HomeMy WebLinkAbout134 - 10/15/2013 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE WATER FUND FOR TWO WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECTS ORDINANCE NO. 134. 2013
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE WATER FUND
FOR TWO WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECTS
WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will be repaving U.S.
Highway 287 from Loveland north into the center of Fort Collins, starting in the Spring of 2015;
and
WHEREAS Fort Collins Utilities has water mains under this section of roadway that are
deteriorating and are not adequately sized to serve the current and anticipated population in the
area; and
WHEREAS. Utilities is proposing to reconstruct these lines in 2014 ahead of the CDOT
work; and
WHEREAS, the work includes the replacement of approximately 6,000 feet of 4" and 6"
cast iron waterline in College Avenue from Mulberry Street to Buckeye Street on the east side of
College and from Mulberry Street to Laurel Street on the west side of College Avenue; and
WHEREAS, Utilities is requesting $400,000 from the Water Fund Reserves for design
work; and
WHEREAS, Utilities anticipates returning to Council with a follow up request for
construction funding, also to be appropriated from Water Fund Reserves; and
WHEREAS, Utilities has determined that there is a significant deficiency in its ability to
provide service in several areas of downtown due to an old undersized two-block section of water
main in Meldrum Street, south of Mountain Avenue; and
. WHEREAS, Utilities would complete design work immediately and begin construction in
the fall 2013 or early spring of 2014; and
WHEREAS, Utilities is requesting$200,000 from the Water Fund Reserves for design and
construction work regarding the four-block section of water main; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council to
appropriate by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as may be
available from reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were not
previously appropriated; and
WHEREAS, City staff recommends appropriating from prior year reserves in the Water
Fund $600,000 to be used for the design and construction work of two water main replacement
projects to benefit the citizens of the City.
NOW. THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from prior year reserves in the Water
Fund the sum of SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($600,000) to be used for the design
and construction work of water main replacement projects to benefit the citizens of the City,
involving portions of water mains located in College Avenue from Mulberry Street to Buckeye
Street on the east side of College and from Mulberry Street to Laurel Street on the west side of
College Avenue; and the two-block section in Meldrum Street, downtown, south of Mountain
Avenue.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1st day of
October, A.D. 2013, and to,be presented for final passage on the 15th day of October, A.D. 2013.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the I5th day of October, A.D. 2013.
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