HomeMy WebLinkAbout112 - 09/05/2000 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND STATE HIGHWAY 14 AND LEMAY A ORDINANCE NO. 112, 2000
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND STATE HIGHWAY 14
AND LEMAY AVENUE INTERSECTION PROJECT
WHEREAS,the intersection of State Highway 14 and Lemay Avenue has been experiencing
both delay and accident problems which are expected to continue with the construction of the
Mulberry-Lemay Crossings Project; and
WHEREAS,in the fall of 1999,the City applied for and received a grant from the Colorado
Department of Transportation ("CDOT") for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality ("CMAQ")
funds for the purpose of providing an alternative analysis of intersection improvements and
construction of those improvements as determined at State Highway 14 and Lemay Avenue (the
"Project"); and
WHEREAS, on November 2, 1999, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 152, 1999,
appropriating$1,090,000 in CMAQ funds from CDOT and$80,000 from prior year reserves in the
Transportation Services Fund, and authorizing the transfer of $205,721 from the City's Street
Oversizing Fund to the Transportation Services Fund to be used for the Project; and
WHEREAS,to date,a total of$314,860 has been spent on the Project,evaluating a four-lane
and six-lane Mulberry Street cross-section as well as a modern roundabout design, using level of
service, air quality, cost benefit, safety, and environmental and social impacts as the evaluation
criteria; and
WHEREAS, based upon the aforementioned evaluation, staff recommended the modern
roundabout design as the best alternative to pursue; and
WHEREAS,on January 18,2000,City Council adopted Resolution 2000-21,requesting that
CDOT approve the modern roundabout design alternative for the Project; and
WHEREAS, on June 9, 2000, CDOT gave its approval of the modern roundabout upon
entering into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City regarding the operation and maintenance
of the Project; and
WHEREAS, the total cost to construct the Project, including the amount already spent for
analysis and determination of the appropriate intersection improvements,is estimated at$2,375,721;
and
WHEREAS,the balance of the funds needed,totaling$1,184,565.26,will be contributed by
the Developer of the Mulberry-Lemay Crossings Project, representing the amount of contribution
required by the developer for improvements to the Lemay Avenue and Mulberry Street (Highway
14) intersection; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins 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 then current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during the fiscal year.
WHEREAS,it is the desire of the Council to appropriate from unanticipated revenue in the
Transportation Services Fund State Highway 14 and Lemay Avenue Intersection project, the sum
of$1,184,565.26 in the form of a contribution from the Developer of the Mulberry-Lemay Crossings
Project, contingent upon the adoption of Resolution 2000-108, authorizing the City enter into an
Intergovernmental Agreement with CDOT regarding the responsibilities for the roundabout at the
intersection of State Highway 14 and Lemay Avenue.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in the
Transportation Services Fund State Highway 14 and Lemay Avenue Intersection project, the sum
of ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-
FIVE DOLLARS AND TWENTY-SIX CENTS ($1,184,565.26),upon receipt from the Developer
of the Mulberry-Lemay Crossings Project to be used to construct improvements associated with the
roundabout for the State Highway 14 and Lemay Avenue Intersection project.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 15th day of
August, A.D. 2000, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th day of September, A.D. 2000.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 19th day of September, A.D. 2000.
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ATTEST:
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City Clerk