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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 10/16/2012 - ITEMS RELATING TO THE COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFEDATE: October 2, 2012 STAFF: Craig Foreman AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 12 SUBJECT Items Relating to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Grant for the Fossil Creek Trail at East Trilby Road Project. A. Resolution 2012-094 Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into a Grant Agreement with Colorado Parks and Wildlife for the Fossil Creek Trail at East Trilby Road B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 108, 2012, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue from Colorado Parks and Wildlife in the Conservation Trust Fund for the Fossil Creek Trail at East Trilby Road. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance appropriates a $200,000 trail grant received from Colorado Parks and Wildlife for the completion of the Fossil Creek Trail at East Trilby Road. The project involves a new trail from Lemay Avenue, east along the north side of Trilby Road, to a planned underpass of Trilby, just west of the location where Fossil Creek goes under the road. The trail will then proceed south to connect with the Fossil Creek Trail, which was constructed north of Carpenter Road in 2012. A spur trail will travel east along the north side of Trilby Road to connect to the Power Trail. The total length of new trail will be about one mile. Resolution 2012-094 authorizes the City Manager to enter into the grant agreement. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION This section of the Fossil Creek Trail was included in the City’s Parks and Recreation Policy Plan in 1996 and 2008. The trail segment on Fossil Creek Wetlands Natural Area is shown on the Fossil Creek Natural Areas Management Plan that was completed in 2005. Obtaining the Colorado Parks and Wildlife funds will make construction of the trail underpass possible in 2013. Without this grant, the project would have been phased in over a few years as City funding allows. The layout of the trail has been discussed with affected City staff and area residents. The trail placement on Fossil Creek Wetlands Natural Area has been coordinated with the Natural Resource staff. Construction of the project is scheduled for 20113. Pursuant to the grant agreement, the City has until September 2014 to complete the project. FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS The City has been awarded a grant of $200,000 from Colorado Parks and Wildlife for the development of the Fossil Creek Trail at East Trilby Road. The total cost for this trail section is estimated at $890,000. The City’s share of the cost ($690,000) is available in the Conservation Trust Fund and the Natural Area trail program. The awarding of this grant will provide funding and will allow City funds to be used for other needed trail projects. Funding for the annual operation and maintenance cost of the one mile of new trail is estimated at $8,000 and is included in the 2013-2014 Parks trail maintenance offer. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS The new trail on the Fossil Creek Wetlands Natural Area will be located on the west edge of the natural area near the residential units away from Stanton Creek and its more sensitive environment. October 16, 2012 -2- ITEM 12 STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION The Parks and Recreation Board has been informed of the project over the past year through staff updates. The Land Conservation and Stewardship Board was informed of the project over the past year through staff updates. The Boards were supportive of this project. PUBLIC OUTREACH The trail project was discussed with the community during the 2008 Parks and Recreation Policy Plan update and is listed on the City’s trail development web page. ATTACHMENTS 1. Location map ATTACHMENT 1 RESOLUTION 2012-094 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOR THE FOSSIL CREEK TRAIL AT EAST TRILBY ROAD WHEREAS, in October, 2010, the City’s Park Planning staff applied for a Non- Motorized State Trails Program Grant from the State of Colorado, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Wildlife (the “State”); and WHEREAS, in 2012 the State approved the City’s grant application and awarded the City a $200,000 trail grant funded by the National Park Service (the “Grant”) for the completion of the Fossil Creek Trail at East Trilby Road (the “Project”); and WHEREAS, the total cost of the Project is estimated to be approximately $890,000; and WHEREAS, the City’s share of the Project Cost, approximately $690,000, is available in the Conservation Trust Fund and the Natural Area trail program; and WHEREAS, in order to receive the Grant funds, the City must enter into a grant agreement with the State; and WHEREAS, the City is authorized to enter into intergovernmental agreements, such as a grant agreement, to provide any function, service or facility, under Article II, Section 16 of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins and Section 29-1-203, C.R.S.; and WHEREAS, the grant agreement, a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk and available for public inspection (the “Grant Agreement”), requires the City to complete the Project by December 31, 2014; to comply with applicable federal regulations; to make certain reports to the State; and to provide, upon request, proof of the City’s authority to enter into the Grant Agreement; and WHEREAS, City staff recommends that the City Council approve the Grant Agreement as described herein. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into the Grant Agreement with the State obligating the City to use the $200,000 in Grant proceeds for the construction of the Fossil Creek Trail at East Trilby Road, in substantially the form of agreement that is on file in the office of the City Clerk, and that the terms of the Grant Agreement are approved together with such other terms and conditions as the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, determines to be necessary and appropriate to protect the best interests of the City. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 16th day of October, A.D. 2012. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk ORDINANCE NO. 108, 2012 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE FROM COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE IN THE CONSERVATION TRUST FUND FOR THE FOSSIL CREEK TRAIL AT EAST TRILBY ROAD WHEREAS, the City is expanding and furthering the connectivity of the City’s master trail system for use by the public in recreation and transportation; and WHEREAS, the City has been awarded a grant in the amount of $200,000 (the “Grant”) from Colorado Parks and Wildlife for the completion of the Fossil Creek Trail at East Trilby Road; and WHEREAS, the project involves the construction of a new, one-mile trail running east from Lemay Avenue along the north side of Trilby Road to a planned underpass of Trilby just west of the location where Fossil Creek goes under Trilby Road; and WHEREAS, the new trail will connect with the Fossil Creek Trail and the Power Trail; and WHEREAS, the trail placement on Fossil Creek Wetlands Natural Area has been coordinated with the Natural Resources staff and has been discussed with affected area residents; and WHEREAS, the total project will cost is estimated to be $890,000 and is funded from the following sources: Colorado Parks and Wildfire grant ($200,000), the Conservation Trust Fund ($340,000) and the Natural Areas fund ($350,000); and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City Charter authorizes 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 have determined that the appropriation of the grant as described herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Conservation Trust Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during any 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 Conservation Trust Fund the sum of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000) for expenditure in the Conservation Trust Fund for the completion of the Fossil Creek Trail at East Trilby Road. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day of October, A.D. 2012, and to be presented for final passage on the 6th day of November, A.D. 2012. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 6th day of November, A.D. 2012. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk