HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-032-04/04/2023-AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND THERESOLUTION 2023-032
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND THE
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE
CARPENTER AND TIMBERLINE INTERSECTION PROJECT
WHEREAS,the intersection of Carpenter Road and Timberline Road has significant
congestion for westbound Carpenter Road turning onto northbound Timberline Road,often
causing traffic to back up westbound more than half a mile;and
WHEREAS,the westbound right turn auxiliary lane on Carpenter Road creates significant
conflicts and crash problems particularly during the congested time periods,with a majority of the
reported accidents being rear end crashes that occur when traffic is backed up;and
WHEREAS,the Carpenter and Timberline Intersection Project (the Project)has been
developed to address these safety concerns and eliminate most of the conflicts presented by this
intersection that result in crashes;and
WHEREAS,the Project’s proposed improvements will lengthen the westbound right turn
lane on Carpenter Road from one hundred fifty feet to more than five hundred feet;and
WHEREAS,the turn lane modification will create more space for cars queuing for the
relatively heavy right turn movement and overall congestion,thereby mitigating the related rear
end crashes;and
WHEREAS,in 2020,the City was awarded fiscal year 2023 Highway Safety Improvement
Program (HSIP)grant funds through the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization
(NFRMPO)and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)for the design,right-of-way
acquisition,and construction of the Project;and
WHEREAS,the HSIP grant funding became available to the City in the State fiscal year
2023,which began July 2022,and which funding involves a ninety percent to ten percent federal
to local funding split;and
WHEREAS,the funding split for this award is $626,657 in federal funds and $69,628 in
local funds;and
WHEREAS,CDOT HISP State funds will fulfill the City’s local funding match obligation
for this HSIP award,because Carpenter Road is on the State highway system;and
WHEREAS,the total amount of funds associated with this Project is $696,285.00,
composed of federal HSIP funds of $626,657,CDOT HSIP funds of $69,628 and City funds of
$0;and
WHEREAS,CDOT has proposed an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA)between CDOT
and the City that outlines the terms and conditions of the use of the HSIP grant funds;and
WHEREAS,Colorado Revised Statutes Section 29-1-203 provides that governments may
cooperate or contract with one another to provide certain services or facilities when the 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,City Charter Article II,Section 16 empowers the City Council,by ordinance
or 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,Municipal Code Section 1-22 requires the City Council to approve
intergovernmental agreements that require the City to make a direct,monetary payment over
$50,000,and the proposed IGA involves total project funding in the amount of $696,285 and
requires local matching funds in the amount of $69,628 that CDOT HSIP will cover for the City;
and
WHEREAS,the City Council has determined that the Project and the HSIP grant funding
are in the best interests of the City and that the Mayor be authorized to execute the IGA between
the City and CDOT in support thereof.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1.That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2.That City Council authorizes the Mayor to execute,on behalf of the City,
the Intergovernmental Agreement with the Colorado Department of Transportation,in
substantially the form attached hereto as “Exhibit A,”with additional or modified terms and
conditions 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 of this Resolution.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of -~rt Collins this 4th
day of April,2023.
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