HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-049-06/20/2023-AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORARESOLUTION 2023 -049
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS,COLORADO,AND THE COLORADO
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE MAINTENANCE
OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS,SIGNS,AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS
WITHIN FORT COLLINS AND WITHIN THE FORT COLLINS GROWTH AREA
WHEREAS,Colorado Revised Statutes (“C.R.S.”)Section 43-2-135(l)(i)requires the
State of Colorado to install,operate,maintain and control,at the State’s expense,all traffic control
devices on the State’s highway system within cities and incorporated towns;and
WHEREAS,the State,through the Colorado Department of Transportation (“CDOT”),
historically has contracted with the City to maintain traffic control devices within the City and the
Fort Collins Growth Management Area (“GMA”);and
WHEREAS,such intergovernmental agreements between the City and CDOT for the City
to perform maintenance work on traffic control devices within CDOT’s rights-of-way,historically
have been for terms of five years,and the previous agreement will expire on June 30,2023;and
WHEREAS,CDOT has proposed an updated five-year Intergovernmental Agreement
which is attached as Exhibit “A”and incorporated by reference (the “IGA”),which provides for
continued traffic control device maintenance by the City,with updated reimbursement rates and
amounts;and
WHEREAS,the IGA is for a term of five years beginning from July 1,2023,through June
30,2028,establishing a cumulative five-year maximum reimbursement of $1,248,240;and
WHEREAS,C.R.S Section 29-1-203 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,Article II,Section 16 of the City Charter empowers the City Council,by
ordinance or resolution,to enter into contracts with governmental bodies to fbrnish governmental
services and make charges for such services,or enter into cooperative or joint activities with other
governmental bodies;and
WHEREAS,the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City for
the City to continue to maintain traffic control devices on CDOT’s rights-of-way within Fort
Collins and the Fort Collins GMA,and to authorize the Mayor 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: