HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/04/2001 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 126, 2001, AUTHORI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 10
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: September 4, 2001
FROM: Tom Frazier
SUBJECT :
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 126,2001,Authorizing the Transfer of Appropriations from the
Transit Services Fund to the Capital Projects Fund CSU Transit Center Capital Project to be Used
For the Final Design and Site Preparation/Construction of the CSU Transit Center.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City and Colorado State University have been working together since 1996 to develop a campus
Transit Center. Work is expected to begin on final design in the fall. Ordinance No. 126, 2001,
which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on August 21, 2001, authorizes the transfer of
existing appropriations from the Transit Services Fund to the Capital Projects Fund for final design
and site preparation at the CSU Transit Center.
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 19
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: August 21,2001
STAFF: Tom Frazier
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 126, 2001, Authorizing the Transfer of Appropriations from the
Transit Services Fund to the Capital Projects Fund CSU Transit Center Capital Project to be Used
For the Final Design and Site Preparation/Construction of the CSU Transit Ce
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
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FINANCIAL IMPACT:
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The projected cost for the design, construction,rand equipment of the CSU Transit Center is
$10,000,000. The funding sources are projected to be$9,000,000 federal,and$2,000,000 primarily
from Colorado State Universityfrom its contribution of,_�:;
approximately 8.21 acres of leased land.
The City has received federal grains afaofSi,794,589(FY2000$1,044,589,FY2001 $750,135).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.;
The City and Colorado State University have been working together since 1996 to develop a campus
Transit Center. Work is expected to begirt o' final design in the fall. This item authorizes the
transfer of existing appropriations from the Transit Services Fund to the Capital Projects Fund for
final design and site preparation at the CSU Transit Center.
BACKGROUND:
The City' and University staffs completed the conceptual design of this Transit Center in 1998 and
presented the proposed project to City Council and the Colorado State Board of Agriculture. Both
legislative bodies provided direction to continue with the development of the project.
This project includes the lease of land, design and construction of a Transit Center which will be
owned and operated by the City of Fort Collins. The total estimated cost for the project is
$10,000,000 with a federal share of$8,000,000 and a local share of$2,000,000. The City applied
for and has received federal funds totaling $1,794,724.
DATE: August 21,2001 2 ITEM NUMBER: 19
The local share for the project is being provided through the donation of a long-term lease of the
State-owned property on which the Transit Center will be built.
The project will be designed and constructed in a phased manner to insure that, if all the federal
funds required to complete the total project are not made available,the project will still be able to
function as a transfer point in the City's public transit system.
In an Intergovernmental Agreement signed on November 7,2000, it is outlinu4be
the University
shall be solely responsible for construction management of the project andy will hire the
contractors and vendors and handle paying of invoices. The City of Fort Colli responsible
for the operation and maintenance of the facility
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The plan is to complete the final design by October 2001, bid the. ect and start construction in
January 2002. The City will submit federal grant requests in 2002 and 200l C#crornplete the project.
If all grants are approved,the project could be completed by Decembe'"2004 l '� '
The transfer of these funds to the Capital Projects fund* staff to begin the desr -siee
preparation work. .
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