HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-110-09/07/1999-SUPPORTING THE PRESERVATION OF THE NORTH FRONT RANGE TRANSPORTATION AND AIR QUALITY PLANNING COUNCIL RESOLUTION 99-110
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
SUPPORTING THE PRESERVATION OF THE
NORTH FRONT RANGE TRANSPORTATION AND
AIR QUALITY PLANNING COUNCIL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins is a member of the North Front Range Transportation
and Air Quality Planning Council (NFRT&AQPC); and
WHEREAS,the Transportation Improvement Program(TIP) for the years 1999- 2004 has
been approved and adopted by the NFRT&AQPC; and contains many projects that are worthwhile
and beneficial to the North Front Range region; and
WHEREAS, the federal and state funding for the NFRT&AQPC TIP is allocated by the
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) through its Region 4 office, which also has the
responsibility to allocate funding for the Upper Front Range, the Eastern, and a portion of the
Greater Denver transportation planning regions; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Commission of the State of Colorado has recently revised
its Resource Allocation Plan and thereby reduced the amount of funding available to CDOT Region
4 for the years 2001 - 2004 by $29 million in the "other regional priorities" category; and
WHEREAS,the current Vision Plan of the NFRT&AQPC includes an unfunded backlog of
more than $861 million through the year 2020; and
WHEREAS, in the past the North Front Range region consistently has been allocated less
than its agreed-upon share of funds by CDOT Region 4.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the Council of the City of Fort Collins strongly supports the Transportation
Improvement Program of the North Front Range Transportation and Air Quality Planning Council
and urges the Colorado Department of Transportation to maintain the funding levels in the program
at or above their current levels without alteration or reduction, unless such alteration or reduction
is recommended and approved by the NFRT&AQPC.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 7th
day of September, A.D. 1999.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk