HomeMy WebLinkAbout033 - 04/05/2022 - AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ART IN PUBLIC PLACES FOR INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS ON U.ORDINANCE NO. 033, 2022
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ART IN PUBLIC PLACES FOR
INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS ON U.S. ROUTE 287 (COLLEGE AVENUE)
WHEREAS, U.S. Route 287 (College Avenue) is a major throughfare for Fort Collins
residents and serves as a regional connection for Northern Colorado communities; and
'WHEREAS, traffic poles and signals require improvements at three intersections in the
City along US 287 at (1) Columbia Road and South College Avenue, (2) Pitkin Street and South
College Avenue, and (3) Harvard Street and South College Avenue; and
WHEREAS, plans have been developed to make such improvements at these three
intersections on US 287 to increase travel reliability and flow of commuter traffic (hereafter
referred to as the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the plans for the Project include replacing and relocating traffic poles,
relocating traffic signals to optimize visibility, and evaluating and improving pedestrian crossings
at these intersections; and
WHEREAS, the Project will promote increased safety and traffic efficiency at these
intersections, and should have the result of reducing idle time as well as unwanted emissions; and
WHEREAS, the City was awarded Federal Highway Administration Surface
Transportation Block Grant funds of $876,816 by the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning
Organization for the Project; and
WHEREAS, these grant funds for the Project are to be administered by the Colorado
Department of Transportation ("CDOT") pursuant to an Intergovernmental Agreement ("IGA")
with CDOT requiring local match funds of $182,268; and
WHEREAS, in the City's 2021 Budget, $92,795 was allocated to this Project from the
Transportation Capital Expansion Fee ("TCEF") reserves, and $205 was allocated to this project
from the Transportation Services Fund Reserves; and
WHEREAS, $89,268 was previously allocated to this Project in the 2020 Budget from
Community Capital Improvement Program ("CCIP") Arterial Intersection Funds; and
WHEREAS, City Code Section 23-304 addresses Art in Public Places (hereafter, "APP"),
requiring that 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; and
WHEREAS, this Project involves construction estimated to cost more than $250,000 and,
as such, City Code Section 23-304 requires one percent of the qualified appropriations to be
transferred to the Cultural Services & Facilities Fund for a contribution to the APP program; and
WHEREAS, the total local match required pursuant to the IGA with CDOT is $182,268,
and one percent of this value is $1,823, and the purpose of this Ordinance is to authorize transfers
of $1,823 from previously appropriated CCIP funds to satisfy the APP requirement; and
WHEREAS, the remainder of the Project funding is ineligible for public art purposes, as
City Code Section 23-304 otherwise requires, due to restriction on the use of the funds; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits the public health, safety, and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of improving transportation infrastructure
within the City; 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 Interim City Manager has recommended the transfer of $1,823 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 the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of ONE
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO DOLLARS ($1,422) in the Capital Projects
Fund is hereby authorized for transfer to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and appropriated
and expended therein to fund art projects under the APP Program.
Section 3. That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of THREE
HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($365) in the Capital Projects Fund is authorized for
transfer to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and appropriated and expended therein for the
operation costs of the APP Program.
Section 4. That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of THIRTY-
SIX DOLLARS ($36) in the Capital Projects Fund is authorized for transfer to the Cultural
Services and Facilities Fund and appropriated and expended therein for the maintenance costs of
the APP Program.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1 st day of
March, A.D. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on the 5th day of April, A.D. 2022.
�or
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 5th day of April, A.D. 2022.
Fogr
SEAL
ATTEST:
City
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