HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-169 B-12/06/1988-ACCESS CONTROL PLAN COLLEGE AVENUE COLORADO DEPT OF HIGHWAYS IGA STATE HIGHWAY 287 SWALLOW ROAD TRIL RESOLUTION 88-169B
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
ESTABLISHING AN ACCESS CONTROL PLAN AS ALLOWED
BY THE STATE HIGHWAY ACCESS CODE FOR COLLEGE AVENUE/STATE HIGHWAY 287
BETWEEN SWALLOW ROAD AND TRILBY ROAD WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins (City) and the State of Colorado
Department of Highways (State) desire to enter into an agreement regulating
vehicular access to those sections of College Avenue/State Highway 287
between Swallow Road and Trilby Road within the city limits; and
WHEREAS, said portion of College Avenue/State Highway 287 is regulated
by the State Highway Access Code, 1985 as amended; and
WHEREAS, regulation of vehicular access is necessary to maintain an
efficient and smooth flow of traffic, to protect the functional level and
maximize the traffic capacity of College Avenue/State Highway 287, to
provide an efficient spacing of traffic control signals, and to protect the
public health, safety and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the City and the State desire to bring this portion of
highway into conformance with the State Highway Access Code to the extent
feasible, under existing conditions, as provided in Section 2. 12 of said
Code pertaining to the establishment of Access Control Plans; and
WHEREAS, the City and the State desire to reach a comprehensive and
mutually acceptable solution to the existing and potential future access;
and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Board of the City has held a public
meeting regarding the proposed Access Control Plan, has reviewed the same,
and has recommended adoption thereof by Intergovernmental Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed said Access Control Plan and
finds that it is in the best interest of the City that the City and State
enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement for the purpose of adopting and
implementing said Access Control Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Charter, at Article II, Section 16, provides that
the Council may, by ordinance or resolution, enter into contracts with
other governmental bodies to enter into 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 he hereby is, authorized to enter
into an intergovernmental agreement between the City and the State of
Colorado Department of Highways for the purpose of adopting and
implementing that certain Access Control Plan for College Avenue/State
Highway 287 between Swallow Road and Trilby Road, as approved by the City
Council on December 6, 1988, a copy of which Plan is attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of
Fort Collins held this 6th day of December, A.D. 1988.
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