HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 04/20/1999 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 45, 1999, APPROPRI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 9
DATE: April 20, 1999
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF:
Randy Hensley
SUBJECT :
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 45, 1999,Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue and Prior Year
Reserves in the Transportation Services Fund for the Metropolitan Planning Organization and
Smarttrips Transportation Demand Management Programs.
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Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Ordinance No. 45, 1999, was unanimously adopted on First Reading on March 17, 1999 and
appropriates unanticipated revenue and prior year reserves for the Metropolitan Planning
g Organization and Smarttrips Transportation Demand Management Programs.
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 17
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: March 16, 1999
STAFF: Randy Hensley
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 45, 1999, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue and Prior Year
Reserves in the Transportation Services Fund for the Metropolitan Planning Organization and
Smarttrips Transportation Demand Management Programs.
RECOMMENDATION: NZ '.
Staff recommends adoption of'.e Ordn c oI Reading
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The North Front Range Transportation and Air Quality Planning Council ("NFRT and AQPC") is the regional
Metropolitan Planning Organization(MPO). This Ordinance would appropriate unanticipated revenue and prior
year reserves in the amount of$281,02,2"Z`1)C$74;774 inunditticipi d revenue of this amount,$66,771 is in the
form of additional TEA-21 planninZffi
c resisting of` $ ,752�ederal funds, $12,019 in local matching
funds from various agencies withinon.` The remainder is$8,003 from prior year reserves;(2) $10,000
in local matching funds for the FY9ghway 14 and'I-25 intrchange study project; and(3) $196,248
in carryover funds from FY98,consisting of$173,958 in federal funds and$22,290 in local matching funds from
various agencies within the region.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
(1) Unanticipated revenue. TEA-21, the Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21st Century,
allocated additional transportation funds,including planning funds,to the State of Colorado.
These funds have recently°been ad vaPe
rc the 7gional planning organizations
throughout the state, ; cludirig a N�oi ransportation and Air Quality
Planning Council. Th ds wi e uso a strative activities,salary for new
employees, salary incre es forsting yee , update to the regional transit
development plan, and a portion of the regional Access to Jobs Plan required for federal
Access to Jobs grants for Transfort.
The $8,003 is in prior year reserves from the sale of Van Pool program equipment in 1998.
Equipment sales netted greater proceeds than were anticipated during the original budget.
These funds need to be appropriated back into the program for continued operations.
(2) Local matching funds. The funding for the State Highway 14 and I-25 interchange study
project was originally programmed in another project for the Town of Windsor. Under the
original funding arrangement, the Town of Windsor was going to pay 100% of the local
match for the project. Under that funding arrangement,there was no need to appropriate the
local matching funds through the City of Fort Collins budgeting process since the Town of
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Windsor would have provided the local match to the project directly through a contract with
CDOT(Colorado Department of Transportation.) Due to delays in the Windsor project,the
funds were re-programmed for the State Highway 14 and I-25 interchange study project.
Now that the funding has been changed to a different project, the MPO needs the authority
to bill local entities for its share of local match and expend those funds on the project.
Therefore, the local match needs to be appropriated in the City of Fort Collins budgeting
process.
(3) Carryover funds from FY98. Unexpended MPO funds from 1998 in the amount of$196,248
are allocated to several projects in FY99-the State Highway 14 and 1-25 interchange study
project($48,414),the Fort Colhns`�.ccesss�Mhhagement Plan($48,681),the remainder of the
Access to Jobs projectlIot fundee in 91 abojd.($22,572),f°unexpended CMAQ (Congestion
Mitigation and Air Qual t;Q fundslfor the locdTransport tion Demand Management(TDM)
from the Mobility Report Card project($45,223),and
Program($28,883),unexpended funds
unexpended small urban funds for the regional Transportation Demand Management
Program($2,475).
The SH 14/I-25 project was not started until September of 1998,and is not yet complete. The
Access Management Plan was put on hold last year pending the Colorado Transportation
Commission's approval of the revised State Highway Access Code and is not yet complete.
The Access to Jobs Plan is a new project required under a new federal grant process
established in TEA-2I fran orp as appfieTfor in C nder this grant program and is
likely to receive addifi"nal funding m the ut e The i kinder of the carryover fends(for
local and regional TD '., rogramsand tt1 e Mobility Report Card) are for projects that were
not finished last year a ' 35i11 be ree'ei=ved in Tie CDO'contract this year.