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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 01/02/2018 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 002, 2018, APPROPRIAgenda Item 12 Item # 12 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY January 2, 2018 City Council STAFF Kaley Zeisel, Transfort Capital Planning/Grant Compliance Mgr Chris Van Hall, Legal SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 002, 2018, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue from the Colorado Department of Transportation FASTER Transit Program Grant in the Transit Services Fund and Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the Transit Services Fund as a Grant Match for the Purchase of Two New Buses for Transfort's Regional FLEX Route to Longmont and Boulder. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to request a 2018 appropriation in the amount of $1,200,000. Transfort was awarded $960,000 through a CDOT grant for the purchase of two new buses for Transfort’s Regional FLEX route to Longmont and Boulder. This grant requires a local match of $240,000. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION Transfort’s commuter FLEX routes contribute greatly to the transportation community in Northern Colorado, serving the citizens of Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont, Boulder and smaller population centers in between. FLEX service provides five trips each weekday between Fort Collins and Boulder, two in the morning and three in the afternoon/evening. Year-to-date, FLEX has served 151,550 passengers. Ridership of FLEX regional routes has continued to increase year over year since its initial launch in 2009, adding routes to Boulder in 2015. These numbers demonstrate the demand for transit service between these communities in Northern Colorado. Some of the buses in Transfort’s fleet are at the end of useful life, resulting in excess costs for repair and maintenance. In the fall of 2016, Transfort submitted an application to the competitive statewide pool of CDOT’s FASTER Transit program. The application was approved in the spring of 2017 and resulted in an award of $960,000 for the purchase of two new buses. The buses will be branded and used exclusively for FLEX service, but otherwise will be similar to other vehicles in the Transfort fleet. These buses will replace others in the fleet that have met or exceeded their expected useful life. The replaced buses will be sold at auction or scrapped for parts, depending on the condition and estimated value. Additionally, Transfort will be able to improve air quality by replacing two diesel fuel buses with compressed natural gas buses. As a result, Transfort will see significant savings in maintenance and fuel costs moving forward. The procurement of these two new buses will improve the experience for commuters riding FLEX and presents an opportunity for Transfort to improve service to citizens and communities that we serve. A separate resolution to authorize the City to execute the Grant Agreement will be brought forward with second reading of this Ordinance. Agenda Item 12 Item # 12 Page 2 CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS In 2017, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) awarded the City of Fort Collins a $960,000 grant from the Statewide Competitive Pool of the FASTER Transit program. The FASTER program requires a 20% local match contribution to the project, which amounts to $240,000. Because the award was unanticipated and not received until 2017, the local match of $240,000 was not included in the last BFO cycle. If approved, the 20% local match will be drawn from Transfort’s reserve funds. These funds will be used to purchase two (2) new buses and will assist in lowering maintenance and repair costs for two of Transfort’s existing buses that are currently past end-of-life, while strengthening Transfort’s partnerships with the surrounding communities. ATTACHMENTS 1. FLEX Route Map (PDF) FLEX Boulder Express service limitations in Boulder County: - Passenger drop-offs on Southbound trips - Passenger pick-ups on Northbound trips TRANSIT CONTACT INFO TRANSFORT – FORT COLLINS 970.221.6620 ridetransfort.com COLT – LOVELAND 970.962.2429 cityoﬂoveland.org/colt RTD – DENVER/LONGMONT/BOULDER 800.366.7433 rtd-denver.com N US 287 US 287 1ST 2ND 3RD MAIN SKYWAY TRILBY CARPENTER FORT COLLINS LOVELAND BERTHOUD LOVELAND 9TH RTD ROUTES COLT ROUTES 8TH 71ST 65TH 1ST 14TH COFFMAN 23RD 21ST 8TH 57TH 50TH 42ND LOVELAND FOOD BANK EISENHOWER MOUNTAIN CAMERON FOSSIL CREEK BERTHOUD LONGMONT US 287 SOUTH TRANSIT CENTER NB SB FORT COLLINS LOVELAND SOUTH TRANSIT CENTER TRANSFORT ROUTES DOWNTOWN TRANSIT CENTER (Services all MAX stops) 8TH MAIN 9TH N US 287 US 287 1ST 2ND 3RD MAIN SKYWAY TRILBY CARPENTER FORT COLLINS LOVELAND BERTHOUD LOVELAND 9TH RTD ROUTES COLT ROUTES 8TH 71ST 65TH 1ST 14TH COFFMAN 23RD 21ST 8TH 57TH 50TH 42ND LOVELAND FOOD BANK EISENHOWER MOUNTAIN CAMERON FOSSIL CREEK BERTHOUD LONGMONT US 287 SOUTH TRANSIT CENTER NB SB FORT COLLINS LOVELAND SOUTH TRANSIT CENTER TRANSFORT ROUTES DOWNTOWN TRANSIT CENTER (Services all MAX stops) 8TH MAIN 9TH RTD ROUTES 8TH COFFMAN 21ST LONGMONT/BOULDER COUNTY HOVER KEN PRATT LOVELAND/LARIMER COUNTY FLEX Loveland/Longmont Trips FLEX Boulder Express Trips TRANSFORT ROUTES SB NB -1- ORDINANCE NO. 002, 2018 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE FROM THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FASTER TRANSIT PROGRAM GRANT IN THE TRANSIT SERVICES FUND AND APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE TRANSIT SERVICES FUND AS A GRANT MATCH FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO NEW BUSES FOR TRANSFORT’S REGIONAL FLEX ROUTE TO LONGMONT AND BOULDER WHEREAS, FLEX is a regional bus route serving stops between Fort Collins, Loveland, Berthoud and Longmont, made possible through a regional partnership and operated by Transfort; and WHEREAS, ridership of FLEX regional routes has continued to increase year over year since its initial launch in 2009, adding routes to Boulder in 2015; and WHEREAS, Transfort competed in, and was awarded, a FASTER grant from the Colorado Department of Transportation (“CDOT”) in the amount of $960,000 for the purchase of two new buses, which will be branded and used exclusively for FLEX service, but otherwise will be similar to other vehicles in the Transfort fleet (the “Grant”); and WHEREAS, a condition of the Grant is the City must provide a local match of $240,000 for purchase of the buses, which amount will come from Transit Services Fund reserves; and WHEREAS, this Ordinance appropriates $1,200,000, which amount includes the Grant and local matching funds for the purchase of the buses; and WHEREAS, the purchased buses will replace others in the fleet that have met or exceeded their expected useful life; and WHEREAS, purchasing the buses will allow Transfort to improve air quality by replacing two diesel fuel buses with compressed natural gas buses and, as a result, Transfort will see significant savings in maintenance and fuel costs moving forward; 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 any fiscal year; and -2- 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, City staff have determined that the appropriations as described herein are available and previously unappropriated in the Transit Services Fund; and WHEREAS, City Council has determined that appropriating $1,200,000 for the purchase of two new Transfort buses is in the City’s best interest and enhances public health, safety and welfare. 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 of unanticipated revenue in the Transit Services Fund the sum of NINE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($960,000) for additional bus services. Section 3. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from reserves in the Transit Services Fund the sum of TWO HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($240,000) for additional bus services. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of January, A.D. 2018, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of January, A.D. 2018. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk -3- Passed and adopted on final reading on the 16th day of January, A.D. 2018. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk SH 119 CSU TRANSFORT ROUTES COLT ROUTES EISENHOWER US 287 LINCOLN CLEVELAND 8TH CANYON PEARL 28TH FOLSOM COLORADO 18TH 15TH EUCLID UNIVERSITY COLLEGE RTD ROUTES CU BROADWAY WALNUT ARAPAHOE RTD BOULDER TRANSIT CENTER BOULDER LONGMONT FORT COLLINS LOVELAND BERTHOUD LONGMONT BOULDER EFFECTIVE 08/21/17 Runs MONDAY - FRIDAY All Year Long 1641** 1642** 1643** 1644** 1454** 1457 1459 1661 1100 1105 1492 917 EUCLID & 18TH** CANYON & 15TH (DOWNTOWN BOULDER STATION)** PEARL & 30TH (BOULDER JUNCTION) ** HOVER & VILLAGE AT THE PEAKS MALL ** COFFMAN & 8TH (ROOSEVELT PARK) ** MOUNTAIN & 2ND LINCOLN & 8TH LOVELAND FOOD BANK US 287 & 50TH COLLEGE & SKYWAY SOUTH TRANSIT CENTER (STC) DOWNTOWN TRANSIT CENTER (DTC) ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 6:45 a 6:49 a 6:54 a 6:58 a ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 6:39 a 6:56 a 7:08 a 7:15 a 7:19 a 7:24 a 7:28 a ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 7:22 a 7: 39 a 7:51 a 8:00 a 8:04 a 8: 09 a 8:13 a ----- 7:09 a 7:13 a 7:21 a 7:38 a 7:47 a ----- 8:12 a ----- ----- ----- 8:27 a 8:51 a ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 8:48 a 8:52 a 8:57 a 9:01 a ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 8:29 a 8:46 a 8:58 a 9:07 a 9:11 a 9:16 a 9: 20 a ----- 8:09 a 8:13 a 8:21 a 8:38 a 8:47 a ----- 9:12 a ----- ----- ----- 9:27 a 9:51 a ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 9:48 a 9:52 a 9:57 a 10:01 a ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 10:48 a 10:52 a 10:57 a 11:01 a ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 10:27 a 10:44 a 10:56 a 11:05 a 11:09 a 11:14 a 11:18 a ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 11:48 a 11:52 a 11:57 a 12:01 p ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 12:48 p 12:52 p 12:57 p 1:01 p ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 1:48 p 1:52 p 1:57 p 2:01 p ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 2:48 p 2:52 p 2:57 p 3:01 p ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 3:48 p 3:52 p 3:57 p 4:01 p ----- 3:18 p 3:25 p 3:34 p 3:53 p 4:02 p ----- 4:29 p ----- ----- ----- 4:44 p 5:09 p ----- ----- ----- ----- 4:10 p 4:29 p 4:41 p 4:48 p 4:52 p 4:58 p 5:02 p ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 5: 10 p 5:29 p 5: 41 p 5:50 p 5:54 p 6: 00 p 6:04 p ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 5:40 p 5:58 p 6:10 p 6:19 p 6:22 p 6:27 p 6:30 p ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 6:43 p 6:47 p 6:53 p 6:56 p ----- 5:30 p 5:38 p 5:47 p 6:04 p 6:13 p ----- 6:40 p ----- ----- ----- 6:57 p 7:20 p ----- ----- ----- ----- 6: 40 p 6:58 p 7: 10 p 7:14 p 7:17 p 7:22 p 7:25 p ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 7:16 p 7:34 p 7:46 p 7:50 p 7:53 p 7:58 p 8:01 p ----- 7:20 p 7:26 p 7:33 p 7:50 p 7:59 p ----- 8:26 p ----- ----- ----- 8:41 p 9:02 p BUS STOP NUMBER NORTHBOUND **Pick-up Only Locations Runs SATURDAY All Year Long 1454 1457 1459 1661 1100 1105 1492 COFFMAN & 8TH (ROOSEVELT PARK) MOUNTAIN & 2ND LINCOLN & 8TH LOVELAND FOOD BANK US 287 & 50TH COLLEGE & SKYWAY SOUTH TRANSIT CENTER (STC) ----- ----- ----- 6:48 a 6:52 a 6:57 a 7:01 a ----- ----- ----- 7:48 a 7:52 a 7:57 a 8:01 a ----- ----- ----- 8:48 a 8:52 a 8:57 a 9:01 a ----- ----- ----- 9:48 a 9:52 a 9:57 a 10:01 a ----- ----- ----- 10:48 a 10:52 a 10:57 a 11:01 a 10:27 a 10:44 a 10:56 a 11:03 a 11:07 a 11:12 a 11:16 a ----- ----- ----- 11:48 a 11:52 a 11:57 a 12:01 p ----- ----- ----- 12:48 p 12:52 p 12:57 p 1:01 p ----- ----- ----- 1:48 p 1:52 p 1:57 p 2:01 p 1:27 p 1:44 p 1:56 p 2:03 p 2:07 p 2:12 p 2:16 p ----- ----- ----- 2:48 p 2:52 p 2:57 p 3:01 p ----- ----- ----- 3:48 p 3:52 p 3:57 p 4:01 p ----- ----- ----- 4:48 p 4:52 p 4:57 p 5:01 p 4:27 p 4:44 p 4:56 p 5:03 p 5:07 p 5:12 p 5:16 p ----- ----- ----- 5:48 p 5:52 p 5:57 p 6:01 p ----- ----- ----- 6:40 p 6:44 p 6:49 p 6:53 p 7:27 p 7:44 p 7:56 p 8:03 p 8:07 p 8:12 p 8:16 p BUS STOP NUMBER NORTHBOUND FLEX Boulder Express service limitations in Boulder County: - Passenger drop-offs on Southbound trips - Passenger pick-ups on Northbound trips MAP LEGEND Bus Route Time Point Bus Stop: Street intersection used for time schedule reference point listed at the top of the time columns to estimate bus arrival and trip times. Bus Stop 1 Connecting Routes Transit Center Landmarks: College/University School Shopping Other Landmark Government Building Post Office Library Museum Medical Facility TRANSIT CONTACT INFO TRANSFORT – FORT COLLINS 970.221.6620 ridetransfort.com COLT – LOVELAND 970.962.2429 cityoﬂoveland.org/colt RTD – DENVER/LONGMONT/BOULDER 800.366.7433 rtd-denver.com RTD ROUTES 8TH COFFMAN 21ST LONGMONT/BOULDER COUNTY HOVER KEN PRATT LOVELAND/LARIMER COUNTY FLEX Loveland/Longmont Trips FLEX Boulder Express Trips TRANSFORT ROUTES SB NB SH 119 CSU TRANSFORT ROUTES COLT ROUTES EISENHOWER US 287 LINCOLN CLEVELAND 8TH CANYON PEARL 28TH FOLSOM COLORADO 18TH 15TH EUCLID UNIVERSITY COLLEGE RTD ROUTES CU BROADWAY WALNUT ARAPAHOE RTD BOULDER TRANSIT CENTER BOULDER LONGMONT Runs MONDAY - FRIDAY All Year Long *Drop-off Only Locations SOUTHBOUND MAP LEGEND Bus Route Time Point Bus Stop: Street intersection used for time schedule reference point listed at the top of the time columns to estimate bus arrival and trip times. Bus Stop 1 Connecting Routes Transit Center Landmarks: College/University School Shopping Other Landmark Government Building Post Office Library Museum Medical Facility Runs SATURDAY All Year Long 1492 1074 1079 1661 1450 1452 1454 SOUTH TRANSIT CENTER (STC) COLLEGE & SKYWAY GARFIELD & 50TH LOVELAND FOOD BANK CLEVELAND & 8TH MOUNTAIN & 3RD COFFMAN & 8TH (ROOSEVELT PARK) 6:24 a 6:26 a 6:33 a 6:43 a ----- ----- ----- 7:24 a 7:26 a 7:33 a 7:43 a ----- ----- ----- 8:24 a 8:26 a 8:33 a 8:43 a ----- ----- ----- 9:24 a 9:26 a 9:33 a 9:46 a 9:50 a 10:01 a 10:22 a 10:24 a 10:26 a 10:33 a 10:43 a ----- ----- ----- 11:24 a 11:26 a 11:33 a 11:43 a ----- ----- ----- 12:24 p 12:26 p 12:33 p 12:46 p 12:50 p 1:01 p 1:22 p 1:24 p 1:26 p 1:33 p 1:43 p ----- ----- ----- 2:24 p 2:26 p 2:33 p 2:43 p ----- ----- ----- 3:24 p 3:26 p 3:33 p 3:46 p 3:50 p 4:01 p 4:22 p 4:24 p 4:26 p 4:33 p 4:43 p ----- ----- ----- 5:24 p 5:26 p 5:33 p 5:43 p ----- ----- ----- 5:48 p 5:50 p 5:57 p 6:07 p ----- ----- ----- 6:24 p 6:26 p 6:33 p 6:46 p 6:50 p 7:01 p 7:22 p BUS STOP NUMBER SOUTHBOUND FORT COLLINS LOVELAND BERTHOUD LONGMONT BOULDER EFFECTIVE 08/21/17 917 1492 1074 1079 1661 1450 1452 1454 1645* 1647* 1648* 1641* DOWNTOWN TRANSIT CENTER (DTC) SOUTH TRANSIT CENTER (STC) COLLEGE & SKYWAY GARFIELD & 50TH LOVELAND FOOD BANK CLEVELAND & 8TH MOUNTAIN & 3RD COFFMAN & 8TH (ROOSEVELT PARK) 9TH & COFFMAN * PEARL & JUNCTION * CANYON & 14TH (DOWNTOWN BOULDER STATION - GATE K) * EUCLID & 18TH* ----- 5:14 a ----- ----- ----- 5:28 a ----- ----- 5:52 a 6:16 a 6:24 a 6:31 a ----- 5: 41 a 5: 43 a 5: 49 a 5: 54 a 5: 58 6:08 a 6:28 a ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 6: 16 a 6: 18 a 6: 24 a 6: 30 a 6: 34 6:44 a 7:06 a ----- ----- ----- ----- 6:00 a 6:23 a ----- ----- ----- 6:37 a ----- ----- 7:01 a 7:28 a 7:36 a 7:43 a ----- 7: 24 a 7: 26 a 7: 33 a 7: 48 a 7: 52 a 8:02 a 8:24 a ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 8:24 a 8:26 a 8:33 a 8:43 a ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 9:24 a 9:26 a 9:33 a 9:48 a 9:52 a 10:02 a 10:24 a ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 10:24 a 10:26 a 10:33 a 10:43 a ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 11:24 a 11:26 a 11:33 a 11:43 a ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 12:24 p 12:26 p 12:33 p 12:43 p ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 1:24 p 1:26 p 1:33 p 1:43 p ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 1:15 p 1:39 p ----- ----- ----- 1:54 p ----- ----- 2:20 p 2:44 p 2:52 p 3:00 p ----- 2:24 p 2:26 p 2:33 p 2:43 p ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 3:05 p 3:08 p 3:16 p 3:22 p 3:26 p 3:38 p 4:00 p ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 3:24 p 3:26 p 3:33 p 3:43 p ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 3:25 p 3:49 p ----- ----- ----- 4:04 p ----- ----- 4:30 p 4:54 p 5:02 p 5:10 p ----- 3: 51 p 3: 54 p 4: 02 p 4: 15 p 4: 19 p 4: 31 p 4: 53 p ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 4: 24 p 4: 27 p 4: 35 p 4: 48 p 4: 52 p 5: 04 p 5: 26 p ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 5: 24 p 5: 27 p 5: 35 p 5: 48 p 5: 52 p 6: 04 p 6: 26 p ----- ----- ----- ----- 5:20 p 5:44 p ----- ----- ----- 5:59 p ----- ----- 6:23 p 6:46 p 6:53 p 7:00 p ----- 6: 00 p 6: 02 p 6: 10 p 6: 22 p 6: 26 p 6:37 p 6: 55 p ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 6:24 p 6:26 p 6:33 p 6:43 p ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- BUS STOP NUMBER ATTACHMENT 1