HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-109-09/04/2001-AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH CDOT FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASON ST. TRANSPORTATION COR RESOLUTION 2001-109
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH
THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE DESIGN
AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASON STREET TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR
BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN TRAIL PROJECT, FIRST PHASE
WHEREAS,on October 3,2000,the City Council approved the Mason Street Transportation
Corridor(MSTC) master plan, including the 'Bus Rapid Transit Alternative" and the bicycle and
pedestrian improvements; and
WHEREAS, the MSTC is a five-mile north/south by-way within the City which extends
from Cherry Street on the north to south of Harmony Road and is centered along the Burlington
Northern Santa Fe railroad track; and
WHEREAS, the first phase of the MSTC bicycle/pedestrian trail project extends from
Harmony Road south to the future Fossil Creek Regional Trail; and
WHEREAS,pursuant to the Transportation Equity Act of the 215`Century of 1998, certain
funds have been allocated for highway projects, under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
(CMAQ)program,that have been proposed by the Colorado Department of Transportation(CDOT)
and approved by the Federal Highway Administration; and
WHEREAS, certain CMAQ Project funds are made available only for eligible 'congestion
mitigation and air quality improvement" and those activities are defined in §23 U.S.C. 101(a); and
WHEREAS, the City has requested of CDOT that the first phase of the MSTC
bicycle/pedestrian trail project be funded as part of the CMAQ program,as a congestion mitigation
and air quality activity; and
WHEREAS, federal funds have been made available for the first phase of the MSTC
bicycle/pedestrian trail project for the design and construction of the said bicycle/pedestrian trail;
and
WHEREAS, CDOT has presented to the City for execution a congestion mitigation and air
quality contract for the purpose of providing funding for the first phase of the MSTC
bicycle/pedestrian trail project, the total cost of which project is estimated to be $330,000 to be
funded with federal participating funds in the amount of$265,250 and with City participating funds
in the amount of$64,750; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City that the
proposed congestion mitigation and air quality contract as above-described be entered into between
the City and CDOT.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the Mayor be, and hereby is, authorized to execute a congestion mitigation and air
quality contract between the City and the Colorado Department of Transportation for the purpose
of providing funding for the first phase of the MSTC bicycle/pedestrian trail project for the design
and construction of the Project, with said contract to provide federal participating funds in the sum
ofTWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS($265,250)
and City participating funds in the sum of SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY
DOLLARS($64,750)for a total amount of THREE HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
($330,000).
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 4th day of September,
A.D. 2001.
Mayor
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City Clerk