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Home My WebLink About1999-077-06/15/1999-AMENDING THE MASTER STREET PLAN SO AS TO ESTABLISH A NEW DESIGNATION OF ENHANCED MAJOR ARTERIAL STRE RESOLUTION 99-77 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING THE MASTER STREET PLAN SO AS TO ESTABLISH A NEW DESIGNATION OF "ENHANCED MAJOR ARTERIAL STREET' FOR THE POSSIB RELOCATION OF COLORADO HIGHWAY 14 AND IDENTIFYING A FUTURE M OR THOROUGHFARE ALONG A PORTION OF EAST VINE DRIVE WHEREAS, Colorado Highway 14 presently runs through downtown F rt Collins and diverts a considerable amount of interstate traffic through a portion of the do town area which contains numerous historic buildings; and WHEREAS, the traffic utilizing Colorado Highway 14 includes considerable number of heavy trucks, and such truck traffic through the downtown area cause ongestion and substantial wear and tear on City streets, significantly contributes to the deterior ion of air quality in the City, and creates a barrier to the redevelopment of the Old Town area i conjunction with the Poudre River Corridor; and WHEREAS, for the foregoing reasons,the City Co cil has, for a number of years,tried to identify an alternative route for Colorado Highway 14 th ould alleviate the foregoing problems; and WHEREAS, in 1997, the voters of the ty approved Ordinance No. 31, 1997, which provided sales and use tax revenues to fund a n her of capital projects, including the planning, design, right-of-way acquisition and/or other oject costs associated with road improvements for an alternative truck route in the northeast drant of the City; and WHEREAS,City staff has and aken,pursuant to previous appropriations,planning and an access control plan for an alternativ ruck route; and WHEREAS, funds have lso been appropriated by the City Council to conduct additional planning, an environmental ssessment, preliminary design, survey work and right-of-way acquisition for such route a for the possible relocation of Colorado Highway 14; and WHEREAS,st ies regarding such an alternative route for Colorado Highway 14 have been provided to the City City staff has conducted numerous public outreach meetings regarding the results and recom endations of the said studies, and the City Council has considered options for such an alternat' e route in several study sessions since the fall of 1998; and WH EAS, in the judgment of the City Council, the most feasible alternative route for Colorado ighway 14 identified to date is the "Modified Vine Alternative", as shown on Exhibit "A" att hed hereto and incorporated herein by this reference; and WHEREAS,considerable uncertainty remains as to the desirability and advisability of using e Modified Vine Alternative to relocate the existing Colorado Highway 14; and WHEREAS, whether or not Colorado Highway 14 is relocated in that fashion, the City Council believes that the Modified Vine Alternative should at least be reserved for a future major arterial to accommodate other traffic that will be generated by new development in the northeast quadrant of the City; and WHEREAS, the City's Land Use Code requires that all new development in the City must provide for or accommodate the streets and transportation facilities identified on the City's Master Street Plan that are associated with the development plan; and WHEREAS, new development in the unincorporated areas of Larimer County could be required to accommodate the streets and transportation facilities identified on the City's Master Street Plan through an intergovernmental agreement between Larimer County and the City; and WHEREAS,the Master Street Plan presently identities only collector streets, arterials, and major arterials; and WHEREAS, the right-of-way needed for an alternative route for Colorado Highway 14 would be considerably wider than the right of way needed for a major arterial; and WHEREAS,amending the Master Street Plan to add a category of"enhanced major arterial street," with a designated width sufficient to accommodate a state highway, and further amending the Master Street Plan to designate the Modified Vine Alternative as such an enhanced maj or arterial street would preserve such route for utilization as either a major arterial or as an alternative route for Colorado Highway 14, pending subsequent decisions as to which kind of route would be most appropriate at this location. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the Master Street Plan is hereby amended so as to include a category of streets known as"enhanced major arterial streets," with a right-of-way width requirement up to two hundred fifty one(251)feet,as more particularly described on Exhibit"B" which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. Section 2. That said Master Street Plan is further hereby amended so as to show the proposed Modified Vine Alternative as a future enhanced major arterial street in order to accommodate the possible relocation of Colorado Highway 14. Section 3. That the City Manager is hereby directed to negotiate with Larimer County a proposed intergovernmental agreement between the County and the City which would require new development in the County to accommodate the streets and transportation facilities shown on the Master Street Plan,and to submit such proposed agreement to the City Council for its consideration. Section 4. That the City Manager is further hereby directed to continue planning, design, right-of-way acquisition and other work to allow the construction of an alternative truck route and/or the relocation of Colorado Highway 14 along the Modified Vine Alternative route,to the extent that funding for such activities is appropriated by the City Council. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 15th day of June,A.D. 1999. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk CITY OF FORT COLLINS PROPOSED MASTER STREET PLAN Exhibit A L I ' R.T r t wrru... I .' 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