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RESOLUTION 2001-110
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH
THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR
PARTIAL CONSTRUCTION FUNDING OF THE MULBERRY STREET
BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE PROJECT
WHEREAS,pursuant to the Transportation Equity Act of the 21 st Century of 1998, certain
funds have been allocated for highway projects, under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
(CMAQ)program,that have been proposed by the Colorado Department of Transportation(CDOT)
and approved by the Federal Highway Administration; and
WHEREAS, certain CMAQ Project funds are made available only for eligible "congestion
mitigation and air quality improvement" and those activities are defined in §23 U.S.C. 101(a); and
WHEREAS, the City has requested of CDOT that the Mulberry Street Bicycle/Pedestrian
Bridge Project across the Poudre River on the south side of Mulberry Street (State Highway 14)
completing the bicycle/pedestrian connection from Riverside Avenue to Lemay Avenue (the
"Project") be funded in part under the CMAQ program, as a congestion mitigation and air quality
activity; and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost to design and construct the Project is $998,007; and
WHEREAS,additional appropriations,totaling$385,730 are neededto completethe Project;
and
WHEREAS,CDOT has made available to the City,CMAQ funds in the amount of$173,859,
to be used for completion of the Project; and
WHEREAS, necessary local matching funds associated with the CDOT contract, totaling
$36,141, have been identified, and are available in the form of prior years reserves in the
Transportation Services Fund; and
WHEREAS,the remaining appropriations needed to construct the Project,totaling$175,730,
will also come from prior year reserves in the Transportation Services Fund; and
WHEREAS, CDOT has presented to the City for execution a congestion mitigation and air
quality contract for the purpose of providing additional funding for the Project in the amount of
$210,000 to be funded with federal participating funds in the amount of$173,859 and with City
participating funds in the amount of$36,141; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City that the
proposed congestion mitigation and air quality contract as above-described be entered into between
the City and CDOT.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the Mayor be, and hereby is, authorized to execute a congestion mitigation and air
quality contract between the City and the Colorado Department of Transportation for the purpose
of providing additional funding for the construction of the Project, with said contract to provide
federal participating funds in the sum of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE THOUSAND
EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE DOLLARS ($173,859) and City participating funds in the sum
of THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE DOLLARS ($36,141) for a total
amount of TWO HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($210,000).
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 18th day of September,
A.D. 2001.
Mayor
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City Clerk