HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/07/2006 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 178, 2006, APPROPRI ITEM NUMBER: 15
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: November7, 2006
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Pete Wray
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 178, 2006, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General
Fund to Develop the I-25 and State Highway 392 Interchange Improvement Plan.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On September 7, 2006, the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization ("MPO")
awarded the City a grant of$25,420 to develop the I-25/SH 392 Interchange Improvement Plan.
The Plan is identified in the 2006-2007 Work Program for the Advance Planning Department and
$50,000 was allocated in the budget to represent the City's share in the joint project. The MPO
money was awarded after the project budget was allocated, so this Ordinance is needed to
appropriate the unanticipated additional amount of$25,420.
BACKGROUND
In January 2006, the City of Fort Collins and Town of Windsor entered into an Intergovernmental
Agreement to jointly develop a comprehensive development plan for the interchange area of I-25
and State Highway 392. The planning process began in August 2006,with an anticipated 12-month
time frame to complete the work.
The City of Fort Collins agreed to allocate 50% of the project budget totaling $50,000. To match
this amount, the Town of Windsor also allocated $50,000 for Plan development. In coordinating
with key stakeholders, the MPO has identified additional available money to contribute to this
project in the amount of$25,420. The MPO has expressed an interest in contributing funds for this
project to conduct facilitation work between both jurisdictions in developing the Plan.
With new growth in Windsor and in southeast Fort Collins in recent years, the capacity of the
existing interchange facility has been significantly impacted to the point of failing traffic level of
service standards. This in turn triggers the need to provide adequate public facilities in order for
new development to proceed adjacent to the Interchange. The Colorado Department of
Transportation("CDOT")has identified this interchange facility as a high priority project targeted
for full replacement with a new interchange design. However, federal funding is not available now
or in the foreseeable future. In 2004, CDOT initiated the Northern Colorado I-25 Corridor
October 17, 2006 -2- Item No. 15
Environmental Assessment to look at design alternatives and associated impacts for each
interchange along the corridor,including the SH-392 facility. A separate Environmental Overview
Study and Access Control Plan by CDOT are in progress for the SH-392 corridor from US-
287/College Avenue west of I-25,to Highway 85 north of Greeley. Carpenter Road/Larimer County
Road 32 is planned to become a part of SH-392 later in 2006.
The SH-392 Corridor represents a major gateway into the Town of Windsor to the east from I-25
and access west into Fort Collins southern boundary. Both jurisdictions have recognized the need
to work together in finding ways to maximize land uses,infrastructure improvements and generation
of revenues to support a new interchange.
In January 2006, the City of Fort Collins and the Town of Windsor entered into an
Intergovernmental Agreement("IGA")regarding land use and development at the Interstate 25 and
Carpenter Road/392 interchange.The purpose of the IGA includes the need to cooperate among Fort
Collins,Windsor,Larimer County,and the MPO on design and funding interchange improvements.
The key elements of the IGA include developing a joint comprehensive plan to combine land use
objectives
between the two jurisdiction
,] jurisdictions, as well as shared revenues and strategies and funding to
support the development proximate to I-25/SH 392 Interchange. An important focus of the Plan will
be on the Corridor Activity Center located on both sides of the Interstate.
Fundamental to this effort is developing action strategies to implement completion of improvements
to the Interstate 25/Highway 392 Interchange, through a concise step-by-step plan. This effort
represents a joint project involving Fort Collins and Windsor staff. However,Fort Collins staff will
take the lead for project facilitation and management.
It is anticipated that area property and business owners will need to be involved throughout this
planning process and act as key stakeholders. In addition,close coordination with CDOT,the MPO
and the Division of Wildlife is necessary. This Plan will need a well designed citizen participation
process that involves concepts of informed consent.
The Plan will need to be reviewed by boards and commissions of each jurisdiction, along with work
sessions by the Windsor Town Board and Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board, Fort Collins
Transportation Board, City Council and Larimer County. Final adoption of the Plan will require a
public hearing with the Windsor Trustees and the Fort Collins City Council.
ORDINANCE NO. 178, 2006
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
TO DEVELOP THE I-25 AND STATE HIGHWAY 392 INTERCHANGE
IMPROVEMENTPLAN
WHEREAS,in January 2006,the City of Fort Collins and the Town of Windsor entered into
an Intergovernmental Agreement("IGA")to jointly develop a comprehensive development plan for
the Interchange area of I-25 and State Highway 392 (the"Plan"); and
WHEREAS,the Plan represents a joint project involving Fort Collins and Windsor staff,with
Fort Collins staff taking the lead for project facilitation and management; and
WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins and the Town of Windsor have each allocated$50,000
for the Plan development project; and
WHEREAS, the North Front Range Metro Planning Organization ("MPO") expressed
interest in contributing funds for the Plan development project to conduct facilitation work in
developing the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the MPO awarded the City of Fort Collins a grant in the amount of$25,420 to
develop the I-25 and State Highway 392 Interchange Improvement Plan; 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 the 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 grant funds from the
MPO as described herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the General Fund to exceed
the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during the fiscal
year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the General Fund
the sum ofTWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS($25,420)for
expenditure in the General Fund to develop the I-25 and State Highway 392 Interchange
Improvement Plan.
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Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 7th day of
November, A.D. 2006, and to be presented for final passage on the 21 st day of November, A.D.
2006.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 21st day of November, A.D. 2006.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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