available 1998 funding by adopting Ordinance No. 135, 1998. The appropriated funds
are sufficient to provide the increased local match in the total amount of$51,000.
By adopting Resolution 99-54 Council will be amending the City's agreement with CDOT as
follows:
Section V. "PROJECT FUNDING PROVISIONS," paragraph A. shall be modified as follows:
A. The local Agency has estimated the total cost of the work to be $254,000, which is
to be funded as follows:
a. Federal Participating Funds: (80% of$254,000) $203,000
b. Local Agency Participating Share: (20% of$254,000) 51,000
Total Funds $254,000
Paragraph B. of Section V. shall be amended by deleting the amount of $180,000 and
substituting the amount with$254,000.
Paragraph C. of Section V. shall be amended by deleting the amount of $144,000 and
substituting the amount with$203,000.
These changes simply add state fiscal year 1999 funding in the amount of$59,000 to the
project. Staff will be returning to Council in July to request the appropriation of
approximately$167,000(plus interest)in CDOT fiscal year 2000 funding. The state fiscal
year 2000 money will not be available until July and state regulations require the City to
appropriate the fiscal year 1999 funding before July.
RESOLUTION 99-54
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN
AMENDMENT TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 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,the State has proposed an 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 Intergovernment 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 $15,000; and
WHEREAS,the City desires to work together with the State to effect said project as provided
in the Intergovernmental Agreement, as amended.
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 $144,000 to $203,000, and shall increase the amount of local agency
participating share from $36,000 to $51,000.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Fort Collins held
this 4th day of May, A.D. 1999.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
• ORDINANCE NO. 71, 1999
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE
IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND TO BE USED FOR THE
GATEWAY MOUNTAIN PARK ACCESS ROAD PROJECT
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, and is currently identified 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$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 $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 has subsequently made available an additional $59,000 to be used for
the Project; and
WHEREAS, sufficient City funds were appropriated in Ordinance No. 135, 1998,to match
the new total grant amount; and
WHEREAS, City Council adopted Resolution 99-54, on May 4, 1999, 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; 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, 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 $59,000, 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.
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 FIFTY-NINE
THOUSAND DOLLARS($59,000),representing additional revenue from the Colorado Department
of Transportation to be used for the design and development of the access road to Gateway Mountain
Park.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 4th day of May,
A.D. 1999, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of May, A.D. 1999.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 18th day of May, A.D. 1999.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk