HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-021-01/18/2000-REQUESTING CDOT TO APPROVE THE MODERN ROUNDABOUT DESIGN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HI RESOLUTION 2000-21
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
REQUESTING THE STATE OF COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
TO APPROVE THE MODERN ROUNDABOUT DESIGN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE
INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 14 (MULBERRY STREET)
AND LEMAY AVENUE
WHEREAS,the City has heretofore received a Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality grant
for the purpose of expending$1,375,721 for improvements to the intersection of State Highway 14
(Mulberry Street) and Lemay Avenue (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS,the first phase of the project involved the evaluation of a four-lane and six-lane
traditional intersection as well as the evaluation of a modern roundabout design for the intersection;
and
WHEREAS, based upon that evaluation, the staff of the City, together with the City's
Transportation Board and the Planning and Zoning Board, have supported the modern roundabout
alternative; and
WHEREAS,after evaluating level of service requirements,air quality impacts, cost-benefit
ratios,safety and environmental and social impacts,the City Council has determined that the modern
roundabout design is the most suitable improvement for the intersection of State Highway 14
(Mulberry Street) and Lemay Avenue.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the Council has determined that the modern roundabout design as shown on Exhibit
"A", attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, is the most appropriate and viable
alternative for the intersection of State Highway 14 (Mulberry Street) and Lemay Avenue, and the
Council requests the State of Colorado Department of Transportation to approve the proposed
modern roundabout design for construction at said intersection.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 18th day of January,
A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
EXHIBIT "A"
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