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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 08/16/2005 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 080, 2005, APPROPR ITEM NUMBER: 9 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: August 16, 2005 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Kathleen Bracke Chip Steiner SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 080, 2005, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the Transportation Services Fund to Be Used to Conduct the Downtown River District Improvement Project. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The DDA and the City's departments of Transportation Planning,Engineering,Advanced Planning, Natural Resources, and Utilities have initiated this Project to address the lack of sufficient public infrastructure to support infill development and redevelopment in the Downtown River Corridor area. This Project will be co-managed by the City and the DDA. The first phase of the Project includes detailed design/preliminary engineering and cost estimating of needed transportation and utility improvements for the area including Jefferson, Willow, Lincoln, and Linden Streets. The transportation and utility improvements suggested by this Project will help the area achieve the visions and goals set forth by City Plan and the Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program. In response to Council concerns at the July 19th City Council meeting, staff would like to clarify that the Downtown River District Improvement Project team includes representation from the City's Natural Resources department and the public outreach efforts will offer extensive coordination with all of the City's Boards, including the Natural Resources Advisory Board. This collaborative, inclusive, team approach is standard protocol for all projects and staff are excited about working with all of the various interests groups that will be involved with the Downtown River District Improvement Project. To help address Council concerns more specifically, we have revised the Ordinance to reference Natural Resources direct involvement with the project. The project area map/graphic has also been revised to more clearly show the street names within the project area. Ordinance No. 080, 2005, was unanimously adopted on First Reading on July 19, 2005. ATTACHMENT 3 } J i J U '_^ W vI Z O W LU ,pp U 0 FF ?;. �Tyt♦ t. Z r w mz w Jr>o� OO waa c } 7afw W J Mr }� FD +' 1 wZO " �I 4 a 2 C > 0 ocaiam WWZO om 1,00 -wwmn "h' MN�.w4My •ri" M�YM i1M kJ LU OZ Z { U } 2`L a ..�. 00 i f` o0 0 as Z ow— Ja J a Fo U 0 3 W O Q 2wy L Jm W LL {tp SAa. July 26, 2005 Transportation Services To: Mayor and City Council p From- Darin A Attaherry Transportation Planning Re: Downtown River District Improvement Project /st City of Fort Collins MEMORANDUM DATE: July 21, 2005 TO: Darin Atteberry, City Manager THRU: Ron Phillips, Director,Transportation Services FROM: Kathleen Bracke,Senior Transportation Planner CC: Chip Steiner, Executive Director, Downtown Development Authority Greg Byrne, Director of Community Planning&Environmental Services Timothy Wilder,City Planner RE: Downtown River District Improvement Project—City Council Meeting Follow-Up In response to Council Member Ohlson's concerns at the July W City Council meeting, we would like to clarify that the Downtown River District Improvement Project team includes representation from the City's Natural Resources department and the public outreach efforts will offer extensive coordination with all of the City's Boards, including the Natural Resources Advisory Board. This collaborative, inclusive, team approach is standard protocol for all of our projects and we are excited about working with all of the various interests groups that will be involved with the Downtown River District Improvement Project. To help address Council Member Ohlson's concern more specifically, we have revised the Agenda Item Summary and Ordinance for the upcoming Council meeting on August 166 to reference Natural Resources direct involvement with the project. We have also revised the project area map/graphic to more clearly show the street names within the project area. We will work with the Clerk's Office staff to incorporate these revised materials into the Council packets for the 2"d reading of this item on August W. Please let us know if you would like any additional information for this item. Thank you. ORDINANCE NO. 080, 2005 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND TO BE USED TO CONDUCT THE DOWNTOWN RIVER DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WHEREAS, the City's departments of Transportation Planning, Engineering, Advance Planning,Natural Resources and Utility Services are partnering with the Downtown Development Authority("DDA")to conduct a Downtown River District Improvement Project(the"Project");and WHEREAS, the purpose of the Project is to address the lack of sufficient public infrastructure to support infill development and redevelopment in the Downtown River Corridor area; and WHEREAS, the first phase of the Project will include detailed design/preliminary engineering and cost estimating of needed transportation and utility improvements for the area including Jefferson Street, Willow Street, Lincoln Avenue, and Linden Street; and WHEREAS, the transportation and utility improvements that may result from this Project fit within the visions and goals as set forth by City Plan and the Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program; and WHEREAS, the City and the DDA have entered into an intergovernmental agreement, whereby the DDA has agreed to provide the City with$200,000 to conduct the Project,and the City has agreed to provide in-kind contributions, of up to $100,000, in the form of staff time and available departmental resources; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (the"Charter") 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, does not exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of the payment from the DDA as referenced above will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Transportation Services Fund - Downtown River District Improvement project to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received during any fiscal year; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to appropriate the sum of$200,000 in the Transportation Services Fund, representing payment from the DDA for their share of costs associated with the Downtown River District Improvement Project. NOW, THEREFORE,BE TT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the Transportation Services Fund - Downtown River District Improvement project, the sum of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000),representing the Downtown Development Authority's share of costs associated with the Downtown River District Improvement Project. Introduced,considered favorably on first reading,and ordered published this 19th day of July, A.D. 2005, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of August, A.D. 2005. May ' ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 16th day of August, A.D. 2005. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk ITEM NUMBER: 14 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: July 19, zoos FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Kathleen Bracke Chip Steiner SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 080, 2005, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the Transportation Services Fund to Be Used to Conduct the Downtown River District Improvement Project. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance. FINANCIAL IMPACT Pursuant to an Intergovernmen greement between�,?? the Do own Development Authority (the "DDA") and the City of Fort Collins, the DDAt is tjiovidi4$2t00,000 to the City to conduct the Downtown River District Improvement ProjecOffie "Proj'ect"). The City will provide an in- kind contribution to the projeof up to $100000, through staff time and departmental resources. The DDA cash contribution will be used to hire a consultant team to assist with this project. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The DDA and the City's departments of Transportation Planning, Engineering, Advanced Planning, and Utilities have initiated this Project to address the lack of sufficient public infrastructure to support infill development and redevelopment in the Downtown River Corridor area. This Project will be co-managed by the City and the DDA. The first phase of the Project includes detailed design/preliminary engineering and cost estimating of needed transportation and utility improvements for the area including Jefferson, Willow, Lincoln, and Linden Streets. The transportation and utility imrovements suggested by ttis sect will help the area achieve the visions and goals set forth by City Plan and the Dowrf# wRiver Corridor Implementation Program. July 19, 2005 -2- Item No. 14 BACKGROUND The ultimate goal of the Project . o implement thg recommeq ,d improvements suggested by many planning projects and studies c pleted for this area inCrent years. The first phase of the Project inQjides d" ile ,design worke necessary transportation and utility improvements for the area including Jefferson, Willow, Lincoln and Linden Streets. Subsequent phases of the Project will include securing construction funding, final engineering, and construction of the identified infrastructure improvements. This project specifically addresses many of the high priority projects listed in the Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program report: 1. Linden, Willow, and Lincoln Streetscape Improvements (Ist priority); 2. Linden/Jefferson intersection project (1st priority); 3. Lincoln Avenue Bridge—part of streetscape improvements (1 st priority); 4. Jefferson/Riverside Streetscape Improvements, portion along Jefferson only (1st priority); 5. Linden/Willow Urban Design Features (2nd priority); 6. Gateway Features L3rdpriority). This project will use the overal Downtown ver:Corridor` plementation Program and other recent applicable planning pro s as a guided _evelop d filed engineering drawings for the streetscape/roadways and utility improvements throughout this area. The design will address roadway width, alignment, location, grade, surface treatment, on-street parking, and Streetscape/lighting features plus resolve railroad, drainage, utility, natural features, and environmental issues. The improvements will address all modes of transportation. In addition, the project will include design plans for the following intersections: Jefferson/Linden, Jefferson/Lincoln, Willow/Linden, Willow/Lincoln. The designs will address interim and ultimate improvement levels and include cost estimates and a recommended phasing process as well as potential funding strategies. This project will include an extensive public involvement process, including potentially affected interests such as the property and business owners within the project area, multiple City departments, the Transportation Board and Planning and Zoning Board (as well as others as appropriate), City Council, DDA, Downtown Business Association, Colorado Department of Transportation, and railroad com anies. The construction of the identi d mfrasctur inmen ` ill be accomplished in the future by private development and/or ' eveIoent of a is within e district. ATTACHMENTS 1. Downtown River District Improvement Project—Infrastructure Design Map