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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-123-09/01/1987-COUNCIL ESTABLISHMENT METROPOLITAN PLANNING MPO NORTH FRONT RANGE ORGANIZATION TRANSPORTATION PLANNI RESOLUTION 87-123 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NORTH FRONT RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING COUNCIL, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION FOR THIS COUNCIL, APPROVING THIS COUNCIL AS THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION (MPO) FOR THE URBANIZED AREAS OF GREELEY AND FORT COLLINS, AND AUTHORIZING TRANSMITTAL OF A REQUEST TO THE HONORABLE ROY ROMER, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, TO DESIGNATE THE NORTH FRONT RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING COUNCIL AS THE MPO WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins desires to work together with other local governments in Larimer and Weld Counties to develop transportation plans and policies that will assist in managing projected growth in a sound, cost-effective manner; and WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins has determined that the best way to achieve the above objective is to join together with other local governments in a North Front Range Transportation Planning Council (the Planning Council ) ; and WHEREAS, such right of local governments to join together for common purposes is ensured under Article XIV, Section 18(2) of the Colorado Constitution and under Part 2 of Article 1 of Title 29, C.R.S. , as amended; and WHEREAS, the designation of a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is required under Section 134 of Title 23, U.S.C. , as amended, for the use of Federal funds in transportation projects within U.S. Census designated urbanized areas; and WHEREAS, the Fort Collins area, composed of the City of Fort Collins and portions of unincorporated Larimer County, was designated as urbanized by the U.S. Census following the 1980 Census; and WHEREAS, Section 174 of the Clean Air Act, as amended, requires that, for areas which have not attained national standards for carbon monoxide and other designated pollutants, the State and officials of local government shall jointly determine an implementation plan to bring the area into compliance; and WHEREAS, Section 174 of the Clean Air Act further requires that an organization of local elected officials, hereinafter referred to as the Lead Planning Agency (LPA) , shall be designated under an agreement between the State and local governments to prepare such an implementation plan; and WHEREAS, Section 174 of the Clean Air Act stipulates that, where feasible, such an organization shall be the MPO designated to conduct the transportation planning process for the area under Section 134 of Title 23, U.S.C. ; and WHEREAS, the Fort Collins urban areas have not attained national standards for carbon monoxide; and WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins has determined that the Planning Council is the most appropriate entity to be designated as the MPO and the LPA for the urbanized area. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, as follows: Section 1. That the City of Fort Collins approves the Articles of Association for the Planning Council and authorizes the City Manager to sign said Articles and become a member of the Planning Council . Section 2. That the City of Fort Collins approves the Planning Council as the MPO for the urbanized area, including this jurisdiction, and authorizes the City Manager to transmit a request to the Governor of Colorado to designate the Planning Council as the MPO. Section 3. That the City of Fort Collins approves the Planning Council as the LPA for the non- attainment area , including this jurisdiction, and authorizes the City Manager to transmit a request to the Governor of Colorado to designate the Planning Council as the LPA. Section 4. That the Planning Council shall be empowered to draft Memorandums of Agreement between the State of Colorado and the Planning Council which establish the Planning Council as the MPO and the LPA for the Fort Collins and Greeley areas, and to enter into such Memorandums of Agreement with the State. Section 5. That the City of Fort Collins shall continue to consider other options available to it for air quality planning. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins held this 1st day of September, A.D. 1987. a ATTEST: 0_06 tq City CTerk� �1