HomeMy WebLinkAbout064 - 05/20/2014 - AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF $2,000,000 IN EXISTING CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE NORTHWEST TRUNK S ORDINANCE NO. 064, 2014
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF $2,000,000 IN EXISTING CAPITAL
APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE NORTHWEST TRUNK SEWER EXPANSION
WASTEWATER CAPITAL PROJECT TO A NEW CAPITAL PROJECT FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWER INTERCEPTOR ON NORTH SHIELDS STREET
WHEREAS, the Larimer County Department of Public Health and Environment (Larimer
County) has determined that many of the residential and commercial properties along North US
287 have failing septic systems; and
WHEREAS, Larimer County is working with owners in the area to create a local
improvement district that would fund and construct a local sewer collection system that could
then be connected to the City's wastewater collection system and improve the entire area; and
WHEREAS, to provide that sanitary sewer service connection to the area, a sewer
interceptor line extension would need to be constructed along Shields Street north to US 287 (the
"Sewer Interceptor Line Project"), within the Fort Collins Growth Management Area; and
WHEREAS, this Sewer Interceptor'Line Project (the "Project") would allow for the
elimination of many septic systems, and doing so would greatly improve the environmental
health of a large area in the Poudre River Basin; and
WHEREAS, Larimer County is preparing to reconstruct Shields Street from the new
Poudre River Bridge north to Willox Street in 2015, and has agreed to coordinate its construction
and road closures to accommodate the Project, provided the City does not create significant
delays in the construction schedule already in place; and
WHEREAS, staff has met with the Larimer County project staff and will be able to
coordinate the two projects to minimize the length of time the area would be impacted by
construction; and
WHEREAS, another project, the Northwest Trunk Sewer Expansion project, was
proposed in the early 1990s to add additional sewer capacity from Taft Hill Road to the
northwest for the area around the Town of Laporte, but that project is not expected to move
forward in the foreseeable future; and
WHEREAS, the funds for the Northwest Trunk Sewer Expansion have not yet been
reallocated and are available for use for the Project; and
WHEREAS, at its April 17, 2014, meeting, the .Water Board expressed unanimous
support for the proposed re-appropriation of funds for the Project; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10, of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
transfer by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof
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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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that the unexpended appropriated amount of TWO MILLION DOLLARS
($2,000,000) in the Northwest Trunk Sewer Expansion Wastewater Capital Project is hereby
authorized for transfer to a New Capital Project for the Construction of a Sewer Interceptor on
North Shields Street and appropriated therein for expenditure on the Project.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 6th day of
May, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of May, A.D. 2014.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 20th day of May, A.D. 2014.
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