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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