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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 03/06/2012 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 017, 2012, APPROPRDATE: March 6, 2012 STAFF: Jin Wang Rick Richter AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 9 SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 017, 2012, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the Capital Projects Fund for the City Bridge Program Project. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The City has been awarded a grant in the amount of $552,000 in federal funds from the Colorado Off-System Bridge Program. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on February 21, 2012, appropriates funds for the replacement of the structurally deficient Bryan Avenue Bridge over the Larimer County Canal No. 2, located just north of Poudre Fire Authority Fire (PFA) Station 2 by City Park. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary - February 21, 2012 (w/o attachments) COPY COPY COPY COPY ATTACHMENT 1 DATE: February 21, 2012 STAFF: Jin Wang Rick Richter AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 14 SUBJECT Items Relating to the Bryan Bridge Replacement Project. A. Resolution 2012-009 Authorizing the Execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement Between the City and the Colorado Department of Transportation in Support of the Bryan Avenue Bridge Replacement Project. B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 017, 2012, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the Capital Projects Fund for the City Bridge Program Project. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The City has been awarded a grant in the amount of $552,000 in federal funds from the Colorado Off-System Bridge Program. This intergovernmental agreement between the City and Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is for the replacement of the structurally deficient Bryan Avenue Bridge over the Larimer County Canal No. 2, located just north of Poudre Fire Authority Fire (PFA) Station 2 by City Park. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION Bridges are an important element of the roadway network. An inadequate bridge can cause various capacity and safety problems on roadways. A road will not be able to function if it is disconnected because of a bridge that has failed. Based on federal bridge inspection standards, the Bryan Avenue Bridge is identified as structurally deficient and is vehicle weight restricted. This means that the bridge is in advanced stages of deterioration and does not have the desired load carrying capacity. Replacing this bridge will eliminate unsafe conditions that could potentially result in property damage and loss of life. This load posted, structurally deficient bridge, is located 500 feet north of the PFA Station 2, or 900 feet north of Mulberry Street, along Bryan Avenue (Attachment 1). For any emergency call located north of the station, the responding vehicles have to detour south to Mulberry Street and around the lake, to avoid driving across the load posted bridge. The detour length is 3,600 feet compared to 500 feet going across the bridge to the same location. Replacing this bridge will make a huge difference in the response time to any emergency north of the fire station. The Bryan Avenue Bridge plays an important role to its surrounding area. This bridge is located by City Park, where many social activities take place. The public generally accesses City Park, City Park Pool, City Park Nine golf course, kids’ train depot and the park picnic shelter by going over the Bryan Avenue Bridge. This bridge is failing and will continue to deteriorate. By replacing the failing Bryan Avenue Bridge, the City can continue to provide the necessary access and level of service. A Request For Proposal (RFP) for the design of a replacement bridge is currently underway, with construction scheduled for Fall 2013. FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS The City was awarded a grant from federally funded Colorado Off-System Bridge Program for $522,000 to replace the Bryan Avenue Bridge by City Park. The twenty percent local matching fund needed for the grant will come from the City Bridge Program. The additional local overmatch will be funded with 2012 Keep Fort Collins Great (KFCG) funds (2012 BFO Offer 146.15). The estimated total cost of the Bryan Avenue Bridge Replacement Project is $1,040,000, which is to be funded as follows: COPY COPY COPY COPY February 21, 2012 -2- ITEM 14 Federal Funds $ 552,000 Local Agency Matching Funds (City Bridge Program) $ 138,000 Local Agency Overmatch Funds (KFCG Fund) $ 350,000 Total Project Funds $1,040,000 This bridge is classified as structurally deficient. It is failing and needs to be replaced. If allowed to fail, an emergency bridge replacement can cost up to fifty percent more than a planned bridge replacement. The proactive completion of bridge replacement will provide continued accessibility to businesses, parks and residences. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS The project will have a positive impact on long term air quality. Vehicles that are currently restricted by the bridge weight limit posted will be able to drive over the replacement bridge, instead of using a longer alternative route, thus reducing greenhouse gas emission. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution and Ordinance on First Reading. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION A Request For Proposal (RFP) for the design of a replacement bridge is currently underway. The Transportation Board will receive updates as the project progresses. PUBLIC OUTREACH The Project Team plans significant public outreach throughout the project, including public open houses and meetings with different City departments and PFA. The team will also be working with utility companies that have services over or under the existing bridge. Public outreach will be intensified prior to, and during, construction of the replacement bridge. ATTACHMENTS 1. Project Area Map ORDINANCE NO. 017, 2012 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND FOR THE CITY BRIDGE PROGRAM PROJECT WHEREAS, the City has been awarded a grant from the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Off-System Bridge Program for $552,000 (the “Grant”); and WHEREAS, the Grant is for the replacement of the Bryan Avenue Bridge (the “Bridge”) over Larimer Canal No. 2, which bridge is located just north of the Poudre Fire Authority fire station by City Park; and WHEREAS, based on federal bridge inspection standards, the Bridge has been identified as structurally deficient because it does not have the desired load carrying capacity; and WHEREAS, the total estimated cost of the Bryan Avenue Bridge Replacement is $1,040,000, which will be funded by the Grant, the existing appropriation of $138,000 in the Capital Projects Fund - City Bridge Program which will meet the required local match for the Grant, and by the existing appropriation of $350,000 in the Keep Fort Collins Great Fund - City Bridge Program Project; and WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted Resolution 2012-009 authorizing the City to enter into a contract with the Colorado Department of Transportation for the construction of the Bryan Avenue Bridge Replacement; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City Charter permits 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 revenue described herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Capital Projects Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues during fiscal year 2012. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the Capital Projects Fund the sum of FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($552,000) for expenditure in the Capital Projects Fund for the City Bridge Program Project. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21st day of February, A.D. 2012, and to be presented for final passage on the 6th day of March, A.D. 2012. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 6th day of March, A.D. 2012. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ Chief Deputy City Clerk