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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 05/17/2016 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 051, 2016, APPROPRAgenda Item 2 Item # 2 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY May 17, 2016 City Council STAFF Emma Belmont, Transit Planner SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 051, 2016, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the Transit Services Fund for a Bicycle Parking Facility at the Downtown Transit Center. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 3, 2016, appropriates $210,000 to facilitate the design and construction of a secure bicycle parking facility at the Downtown Transit Center. In 2015, CDOT awarded the City of Fort Collins $210,000 in Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) funding to design and construct the facility. Boulder County is the entity that entered into the grant agreement with CDOT and will reimburse the City up to $210,000. The City and Boulder County executed an IGA to this effect in January 2016. Local match for the project in the amount of $52,500 in KFCG capital funding was appropriated in the 2015-2016 BFO cycle. All of the funding will be directed towards design of the structure and site, and construction of the facility. A grant agreement was executed by CDOT on January 25, 2016, and a Notice to Proceed was approved on March 11, 2016. To comply with the City’s Art in Public Places (APP) Ordinance, existing appropriations in 2016 will be used to cover the 1% of the project budget ($2,625) to APP. This reflects a change in the APP amount from First Reading (1% of the local match - $520), which was determined did not meet the APP Ordinance requirement. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, May 3, 2016 (w/o attachments) (PDF) Agenda Item 6 Item # 6 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY May 3, 2016 City Council STAFF Emma Belmont, Transit Planner SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 051, 2016, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the Transit Services Fund for a Bicycle Parking Facility at the Downtown Transit Center. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to request an unanticipated 2016 appropriation in the amount of $210,000 to facilitate the design and construction of a secure bicycle parking facility at the Downtown Transit Center. In 2015, CDOT awarded the City of Fort Collins $210,000 in Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) funding to design and construct the facility. Boulder County is the entity that entered into the grant agreement with CDOT and will reimburse the City up to $210,000. The City and Boulder County executed an IGA to this effect in January 2016. Local match for the project in the amount of $52,500 in KFCG capital funding was appropriated in the 2015-2016 BFO cycle. All of the funding will be directed towards design of the structure and site, and construction of the facility. A grant agreement was executed by CDOT on January 25, 2016, and a Notice to Proceed was approved on March 11, 2016. To comply with the City’s Art in Public Places (APP) Ordinance, we will use existing appropriations in 2016 to cover the 1% of the local match ($525) to APP. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grant funding was awarded to the City of Fort Collins, Boulder County and Colorado State University (CSU) to fund four regional secure bicycle parking structures at transit facilities to improve multi-modal connections between bicycling and transit. Boulder County is the entity that entered into the grant agreement with CDOT and will reimburse the City up to $210,000. The City and Boulder County executed an IGA to this effect in January 2016. These secure bike parking structures have been named “Bike-n-Ride” stations and add to an existing network in Boulder County and Fort Collins. Two bike shelters exist in Fort Collins, one at the South Transit Center (STC) and the other in the Civic Center Parking Structure. A map of the existing and planned shelters is provided as Attachment 4. This funding was awarded to build new secure bike shelters at the following locations: • Downtown Transit Center (250 North Mason Street, Fort Collins) - to be built by Fort Collins • University MAX Station (University Avenue and South Mason Street, Fort Collins) - to be built by CSU • Lafayette Park-n-Ride (1180 South Public Road, Lafayette) - to be built by Boulder County • Boulder Junction (30th Street and Pearl Street, Boulder) - to be built by Boulder County The bicycle parking facilities will be open-air structures with a roof, walls, and a locked door to protect parked bicycles from theft, vandalism and the elements. Secure bicycle parking facilities allow transit riders to bike to a bus stop, safely secure their bike in the shelter, and then complete the rest of their journey via transit or vice versa. Shelters encourage bicyclists who might otherwise bring their bike with them onboard a bus to leave their bike in a secure bike shelter. Access to the facilities will be limited to members who sign-up for the program. Agenda Item 6 Item # 6 Page 2 In addition to bicycles, longboards may also be accommodated within the Bike-n-Ride shelters, but generally longboards are small enough for customers to bring with them on buses. Bike-n-ride shelters provide an opportunity to collaborate on bike and longboard parking in alignment with a forthcoming FCMoves BFO offer. Providing secure bicycle facilities is one of three approaches identified in an outreach effort that took place in the fall of 2014 to help assist with bike parking needs along the MAX Bus Rapid Transit route. This effort was undertaken to address numerous incidents where bicyclists had been left at MAX stations due to the MAX interior bike racks being full. Other approaches identified to help with MAX’s bike needs were more bike parking at stations (completed in late 2014) and bike share implementation (opened April 1, 2016). Additional information on the outreach effort that identified these approaches can be found in Attachment 5. CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS The cost of the project will be borne by TAP funds (80%) and by local KFCG carryover funding (20%). Transfort will also fund Art in Public Places a 1% contribution of the local match portion. Transfort is not requesting any additional funding from the City. ATTACHMENTS 1. Grant Agreement (PDF) 2. Notice to Proceed (PDF) 3. Grant Application (PDF) 4. Bike-n-Ride Regional Network Map (PDF) 5. Bike Accommodations along MAX Overview (PDF) -1- ORDINANCE NO. 051, 2016 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE TRANSIT SERVICES FUND FOR A BICYCLE PARKING FACILITY AT THE DOWNTOWN TRANSIT CENTER AND TRANSFERRING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE CULTURAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND FOR THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM WHEREAS, the purpose of this item is to appropriate funds to facilitate the design and construction of a secure bicycle parking facility at the Downtown Transit Center; and WHEREAS, in 2015, the Colorado Department of Transportation (“CDOT”) awarded the City $210,000 (80% of total project cost of $262,000) in Transportation Alternatives Program (“TAP”) funding to design and construct the facility, and a grant agreement was executed by CDOT with Boulder County who will administer the funds on January 25, 2016, and a Notice to Proceed was approved on March 11, 2016; and WHEREAS, a local match for the project in the amount of $52,500 (20% matching funds) was previously appropriated from Keep Fort Collins Great-Other Transportation capital project funding; and WHEREAS, the bicycle parking facility will be an open-air structure with a roof, walls, a locked door to protect parked bicycles from theft, vandalism and the elements and there will be secure access to the facility limited to members who sign-up for the program; and WHEREAS, providing secure bicycle facilities is one of three approaches identified in an outreach effort that took place in the fall of 2014 to help assist with bike parking needs along the MAX Bus Rapid Transit route; and WHEREAS, an additional $525 $2,625, which represents one percent of the total project appropriation including for the local match of the project and is coming from existing appropriations for 2016, must be transferred to the Cultural Services and Facilities fund for a contribution to the Art in Public Places (APP) program, with $410 $2,050 reserved for the APP artwork project and $115 $575 reserved for the maintenance of the artwork and operations of the APP program; 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 has determined that the appropriation of the revenue as described herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Transit Services Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during the fiscal year. -2- WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10, of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof from one fund (project) to another fund (project), provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated grant revenue in the Transit Services Fund the sum of TWO HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($210,000) for a bicycle parking facility at the Downtown Transit Center. Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of FOUR HUNDRED TEN DOLLARS ($410) TWO THOUSAND FIFTY DOLLARS ($2,050) in the Transit Services Fund – Bicycle Parking Facility at the Downtown Transit Center Grant Project is authorized for transfer to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and appropriated therein for the Art Project. Section 4. That the unexpended appropriated amount of ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN DOLLARS ($115) FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE ($575) in the Transit Services Fund – Bicycle Parking Facility at the Downtown Transit Center Grant Project is authorized for transfer to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and appropriated therein for the Art in Public Places Program Maintenance and Operations. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 3rd day of May, A.D. 2016, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of May, A.D. 2016. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk -3- Passed and adopted on final reading on the 17th day of May, A.D. 2016. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk