HomeMy WebLinkAbout038 - 04/02/2024 - Making Supplemental Appropriations, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves and Authorizing Transfers of AORDINANCE NO.038,2024
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS,APPROPRIATING
PRIOR YEAR RESERVES AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS OF
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LAPORTE AVENUE MULTIMODAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND RELATED ART IN PUBLIC PLACES
A.Laporte Avenue between Fishback Avenue and Sunset Street is a two-lane
arterial roadway.The roadway experiences heavy bicycle and pedestrian traffic especially
with Poudre High School and many residential neighborhoods and businesses located in
this corridor.The corridor currently experiences a higher-than-expected volume of traffic
accidents due to the lack of adequate infrastructure.
B.The Laporte Avenue corridor between Fishback Avenue and Sunset Street
currently has several gaps in bicycle and pedestrian facilities.Many locations lack
sidewalks,curbs,and gutters,and the bike lanes are often narrow and not well defined.
The corridor also provides access to Poudre High School and has significant bicycle and
pedestrian activity with the proximity of the school and residential neighborhoods.
C.There have been several near misses in recent years involving bicyclists
and pedestrians and at least one serious vehicle-pedestrian accident in 2015 in this
Laporte Avenue corridor.
D.A precursor project,the Laporte Bridges Project,has begun to address
safety issues in this corridor by replacing and widening two previously deficient bridges
on Laporte Avenue over the New Mercer Canal,just north of Grandview Cemetery.
E.The Laporte Avenue Multimodal Improvement Project (Laporte Project)has
been developed to improve vehicular,bicycle,and pedestrian safety along the Laporte
Avenue corridor by addressing deficient sidewalks,adding bicycle lanes,and adding a
center reversible turn lane,upgrading the roadway with curb and gutter,improving
drainage along the corridor,and installing other traffic improvements.
F.The Laporte Project will install improvements from Fishback Avenue to
Sunset Street and will also include improvements to the intersection at Taft Hill and
Laporte.
G.Laporte Avenue is identified in the City’s 2014 Bicycle Master Plan as part
of the City’s Low Stress Bicycle Network and is recognized by the North Front Range
Metropolitan Planning Organization (NFRMPO)as a high priority for bicycle and
pedestrian improvements.
H.In 2020,the City was awarded two grants:a federal Transportation
Alternatives Program (TAP)grant and a state Multimodal Options Fund (MMOF)grant.
The funds were awarded to the City through the NFRMPO and the Colorado Department
of Transportation (CDOT)for the design,right-of-way acquisition,and construction of the
Laporte Project.In 2021 the City was awarded the Revitalizing Mainstreet (RMS)Grant.
These grant funds along with Transportation Capital Expansion Fee (TCEF)Program
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funds and Transportation Services funds used as the required matching funds were
appropriated in 2021 via Ordinance No.155,2021.These funds were used to fund design,
right-of-way acquisition,and partial construction.
In 2023 the City applied for and was awarded $2,500,000 in additional TAP
funds through the NFRMPO.These funds are required to complete construction of the
Laporte Project planned for 2024.These grant funds require a 20%matching funds
obligation from the local agency.General Fund,Bicycle Infrastructure Improvements
Community Capital Improvement Program (CCIP Bike Program),Pedestrian
Infrastructure Improvements Community Capital Improvement Program (CCIP
Pedestrian Program),and TCEF program funds will be used for the local match portion,
as well as an additional $50,000 in overmatch funds.
J.City staff presented this Laporte Project to the Council Finance Committee
on August 11,2021,and February 23,2024.The Laporte Project was also presented to
the Transportation Board as well as the Bicycle Advisory Committee in 2020.Council
Finance Committee supports an out of cycle supplemental appropriation for the TAP local
match to fund construction for the Laporte Project.
K.CDOT administers the grant funds for the Laporte Project.In 2022,via
Resolution 2022-027,the City Council authorized execution of an intergovernmental
agreement (IGA)with CDOT.
L.CDOT has proposed an amendment to the IGA to enable the City to receive
and expend the additional grant funds to continue to address the safety concerns and
lack of multimodal infrastructure.
M.These appropriations benefit public health,safety,and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serve the public purpose of promoting safer travel across
multiple modalities and improving the transportation infrastructure within the City.
N.Article V,Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council,upon
recommendation of the City Manager,to make a supplemental appropriation by ordinance
at any time during the fiscal year,provided that the total amount of such supplemental
appropriation,in combination with all previous appropriations for that fiscal year,does not
exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be
received during the fiscal year.
0.The City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein
and determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from
the Capital Projects Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Capital
Projects Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all
other funds to be received in this Fund during this fiscal year.
P.Article V,Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council,upon the
recommendation of the City Manager,to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance
at any time during the fiscal year from such revenues and funds for expenditure as may
be available from reserves accumulated in prior years,notwithstanding that such reserves
were not previously appropriated.
0.The City Manager has recommended the appropriations described herein
and determined that these appropriations are available and previously unappropriated
from the Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Fund,the General Fund,and the
Transportation Services Fund,as applicable,and will not cause the total amount
appropriated in the Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Fund,the General Fund,or the
Transportation Services Fund,as applicable,to exceed the current estimate of actual and
anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received in these funds during this fiscal
year.
R.Article V,Section 10 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council,upon
recommendation by the City Manager,to transfer by ordinance any unexpended and
unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof from one fund or capital project to
another fund or capital project,provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds
are to be expended remains unchanged,the purpose for which the funds were initially
appropriated no longer exists,or the proposed transfer is from a fund or capital project in
which the amount appropriated exceeds the amount needed to accomplish the purpose
specified in the appropriation ordinance.
S.The City Manager has recommended the transfer of $122,727 from the
CCIP Bike Program in the Capital Projects Fund and $102,273 from the CCIP Pedestrian
Program in the Capital Projects Fund to the Laporte Avenue Multimodal Improvement
Project in the Capital Projects Fund and determined that the purpose for which the
transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged.
T.Article V,Section 11 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds for a capital project or for a federal,
state or private grant,that such appropriation shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year
in which the appropriation is made,but continue until the completion of the capital project
or until the earlier of the expiration of the federal,state or private grant or the City’s
expenditure of all funds received from such grant.
U.The City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the TAP
grant as an appropriation that shall not lapse until the earlier of the expiration of the grant
or the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such grant.
V.The City Council wishes to designate the appropriations herein for the
Laporte Avenue Multimodal Improvement Project as appropriations that shall not lapse
until the completion of the Laporte Project.
W.This Laporte Project involves construction estimated to cost more than
$250,000 and,as such,City Code Section 23-304 requires one percent of these
appropriations to be transferred to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for a
contribution to the Art in Public Places program (APP Program).
X.A portion of the funds appropriated in this Ordinance for the Laporte Project
are ineligible for use in the APP Program due to restrictions placed on them by the
Colorado Department of Transportation,the source of these funds.
Y.A portion of the funds appropriated in this Ordinance for the Laporte Project
have already been used for contribution to the APP Program.
Z.The project cost of $450,000 has been used to calculate the contribution to
the APP program.
AA.The amount to be contributed in this Ordinance will be $4,500.
In light of the foregoing recitals,which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1.There is hereby appropriated from new revenue or other funds in the
Capital Projects Fund the sum of TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($2,500,000)to be expended in the Capital Projects Fund for the Laporte
Avenue Multimodal Improvement Project.
Section 2.The unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of ONE
HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN
DOLLARS ($122,727)is authorized for transfer from the CCIP Bike Program in the
Capital Projects Fund to the Laporte Avenue Multimodal Improvement Project in the
Capital Projects Fund and appropriated therein to be expended for the bicycle network.
Section 3.The unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of ONE
HUNDRED TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE DOLLARS
($102,273)is authorized for transfer from the CCIP Pedestrian Program in the Capital
Projects Fund to the Laporte Avenue Multimodal Improvement Project in the Capital
Projects Fund and appropriated therein to be expended for improvements to the
pedestrian facilities.
Section 4.There is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the
Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Fund the sum of TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($225,000)to be expended in the Transportation Capital
Expansion Fee Fund for transfer to the Capital Projects Fund and appropriated therein
for the Laporte Avenue Multimodal Improvement Project.
Section 5.There is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the General
Fund the sum of TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($225,000)to
be expended in the General Fund for transfer to the Capital Projects Fund and
appropriated therein for the Laporte Avenue Multimodal Improvement Project.
Section 6.There is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the
Transportation Services Fund the sum of FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE DOLLARS
($495)to be expended in the Transportation Services Fund for transfer to the Capital
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Projects Fund and appropriated therein for the Laporte Avenue Multimodal Improvement
Project.
Section 7.The unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of
THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TEN DOLLARS ($3,510)in the Capital Projects
Fund is hereby authorized for transfer to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and
appropriated and expended therein to fund art projects under the APP Program.
Section 8.The unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of NINE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($900)in the Capital Projects Fund is hereby authorized for
transfer to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and appropriated and expended
therein for the operation costs of the APP Program.
Section 9.The
NINETY DOLLARS ($90)
the Cultural Services and
maintenance costs of the
unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of
in the Capital Projects Fund is hereby authorized for transfer to
Facilities Fund and appropriated and expended therein for the
APP Program.
Section 10.The appropriation herein for the Transportation Altematives Program
grant is an appropriation that shall not lapse until the earlier of the expiration of the grant
or the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such grant.
Section 11.The appropriations herein for the Laporte Avenue Multimodal
Improvement Project are appropriations that shall not lapse until the completion of the
Laporte Project.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading on March 19,2024,and approved
on second reading for final passage on April 2,2024.
Chief Deputy City Clerk
Effective Date:April 12,2024
Approving Attorney:Heather N.Jarvis
ATTEST:
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