HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-006-01/15/2008-AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COLORADO DEPARTME RESOLUTION 2008-006
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COLORADO
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE
GRANT OF CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
FUNDS FOR THE FC BIKES PROGRAM AND THE FC BIKE LIBRARY
WHEREAS, the FC Bikes Program is an existing program through which the City seeks to
educate and encourage Fort Collins residents and visitors, mainly through special events and
promotional campaigns, to use bicycling as their preferred method of transportation; and
WHEREAS, the FC Bike Library is a new project designed to loan bicycles to Fort Collins
residents and visitors in order to facilitate their use of bicycling as a preferred method of
transportation in Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS,the Colorado Department of Transportation("CDOT")administers the federal
"Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement" ("CMAQ") grant program, which was
designed to support projects that are expected to support improvement of ambient air quality and
attainment or maintenance of compliance with the air quality standards of the federal Clean Air Act;
and
WHEREAS,CDOT has made available to the City the sum of$87,600 in CMAQ funds for
the FC Bikes Program in 2008,provided that the City allocate matching funds in the sum of$18,210;
and
WHEREAS, staff has informed the Council that the required local match for the FC Bikes
Program has been appropriated and is available for 2008, together with additional funds in the
amount of$23,790; and
WHEREAS, CDOT has made available to the City the sum of$66,000 in CMAQ funds for
the FC Bike Library in 2008, provided that the City allocate to the Library project matching funds
in the sum of$7,500 together with in-kind contributions valuing at least $6,220, for a total of
$13,720; and
WHEREAS, staff has informed the Council that the required local cash match for the FC
Bike Library has been appropriated and that both the cash and in-kind contribution required for the
total local match of$13,720 are available for 2008; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City that the
Mayor enter into an intergovernmental agreement with CDOT for each of the CMAQ grants
described above.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section1. The Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into an intergovernmental agreement
with CDOT for the purpose of encumbering federal CMAQ funds through CDOT for the FC Bikes
Program in the sum ofEIGHTY-SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS($87,600),with
a City local match of EIGHTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TEN DOLLARS ($18,110).
Section 2. The Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into an intergovernmental agreement
with CDOT for the purpose of encumbering federal CMAQ funds through CDOT for the FC Bike
Library in the sum of SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS ($66,000), with a City local match of
THIRTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS ($13,720).
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Cou of the City of Fort Collin this 15th
day January, A.D. 2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk