HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-047-04/01/1997-BIKEWAY PROJECT COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ELIZABETH AND WHEDBEE IGA RESOLUTION 97-47
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENT WITH THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE ELIZABETH STREET AND WHEDBEE STREET
BIKEWAY PROJECT
WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins' Elizabeth Street and Whedbee Street Bikeway Project
(the"Project")has been selected by the North Front Range Transportation and Air Quality Planning
Council to receive federal Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act ("ISTEA")
Enhancement funds for 1997; and
WHEREAS, the Intergovernmental Agreement with the Colorado Department of
Transportation for Project funding provides for the receipt of$35,000 in federal funds,to be matched
by $9,000 in City matching funds, which funds are available in the Transportation Services Fund
for transfer to the Project Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Project will include planning, design, and construction of bicycle lanes
along Elizabeth Street from College Avenue to Lemay, and along Whedbee Street from Riverside
Avenue to Prospect Street, and is consistent with the City's current Bicycle Program Plan; and
WHEREAS, staff has on this date presented to the Council related Ordinance No. 62, 1997,
appropriating unanticipated revenue in the Transportation Services Fund and authorizing the transfer
of appropriations for the construction of the Project; and
WHEREAS, Article II, Section 16 of the City Charter provides that the Council may enter
into agreements with other governmental bodies for the performance of cooperative or joint
activities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that upon final adoption of Ordinance No. 62, 1997, appropriating and transferring the
related funds, the Mayor be, and hereby is, authorized to execute, on behalf of the City, an
intergovernmental agreement with the Colorado Department of Transportation for the provision of
federal grant funds in the amount of$35,000 for the Elizabeth Street and Whedbee Street Bikeway
Proj ect.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins heldhhis
1 st day of April, A.D. 1997.
Mayor
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City Clerk