HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 10/05/1999 - ITEMS RELATING TO THE ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS AND CON AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 12 A-B
DATE: October 5, 1999
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Eric Bracke
SUBJECT:
Items Relating to the Analysis and Construction of Intersection Improvements at the Intersection of
State Highway 14 (Mulberry)and Lemay Avenue Utilizing Federal Congestion Mitigation and Air
Quality (CMAQ) Funds.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution and of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This Federal-Aid Project is for the total amount of$I,375,721 of which$1,090,000 is federal dollars
and$285.721 is local funds. The Colorado Department of Transportation will reimburse the federal
portion of the project in the amount of$1,090,000. The Lemay Crossing P.U.D. will also have
financial responsibility for a portion of the project, however, that amount has not yet been
determined. Matching funds will come from existing appropriations in the Street Oversizing Fund
($205,721) and prior year reserves in the Transportation Services Fund ($80,000).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
A. Resolution 99-117 Authorizing the Mayor to Execute an Intergovernmental Agreement with
the Colorado Department of Transportation Allocating $13)75.721 for the Analysis and
Determination of Appropriate Intersection Improvements and the Construction of Said
Improvements at the Intersection of State Highway 14 and Lemay Avenue.
B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 152. 1999.Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue and Prior
Year Reserves in the Transportation Services Fund and Authorizing the Transfer of
Appropriations from the Street Oversizing Fund to the Transportation Services Fund for the
Analysis and Determination of Appropriate Intersection Improvements and the Construction
of Improvements at the Intersection of State Highway 14 and Lemay Avenue.
The City of Fort Collins successfully applied for Federal CMAQ funds for an Alternative Analysis
of intersection improvements and the construction of those determined improvements at the
intersection of SH14 and Lemay Avenue.The intersection is currently experiencing both delay and
accident problems. Pedestrian connectivity is also an existing problem and this project will build a
pedestrian bridge across the Poudre River and sidewalk along Mulberry to connect Lemay to
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Riverside. Approximately$300,000 of the project is dedicated to these pedestrian improvements.
The proposed Mulberry Lemay Crossing project (Wa1Mart) will add considerable traffic to an
existing problem. Although the Mulberry Lemay Crossing PUD will be financially responsible for
traditional improvements to the intersection, staff is also interested in investigating the design of a
modem roundabout at this location.
The analyses will consider traditional improvements such as right turn lanes and double left turn
lanes against a modern roundabout intersection. The evaluation criteria include the following:
Level of service by movement and total
Delay
Accident rates
Emissions
Fuel consumption
Safety (auto, bike, pedestrian)
Aesthetics
Costs (construction and long term maintenance)
Driver Acceptance/ability to adapt to a new form of intersection
Other Cities' experiences
A technical/engineering group has been put together to begin this evaluation process. Staff from
Traffic Engineering, Engineering, Transportation Planning, Police Services, CDOT, and the
WalMart Engineering consultants are included in this group. Citizen participation will also be
developed in the upcoming weeks. The City has selected Balloffet&Associates along with Barry
Crown to assist staff in this endeavor. Barry Crown is a renowned expert in modern roundabout
design and will assist in that effort. The City will enter into contract with Balloffet following the
execution of the Contracts between the City and CDOT.
It is the intent of staff to present to City Council and the Colorado Department of Transportation the
pros and cons of both alternatives in early January, 2000. Final design and construction of the
project should occur in the summer of 2000.
RESOLUTION 99-117
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COLORADO
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ALLOCATING $1,375,721 FOR THE
ANALYSIS AND DETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATE INTERSECTION
IMPROVEMENTS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SAID IMPROVEMENTS
AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 14 AND LEMAY AVENUE
WHEREAS,the Colorado Department of Transportation has prepared and presented to the
City an Agreement providing for the analysis and determination of appropriate intersection
improvements and the construction of said improvements at the intersection of State Highway 14 and
Lemay Avenue(the"Intersection"); and
WHEREAS,said proposed Intergovernmental Agreement calls for the sum of$1,375,721 to
be expended in furtherance of the foregoing purposes,which sum includes Federal Aid Project funds
in the amount of$1,090,000, and City matching funds in amount of$285,721; and
WHEREAS, Colorado law and the City Charter authorize governments to enter into
contractual agreements with one another for the purpose of cooperating together in joint activities;
and
• WHEREAS, the Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City that an
Agreement be entered into with the State of Colorado for the purpose of analyzing and determining
the appropriate improvements at the Intersection and the construction of said improvements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the Mayor be,and hereby is.authorizedto enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement
between the City of Fort Collins and the Colorado Department of Transportation,which Agreement
shall provide for the analysis and determination of appropriate intersection improvements and the
construction of said improvements at the intersection of State Highway 14 and Lemay Avenue at a
cost not to exceed$1,175,721, including $285,721 of City matching funds.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 5th day of October,
A.D. 1999.
Mav_ or
ATTEST:
City Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 152, 1999
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNAN rl`ICIPATED REVENUE AND PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER
OF APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE STREET OVERSIZING FUND TO THE
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND FOR THE ANALYSIS AND DETERMINATION OF
APPROPRIATE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AND THE CONSTRUCTION
OF IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF
STATE HIGHWAY 14 AND LEMAY AVENUE
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 then current estimate of actual
and anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 9,of the Charter,also permits the City Council to appropriate
by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as may be available from
reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were not previously
appropriated; and
. WHEREAS,Article V,Section 10,of the Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by
ordinance any unexpended appropriated amount or portion thereof from one fund or capital project
to another fund or capital project,if the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended
remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins applied for federal Congestion Mitigation and Air
Quality(CMAQ)funds to be used for an Alternative Analysis of Intersection Improvements and the
construction of those improvements at the intersection of State Highway 14 and Lemay Avenue;and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned intersection is experiencing both delay and accident
problems which are expected to continue with the proposed Mulberry Lemay Crossing project; and
WHEREAS,the Colorado Department of Transportation(CDOT)has made available to the
City the sum of One Million Ninety Thousand Dollars ($1,090,000) in CMAQ funds to be used,
along with City matching funds, for an analysis of intersection improvements, and for the
construction of those improvements,at the intersection of State Highway 14 and Lemay Avenue(the
"Project'); and
WHEREAS. the estimated cost of the Project is One Million Three Hundred Seventy-Five
Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-One Dollars ($1,375,721): and
WHEREAS,staff has identified$1,375,721 from various sources to be appropriated for the
Project; and
• Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 5th day of
October. A.D. 1999, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th day of October, A.D. 1999.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 19th day of October, A.D. 1999.
Mayor
ATTEST:
. City Clerk
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