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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 01/02/2018 - RESOLUTION 2018-001 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AAgenda Item 13 Item # 13 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY January 2, 2018 City Council STAFF Kaley Zeisel, Transfort Capital Planning/Grant Compliance Mgr Chris Van Hall, Legal SUBJECT Resolution 2018-001 Authorizing the Execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement Between the City and the Colorado Department of Transportation for Transfort FLEX Service. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to authorize Transfort to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). This agreement will result in the receipt of $200,000 in grant funds through the statewide competitive pool of the FASTER Transit program for fiscal year 2018. Transfort will be required to match the $200,000 in grant funds with a $200,000 local match, which was appropriated through the previous BFO cycle and is accounted for in the approved 2018 Transfort budget. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution. 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 on FLEX regional routes has continued to increase year over year since its initial launch in 2009, adding routes to Boulder in 2016. These numbers demonstrate the demand for transit service between these communities in Northern Colorado. CDOT has awarded the City of Fort Collins a $200,000 grant from the statewide competitive pool of the FASTER Transit program for FY 2018. The grant funds and the local match will be dedicated to the operating expenses for FLEX Regional routes. FLEX operating expenses include fuel, payroll costs, administrative and overhead outlays. This grant requires a 50% local match of $200,000. The total $400,000 will contribute to the overall operating cost of approximately $1.6 million for FLEX. The local match of $200,000 was budgeted for in the 2018 Transfort budget. If adopted, the Resolution will assist maintaining the exceptional service that the FLEX route provides to citizens and surrounding communities. Pursuant to City Code Section 1-22, Council must approve intergovernmental agreements that require the City to make a direct, monetary payment of more than $50,000 and the proposed intergovernmental agreement requires the City to provide matching funds in the amount of $200,000. CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS $200,000 of Transfort general funds were previously appropriated for FLEX operations through the BFO process for the local contribution to the grant. Agenda Item 13 Item # 13 Page 2 ATTACHMENTS 1. FLEX Route Map (PDF) 2. Citizen Email Regarding FLEX Route (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 Annabelle Phillips From: Kaley Zeisel Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 12:38 PM To: Kaley Zeisel Subject: Great job Transfort, thanks so much! From: Gareth B. Middleton [mailto:GBMiddleton@hollandhart.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 7:49 AM To: TransfortInfo Subject: Great job Transfort, thanks so much! Dear Transfort: I wanted to reach out and express my appreciation for your FLEX-to-Boulder route. I was recently confronted with a career change, and ended up with a new position down in Boulder. My family has strong ties to Fort Collins, and we really don’t want to leave the city we have grown to love so much. The direct FLEX route has enabled me, and the many other friends I’ve made on the commute, to follow career transitions without needing to uproot and leave Fort Collins. I want to thank the staff who support the route and the drivers who operate it for providing us with this invaluable lifeline. Keep up the good work! Gareth Middleton Gareth Middleton Principal Data Scientist 1800 Broadway, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80302 T 303.245.2082 F 303.974.1120 M 720.560.1959 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is confidential and may be privileged. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error, please reply to the sender that you received the message in error; then please delete this e-mail. ATTACHMENT 2 -1- RESOLUTION 2018-001 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR TRANSFORT FLEX SERVICE WHEREAS, Transfort’s commuter FLEX routes contribute greatly to the transportation community in Northern Colorado by serving citizens of Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont, Boulder and smaller population centers in between; and WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Transportation (“CDOT”) has awarded the City a $200,000 grant from the Statewide Competitive Pool of the FASTER Transit Program for fiscal year 2018 (the “Grant”); and WHEREAS, the Grant requires a 50% local match of $200,000 from the City; and WHEREAS, the total $400,000, including the Grant and the City’s matching funds, will contribute to the overall $1.6 million operating costs for FLEX service; and WHEREAS, the local match of $200,000 was budgeted for the 2018 Transfort budget; and WHEREAS, CDOT has proposed an Intergovernmental Agreement between CDOT and the City to enter into that outlines the terms and conditions of the Grant (the “IGA”); and WHEREAS, Section 29-1-203 of the Colorado Revised Statutes provides that governments may cooperate or contract with one another to provide certain services or facilities when such cooperation or contracts are authorized by each party thereto with the approval of its legislative body or other authority having the power to so approve; and WHEREAS, Article II, Section 16 of the City Charter empowers the City Council, by ordinance or resolution, to enter into contracts with governmental bodies to furnish governmental services and make charges for such services, or enter into cooperative or joint activities with other governmental bodies; and WHEREAS, City Code Section 1-22 requires the City Council to approve intergovernmental agreements that require the City to make a direct monetary payment over $50,000 and the proposed IGA requires the City to provide matching funds in the amount of $200,000; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the Grant is in the best interests of the City and that the Mayor be authorized to execute the IGA between the City and CDOT in support thereof. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: -2- Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. Section 2. That the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into the IGA, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit “A”, together with such additional terms and conditions as the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, determines to be necessary and appropriate to protect the interests of the City or to effectuate the purposes of this Resolution. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 2nd day of January, A.D. 2018. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk EXHIBIT A 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