HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-013-02/02/1999-AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN IGA WITH CDOT ALLOCATING $72,600 OF UNANTICIPATED REVENUE RESOLUTION 99-13
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION ALLOCATING $72,600 OF UNANTICIPATED REVENUE
FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO 18 TRAFFIC SIGNALS
ON THE COLLEGE AVENUE CORRIDOR
WHEREAS, in 1998, the City applied for federal highway safety funds to be used for the
upgrading of eighteen (18)traffic signals along the College Avenue corridor from Cherry Street to
Boardwalk Drive for the purpose of installing new signal heads, faces and backplates to improve
visibility and eliminate background light; and
WHEREAS,the Council has determined that improving visibility and reducing background
light will help to reduce accidents along the College Avenue corridor; and
WHEREAS,the Colorado Department of Transportation has communicated to the City that
the City's application has been approved upon condition that the City provide matching funds in the
amount of ten (10) percent of the cost of the project (which matching funds total the amount of
$7,260.00), which funds have been included in the 1999 Traffic Operations Budget; and
WHEREAS,the Colorado Department of Transportation has submitted to the City a contract
for the project, requesting execution thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY "THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS, that the City Manager be and hereby is authorized to execute the contract for the
upgrading of eighteen(18)traffic signals along the College Avenue corridor,which contract contains
the commitment that the City will match the federal funding for the aforesaid project at the rate of
ten (10) percent of the total project cost, specifically, matching funds in the sum of SEVEN
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY DOLLARS ($7,260).
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 2nd day of February,
A.D. 1999.
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Mayor
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City Clerk `