HomeMy WebLinkAbout088 - 07/18/2023 - MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS OF UNANTICIPATED REVENUE FOR THE SIPHON OVERPASS PROJECTORDINANCE NO.088,2023
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS OF UNANTICIPATED
REVENUE FOR THE SJPHON OVERPASS PROJECT
WHEREAS,the Power Trail is a frequently used north-south multi-use recreational and
commuter connection that connects the Spring Creek Trail at its northern end and the Fossil Creek
Trail at its southern end;and
WHEREAS,the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR)tracks parallel the Power Trail;and
WHEREAS,the only current designated railroad crossings for trail users south of Harmony
Road and east of the tracks wishing to access the Power Trail are at Harmony Road or at Trilby
Road,with no other designated crossings between the Harmony or Trilby roadway crossings;and
WHEREAS,evidence shows trail users crossing the railroad tracks at unauthorized
locations between Harmony Road and Trilby Road;and
WHEREAS,the need for a grade separated crossing between Harmony Road and Trilby
Road becomes amplified as development continues around this area;and
WHEREAS,the Siphon Overpass Project (the “Project”)has been developed to address
these safety concerns and provide another designated railroad crossing;and
WHEREAS,the Project’s proposed improvements will construct a trail overpass spanning
the UPRR tracks near the southeast corner of the Willow Springs neighborhood to provide a safe
and designated connection to the Power Trail for trail users south of Harmony Road and east of
the UPRR tracks;and
WHEREAS,the Project design will be context sensitive to the existing natural
environment,concurrently performing environmental investigations and reviews associated with
the use of federal funds,and will complement anticipated trail improvements along Mail Creek
and at Timberline Road;and
WHEREAS,Project design and right-of way acquisition are currently underway,and
construction is anticipated to begin in 2023;and
WHEREAS,in 2020,2021,and 2022,the City appropriated Community Capital
Improvement Program and Multimodal Option Funds (MMOF)funding amounts totaling
$4,505,050 for the design,right-of-way acquisition,and construction of the Project;and
WHEREAS,the City was awarded $554,569 in MMOF and $195,431 in Carbon Reduction
Program (CRP)funds by the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization and the
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT),also for the design,right-of-way acquisition,and
construction of the Project,because the Project improves multimodal connectivity and also
provides a safe route to nearby neighborhood schools;and
WHEREAS,the MMOF and CRP grant funding requires the City to provide local matching
funds totaling $595,194,which will be provided from funds previously appropriated for this
Project;and
WHEREAS,this appropriation benefits public health,safety and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of improving transportation and safety infrastructure
within the City;and
WHEREAS,the funds appropriated in this Ordinance for the Siphon Overpass Project are
ineligible for use in the Art in Public Places Program due to restrictions placed on them by the
MMOF grant and the CRP 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 appropriations described herein and
determined that these appropriations are 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 11 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds for a capital project that such appropriation
shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made,but continue until
the completion of the capital project;and
WHEREAS,the City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the MMOF
grant administered by CDOT 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 the grant;and
WHEREAS,the City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the CRP
grant administered by CDOT 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 the grant;and
WHEREAS,the City Council wishes to designate the appropriations herein for the Project
as appropriations that shall not lapse at the end of this fiscal year but shall continue until the
completion of the Project.
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.
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Section 2.That there is hereby appropriated from new revenue or other funds from the
MMOF grant in the Capital Projects Fund the sum of FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE DOLLARS ($554,569)to be expended in the
Capital Projects Fund for the Project.
Section 3.That there is hereby appropriated from new revenue or other funds from the
CRP grant in the Capital Projects Fund the sum of ONE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND
FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE DOLLARS ($195,431)to be expended in the Capital Projects
Fund for the Project.
Section 4.That the appropriation herein from the MMOF grant is hereby designated,
as authorized in Article V,Section 11 of the City Charter,as an appropriation that shall not lapse
at the end of this fiscal year but shall continue until the earlier of the expiration of the grant or the
City’s expenditure of all funds received from the grant.
Section 6.That the appropriations herein for the Project are hereby
authorized in Article V,Section 11 of the City Charter,as appropriations that shall
end of this fiscal year but shall continue until the completion of the Project.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 20th day of
June,2023,and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of Ju 023.1.
ATTEST:
Deputy City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final rea”.Ta~
Section 5.
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the end of this fiscal
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That the appropriation herein from the CRP grant is hereby designated,as
V,Section 11 of the City Charter,as an appropriation that shall not lapse at
year but shall continue until the earlier of the expiration of the grant or the
all funds received from the grant.
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ATTEST:
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Deputy City Clerk