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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 10/02/2001 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 140, 2001, APPROPR ITEM NUMBER: 8 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: October 6, 2001 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Kathleen Reavis SUBJECT: Second Reading of Ordinance No. 140, 2001, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue and Prior Year Reserves in the Transportation Services Fund to be Used to Complete Construction of a Bicycle/Pedestrian Bridge Over the Poudre River, Completing the Bicycle/Pedestrian Connection from Riverside to Lemay Along State Highway 14. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The City has received a funding letter from Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) allowing for additional funding to be added to the State Highway 14 and Lemay Avenue Intersection project. The bridge will be constructed over the Poudre River on the south side of the Mulberry Street (SH14) vehicular bridge and the sidewalk will be extended from Lemay to Riverside. Design work has been completed and these funds would be added to the construction budget for this project. In addition to the bridge, the City is also constructing sidewalk along the south side of Mulberry Street in order to provide a safe and direct bicycle/pedestrian connection from Riverside Avenue to Lemay Avenue. Ordinance No. 140, 2001, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 18, 2001, appropriates unanticipated revenue and prior year reserve funds to complete the project. AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 14 A-B DATE: September 18, 2001 110 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Kathleen Reavis SUBJECT: Items Relating to the Mulberry Street(SH14) Bicycle/Pedestrian Bridge Project. f RECOMMENDATION: p� Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution and the Ordinancein Errs .Reading FINANCIAL IMPACT: Additional appropriations, totaling $385,730, are needed 1— h lete c onsn of the bicycle/pedestrian bridge across the Poudre River on the south side of Mulberry Street,-'and'iolecle/pedestrian connection from Riverside Avenue to Lemay Avenue. The Colorado Departrnent of Tr tion figs approved a grant project of an additional $210,000, including $173,859 in federal funds and a required lo6alijit Hof$36,141, for this project from its Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) program.4Thgvfollowing rs a �Oof the federal and local portions for these funds: CMAQ funds/federal portion $1 Local match for CMAQ funds $ 36,14 _ X Additional local funds $175,730 s=° Total Appropriation $385,730 Transportation Services intends to use,Transportation Reserves to cover the local match portion of this project. The total funds available for this project, including this additional $385,730 is$998,007. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A. Resolution 2001-110 Aut6onzL, the Mayor to Enter into a Contract with the Colorado Department of Trans ortatirtrt.V. p p rj"„lyartial Construction Funding of the Mulberry Street Bicycle/Pedestrian Bridge Project. B. "' :First Reading of Ordinance No. 140, 2001, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue and Prior Year Reserves in ,the Transportation Services Fund to be Used to Complete construction of a Bicycle/Pedestrian Bridge Over the Poudre River, Completing the ` edestnan Cection from Riverside to Lemay Along State Highway 14. The City has received a funding letter from Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) allowing for additional funding to be added to the State Highway 14 and Lemay Avenue Intersection project. The bridge will be constructed over the Poudre River on the south side of the Mulberry Street (SH14) vehicular bridge and the sidewalk will be extended from Lemay to Riverside. Design work has been completed and these funds would be added to the construction budget for this project. In addition to the bridge, the City is also constructing sidewalk along the south side DATE: September 18,2001 2 ITEM NUMBER: 14 A-B of Mulberry Street in order to provide a safe and direct bicycle/pedestrian connection from Riverside Avenue to Lemay Avenue. BACKGROUND: This bicycle/pedestrian bridge and sidewalk project was originally part of the Mulberry/Lemay intersection project and was funded by CMAQ funds as well as a contribution from the Mulberry-Lemay Crossing. This bicycle/pedestrian project was part of development approval process in order to provide connectivity from the neighborhoods o est side of the Poudre River to the new Wal-Mart shopping center as well as to other to ons along the Mulberry corridor. When the decision was made to proceed with the conventnal, signalized intersection design, the developer's contractor(s)took over the intersection improvement project. City staff retained the bicycle/pedestrian improvement pr90% along Mul rry and has completed the design work for this project. The project is reatlyto ell"' t4=Gokjstruction and will be completed by late 2001. f , m The Mulberry pedestrian bicycle improvements pact the recent ro and intersection improvements that are being constructs as par ,,,Pbf the Mulberry-Lemay Prossing project. �g. °si yku �kl{CL 31ii-.,, r.k t t IW s ,y L