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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-083-06/20/1995-BIKE RACKS COLORADO DEPT TRANSPORTATION GRANT IGA INTER-MODAL TRANSPORTATION TRANSFORT BUSES RESOLUTION 95-83 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 THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF BIKE RACKS ON TRANSFORT BUSES WHEREAS, the City has made application to the Colorado Department of Transportation for "enhancement" funding for the placement of bike racks on Transfort buses; and WHEREAS, the North Front Range Transportation and Air Quality Planning Council has approved said application; and WHEREAS, the installation of bike racks on Transfort buses would enhance the concept of "inter-modal" transportation whereby bicyclists could connect their trips with a transit trip on the City's bus system; and WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Transportation has authorized a Federal Surface Transportation Program Grant in the sum of Twenty-four Thousand Dollars ($24,000) upon condition that the City apply its own matching funds in the amount of Six Thousand Dollars($6,000) for a total project cost of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000); and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Fort Collins has determined that it is in the best interests of the City that an intergovernmental agreement with the Colorado Department of Transportation be executed for the purchase and installation of bike racks on Transfort buses. NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the Mayor be, and hereby is, authorized to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Colorado Department of Transportation for the purchase and installation of bike racks on Transfort buses for a total project cost of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000),Twenty-four Thousand Dollars($24,000)of which will be defrayed through a Federal Surface Transportation Program Grant from the Colorado Department of Transportation, with Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000) of said cost to be defrayed utilizing City funds. Passed and adopted at a regular mela;r Co of e City of;/ 9 ld this 20th day of June, A.D., 1995. � ATTEST: City Cierk