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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-013-02/06/1979-REQUESTING THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TO DELAY REALLOCATING EXPRESSWAY MONEY UNTIL MARCH 1, 1979 RESOLUTION NO 79-13 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS REQUESTING THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TO DELAY REALLOCATING EXPRESSWAY MONEY UNTIL MARCH 1, 1979 WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins has been working on the expressway for some ten years, and WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins has just recently been working to incorporate current data in the plans for the location of the expressway, and WHEREAS, the District Commissioner of the Highway Department, the Highway Department Executive Director, the District Engineer of the Highway Department, and the Chief Engineer of the Highway Department met with the City Council on December 6, 1978 to discuss the expressway and agreed on a two-part process that would include 1 Long-range transportation planning for the entire area of Fort Collins, and 2 An immediate study of the eastern-most leg location of the expressway, and WHEREAS, the long-range study is underway and requests have been made to the Highway Department for funding parts of that study, and WHEREAS, the immediate study of the eastern-most leg is nearing com- pletion and will be submitted to Council in late February NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows Section 1 That the City Manager and Mayor of the City of Fort Collins be directed to request of the Highway Department that no reallo- cation of expressway monies be made until after March 1 Section 2 That some clarification be requested from the Highway Department concerning subsequent allocations intended if Fort Collins expressway money is reallocated to another project Section 3 That a copy of this Resolution be delivered to the State Highway Department's Executive Director and the State Highway Commission forthwith Section 4. That this Resolution take effect immediately upon adoption Passed and adopted at regular meeting this day of February, A D 1979 7T o Ci y Clerk -2-