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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-024-03/15/2011-AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF COLORADO DEPART RESOLUTION 2011-024 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING THE CITY'S FC BIKES PROGRAM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2011 FUNDING PERIOD UTILIZING CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY FUNDS WHEREAS, the City's"FC Bikes Program"(the"Program")has been awarded Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality ("CMAQ") federal grant funding from the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Colorado Department ofTransportation("CDOT");and WHEREAS, the CMAQ grant for the 2011 fiscal year awards the City $150,000,provided that the City expends matching funds in the amount of$37,000; and WHEREAS, using the CMAQ funding, the Program will continue to improve community outreach and operational practices to increase bicycling in the community and integrate training in bicycle safety in a comprehensive manner throughout the Program activities; and WHEREAS,the Program also includes new events,campaigns and regional coordination to improve safety and increase the number of persons bicycling throughout the community and to and from neighboring communities; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City that the Mayor be authorized to enter into this intergovernmental agreement for CMAQ funding for the Program. NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the State of Colorado Department of Transportation for the purpose of obtaining Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality management funding for the FC Bikes Program for the fiscal year 2011 funding cycle in the sum of$150,000, and for the City to provide matching funds in the amount of $37,000. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Coun ' he City of Fort Collins this 15th day of March A.D. 2011. Mayor ATTEST: V . J. ' •City Clerk