HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 04/16/2019 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 061, 2019, MAKING AAgenda Item 13
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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. 061, 2019, Making Appropriations and Authorizing Transfers of Appropriations
for the Willow Street Improvements Project and Related Art in Public Places.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appropriate $435,000 of Downtown Development Authority (DDA) funds, $40,364
of Transportation Capital Expansion Fee (TCEF) funds, and $4,439 of Transportation Reserves into the Capital
Project Fund for the Willow Street Improvements Project. In addition, this item will authorize the transfer of
$4,755, from the Capital Project Fund to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for Art in Public Places.
This project will design and construct roadway and urban design improvements along Willow Street between
North College Avenue and Linden Street, including a pedestrian plaza at the northern corner of Willow Street
and Linden Street. The overall project budget is $4.3 million, and construction is scheduled to begin in the
summer 2019. This project was approved through the Community Capital Improvements Program (CCIP) tax
initiative.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The Downtown River District (River District) encompasses an area bordered by Jefferson Street to the west,
North College Avenue to the southwest, Lincoln Street to the southeast, and the Poudre River to the northeast.
The River District can be described as the historic center of Fort Collins, with the original Fort Collins military
post established near Linden Street and Willow Street in 1864. At the same time, the River District serves as a
culturally significant link to Old Town and the Poudre River for various housing, retail, and mixed-use
developments.
In 2009, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) awarded the City federal funds to design, acquire
rights-of-way, and possibly construct improvements along Jefferson Street between North College Avenue and
the Jefferson Street/Mountain Avenue intersection. Recognizing a partnering opportunity to improve the River
District, the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) allocated an additional $500,000 toward the project. The
DDA funds were specific to the River District and were intended for constructing improvements. The City
completed preliminary engineering plans in 2018, utilizing only $65,000 of the DDA funds.
The City, utilizing $245,000 of new DDA funds, initiated the Willow Street Improvements Project’s conceptual
design phase in 2014. Shortly thereafter, the project was awarded $3,432,000 through the City’s Community
Capital Improvements Program (CCIP) tax initiative. To further support the project, the DDA expressed
interested in repositioning the $435,000 allocated to the Jefferson Street Improvements to the Willow Street
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Improvements. This item will appropriate the previously committed $435,000 of DDA funds to the Willow
Street Improvements Project (the “Developer Contributions”).
Several parcels along Willow Street have either developed or initiated development. Per the Municipal Code,
a Developer is responsible for the local street access frontage adjacent to his or her parcel. If the City has a
planned project which will improve frontages in advance of development, 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 also appropriate $40,364 from Transportation Capital Expansion Fee (TCEF)
Reserves, previously collected from developments within the project limits, as payments in lieu for local street
access frontages.
Staff has nearly completed the design, hired a General Contractor through an alternate project delivery
process, and anticipates construction to begin in summer, 2019. The total project budget is $4.3M; including
the DDA and Developer Contributions to be appropriated as part of this action. Planned improvements
include:
• On-street parking
• Significant urban design, landscaping, and public art improvements
• 10-foot sidewalk
• 5-foot amenity zone dedicated to bike racks, pedestrian scale lighting, and street lights
• Two travel lanes
• Dedicated bike lanes
• Dedicated transit stops
• Pedestrian plaza at the northern corner of Willow Street and Linden Street.
Per City Code Section 24-304, 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 $4,755. This item will transfer $316 of the TCEF appropriations to the Art in
Public Places Program. The additional $4,439 will be funded through Transportation Reserves; providing the
full art contribution of $4,350 for the DDA funds and the remaining contribution of $89 for the TCEF funds.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
This action will appropriate $479,803 into the Capital Projects Fund - Willow Street Improvements Project. In
addition, $4,755 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
Downtown Development Authority Funds $245,000
Developer Contributions $127,985
Community Capital Improvement Program Funds $3,432,000
Total Prior Appropriations $3,804,985
Funds to be Appropriated with this Action
Downtown Development Authority Funds $435,000
Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Funds $40,364
Transportation Reserves $4,439
Total Funds to be Appropriated with this Action $479,803
Total Current Project Budget $4,284,788
Transfer to Art in Public Places $4,755
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BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
Staff presented a project update to the Downtown Development Authority Board on February 14, 2019. As
part of this presentation, staff asked the Board to support a repositioning of available funds into the Willow
Street Improvements Project. Resolution 2019-01 of the Board authorizing the funding reallocation has been
included. (Attachment 2)
Staff has also 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 and open houses to both gather input and present
project updates. Staff regularly attends Downtown River District Business Association meetings to provide
project updates, most recently at its March 2019 meeting. Staff also presented a project update to the
Downtown Business Association at its March 2019 meeting.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Location map (PDF)
2. DDA Resolution 2019-01 (PDF)
WILLOW ST.
LINDEN ST.
LINCOLN AVE.
PINE ST.
CHESTNUT ST.
JEFFERSON ST.
WALNUT ST.
OLD TOWN
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Willow St.
Improvement
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N. COLLEGE AVE.
CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER
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ATTACHMENT 2
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ORDINANCE NO. 061, 2019
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS OF
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE WILLOW STREET IMPROVEMENTS
PROJECT AND RELATED ART IN PUBLIC PLACES
WHEREAS, the City, utilizing Downtown Development Authority (“DDA”) funds,
initiated the Willow Streets Improvement Project’s conceptual design phase in 2014 (the
“Project”); and
WHEREAS, to further support the Project, the DDA wishes to transfer $435,000 in funds
previously allocated to the Jefferson Street Improvements to the Project; and
WHEREAS, several parcels along Willow Street have either developed or initiated
development and the City will collect a payment in lieu from these developments to meet the
development’s local street frontage improvements associated with Willow Street and so this
Ordinance will appropriate $40,364 from Transportation Capital Expansion Fee (“TCEF”)
Reserves, previously collected from developments within the Project limits that were given as
payments in lieu for local street access frontages; and
WHEREAS, this Ordinance also transfers funds 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
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
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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
FORTY THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($40,364) for the Willow
Street 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 FOUR
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE DOLLARS ($4,439) for the Willow Street
Improvements Project and appropriated therein.
Section 4. That the unexpended appropriated amount of FOUR HUNDRED
THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($435,000) of Downtown Development Authority
funds in the Capital Projects Fund is authorized for transfer from the Jefferson Street
Improvements Project to the Willow Street Improvements Project and appropriated therein.
Section 5. That the unexpended appropriated amount of THREE THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED NINE DOLLARS ($3,709) 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 6. That the unexpended appropriated amount of NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-
ONE DOLLARS ($951) 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.
Section 7. That the unexpended appropriated amount of NINETY-FIVE DOLLARS
($95) 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.
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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