HomeMy WebLinkAbout131 - 09/07/2004 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE AND PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND TO B ORDINANCE NO. 131, 2004
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE AND PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND TO BE USED TO CONSTRUCT ON-STREET
BIKE LANES ON SOUTH COLLEGE AVENUE BETWEEN HARMONY ROAD
AND CARPENTER ROAD
WHEREAS,the US Highway 287/South College Avenue corridor is a heavily traveled four-
lane arterial roadway and represents one of the fastest growing residential,commercial,educational,
and employment corridors in the community; and
WHEREAS, this primary route, connecting Fort Collins and Loveland,has been identified
through public planning processes of the City as well as the North Front Range Transportation&Air
Quality Planning Council as a critical link in the local and regional bicycle lane system; and
WHEREAS, adequate bicycle facilities along the US Highway 287/South College Avenue
corridor do not exist, creating dangerous cycling conditions; and
WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Transportation("CDOT")has made available to
the City of Fort Collins,Federal Enhancement Funds for FY 2004-2005 in the amount of$372,000
to be used to construct the final phase of on-street bicycle lanes on the US Highway 287/South
College Avenue, from Harmony Road southward to Carpenter Road ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, the scope of the Project improvements will include using the existing 10-12'
road shoulder area to provide of 8'bicycle lanes with 2' shoulders for those sections of the roadway
without curb and gutter; an 8'wide bicycle lane for sections with curb and gutter; and signage; and
WHEREAS,local matching funds needed to cover the cost of the Phase lI improvements and
administrative costs associated with the Project, totaling $93,000, have been identified and are
available in the form of prior year reserves in the Transportation Services Fund; and
WHEREAS, the total contract with CDOT for constructing bicycle improvements on US
Highway 287/South College Avenue, from Harmony Road south to Carpenter Road, is $750,000;
and
WHEREAS,the City Council adopted Resolution 2004-096,on August 17,2004,authorizing
the Mayor to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the CDOT for the receipt of Federal
Enhancement Funds to be used to design and construct on-street bicycle lanes on US Highway
287/South College Avenue, from Harmony Road southward to Carpenter Road; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 9,of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins permits the City
Council to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year,
provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriations,in combination with all previous
appropriations for that fiscal year, does not exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10, of the Charter permits the City Council to appropriate
by ordinance at anytime during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as maybe available from
reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were not previously
appropriated; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of the Federal Enhancement
Funds from CDOT as described herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the
Transportation Services Fund budget to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during any fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the sum of$372,000 in Federal
Enhancement Funds from CDOT and$93,000 in prior year reserves in the Transportation Services
Fund for the purpose of designing and constructing on-street bicycle lanes on US Highway
287/South College Avenue, from Harmony Road southward to Carpenter Road.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in
the Transportation Services Fund-US Highway 287/South College Avenue Bicycle Improvements
project, the sum of THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($372,000)
from Colorado Department of Transportation Federal Enhancement Funds, for the purpose of
designing and constructing on-street bicycle lanes on US Highway 287/South College Avenue,from
Harmony Road southward to Carpenter Road.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Transportation
Services Fund, the sum of NINETY-THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($93,000) for the purpose
of designing and constructing on-street bicycle lanes on US Highway 287/South College Avenue,
from Harmony Road southward to Carpenter Road.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 17th day of
August, A.D. 2004, and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of September, A.D. 2004.
Mayor '
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 7th day of September, A.D. 2004.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk