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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY May 7, 2019
City Council
STAFF
Kyle Lambrecht, Civil Engineer
Timothy Kemp, Civil Engineer III
Chris Van Hall, Legal
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 060, 2019, Making Appropriations and Authorizing Transfers of
Appropriations for the Suniga Road Improvements Project and Related Art in Public Places.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on April 16, 2019, appropriates $170,550 into the
Capital Project Fund for the Suniga Road Improvements Project. The City collected these funds as payment in
lieu for a development’s local street frontage improvements associated with Suniga Road. In addition, this
item will authorize the transfer of $1,705, one percent of the appropriated funds, from the Capital Project Fund
to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for Art in Public Places.
This project will construct Suniga Road to the City’s four-lane arterial roadway standards between North
College Avenue and Blondel Street as identified on the City’s Master Street Plan. Improvements include
raised, protected bike lanes, pedestrian facilities, transit facilities, utility infrastructure, roadway improvements,
and landscaped medians and parkways. The project will complement the existing section of Suniga Road,
providing connectivity for surrounding developments from North College Avenue to Redwood Street. This
project was approved during the 2017/2018 Budgeting for Outcomes (BFO) process and will be constructed
this year.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
ATTACHMENTS
1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, April 16, 2019 (PDF)
2. Location map (PDF)
3. Ordinance No. 060, 2019 (PDF)
Agenda Item 12
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY April 16, 2019
City Council
STAFF
Kyle Lambrecht, Civil Engineer
Timothy Kemp, Civil Engineer III
Chris Van Hall, Legal
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 060, 2019, Making Appropriations and Authorizing Transfers of Appropriations
for the Suniga Road Improvements Project and Related Art in Public Places.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appropriate $170,550 into the Capital Project Fund for the Suniga Road
Improvements Project. The City collected these funds as payment in lieu for a development’s local street
frontage improvements associated with Suniga Road. In addition, this item will authorize the transfer of $1,705,
one percent of the appropriated funds, from the Capital Project Fund to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund
for Art in Public Places.
This project will construct Suniga Road to the City’s four-lane arterial roadway standards between North College
Avenue and Blondel Street as identified on the City’s Master Street Plan. Improvements include raised,
protected bike lanes, pedestrian facilities, transit facilities, utility infrastructure, roadway improvements, and
landscaped medians and parkways. The project will complement the existing section of Suniga Road, providing
connectivity for surrounding developments from North College Avenue to Redwood Street. This project was
approved during the 2017/2018 Budgeting for Outcomes (BFO) process and will be constructed this year.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The Suniga Road Improvements Project was initiated in 2017 as a result of receiving community support and
funding as part of the 2017/2018 BFO process. This project will extend the existing segment of Suniga Road
from Blondel Street to North College Avenue, providing significant multimodal and vehicular connectivity to the
City’s roadway network. Planned improvements include:
Raised, protected bike lanes
Pedestrian facilities
Landscaped parkways
Two lanes of travel in both directions
Raised, landscaped medians
Utility infrastructure improvements
Construction is scheduled to begin in the spring 2019, and completed in late summer 2019.
The total project budget is $3.8M, with $2.2M being awarded through the 2017/2018 Budgeting for Outcomes
(BFO) process. An additional $1.5M of Transportation Capital Expansion Fund (TCEF) and Transportation
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Reserves was appropriated as part of Ordinance No. 079, 2018. The use of TCEF funds to support this project
is appropriate as the project will increase the vehicular and multimodal capacity within the North Fort Collins
area.
In certain cases, the City will have an opportunity to partner with development to construct roadway segments
benefitting both the City and the developer. If the City has a planned project which will improve a development’s
frontage, the City will collect a payment in lieu of construction from the developer. The amount collected is the
anticipated cost to construct the local street frontage. This item will appropriate $170,550 in unanticipated
revenue, collected as payment in lieu from the Crowne at Old Town North development for its local street
frontage within the project limits.
Per City Code Section 23-304, all appropriations for construction projects estimated to cost over $250,000 shall
include an amount equal to one percent of the estimated cost for works of art. The total Art in Public Places
funds to be appropriated is $1,705. This item will transfer $1,330 of the TCEF appropriations to the Art in Public
Places Program. Staff has identified the Transportation Reserves as a means to provide the additional $375
needed to provide long-term maintenance for the art.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
This action will appropriate $170,550 into the Capital Projects Fund-Suniga Road Improvements Project. In
addition, $1,705 will be transferred from the Capital Projects Fund into the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund
for Art in Public Places.
The following is a summary of funds to be appropriated with this action:
Prior Appropriated Funds
2017/2018 Budgeting for Outcomes
Transportation Reserves $1,800,000
Utilities $400,000
Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Funds $1,474,120
Transportation Reserves $3,250
Funds to be Appropriated with this Action
Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Funds $170,175
Transportation Reserves $375
Total Funds to be Appropriated with this Action $170,550
Total Current Project Budget $3,847,920
Transfer to Art in Public Places $1,705
BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
Staff has presented multiple project updates to the Transportation Board, with the most recent update being in
February 2019 as part of an overall Transportation Capital Projects plan discussion. As there was no action or
discussion specific to the project, meeting minutes have not been included.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
Staff has conducted numerous property owner meetings to gather feedback and concerns related to the planned
improvements. Staff presented a project update to the Urban Renewal Authority in the fall 2017. Staff has also
been in contact with the North Fort Collins Business Association, providing a project update at its March 2019
meeting.
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Prior to construction, staff will develop and implement a unique communication and outreach plan to minimize
impacts to surrounding businesses and neighborhoods.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Location Map (PDF)
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ORDINANCE NO. 060, 2019
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS OF
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUNIGA ROAD IMPROVEMENTS
PROJECT AND RELATED ART IN PUBLIC PLACES
WHEREAS, the Suniga Road Improvements Project was initiated in 2017 as a result of
receiving community support and funding as part of the 2017/2018 Budgeting For Outcomes
process (the “Project”); and
WHEREAS, as part of the Project, the City will construct Suniga Road to the City’s four-
lane arterial roadway standards between North College Avenue and Blondel Street as identified
on the City’s Master Street Plan; and
WHEREAS, as part of the approval for the Crowne at Old Town North development that
is on Suniga Road (the “Development”), the City collected $170,550 as a payment in lieu for the
Development’s local street frontage improvements associated with Suniga Road that are within
the Project limits; and
WHEREAS, this item will transfer the $170,550 received by the Development into the
Project fund to be used on the Project, as well as transfer certain funds from the Transportation
Capital Expansion Fund and the Transportation Reserve Fund to meet the Art in Public Places
requirements associated with this appropriation; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of enhancing roadways and other transportation related
infrastructure within the City; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council to
appropriate by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as may be
available from reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were not
previously appropriated; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and
determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the
Transportation Capital Expansion Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the
Transportation Capital Expansion Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received in that fund during any fiscal year; and
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WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and
determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the
Transportation Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Transportation Fund
to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during
any fiscal year; and
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 or capital project to another fund or capital project, provided that the purpose for
which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged; the purpose for which the
funds were initially appropriated no longer exists; or the proposed transfer is from a fund or capital
project in which the amount appropriated exceeds the amount needed to accomplish the purpose
specified in the appropriation ordinance; and
WHEREAS, this project involves construction estimated to cost more than $250,000, as
such, Section 23-304 of the City Code requires one percent of these qualified appropriations to be
transferred to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for a contribution to the Art in Public Places
(APP) program.
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 prior year reserves in
the Transportation Capital Expansion Fund for transfer to the Capital Projects Fund the sum of
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS
($170,175) for the Suniga Road Improvements Project and appropriated therein.
Section 3. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from prior year reserves in
the Transportation Fund for transfer to the Capital Projects Fund the sum of THREE HUNDRED
SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($375) for the Suniga Road Improvements Project and appropriated
therein.
Section 4. That the unexpended appropriated amount of ONE THOUSAND THREE
HUNDRED THIRTY DOLLARS ($1,330) in the Capital Projects Fund is authorized for transfer
to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and appropriated therein for the Art in Public Places
Art Project.
Section 5. That the unexpended appropriated amount of THREE HUNDRED FORTY
ONE DOLLARS ($341) in the Capital Projects Fund is authorized for transfer to the Cultural
Services and Facilities Fund and appropriated therein for the Art in Public Places Program
Operations.
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Section 6. That the unexpended appropriated amount of THIRTY FOUR DOLLARS
($34) in the Capital Projects Fund is authorized for transfer to the Cultural Services and Facilities
Fund and appropriated therein for the Art in Public Places Program Maintenance.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day of
April, A.D. 2019, and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of May, A.D. 2019.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 7th day of May, A.D. 2019.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk