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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 10
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: October 1, 2002
ID FROM: Matt Baker
SUBJECT :
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 138, 2002, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the Street
Oversizing Fund For Transfer to the Capital Projects Fund- Lemay Avenue,Fossil Creek Bridge to
Trilby Road Capital Project to Survey Existing Utilities for the Design of Roadway Improvements
on Lemay Avenue from the Fossil Creek Bridge to Trilby Road.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Street Oversizing Program, in conjunction with the City's construction of Fossil Creek
Community Park, is completing the engineering design of Lemay Avenue from the Fossil Creek
bridge (near Muirfield Way)to Trilby Road. Lemay Avenue will be widened to a four lane arterial
with curb and gutter,landscaped medians,bike lanes and sidewalks. A pedestrian underpass for the
Fossil Creek Recreation Trail will cross Lemay Avenue as part of this project.
This Ordinance, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 17, 2002,
appropriates prior year reserves in the Street Oversizing Fund for transfer into the Capital Projects
fund.
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 22
DATE: September 17, 2002
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
STAFF: Matt Baker
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 138, 2002, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the Street
Oversizing Fund For Transfer to the Capital Projects Fund-Lemay Avenue,Fossil Creek Bridge to
Trilby Road Capital Project to Survey Existing Utilities for the Design of Roadway Improvements
on Lemay Avenue from the Fossil Creek Bridge to Trilby Road.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption o CeOrdi(n�"c"eo'
i t Reading
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This Ordinance appropriates and transfers $35,600 from the Street Oversizing Fund Prior Year
Reserves to the Capital Proje d ve i til' ' for the design or roadway
improvements on Lemay Ave a fro01bPrt
e s utility survey will go out to bid
as soon as funds are available his wiet ersizing Program's ability to meet
its other construction obligatio
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Street Oversizing Program, in conjunction with the City's construction of Fossil Creek
Community Park, is completiCHI
gineering Pu
f Lema Avenue from the Fossil Creek
bridge (near Muirfield Way)t u ill a widened to a four lane arterial
with curb and gutter,landscapbike 1 de s. A pedestrian underpass for the
Fossil Creek Recreation Trail ma s p f this project.
The engineering design is 80% complete for Lemay Avenue. However, numerous utility concerns
between the pedestrian tunnel, existing 24" waterline,existing electrical duct banks, existing fiber
optic data lines and the road widening,make construction tolerances extremely tight and with little
margin for error.
To address these utility concerns, staff is recommending that a contractor be hired to do a utility
survey to verify the actual locations of the utilities and incorporate them into the design plans. The
completion of this survey will result in a more accurate design and reduce utility relocations. This
will in turn reduce construction costs and field change orders and realize significant savings to the
project. This ordinance is required to appropriate prior year reserves in the Street Oversizing Fund
for transfer into the Capital Projects fund.