HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/21/2006 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 015, 2006, APPROP ITEM NUMBER: 12
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: February21, 2006
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: John Lang
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 015, 2006,Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the Capital
Projects Fund - South Taft Hill Road, Horsetooth Road to Harmony Road Project, to Be Used for
the Construction of Improvements to a Section of South Taft Hill Road from Horsetooth Road South
to Harmony Road and Authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Project.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The construction of South Taft Hill Road from Horsetooth Road to Harmony Road is being funded
through a transfer of$1,736,400 in Regional Road Capital Expansion Fees from Larimer County to
the City of Fort Collins.
No local matching funds are required by the City.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Fort Collins Engineering Department has received $1,736,400 from Larimer County's
Regional Road Capital Expansion Fee Program. Larimer County has selected South Taft Hill Road
from Horsetooth Road to Harmony Road to receive funds from this program for interim
improvements. Ordinance No. 015, 2006, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on
February 7, 2006, appropriates unanticipated revenue in the Capital Projects Fund for these
improvements. The Ordinance also authorizes an intergovernmental agreement documenting the
City's and County's respective rights and responsibilities in connection with the construction project.
ITEM NUMBER: 13
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: February 7, 2006
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: John Lang
SUBJECT C_
First Reading of Ordinance No. 015, 2006, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the Capital
Projects Fund - South Taft Hill Road, Horsetooth Road to Harmony Road Project, to Be Used for
the Construction of Improvements to a Section of South Taft Hill Road from Horsetooth Road
South to Harmony Road and Authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Project
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The construction of South TC36,4
R m to Harmony Road is being
funded through a transfer of$ Re n d ' al Expansion Fees from Larimer
County to the City of Fort Col
No local matching funds are required by the City.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Fort Collins Engineering Department has received $1,736,400 from Larimer
County's Regional Road Capital Expansion Fee Program (the "Program"). Under this Program,
the County collects a fee from building permits issued within unincorporated Larimer County
and the City of Fort Collins. This Program was initiated by Latimer County in 1999 and adopted
by the City of Fort Collins in February of 2000. South Taft Hill Road (County Road 19)
between Fort Collins and Loveland is identified as one of five regional roads in the Larimer
County Transportation Plan dated 1998. Larimer County has selected South Taft Hill Road from
Horsetooth Road to HarmonCec
r fu 'ng t ements. The Ordinance also
authorizes an intergovernmeent c e e ity's and County's respective
rights and responsibilities in c ith t ctio oject.
BACKGROUND
South Taft Hill Road between Horsetooth Road and Harmony Road has not yet been annexed by
the City of Fort Collins, but is located within the City's Growth Management Area. It is
currently a two-lane county road with no left turn lanes, no bike lanes, a partial sidewalk and
February 7, 2006 -2- Item No. 13
minimal shoulders. The City's Master Street Plan identifies this section of road as a four-lane
arterial street.
Larimer County's TransportCHill
d ' as ' ntified five roads within the
County that are considered " ads" d e igi r funding from the Program for
road improvements. South T (Co t oad 19) one of the regional roads that can
be improved using these imp el
The interim improvements will include two travel lanes, widened shoulders, a center turn-lane,
completion of the sidewalk on the west side of the roadway, and minor improvements to the Taft
Hill/Harmony intersection.
City and County staffs have negotiated an intergovernmental agreement to outline the City's and
the County's respective rights and responsibilities in connection with the South Taft Hill Road
construction project.
ORDINANCE NO. 015, 2006
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE
CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND - SOUTH TAFT HILL ROAD,
HORSETOOTH ROAD TO HARMONY ROAD PROJECT, TO BE USED FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO A SECTION OF SOUTH TAFT HILL
ROAD FROM HORSETOOTH ROAD SOUTH TO HARMONY ROAD
AND AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
REGARDING THE PROJECT
WHEREAS, the section of South Taft Hill Road from Horsetooth Road south to
Harmony Road, located within the City's Growth Management Area, is currently a two-lane
County road with no left turn lanes, no bike lanes, a partial sidewalk, and minimal roadway
shoulders; and
WHEREAS, this roadway is identified in the City's Master Street Plan as one that should
become a four-lane arterial street; and
WHEREAS, South Taft Hill Road (County Road 19) is identified in Larimer County's
Transportation Plan as one of five roads within the County that are considered "Regional Roads"
and, as such, Taft Hill Road is eligible for funding from the County's Regional Road Capital
Expansion Fee Program (the "Program"); and
WHEREAS, under the Program, initiated by Larimer County in 1999 and adopted by the
City in 2000, the County collects fees from building permits issued within unincorporated
Larimer County and the City of Fort Collins, and these fees are then available for funding
improvements to "Regional Roads" as identified by the County; and
WHEREAS, on February 3, 2004, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 008, 2004,
appropriating $300,000, upon receipt, from the Program, that was used to cover the cost of
designing a four-lane arterial street for the section of South Taft Hill Road from Horsetooth
Road south to Harmony Road; and
WHEREAS Larimer County has agreed to contribute an additional $1736 400 to the
City, from its Program to be used to construct interim improvements to South Taft Hill Road
from Horeetooth south to Harmony Road; and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned interim improvements will include two travel lanes,
widened shoulders, a center tum-lane, completion of the sidewalk on the west side of the
roadway, and minor improvements to the Taft Hill Road/Harmony Road (County Road 38E)
intersection; 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, 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$1,736,400 upon receipt
from Larimer County as described herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the
Capital Projects Fund - South Taft Hill Road, Horsetooth Road to Harmony Road Capital Project
budget 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 Council to appropriate the sum of $1,736,400,
representing Regional Road Capital Expansion fees collected by Larimer County, in the Capital
Projects Fund - South Taft Hill Road, Horsetooth Road to Harmony Capital Project to be used to
construct interim roadway improvements to the section of South Taft Hill Road from Horsetooth
Road south to Harmony Road; and
WHEREAS, in order to document the respective rights and responsibilities of the City
and the County in connection with the construction of the South Taft Hill Road improvements,
City and County staffs have negotiated an intergovernmental agreement dated February 3, 2006,
a copy of which is on file in the Office of the City Clerk for public inspection, consistent with
the terms of this Ordinance, which agreement is incorporated herein by this reference (the
"Project IGA"); and
WHEREAS, the City is authorized to enter into intergovernmental agreements to provide
any function, service or facility, such as a grant agreement, as provided in Article II, Section 16
of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins and Section 29-1-203, C.R.S..
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated
revenue in the Capital Projects Fund - South Taft Hill Road, Horsetooth Road to Harmony Road
Capital Project, the sum of ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND
FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS ($1,736,400), upon receipt from Larimer County, to be used to
construct interim roadway improvements to the section of South Taft Hill Road from Horsetooth
Road to Harmony Road.
Section 2. That the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute the Project IGA, in
substantially the form on file in the Office of the City Clerk, subject to modifications,
amendments or additions thereto as may be determined by the City Manager, in consultation
with the City Attorney, to be necessary or appropriate to protect the interests of the City, with the
understanding that future amendments to the Project IGA not otherwise provided for herein may
be approved by the Council by resolution.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 7th day
of February, A.D. 2006, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day of February, A.D.
2006.
Mayo
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 21 st day of February, A.D. 2006.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk