HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/05/2002 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 014, 2002, AUTHORI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 19
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: February 5, 2002
STAFF: Don Bachman
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 014, 2002, Authorizing the Transfer of Appropriations from the
Capital Projects Fund Traffic Signal Timing System and Streets Facility Expansion Projects to the
Traffic Operations Facility Capital Project to Be Used to Construct aFacility to House the Advanced
Traffic Operations System and Supporting Operations.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This item transfers $1,763,454 from existing Transportation Fund capital project appropriations to
the existing Traffic Operations Facility Project as follows:
From Project 30515500 Streets Facility Expansion $ 778,454
From Project 30522400 Traffic Signal Replacement 985,000
Total Transfer to Project 30517000 Traffic Operations Facility $1,763,454
Existing Project 30517000 Traffic Operations Facility Appropriation $ 405,000
Resulting Project 30517000 Traffic Operations Facility Budget $2,168,454
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Construction of the Traffic Operations Facility will provide housing for the new Advanced Traffic
Operations System computers and staff. There is presently no adequate permanent space available
for the ATMS operation. It will also allow the consolidation of Traffic Operations engineering,
administrative, and signal maintenance personnel, presently residing at Streets Operations and
Utilities Operations into one location. Streets and Utilities have need for the space to be vacated.
BACKGROUND:
In prior years Council appropriated $5,000,000 to a project to replace the existing traffic control
system with a state-of-the-art Advanced Traffic Operations System(ATMS). Subsequently,the City
was awarded a Federal Intelligent Transportation System grant in the amount of$992,018,for a total
project amount of$5,992,018. Of this amount$985,000 is set aside to develop the ATMS control
center to be constructed in a Traffic Operations Building. A previous appropriation of$405,000 was
also made for a Traffic Operations Facility project. The balance of the traffic building funding
($778,454)comes from the Streets Operation facility expansion budget. The traffic facility and the
streets facility expansion were originally set up as interdependent phases of a common undertaking
to rearrange the traffic and deicing operations at Streets. The ATMS project dictates that the phases
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be reordered. As needed, additional funds to complete the de-icing element will come from future
revenues.
A parcel on Linden Street at the west end of the Streets Operations property, adjacent to the BNRR
tracks,has been reserved for the construction of the traffic facility. Design of the 9,200 square foot
building has been underway since summer 2001. Bid advertisement is tentatively scheduled for
February 2002. The building is expected to be completed in fall 2002. The elements of the ATMS
which will be operable in mid-2002 will be controlled from temporary space at Streets Operations
until the building is ready.
ORDINANCE NO. 014, 2002
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE
CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING SYSTEM AND
STREETS FACILITY EXPANSION PROJECTS TO THE
TRAFFIC OPERATIONS FACILITY CAPITAL PROJECT TO BE USED
TO CONSTRUCT A FACILITY TO HOUSE THE ADVANCED TRAFFIC
OPERATIONS SYSTEM AND SUPPORTING OPERATIONS
WHEREAS, the City is replacing the existing traffic signal system with a modern traffic
management system, including acquisition and installation of a fiber optic communication network
("Advanced Traffic Operations System"); and
WHEREAS,plans also call for the construction of a Traffic Operations Facility to house the
new Advanced Traffic Operations System, computers and staff, as presently there is not adequate
permanent space for the new system and operational requirements; and
WHEREAS,a land parcel on Linden Street,west of the Streets Facility property and adjacent
to the Burlington Northern Railroad tracks has been chosen for the site of the new facility; and
WHEREAS, design of the 9,200 square foot building began in the summer of 2001, with
completion expected to be in the fall of 2002, pending adoption of this Ordinance; and
WHEREAS,the estimated cost to construct a new Traffic Operations Facility is$2,168,454;
and
WHEREAS,staff has identified the following,previously appropriated funds,to be used with
$405,000 already appropriated in the Capital Projects Fund - Traffic Operations Facility capital
project, to construct the new Traffic Operations Facility:
Capital Projects Fund - Streets Facility Expansion
Existing Appropriations from Transportation Fund Revenue $ 778,454
Capital Projects Fund - Traffic Signal Timing System
Existing Appropriations from Sales/Use Tax Fund Use Tax
Carryover Reserve 985,000
Total $ 1,763,454
WHEREAS, under Article V, Section 10 of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (the
"Charter") the City Council may, by ordinance, upon the recommendation of the City Manager,
transfer any unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof from one fund
or capital project account to another fund or capital project account provided that the purpose for
which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged or the proposed transfer is from
a fund or capital project account in which the amount appropriated exceeds the amount needed to
accomplish the purpose specified in the appropriation ordinance; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 23-304 of the City Code, one percent (I%) of the funds
appropriated for the construction of capital projects should be set aside in the Art in Public Places
Reserve account in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund, for use in the acquisition or leasing
of works of art,maintenance, repair or display of works of art, and administrative expenses related
to the Art in Public Places Guidelines adopted by Council in Ordinance No. 47, 1998; and
WHEREAS,the purpose for which the previously appropriated funds in the Capital Projects
Fund-Traffic Signal Timing System project and the Streets Facility Expansion project were initially
appropriated remains the same, and the City Manager has recommended that said unspent and
unencumbered funds be transferred into the Capital Projects Fund - Traffic Operations Facility
capital project and that such funds be earmarked for expenditure for the construction of the proposed
Traffic Operations Facility; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to authorize the transfer of unspent and
unencumbered appropriations, totaling $778,454, from the Capital Projects Fund- Streets Facility
Expansion capital project, and $985,000 from the Capital Projects Fund - Traffic Signal Timing
System capital project to the Capital Projects Fund,Traffic Operations Facility capital project to be
used with existing appropriations for the purpose of constructing a Traffic Operations Facility, and
provide funding for the City's Art in Public Places program by authorizing the transfer of$21,685
from the Traffic Operations Facility capital project to the Art in Public Places Reserve Account in
the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the sum of SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND
FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR DOLLARS($778,454)is hereby authorized for transfer from the
Capital Projects Fund - Streets Facility capital project to the Capital Project Fund - Traffic
Operations Facility capital project to be used with existing appropriations for the purpose of
constructing a Traffic Operations Facility.
Section 2. That the sum of NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
($985,000) is hereby authorized for transfer from the Capital Projects Fund-Traffic Signal Timing
System capital project to the Capital Project Fund-Traffic Operations Facility capital project to be
used with existing appropriations for the purpose of constructing a Traffic Operations Facility.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND SIX
HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS($21,685)is hereby authorized for transfer from the Capital
Projects Fund - Traffic Operations Facility capital project to the Art in Public Places Reserve
Account in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund, and appropriated therein to be used for art
associated with the construction of the Traffic Operations Facility.
. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 5th day of
February, A.D. 2002 and to be presented for final passage on the 19th day of February, A.D. 2002.
Mayor Pro Tern
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 19th day of February, A.D. 2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk