HomeMy WebLinkAbout040 - 04/18/2017 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE FROM THE NORTH FRONT RANGE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZAT (2)ORDINANCE NO. 040, 2017
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE FROM THE
NORTH FRONT RANGE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION
AND THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN
THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND FOR THE HORSETOOTH ROAD AND
COLLEGE AVENUE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City Engineering Department completed an Arterial Intersection
Prioritization Study in 2011, which listed the Horsetooth Road and College Avenue intersection
as one of the locations for needed safety and operational improvements; and
WHEREAS, existing problems identified at this intersection include a high number of .
left turn crashes for northbound and southbound traffic and heavy congestion during peak traffic
periods; and
WHEREAS, the City was approved for two federally funded grants, one through the
North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization (NFRMPO), category Surface
Transportation Program (STP-Metro), for operational and safety improvements of $2,368,000;
and the second a Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) grant awarded through the
Colorado Department of Transportation ("CDOT") of $1,000,000, contingent upon the City
entering into an Intergovernmental Agreement ("IGA") with CDOT; and
WHEREAS, the IGA addresses the addition of northbound and southbound dual left turn
lanes, traffic signal improvements, and restriping; and
WHEREAS, local funds of $1,000,000 for this project were previously appropriated in
the 2017-2018 City Budget, including the required funding for the Art in Public Places program;
and
WHEREAS, the IGA requires the City to provide a$603,361 match; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this Ordinance is to appropriate unanticipated grant revenue
for the design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of the Horsetooth. Road and College
Avenue Intersection Improvements Project; and .
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City Charter permits the City Council 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
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of the revenue as described
herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Capital Projects Fund to exceed the
current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during any fiscal
year.
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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 unanticipated grant
revenue in the Capital Projects Fund the sum of THREE MILLION THREE HUNDRED
SIXTY-EIGHT'THOUSAND DOLLARS ($3,368,000) for the Horsetooth Road.and College
Avenue Intersection Improvements Project.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21st day of-
March, A.D. 2017, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of April, A.D. 2017.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 18th day of April, A.D. 2017.
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