HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 07/05/2005 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 067, 2005, ACCEPTI ITEM NUMBER: 13
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: July5, 2005
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
STAFF: Gary Diede
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 067,2005, Accepting the Abandoned Portion of State Highway
68 (Harmony Road) from We Post 0.00 to Mile Post 4.468 as part of the City's Street System.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and City of Fort Collins Transportation
Services have been discussing the transfer of ownership of Harmony Road from CDOT to the City
of Fort Collins for many years. This 4.5 mile section of road is developing into an urban arterial.
CDOT made proposals for transfer of ownership of Harmony Road in the past,but the City resisted
because of the additional costs involved.
In the most recent discussions CDOT offered funds in a one-time payment to the City to fund
upgrades and offset the cost of maintenance cost over the next 20 years. CDOT and the City's
Transportation staff worked together to develop estimates for the 20 year maintenance. CDOT will
retain maintenance responsibility for the portion of Highway 68 between the west frontage road and
I-25,including the frontage road intersection. The City will accept responsibility for the portion west
of the frontage road. CDOT is offering a one-time payment of $13,700,000 to the City to take
ownership on this section of Harmony Road. There is some urgency to this matter because part of
these funds need to be committed by CDOT within its current fiscal year(before July 31, 2005).
Ordinance No. 067, 2005, was unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 7, 2005.
ORDINANCE NO. 067, 2005
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ACCEPTING THE ABANDONED PORTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 68
(HARMONY ROAD) FROM MILE POST 0.00 TO MILE POST 4.468 AS PART
OF THE CITY'S STREET SYSTEM
WHEREAS, State Highway 68 (Harmony Road) is part of the State highway system of the
State of Colorado; and
WHEREAS, Section 43-2-102 C.R.S. assigns responsibility to the Colorado Department of
Transportation ("CDOT") for the responsibility of maintaining State Highway 68; and
WHEREAS,the Colorado Transportation Commission has the authority under Section 43-2-
106 C.R.S.to abandon state highways when,in the opinion of the Transportation Commission,they
are no longer necessary as state highways; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Commission, on March 17, 2005, adopted Resolution
Number TC-1333 whereby the Transportation Commission of Colorado abandoned that portion of
State Highway 68 (Harmony Road) from Mile Post 0.00 to Mile Post 4.468, a copy of which
Resolution is attached hereto as Exhibit "A"; and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid Resolution of the Colorado Transportation Commission was
certified by the Transportation Commission Secretary on April 12, 2005; and
WHEREAS, CDOT has agreed to make a one-time payment of$13,700,000 to the City as
its share of upgrading the roadway condition to an acceptable standard and to pay for the costs of
operation and maintenance of the roadway over a twenty year period of time; and
WHEREAS, the City will assume full responsibility and ownership of State Highway 68
(Harmony Road) in accordance with the intergovernmental agreement for the transfer thereof and
in accordance with this Ordinance which is adopted under the authority of Section 43-2-106(1)
C.R.S.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the City does hereby assume full responsibility for ownership, operation and
maintenance of State Highway 68 (Harmony Road) from Mile Post 0.00 to Mile Post 4.468 except
that CDOT shall retain roadway maintenance responsibilities for that portion of Harmony Road from
the west right-of-way line of the I-25 frontage road located on the west side of I-25 and extending
east over I-25, including maintenance responsibility for the traffic signal at the intersection of the
west I-25 frontage road and Harmony Road, with such transfer of responsibility to be coordinated
between the Colorado Transportation Commission and the City in accordance with the
Transportation Commissions' abandonment of said State Highway 68 pursuant to its Resolution
Number TC-1333, and in accordance with Section 43-2-106(1) C.R.S.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 7th day of
June, A.D. 2005, and to be presented for final pas4Mayo
51h day of July, A.D. 2005.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 5th day of July, A.D. 2005.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
ITEM NUMBER: 22 A-B
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: June 7, 2005
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Gary Diede
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SUBJECT C) P
Items Relating to the Transfer of Ownership of Harmony Road(State Highway 68)Between College
Avenue and I-25 from the Colorado Department of Transportation to the City of Fort Collins.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution and Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The Colorado Department of Transportation will pay the City of Fort Collins a one time payment
of$13,700,000 to fund upgradendfs e t m ' terfancor Harmony Road over the next
20 years. After 20 years the Ci would nd one i .mainteosts of an estimated$220,000
(2005 Dollars) per year. Staff`believesthat th0%',growth in the Pavement Management
Program will be sufficient to cove This future cost..,
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A. Resolution 2005-060 Authorizing the Mayor to Enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement
with the Colorado Department of Transportation to Transfer the Administrative Control,
Maintenance and Ownership of Harmony Road(State Highway 68)between College Avenue
and I-25 from the Colorado Department of Transportation to the City of Fort Collins.
B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 067, 2005, Accepting the Abandoned Portion of State
Highway 68 (Harmony Road) from Mile Post 0.00 to Mile Post 4.468 as part of the City's
Street System.
The Colorado Department ofke
nspo tion ' D T nd`df Fort Collins Transportation
Services have been discussingrances of o e ip of Ha ony Road from CDOT to the City
of Fort Collins for many yearsis'4.5 mfile ecf of
road is developing into an urban arterial.
CDOT made proposals for transfer of ownership of Harmony Road in the past,but the City resisted
because of the additional costs involved.
In the most recent discussions CDOT offered funds in a one-time payment to the City to fund
upgrades and offset the cost of maintenance cost over the next 20 years. CDOT and the City's
Transportation staff worked together to develop estimates for the 20 year maintenance. CDOT will
retain maintenance responsibility for the portion of Highway 68 between the west frontage road and
June 7, 2005 -2- Item No. 22 A-B
I-25, including the frontage road intersection. The City will accept responsibility for the portion
west of the frontage road. CDOT is offering a one-time payment of$13,700,000 to the City to take
ownership on this section of Harmony Road. There is some urgency to this matter because part of
these funds need to be committed by CDOT within its current fiscal year (before July 31, 2005).
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BACKGROUND
The Colorado Department of Transportation and City of Fort Collins Transportation Services have
been discussing the transfer of ownership of Harmony Road from CDOT to the City of Fort Collins
for many years. This 4.5 mile section of road is developing into an urban arterial. CDOT made
proposals for transfer of ownership of Harmony Road in the past, but the City resisted because of
the additional costs involved.
In the most recent discussions CDOT offered funds in a one-time payment to the City to fund
upgrades and offset the cost of maintenance cost over the next 20 years. CDOT and the City's
Transportation staff worked together to develop estimates for the 20 year maintenance. CDOT will
retain maintenance responsibility for the portion of Highway 68 between the west frontage road and
I-25, including the frontage road intersection. The City will accept responsibility for the portion
west of the frontage road. CDOT is offering a one-time payment of$13,700,000 to the City to take
ownership on this section of Hfd
on R e rgegry to this matter because part of
these funds need to be , ommi01D T wi i s ne t fiscal year (before July 31, 2005).
Staff recommends that City Counciprdve the t sfer at this time for the following reasons:
• Fort Collins will have full control of the future design, construction, and
maintenance of Harmony Road.
• Fort Collins will no longer have to seek A-Line access approval from CDOT
related to development.
• Fort Collins can modify the Access Control Plan on its own without CDOT
involvement.
• It is highly unlikely that CDOT will be able to accumulate this amount of
funds in the future to pay the City.
At the February 22,2005 study Ssi ,Cd
ity o cllmerriers present gave direction to the
City Manager to send a letter t e ColoB of Tian portation to pursue the possibility
of taking over ownership on on.
On March 17,2005,the Transportation Commission of Colorado adopted Resolution TC-1333 that
transfers the ownership of Harmony Road (State Highway 68) from CDOT to the City of Fort
Collins.
The proposed transfer was reported to the Fort Collins Transportation Board at its April 2005
meeting. The Board members offered no objection.
June 7, 2005 -3- Item No. 22 A-B
ATTACHMENTS
1. Letter to Karla Harding, Regional Transportation Director, Region IV, CDOT
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