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HomeMy WebLinkAbout131 - 12/02/2008 - APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE HARMONY AND ZIEGLER ROADS IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT ORDINANCE NO. 131, 2008 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE HARMONY AND ZIEGLER ROADS IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT WHEREAS,extensive roadway improvements to both Harmony Road and Ziegler Road were required to support the anticipated increase in traffic volumes to the City's roadway network surrounding the site of the Front Range Village Retail Center("Front Range Village"); and WHEREAS,the scope of the arterial street improvements(the"Project")included widening Harmony Road to a six-lane arterial from Timberline Road to Ziegler Road, including the construction of a new signalized intersection at Harmony Road and Corbett Drive; improving the intersection of Ziegler Road and Harmony Road; widening Ziegler Road to a four-lane arterial between Harmony Road and Horsetooth Road; improving the Ziegler Road and Horsetooth Road intersection; and constructing the Ziegler Road and Horsetooth Road roundabout; and WHEREAS,the estimated cost of the Project surrounding the area of the Front Range Village was $5,672,500 and the following funding sources were appropriated: Street Oversizing Fund $2,050,000 Transportation Services Fund-Reserve for Harmony Road Maintenance $ 750,000 Developer Right of Way Acquisition $ 172,500 Developer Contribution in Aid of Construction $2,700,000 Total $5,672,500 WHEREAS, the Project is now complete and various additional funds were contributed to the Project that must be appropriated to fund unanticipated expenses in the Project; and WHEREAS,The Pads at Harmony,another development in the area,began construction at the same time as the Front Range Village and its improvements were constructed in conjunction with the Front Range Village improvements; and WHEREAS, the developer of The Pads at Harmony has paid the City$53,486 for its local street obligation and the Street Oversizing portion for those improvements is $140,753; and WHEREAS,the cost of upgradingthe intersection of Harmony and Ziegler Roads to concrete paving was estimated to be $750,000, which was contributed by the Transportation Services Fund prior year reserves for Harmony Road Maintenance, while the actual cost was $854,136, so that an additional $104,136 should be transferred from the Harmony Road Maintenance Reserve to the Project for appropriation; and WHEREAS,during the Project,the City's landscaping contractor was unable to perform and an alternate contractor was hired to finish the uncompleted work; and WHEREAS,the new landscape contract cost$45,160 more thanthe original contract and this amount will be funded from existing appropriations in the Street Oversizing Fund; and WHEREAS, the final overlay and re-striping to six lanes was performed by the City's Pavement Management Program in conjunction with other arterial maintenance overlays in the area and the development portion, in the amount of $225,000, will be transferred to the Pavement Management Program from Street Oversizing Fund prior year reserves; and WHEREAS,the Project has received and appropriated funds for sidewalk improvements on Harmony Road adjacent to Hewlett Packard and Avago in the amount of$67,786 and using the contractor working on the Drake and Ziegler Realignment Project will result in sufficient cost savings that staff recommends transferring $67,786 from the Harmony and Ziegler Roads Improvement Project to the Drake and Ziegler Realignment Project; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City Charter (the "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 and the Transportation Services Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during the fiscal year; and WHEREAS,Article V,Section 9,of the Charter also permits the City Council to appropriate by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as may be available from reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were not previously appropriated; and WHEREAS,Article V, Section 10,of the Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof from one fund to another fund, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the Street Oversizing Fund the sum of FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX DOLLARS ($53,486) for transfer to the Capital Projects Fund - Harmony and Ziegler Roads Improvement project and appropriated for expenditure therein for street improvements. -2- Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Transportation Services Fund,the sum of ONE HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX DOLLARS($104,136)for transfer to the Capital Projects Fund-Harmony and Ziegler Roads Improvement project and appropriated for expenditure therein for street improvements. Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY- FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTEEN DOLLARS($185,913)is hereby authorized for transfer from the Street Oversizing Fund to the Capital Projects Fund-Harmony and Ziegler Roads Improvement project. Section 4. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Street Oversizing Fund, the sum of TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($225,000)for transfer to the Transportation Services Fund and appropriated for expenditure therein for the Pavement Management Program. Section 5. The unexpended appropriated amount of SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX DOLLARS($67,786)is hereby authorized for transfer from the Capital Projects Fund - Harmony and Ziegler Roads Improvement Project to the Capital Projects Fund - Drake and Ziegler Road Realignment Project and appropriated therein. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21st day of October,A.D. 2008,and to be presented for final passage on th day of December,A.D. 2008. May r ATTEST: 0�_Iv City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 2nd day o e mber, A.D. 2008. � � Oro May, r ATTEST: i V City Clerk -3-