HomeMy WebLinkAbout039 - 03/16/2021 - MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES FOR THE SOUTH TIMBERLINE RO ORDINANCE NO. 039, 2021
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR
RESERVES FOR THE SOUTH TIMBERLINE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT-
STETSON CREEK ROAD TO TRILBY ROAD AND RELATED ART IN PUBLIC PLACES
WHEREAS, Timberline Road is a major thoroughfare for Fort Collins residents, serving
as a regional connection for Northern Colorado Communities; and
WHEREAS, significant development has taken place in this area over the last decade,
and the existing two-lane road infrastructure has reached capacity causing significant congestion
and the need to enhance vehicular safety; and
WHEREAS, Timberline Road is identified as a four-lane arterial road on the City's
Master Street Plan; and
WHEREAS, infrastructure improvements included in widening Timberline Road to four
lanes between Stetson Creek Road and Trilby Road also include addition of a median, sidewalks,
and scheduled bicycle facilities (the "Project"), all of which will improve the overall safety,
capacity, and mobility in the Project area; and
WHEREAS, on March 2, 2021, City Council adopted Resolution 2021-026 approving an
Intergovernmental Agreement ("IGA") between the City and the Colorado Department of
Transportation ("CDOT") under which CDOT will provide $2,694,602 in Surface Transportation
Block Grant(STBG) funds for the completion of the Project; and
WHEREAS, additional funds(a total of$1,861,940) are also appropriated and transferred
as set forth below for required local matching funds and Art in Public Places (APP) contributions
related to the Project; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the residents
of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of constructing public infrastructure to improve the
overall safety, capacity, and mobility in the Project area; and
WHEREAS, this project involves construction estimated to cost more than $250,000, and
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; and
WHEREAS, a portion of the Project funds (the STBG funding) is ineligible for APP
funding, as Section 23-304 of the City Code otherwise requires, due to grant restriction on the
use of the funds; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon
recommendation of the City Manager, 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
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WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and
determined that these appropriations are available and previously unappropriated from the
Capital Projects Fund and the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund, as applicable, and will not
cause the total amount appropriated in the Capital Projects Fund or the Cultural Services and
Facilities Fund, as applicable, to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to
be received in these funds during this fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon the
recommendation of the City Manager, 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 Services Fund, as applicable,
and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Transportation Capital Expansion Fee
Fund or the Transportation Services Fund, as applicable, to exceed the current estimate of actual
and anticipated revenues to be received in these funds during this fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council, upon
recommendation by the City Manager, 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, the City Manager has recommended the transfer of$18,435 from the Capital
Projects Fund to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and determined that the purpose for
which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged.
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 from unanticipated grant revenue in the
Capital ' Projects Fund the sum of TWO MILLION SIX HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR
THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWO DOLLARS ($2,694,602) for expenditure from the Capital
Projects Fund for the South Timberline Road Improvements Project - Stetson Creek Road to
Trilby Road.
Section 3. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the
Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Fund the sum of ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED
FIFTY-SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($1,857,884)
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for expenditure from the Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Fund for transfer to the Capital
Projects Fund for the South Timberline Road Improvements Project - Stetson Creek Road to
Trilby Road and appropriated therein.
Section 4. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the
Transportation Services Fund the sum of FOUR THOUSAND FIFTY-SIX DOLLARS ($4,056)
for expenditure from the Transportation Services Fund for transfer to the Capital Projects Fund
for the South Timberline Road Improvements Project - Stetson Creek Road to Trilby Road and
appropriated therein.
Section 5. That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of
FOURTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE DOLLARS ($14,379) in the
Capital Projects Fund is hereby authorized for transfer to the Cultural Services and Facilities
Fund and appropriated therein for the Art in Public Places Program art projects.
Section 6. That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of THREE
THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN DOLLARS ($3,687) 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 operation costs.
Section 7. That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of THREE
HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE DOLLARS ($369) 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 costs.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of
March, A.D. 2021, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of March, A.D. 2021.
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