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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-040-03/16/1999-POSTPONING CONSIDERATION OF THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE NORTHEAST TRUCK ROUTE RESOLUTION 99-40 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS POSTPONING CONSIDERATION OF THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE NORTHEAST TRUCK ROUTE WHEREAS, on April 8, 1997, the voters of Fort Collins passed a renewal of a .25% sales and use tax to be used for certain capital projects, including a possible alternative truck route in the northeast quadrant of the City (the "Northeast Truck Route"); and WHEREAS, the Northeast Truck Route Citizens Advisory Committee and Technical Advisory Committee have worked on this issue since March, 1998 with data collection and analysis occurring during the spring and summer of 1998, meetings in study sessions with City Council in August 1998 and January 1999, and recommendations made to the City Council in October 1998 of four possible alignments for the Northeast Truck Route; and WHEREAS, City staff met in study session with the Larimer County Commissioners in October 1998 and February 1999, and the City Council and Board of County Commissioners held a joint study session in January 1999; and WHEREAS,at least twenty-seven public hearings,open houses and outreach sessions have been held to explain to affected public interests and neighborhoods the alternative alignments for the Northeast Truck Route; and WHEREAS, City staff met with the Natural Resources Advisory Board and the Air Quality Board during the Summer/Fall of 1998; and WHEREAS, City staff met with the Transportation Board in June 1998, October 1998, and December 1998, and the Transportation Board held a public hearing on December 16, 1998, and recommended the following to the City Council: 1. Remove Owl Canyon from further discussion. 2. Strike Alternative 4 from further discussion. 3. Proceed with further consideration of Alternatives 1 and 3, with the recommendation that Vine Drive be removed from the Master Street Plan as a four lane arterial where the proposed alignment departs from the present Vine Drive. 4. Further examine a "no-build" scenario. 5. Pay special attention to situations where there are neighborhoods on either side of the road, and examine special opportunities to connect those neighborhoods; and WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Board held a public hearing in January 1999 and recommended Alternative 1, the Modified Vine alignment, to the City Council; and WHEREAS,the Colorado Department of Transportation has stated that a northern alignment in the general area of Owl Canyon is not feasible or cost effective,and the Upper Front Range Regional Planning Commission is in the process of removing such an alignment from consideration as part of its Regional Transportation Plan; and WHEREAS,the Council believes that the technical information and recommendations developed during this extensive process are good and valid, but in considering the interests of the neighborhoods most affected by the proposal, another option such as the Downtown Air Park alignment may need to be further explored. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that City Council action on the relocation of State Highway 14 shall be postponed until June 15, 1999, with intermediate study sessions to held on April 27, 1999 and June 8, 1999, in order to: 1. Perform additional outreach to the Alta Vista Neighborhood, to the Andersonville Neighborhood, to the Via Lopez Subdivision, and to involve property owners along the affected section of Jefferson Street. 2. Meet with each property owner whose business and/or residential property falls within the footprint of the Modified Vine Alignment. 3. Revisit the issue with City Boards and Commissions as appropriate. 4. Prepare both photographic and geographic representations in "before" and "after" formats for broad distribution, and 5. Meet with new City Council members to address their informational needs in regard to this project. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this l-th day of March, A.D. 1999. i a`yor ATTEST: City Clerk