HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-051-05/04/2021-AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF RESOLUTION 2021-051
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND LARIMER COUNTY FOR THE
STATE HIGHWAY 1 / DOUGLAS ROAD SIGNAL PROJECT
WHEREAS,the Colorado Department of Transportation("CDOT")awarded the County a
Federal Highway Safety Improvement Program ("HISP") grant in the amount of a total project
cost up to $550,000 for the State Highway 1 /Douglas Road Signalization Project (the"Project");
and
WHEREAS, the City and County entered into the original Intergovernmental Agreement
on May 7, 2019 (the"IGA")in which the County would design and coordinate the Project and the
City would construct the Project, and be reimbursed by the County from Federal and State grant
funds (collectively the "Grant Funds"); and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins and Larimer County wish to enter into a First
Amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement for the State Highway 1 ! Douglas Road Signal
Project substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference
("First Amendment to the IGA") to allocate the remaining Grant Funds currently budgeted and
appropriated in the amount of$437,376("Remaining Grant Funds")to fund the City's construction
of the signal and related improvements as set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, Article II, Section 16 of the City of Fort Collins Charter empowers the City
Council, by ordinance and resolution, to enter into contracts with governmental bodies to furnish
governmental services and make charges for such services, or enter into cooperative or joint
activities with other governmental bodies; and
WHEREAS, Section 29-1-203 of the Colorado Revised Statutes and Article XIV, Section
18 of the Colorado Constitution provides that governments may cooperate or contract with one
another to provide certain services or facilities when such cooperation or contracts are authorized
by each party thereto with the approval of its legislative body or other authority having the power
to so approve; and
WHEREAS,under Section 1-22 of the City Code,intergovernmental agreements and other
cooperative arrangements between the City and other governmental entities are to be submitted to
the City Council for review, unless they fit within one of the exceptions that permit execution by
the City Manager.
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the First Amendment to the IGA is in
the best interests of the City and its residents.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
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Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes any and all determinations and findings
contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That, subject to adoption of Ordinance No. 066 appropriating the
Remaining Grant Funds for the Project, the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute the First
Amendment to the IGA substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "A," with such
modifications and additions as the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney,
determines to be necessary and appropriate to protect the interests of the City or effectuate the
purposes set forth herein and not otherwise inconsistent with this Resolution.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this ath
day of May, A.D. 2021.
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