HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-102-11/17/2015-AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF LOVELAND FOR THE RESOLUTION 2015-102
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF LOVELAND FOR THE PURPOSE OF
SHARING THE COST RELATED TO THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE
POLICE REGIONAL TRAINING FACILITY
WHEREAS, the City Council has on this date adopted Ordinance No. 138, 2015,
appropriating prior year reserves in the General Fund for the design of a Police Regional
Training Facility in cooperation with the City of Loveland; and
WHEREAS, Fort Collins and Loveland staffs have negotiated an intergovernmental
agreement by and between the City of Fort Collins and the City of Loveland to outline how the
two cities will share the cost of the preliminary design, design development, construction
drawings, and construction administration relating to the construction of the Police Regional
Training Facility; and
WHEREAS, City Code Section 1-22 requires, with certain exceptions, intergovernmental
agreements to be submitted to the City Council for review and approval by ordinance or
resolution; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the Police Regional Training Facility
is in the best interests of the City and that the Mayor should be authorized to execute an
intergovernmental agreement in support thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute an intergovernmental
agreement between the City of Fort Collins and the City of Loveland for the purpose of sharing
the cost related to the preliminary design, design development, construction drawings, and
construction administration of the Police Regional Training Facility, in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit "A", with such additional terms and conditions as the City Manager, in
consultation with the City Attorney, determines to be necessary and appropriate to protect the
interests of the City or effectuate the purpose of this Resolution.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this
17th day of November, A.D. 2015.
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EXHIBIT A
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITIES OF LOVELAND
AND FORT COLLINS, COLORADO FOR THE SHARING OF THE COST OF THE
PRELIMINARY DESIGN,DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS,
AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF
A REGIONAL TRAINING CAMPUS
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this day of, 2015,
between THE CITY OF LOVELAND, COLORADO, a municipal corporation, hereafter
"Loveland,"and THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS,COLORADO,a municipal corporation,hereafter
"Fort Collins,"and hereinafter collectively referred to as "Cities".
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,the Cities are each home-rule municipalities that maintain police departments to
provide law enforcement services to their respective citizens and employ police employees who
participate in ongoing training regarding weapons and vehicle use in order to maintain and improve
the skills necessary to perform police functions; and
WHEREAS, currently each of the Cities' police employees conduct weapons training and
vehicle/driver training separately and combining such training at one facility will create cost
efficiencies for both police departments; and
WHEREAS, Loveland considers it a priority to plan, construct and operate a public safety
training campus and improvements thereto that will better meet the needs of the Loveland Police
Department and the northern Colorado community as a whole; and
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WHEREAS, Fort Collins agrees that a centralized public safety training campus for use
by law enforcement agencies serving the northern Colorado community would benefit the citizens
of Fort Collins and, therefore desires to partner with Loveland in the preliminary design, design
development, construction drawings and construction administration of a public safety training
campus; and
WHEREAS, it is the Cities' intent that the public safety training campus would serve as a
regional training facility for several other governmental agencies in and around Colorado's
Northern Front Range, including Larimer County Sheriff, Weld County Sheriff, Greeley Police,
Windsor Police, Colorado State University Police, and others; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 29-1-203 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the Cities are
authorized by law to contract with one another to provide for the joint exercise of any function,
service or facility lawfully authorized to each of the Cities if such contracts are approved by their
governing bodies; and
WHEREAS, it is the Cities' intent that the regional public safety training campus will be
owned, designed, constructed, operated,maintained, and managed jointly by the Cities, with other
agencies paying the Cities for their use of the facilities; and
WHEREAS,the Cities have participated in extensive discussions and other activities focused
on planning, developing, and establishing a regional training campus, including budgeting and
appropriating approximately$1.620 million dollars by the Cities to complete Phase 1; and
WHEREAS, the Cities seek by this Agreement to memorialize the terms on which they have
agreed, in a collaborative manner, to engage in the design of a regional training campus, with the
intent that their collaborative undertaking shall continue for many years to come and include the
construction,operation and management of the campus.
NOW,THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED by and between the parties hereto as follows:
1. Mutual Undertaking. The parties agree that the construction and ownership of the
regional training campus("Training Campus")will be a mutual undertaking between the Cities,with
construction, ownership, operation and management responsibilities and authority to be determined
by the Cities at a future date.
2. Training Campus Phase 1 Funding. Each City acknowledges that funding for the
preliminary design, design development, construction drawings and construction administration of
the Training Campus will be necessary and each City agrees to fund Phase 1 of the Training Campus
project as provided herein.
A. Phase 1 of the Training Campus project shall include:
• preliminary design,
• design development,
• construction drawings and construction administration.
B. The Cities agree to equally share the cost of completing Phase 1 of the project. Any
financial commitment made by the Cities to third parties in furtherance of this Agreement
shall either be supported by existing appropriations or upon the fixture appropriation of
necessary funds by the Cities. Financial contributions to fund Phase 1 of the Training Campus
project shall be shared equally between the Cities and shall not exceed a combined cost of
$1.62 million except upon completion of the construction drawings both parties must approve
continuation of Phase 1 before start of any construction administration activities or associated
costs. The not to exceed combined cost for Phase 1 includes$1.3 million,plus$320,000 for
construction administration.
C. Fort Collins will pay its share of the cost of Phase 1 into the designated Loveland account
to be used by Loveland for the Phase 1 funding upon invoice from Loveland. Loveland shall
provide finance and accounting administrative services for each budget year until the funds
have been fully expended.
D. Loveland may collect, hold, and disburse funds belonging to Fort Collins only as an
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agent of Fort Collins, and subject to the general duties and responsibilities of an agency
relationship. Accordingly, Loveland shall, with respect to such funds of Fort Collins, be
under the control of Fort Collins Financial Officer and shall make monthly reports to such
Financial Officer not later than ten(10) days after each month, which reports shall contain a
detailed accounting of all such funds collected, held, invested and disbursed by Loveland for
the period of time covered by such report.
E. The financial obligations of the Cities under this Agreement are subject to the annual
appropriation by each City Council of sufficient funds therefor,which appropriations shall be
in the Cities' sole discretion.
F. Each party will appoint a Project Manager/Representative who shall be responsible for
communicating decisions of his or her respective Party to the other Party regarding those
matters calling for a joint decision in this Agreement.
3. Provision of Administrative Services.
A, It is agreed that the Cities shall provide Administrative Services to Phase 1 of the
Training Campus project and each City is responsible for its own costs in doing so. It is
agreed that such services shall include but shall not be limited to, personnel,'salary and
benefits administration, legal services, accounting, budget preparation assistance,
engineering, risk management, purchasing and other similar administrative services. All
employees of each City who perform any services in relation to the Training Campus and this
Agreement shall remain the employees solely of the City which employed them to perform
such services and not of the other City. The employing City shall be solely responsible for all
pay and benefits; including workers' compensation coverage, for its employees.
B. The parties agree that Loveland may enter into purchasing,consulting and other contracts
pertaining to Phase 1 of the Training Campus project on behalf of both Cities as sole signatory
except that both Cities must approve any lease or other agreement for possession and use of
property for the Training Campus prior to execution of such lease or agreement. Prior to
entering into any contract or contract change, Loveland will provide Fort Collins with
reasonable opportunity to review and provide input and will obtain Fort Collins' approval of
the contract or contract change. Unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties, all contracts
executed by Loveland pertaining to Phase,1 shall include Fort Collins as an additional insured
under any insurance policies in amounts mutually agreed by the parties. Each City may
participate equally in the vendor selection process in accordance with a competitive
purchasing process mutually agreed by the parties.
C. In Phase 1, pursuant to Article 3 of the AIA Agreement between Loveland and the
Architect dated as of ,2015,the Architect is required to provide certain deliverables
and notices to Loveland for approval. Such deliverables include but are not limited to
Article 3, paragraphs 3.1.3 (schedule); 3.2.4 (Preliminary Design); 3.2.5/317 (Schematic
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Design); 3.2.6 (Cost of the Work); 3.3.1/33.3 (Design Development Documents); 3.4.1
(Construction Documents), 3.4.5 (Construction Documents and Cost of Work). Loveland
shall provide Fort Collins with reasonable opportunity, not to exceed 10 business days to
review and provide input for all such deliverables.
4. Future Provisions for the Construction, Ownership, Operation, Maintenance and
Management Phases of the Training Campus. It is the intent of the parties that due to the investment
by each City into Phase 1 of the Training Campus project,upon completion of Phase 1 of the Training
Campus project,the Cities shall enter into a separate intergovernmental agreement wherein each
City's rights, obligations,and responsibilities, including funding obligations, with regard to the
construction, ownership, ongoing operation,maintenance and management phases of the Training
Campus project will be specified.
5. Term, Modifications,Extensions. This Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect through completion of Phase 1 of the Training Campus project which is anticipated to take
approximately ten months through the construction drawings component,unless earlier terminated by
mutual written agreement of the parities or as set forth below. This Agreement may be modified
only by the written agreement of the parties except that it may be extended either by written
agreement of the parties or automatically for a one year period by virtue of each City, in its respective
annual budget,having appropriated funds to support Phase I of the Training Campus project for the
ensuing budget year in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
6. Termination.
A. If either party fails to perform its obligations under the terms of this Agreement, the
non-defaulting party may provide the defaulting party with written notice of the nature and
extent of the default. If the default remains uncorrected after thirty (30) days from the date
the notice is received, then the non-defaulting party may elect to bring an action for specific
performance, or to pursue any other remedies provided for in this Agreement or available at
law or equity.
B. If the parties fail to reach agreement upon any decision which must be reached by
mutual agreement under this Agreement, either party may terminate this agreement upon not
less than thirty (30) days written notice to the other party. . Each party will equally share and
be obligated to pay any financial costs related to Phase 1 that have incurred up to the date of
termination.
C. The Cities are committed to negotiating in good faith in attempting to reach the
agreements that are called for in this Agreement.
7. Notices. Any notice,request,demand,consent,or approval,or other communication
required or permitted-hereunder,shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when
personally delivered, faxed, emailed, or deposited in the United States mail with proper postage and
addressed as follows:
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If to Loveland:
Chief of Police City Manager
Loveland Police Department with a copy to: Loveland City Attorney
810 E. 100' Street City of Loveland
Loveland, CO 80537 500 E. 3rd Street
Loveland, CO 80537
If to Fort Collins:
Chief of Police City Manager
Fort Collins Police Services with a copy to: Fort Collins City Attorney
2221 S. Timberline Road City of Fort Collins
Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 300 LaPorte Avenue
P.O. Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
8. Relationship of Parties,'Non-liability of Individuals, Benefit, No Assismnent. The
parties enter into this Agreement as separate, independent governmental entities and maintain such
status throughout. No officer, agent or employee of either party shall be charged personally or held
contractually liable by or to the other party under any tern or provision of this Agreement or of any
supplement,modification or amendment to this Agreement because of any breach thereof,or because
of his,her or their execution or attempted execution of the same. This Agreement is made for the sole
and exclusive benefit of the Cities,their successors and assigns,and is not made for the benefit of any
third party. The parties covenant and agree that they,will not assign this Agreement, any interest or
part thereof or any right or privilege pertinent thereto, without written consent of the other party first '
having been obtained.
9. Entire Agreement/Ambi ug ities. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement of
the parties. The parties shall not be bound by or be liable for any statement,representation,promise,
inducement or understanding of any kind or nature not set forth herein. No changes,amendments or
modifications of any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement shall be valid'unless reduced to
writing and executed by both parties. In the event of any ambiguity in any of the terms of this
Agreement, it shall not be construed for or against any party hereto on the basis that such party did or
did not author the same.
10. Applicable Law, Severability. The laws of the State of Colorado shall be applied in
the interpretation, execution and enforcement of this Agreement. Any provision rendered null and
void by operation of law shall not invalidate the remainder of this Agreement to the extent that this
Agreement is capable of execution.
11. Counterpart Signatures. The parties agree that counterpart signatures of this
Agreement shall be acceptable and that execution of the Agreement in the same form by each and
every party shall be deemed to constitute full and final execution of the Agreement.
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IN WITNESS HEREOF, this Intergovernmental Agreement has been executed that day and
year first above written.
THE CITY OF LOVELAND, COLORADO
A Municipal Corporation
ATTEST:
By.
Mayor
Deputy City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Assistant City Attorney
THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
A Municipal Corporation
ATTEST:
By:
City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Fort Collins City Attorney