HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-163-11/02/1993-ACCESS CONTROL PLAN COLORADO DEPT HIGHWAYS SOUTH COLLEGE AVENUE US HIGHWAY 287 RESOLUTION 93-163
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND THE STATE
OF COLORADO, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, AMENDING THAT
CERTAIN ACCESS CONTROL PLAN FOR COLLEGE AVENUE/
US HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN SWALLOW ROAD AND TRILBY ROAD
WHEREAS, on December 6, 1988, the Council of the City of Fort Collins
adopted Resolution 88-169(B) authorizing the City Manager to execute an
intergovernmental agreement between the City and the State of Colorado Department
of Highways establishing an Access Control Plan for College Avenue/US Highway 287
between Swallow Road and Trilby Road within the City limit ("South College Avenue
Access Control Plan") ; and
WHEREAS, on October 4, 1993, the Planning and Zoning Board of the City of
Fort Collins approved the Matterhorn PUD Preliminary Plan upon the condition that
(among other things) the South College Avenue Access Control Plan be amended to
allow for a right-in/right-out access point approximately 250 feet north of the
intersection of College Avenue and Horsetooth Road prior to final approval of the
Matterhorn PUD, which amendment shall be limited in its application to the uses
proposed for the Matterhorn PUD or such other uses as are determined by the City
Director of Transportation and the Colorado Department of Transportation as
having similar traffic characteristics to those created by the uses proposed for
said development; and
WHEREAS, the traffic study prepared for the Matterhorn PUD has demonstrated
to the satisfaction of the City Director of Transportation that the inclusion of
a right-in/right-out access point on the west side of College Avenue
approximately 250 feet north of the intersection of College Avenue and Horsetooth
Road, in combination with the construction of the new deceleration lane and right
turn lane for southbound College Avenue to westbound Horsetooth Road, would
improve the operating efficiency of the College Avenue/Horsetooth Road
intersection; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has accordingly determined that the South College
Avenue Access Control Plan should, in the interest of public safety, be amended
to authorize the aforesaid right-in/right-out access point; and
WHEREAS, the City Charter, at Article II, Section 16, provides that the
Council may, by ordinance or resolution, enter into contracts or cooperative or
joint activities with other governmental bodies.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
that the City Manager be, and hereby is, authorized to enter into an
intergovernmental agreement between the City and the State of Colorado Department
of Highways for the purpose of amending the South College Avenue Access Control
Plan as approved by the City Council on December 6, 1988, by the addition of the
following:
A right-in/right-out access may be considered for the west side of
College Avenue approximately two hundred fifty (250) feet north of
Horsetooth Road. This access shall be limited in its application to
the uses proposed for the Matterhorn PUD Preliminary, or such other
uses as are determined by the City Director of Transportation and
the Colorado Department of Transportation as having similar traffic
characteristics to those created by the uses proposed for said
development.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of t Council of t ty of Fort
Collins held this 2nd day of November, A.D. 19
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