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
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Ci y Clerk
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