HomeMy WebLinkAbout034 - 03/19/2013 - APPROPRIATING UN/ANTICIPATED REVENUE FROM THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INTO THE MULBERR ORDINANCE NO. 034, 20 L3
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE FROM THE COLORADO
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INTO THE MULBERRY TO LEMAY
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE - POUDRE TRAIL PROJECT IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND
WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will be replacing the
Highway 14 (Mulberry Street) bridge over the Poudre River near Lemay Avenue beginning in late
2013; and
WHEREAS,the new roadway bridge will include bike lanes and sidewalks,and the two City-
owned steel pedestrian bridges at this location will no longer be needed; and
WHEREAS, CDOT has agreed to relocate the pedestrian bridges at its expense; and
WHEREAS, one of the two bridges will be reused as part of this project and the other will
be set aside for use in a future project; and
WHEREAS,a new concrete trail will be built to connect the existing trail from the underpass
at Mulberry Street to a new trail underpass at Lemay Avenue, which will continue east to the City's
relocated pedestrian bridge spanning the Poudre River and connect back to the existing trail
downstream of Lemay; and
WHEREAS, this trail realignment project will eliminate the steep grades of the existing
access to the trail at Lemay Avenue and provide continuous trail connectivity along this section to
improve the overall enjoyment for trail users; and
WHEREAS, the City has received a federal grant through the North Front Range
Metropolitan Planing Organization (NFRMPO), totaling $368,000, for the Mulberry to Lemay
Pedestrian Bridge - Poudre Trail Project; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires matching funds and overmatching funds in the amount of
$162,000, which are available from existing appropriations in the Conservation Trust Fund - Trail
Acquisition and Development; and
WHEREAS,the estimated total construction cost for building the new trail bridge abutments
and piers to support the relocated pedestrian bridge is $510,000; 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, City staff have determined that the appropriation of the revenue as described
herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Capital Projects Fund to exceed the current
estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during any fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in the
Capital Projects Fund the sum of THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS
($368,000)for the Mulberry to Lemay Pedestrian Bridge-Poudre Trail project in the Capital Projects
Fund.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 5th day of
March, A.D. 2013, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th day of March, A.D. 2013.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 19th day of March, A.D. 2013.
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