HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-079-07/06/1999-AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH CDOT FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF HARMONY ROAD RESOLUTION 99-79
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH
THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE DESIGN
AND CONSTRUCTION OF HARMONY ROAD BIKE LANES
WHEREAS,pursuant to the Transportation Equity Act for the 21 st Century of 1998,certain
funds have been allocated for highway projects,under the Surface Transportation Program,that have
been proposed by the Colorado Department of Transportation ("CDOT") and approved by the
Federal Highway Administration; and
WHEREAS,certain of said Surface Transportation Project funds are made available only for
eligible"transportation enhancement activities"as those activities are defined in§23 U.S.C. 101 (a);
and
WHEREAS, the City has requested of CDOT that the third phase of the Harmony Road
Bikeway Project be funded as part of the Surface Transportation Program, as a transportation
enhancement activity; and
WHEREAS, federal funds have been made available for the third phase of the Harmony
Road Bikeway Project for the design and construction of Harmony Road bike lanes; and
WHEREAS, CDOT has presented to the City for execution a transportation enhancement
contract for the purpose of providing funding for the third phase of the Harmony Road Bikeway
Project, the total cost of which project is estimated to be $456,485 to be funded with federal
participating funds in the amount of$365,188. and with City participating funds in the amount of
$91,297; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City that the
proposed transportation enhancement contract as above-described be entered into between the City
and CDOT.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that the Mayor be, and hereby is, authorized to execute a transportation
enhancement contract between the City and the Colorado Department of Transportation for the
purpose of providing funding for the third phase of the Harmony Road bikeway project for the
design and construction of bike lanes along Harmony Road with said contract to provide federal
participating funds in the sum of$365,188 and City participating funds in the sum of$91,297 for
a total project cost of$456,485.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 6th day of July, AD,
1999. f,
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk