HomeMy WebLinkAbout076 - 07/21/2015 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE INTO PARKING FUND FOR PARKING ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AT THE HARMON ORDINANCE NO. 076, 2015
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE INTO PARKING FUND FOR PARKING
ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AT THE HARMONY TRANSFER CENTER
WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) owns and operates the
Harmony Transfer Center located west of the Interstate 25 and Harmony Road interchange; and
WHEREAS, the City maintains the Harmony Transfer Center via an intergovernmental
agreement with CDOT; and
WHEREAS, the Harmony Transfer Center encourages ride-sharing and transit use,
contributing to congestion relief and improved air quality in Fort Collins and the Northern
Colorado region; and
WHEREAS, on July 13, 2015, CDOT will begin regional bus transit service via Bustang,
a state-owned and operated bus system that connects Colorado cities along I-25 and I-70 to
downtown Denver; and
WHEREAS, the Harmony Transfer Center will serve as the northernmost hub for
Bustang; and
WHEREAS, CDOT changed the operation of the Harmony Transfer Center parking
facilities on June 1, 2015, to daily use to ensure adequate parking capacity for regional transit
riders as well as carpool and vanpool users; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has approved Resolution 2015-060, approving an
Intergovernmental Agreement pursuant to which the City will enforce parking laws at the
Harmony Transfer Center in exchange for an annual amount from CDOT not to exceed
$100,000; and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost of enforcement for the remainder of 2015 is $50,000; and
WHEREAS, all costs for these parking enforcement services will be borne by CDOT and
invoiced by the City; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City Charter 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 has determined that the appropriation of the revenue as described
herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Parking Fund to exceed the current
estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during any fiscal year;
and
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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 Parking Fund the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000) for parking
enforcement services at the Harmony Transfer Center during 2015.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of
July, A.D. 2015, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day of July, A.D. 2015.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21 st day of July, A.D. 2015.
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