HomeMy WebLinkAbout046 - 04/01/2025 - MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION AND MITIGATIONS OPTIONS FUND GRANTORDINANCE NO.046,2025
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION AND MITIGATIONS
OPTIONS FUND GRANT REVENUE FOR THE FOOTHILLS
TRANSIT STATION PROJECT
A.The Foothills Transit Station and Roundabout project (the “Project”),at the
intersection of Overland Trail and West Elizabeth Street adjacent to Colorado State
University’s Foothills Campus,will serve as the western terminus for multiple local and
regional routes as well as the future West Elizabeth Bus Rapid Transit (“BRT”)line.
B.The Project will also serve as a mobility hub with bicycle parking,
opportunities for bike and scooter shares,micro-transit pick-ups and drop-offs,and
nearby parking for commuters.
C.Implementation of the Project prior to the full build out of the West Elizabeth
Corridor will allow Transfort to optimize and realign several existing routes in the West
Elizabeth Corridor to better serve the community.
D.The North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization (“NFRMPO”)
awarded Transfort $317,669 in Fiscal Years 2025 and 2026 Multimodal Transportation
and Mitigation Options Fund (“FY251FY26 MMOF”)grant funding,which grant is managed
by the Colorado Department of Transportation (“CDOT”),to be used toward construction
work for the Project,including design,electrical,and right-of-way acquisition costs and
related expenses.
E.Transfort was previously awarded a Fiscal Year 2023 Rebuilding American
Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (“FY23 RAISE”)grant ($10.7M)for
construction of the Project,which award requires a local match in excess of $2.2M.The
FY23 RAISE grant was previously appropriated as part of the City’s 2025 through 2026
Budgeting for Outcomes Process.
F.The City will utilize the FY25/FY26 MMOF grant to provide for a portion of
the local match for the FY23 RAISE grant.
G.This appropriation benefits public health,safety,and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and the traveling public and serves the public purpose by
improving multimodal transportation infrastructure,safety,and accessibility within the
City,as well as adding the potential for improved transit services throughout the entire
West Elizabeth Corridor.
H.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
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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.
The City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein
and determined that the funds to be appropriated are available and previously
unappropriated from the Transit Services Fund and that this appropriation will not cause
the total amount appropriated in the Transit Services 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.
J.All of the funds appropriated in this Ordinance for the Project are ineligible
for use in the Art in Public Places Program due to restrictions placed on them by the
CDOT,the source of these funds.
K.Article V,Section 11 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.
L.The City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the
Colorado Department of Transportation MMOF Grants as an appropriation that shall not
lapse the earlier of the expiration of the grant or the City’s expenditure of all funds received
from such grant.
In light of the foregoing recitals,which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1.There is hereby appropriated from new revenue or other funds in the
Transit Services Fund the sum of THREE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND SIX
HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE DOLLARS ($317,669)to be expended in the Transit Services
Fund for the Foothills Transit Station Project.
Section 2.The appropriation herein for the Colorado Department of
Transportation 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 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 irs rea ing on March 18,2025,and approved
on second reading for final passage on April 1,2025.
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Effective Date:April 11,2025
Approving Attorney:Madelene Shehan