HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/06/2001 - RESOLUTION 2001-138 ESTABLISHING A TWO-PERSON TRAN AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 19
DATE: November 6,2001
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
STAFF: John Fischbach
SUBJECT:
Resolution 2001-138 Establishing a Two-Person Transportation Funding Committee to
Formulate Recommendations Regarding the Funding of the City's Long-Term Transportation
Needs.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City's I 0-year capital needs related to transportation are extensive. Unfunded transportation
capital needs amount to over $415 million for this 10-year period. At present, there is no
identifiable, stable funding source to ensure that the transportation capital needs will be
40 constructed. Because transportation is such an integral element to the health and vitality of the
community, City Council wants to:
• review the long-term transportation capital needs of the City
• develop a funding strategy related to the long-term transportation capital needs
• determine if any transportation capital projects should be placed on the ballot for
consideration by City voters at the November 2002 election.
To facilitate this work, this resolution will establish a two-member Council committee to work
with the City Manager in preparing recommendations related to the City's transportation capital
needs and will appoint Mayor Pro Tern Bill Bertschy and Councilmember Kurt Kastein to the
Committee.
. RESOLUTION 2001-138
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ESTABLISHING A TWO-PERSON TRANSPORTATION FUNDING COMMITTEE
TO FORMULATE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE FUNDING OF
THE CITY'S LONG-TERM TRANSPORTATION NEEDS
WHEREAS,on August 28,2001,the Council considered two resolutions,which,if approved
by the City Council,would have presented to the voters of the City a proposed tax increase to fund
certain transportation capital projects, together with two other capital projects not related to
transportation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council chose not to act upon said resolutions and to instead direct
City staff to develop recommendations for a more comprehensive funding proposal that would
address the long-term capital transportation needs of the City, as well as other capital needs of the
City,and to formulate recommendations as to which,if any, such capital projects should be placed
on the November 2002, ballot; and
WHEREAS, City Council believes it to be in the best interest of the City to appoint a two-
member Council committee to consult with the City Manager with regard to the formulation of such
recommendations.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby established a Transportation Funding Committee
consisting of two councilmembers.
Section 2. That Mayor Pro Tern Bill Bertschy and Councilmember Kurt Kastein are
hereby appointed by the City Council to serve on the Transportation Funding Committee.
Section 3. That the functions of the Transportation Funding Committee shall be to:
• Conduct a general review,for background and context purposes,of all of the
long-term transportation needs of the City and the most appropriate
mechanisms for funding those needs;
• Within that context, develop recommendations to the City Council as to
which, if any,transportation capital projects should be placed on the ballot
for consideration by City voters; and
• Coordinate with City staff to ensure that the Committee's recommendations
take into consideration any funding needs of the City that may warrant
• additional tax measures on the ballot.
Section 4. That upon the submission of such recommendations to the City Council,the
Transportation Funding Committee shall be dissolved, absent further action of the Council.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 6th day of November,
A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk