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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY July 3, 2018
City Council
STAFF
Kyle Lambrecht, Civil Engineer
Timothy Kemp, Civil Engineer III
Chris Van Hall, Legal
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 079, 2018, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the Transportation Capital
Expansion Fee Fund and the Transportation Fund and Authorizing the Transfer of Appropriations from the
Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Fund and the Transportation Fund into the Capital Project Fund for the
Suniga Road Improvements Project and Transferring Appropriations from the Capital Project Fund to the
Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for the Art in Public Places Program.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 19, 2018, appropriates $1,477,370 of
Transportation Capital Expansion Fee (TCEF) Funds into the Capital Project Fund for the Suniga Road
Improvements Project. In addition, this item authorizes the transfer of $14,774, 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.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
ATTACHMENTS
1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, June 19, 2018 (w/o attachments) (PDF)
2. Ordinance No. 079, 2018 (PDF)
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY June 19, 2018
City Council
STAFF
Kyle Lambrecht, Civil Engineer
Timothy Kemp, Civil Engineer III
Chris Van Hall, Legal
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 079, 2018, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the Transportation Capital
Expansion Fee Fund and the Transportation Fund and Authorizing the Transfer of Appropriations from the
Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Fund and the Transportation Fund into the Capital Project Fund for the
Suniga Road Improvements Project and Transferring Appropriations from the Capital Project Fund to the
Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for the Art in Public Places Program.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appropriate $1,477,370 of Transportation Capital Expansion Fee (TCEF) Funds
into the Capital Project Fund for the Suniga Road Improvements Project. In addition, this item will authorize the
transfer of $14,774, 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.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
As north Fort Collins continues to develop, the roadway network must be designed and constructed to support
the additional vehicular and multimodal traffic associated with development. Much of the roadway network will
be constructed through a partnership with development. Frequently, the City will construct key sections of the
roadway network in advance of development to provide additional vehicular and multimodal connectivity.
To support anticipated multimodal and vehicular growth, the City’s Master Street Plan identified a new four-lane
arterial roadway, Suniga Road, as a key component of North Fort Collins transportation network. The first
segment of Suniga Road between Blondel Street and Redwood Drive was constructed in 2016 in conjunction
with adjacent development. To fully utilize this new segment of roadway, staff proposed a project to design and
construct the section of Suniga Road between North College Avenue and Blondel Street as part of the City’s
2017/2018 Budgeting for Outcomes (BFO) process.
The Suniga Road Improvements Project was initiated in 2017; a result of receiving community support and funds
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
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roadway network. Improvements will include:
Raised, protected bike lanes
Pedestrian facilities
Landscaped parkways
Two lanes of travel in both directions
Raised, landscaped medians
Utility infrastructure improvements
The project’s approved funding scenario identified Transportation Reserves, Utilities, and Transportation Capital
Expansion Fee (TCEF) funds to design and construct the improvements. The total project budget is $3.7M, and
$2.2M has been funded by the 2017/2018 Budgeting for Outcomes (BFO) process and utility funding. Although
approved during the 2017/2018 BFO cycle, staff waited to appropriate the needed TCEF funding until the final
design and final construction estimate were complete. 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.
Construction is planned to be completed in 2018.
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 $14,774. This item will transfer $11,524 of the TCEF appropriations to the Art in
Public Places Program. Staff has identified the Transportation Reserves as a means to provide the additional
$3,250 needed to provide long-term maintenance for the art.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
This action will appropriate $1,477,370 into the Capital Projects Fund-Suniga Road Improvements Project. In
addition, $14,774 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
Funds to be Appropriated with this Action
Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Funds $1,474,120
Transportation Reserves $3,250
Total Funds to be Appropriated with this Action $1,477,370
Total Current Project Budget $3,677,370
Transfer to Art in Public Places $14,774
BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
Staff presented project updates to the Bicycle Advisory Committee in November 2017. (Attachment 2)
Staff also presented a project update to the Transportation Board in January 2018 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.
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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 or 2017. Staff has
also been in contact with the North Fort Collins Business Association, providing a project update at its March
2018 meeting.
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)
2. Bycicle Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes, November 27, 2017 (PDF)
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ORDINANCE NO. 079, 2018
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE TRANSPORTATION
CAPITAL EXPANSION FEE FUND AND THE TRANSPORTATION FUND
AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE
TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL EXPANSION FEE FUND AND THE
TRANSPORTATION FUND INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUND FOR THE
SUNIGA ROAD IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT AND TRANSFERRING
APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUND TO THE CULTURAL
SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND FOR THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City Engineering Department initiated the Suniga Road Improvements
Project in 2017 to create a new arterial roadway between College Avenue and Blondel Street, with
such improvements to include construction of a complete arterial street that will include raised
protected bike lines, pedestrian facilities, landscaped parkways, two lanes of travel in both
directions, raised landscaped medians and utility infrastructure improvements (the “Project”); and
WHEREAS, the Project’s approved funding scenario identified Transportation Reserves,
Utilities and Transportation Capital Expansion Fee (TCEF) funds to design and construct the
improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Project’s total budget is $3.7 million, of which $2.2 million has been
funded by the 2017/2018 Budgeting for Outcomes (BFO) process and utility funding; and
WHEREAS, now that final design and construction estimates are complete, Council wishes
to appropriate an additional $1,477,370 from the Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Funds and
Transportation Reserves to the Project, which will make a total Project Budget of $3,677,370, with
$14,774 of this appropriation going to the Arts in Public Places Program; 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; 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 these appropriations are available and previously unappropriated from the
Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Fund and the Transportation Fund, as applicable, and will
not cause the total amount appropriated in the Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Fund and the
Transportation Fund, as applicable, to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received in these funds during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
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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
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 reserves in the
Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Fund for transfer to the Capital Projects Fund the sum of
ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED
TWENTY DOLLARS ($1,474,120) for the Suniga Road Improvements Project and appropriated
therein.
Section 3. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from reserves in the
Transportation Fund for transfer to the Capital Projects Fund the sum of THREE THOUSAND
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($3,250) for the Suniga Road Improvements Project and
appropriated therein.
Section 4. That the unexpended appropriated amount of ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($11,524) in the Capital Projects Fund - Suniga Road
Improvements Project is authorized for transfer to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and
appropriated therein for Art in Public Places projects.
Section 5. That the unexpended appropriated amount of THREE THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($3,250) in the Capital Projects Fund - Suniga Road
Improvements 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.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 19th day of
June, A.D. 2018, and to be presented for final passage on the 3rd day of July, A.D. 2018.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 3rd day of July, A.D. 2018.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk