HomeMy WebLinkAbout051 - 04/18/2023 - MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CARPENTER AND TIMBERLINE INTERSECTION PROJECTORDINANCE NO.051,2023
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CARPENTER AND
TIMBERLINE INTERSECTION PROJECT
WHEREAS,the intersection of Carpenter Road and Timberline Road has significant
congestion for westbound Carpenter Road turning onto northbound Timberline Road,often
causing traffic to back up westbound more than haifa mile;and
WHEREAS,the westbound right turn auxiliary lane on Carpenter Road creates significant
conflicts and crash problems particularly during the congested time periods,with a majority of the
reported accidents being rear end crashes that occur when traffic is backed up;and
WHEREAS,the Carpenter and Timberline Intersection Project (the Project)has been
developed to address these safety concerns and eliminate most of the conflicts presented by this
intersection that result in crashes;and
WHEREAS,the Project’s proposed improvements will lengthen the westbound right turn
lane on Carpenter Road from one hundred fifty feet to more than five hundred feet;and
WHEREAS,the turn lane modification will create more space for cars queuing for the
relatively heavy right turn movement and overall congestion,thereby mitigating the related rear
end crashes;and
WHEREAS,in 2020,the City was awarded fiscal year 2023 Highway Safety improvement
Program (HSIP)grant funds through the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization
(NFRMPO)and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)for the design,right-of-way
acquisition,and construction of the Project;and
WHEREAS,the HSIP grant funds for the Project are to be administered by CDOT with
project delivery oversight pursuant to an intergovernmental Agreement (IGA)with CDOT that
requires a ninety percent to ten percent federal to local funding split;and
WHEREAS,the funding split for this award is $626,657 in federal funds and $69,628 in
local funds;and
WHEREAS,CDOT HISP State funds will fulfill the City’s local funding match obligation
for this HSIP award,because Carpenter Road is on the State highway system;and
WHEREAS,the total amount of funds associated with this Project is $696,285.00,
composed of federal HSIP funds of $626,657,CDOT HSIP funds of $69,628 and City funds of
$0;and
WHEREAS,the purpose of this Ordinance is to enable the City to receive and expend the
$696,285 in grant funds available and to appropriate those funds;and
WHEREAS,this appropriation benefits public health,safety and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of improving transportation infrastructure within the
City;and
WHEREAS,the funds appropriated in this Ordinance for the Carpenter and Timberline
Intersection Project are ineligible for use in the APP Program due to restrictions placed on them
by the HSIP grant administered by CDOT;and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council,upon
recommendation of the City Manager,to make a supplemental appropriation by ordinance at any
time during the fiscal year,provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriation,in
combination with all previous appropriations for that fiscal year,do not exceed the current estimate
of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received during the 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 Capital
Projects Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Capital Projects Fund to
exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received
in this Fund during this fiscal year;and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section II of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds for a federal,state or private grant or
donation,that such appropriation shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year in which the
appropriation is made,but continue until the earlier of the expiration of the federal,state or private
grant or donation or the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such grant or donation;and
WHEREAS,the City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein from the HSIP
grant as an appropriation that shall not lapse until the earlier of the expiration of the grant or the
City’s expenditure of all funds received from such grant.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CJTY 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 new revenue or other funds from the
Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)grant in the Capital Projects Fund the sum of SIX
HUNDRED NINETY-SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS
($696,285)to be expended in the Capital Projects Fund for the Carpenter and Timberline
Intersection project.
Section 3.That the appropriation herein from the HSIP grant is hereby designated,as
authorized in Article V,Section II of the City Charter,as an appropriation that shall not lapse at
the end of this fiscal year but continue until the earlier of the expiration of the grant or the City’s
expenditure of all funds received from such grant.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading,and ordered published this 4th day of
April,2023,and to be
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on the 18th day of Api
Passed and adopted on final reading this 18th day
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