HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-070-06/11/1996-CHOICES 95 CAPITAL STREETS PROSPECT TO SUMMITVIEW TIMBERLINE EXTENSION RESOLUTION 96-70
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
"TIMBERLINE EXTENSION-PROSPECT TO SUMMITVIEW"
CHOICES 95 CAPITAL STREETS PROJECT
WHEREAS, on May 1, 1984, the electors of the City of Fort Collins approved the passage
of Ordinance No. 30, 1984, which imposed a 1/4 cent Sales and Use Tax for the purpose of
generating revenue for certain specified capital projects, including the acquisition of right-of-way
for the extension of Timberline Road from Prospect to Summit View; and
WHEREAS, from 1985 through 1987, Seven Hunched Seventy-nine Thousand Dollars
($779,000.00) was appropriated by the Fort Collins City Council (the "Council")for the acquisition
of such right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, in October of 1987, the Council adopted Resolution 87-130 by which it
established an Executive Committee and four subcommittees made up of appointed citizen
volunteers whose task it was to develop a prioritized list of Choices 95 capital projects and submit
this list, through the Executive Committee, to the Council; and
WHEREAS, in October of 1988, the Executive Committee submitted its final
recommendations to the Council in the Committee's "City of Fort Collins Choices 95 Executive
Committee Final Report" dated October 7, 1988 (the "Final Report"); and
WHEREAS, on January 3, 1989, the Council, after reviewing the Final Report and receiving
public input, adopted Resolution 89-5 which submitted Ordinance No. 9, 1989, to the City's voters,
which Ordinance proposed a new quarter-cent sales and use tax for the purpose of raising revenue
for the Choices 95 projects and imposed the tax beginning January 1, 1990, to expire on December
31, 1997; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 9, 1989, was submitted to the voters at the March 7, 1989
election and was approved by a majority of the voters (the "initiated Ordinance"); and
WHEREAS, Section 2 of the Initiated Ordinance lists three general categories of Choices 95
projects to be built using the levied sales and use tax; and
WHEREAS, one of the three categories is for street and transportation capital projects
including one project identified as the "Timberline Extension - Prospect to Summitview" ("the
Timberline Project"); and
WHEREAS, on November 7, 1995, the Council adopted Ordinance No. 134, 1995,
establishing the City's annual budget and appropriations for the 1996 fiscal year ("the 1996
Appropriation Ordinance."); and
WHEREAS, the 1996 Annual Appropriation Ordinance appropriated"Two Million Twenty
Thousand Dollars ($2,020,000) to be used, together with previously appropriated funds, for the
construction of the Timberline Project; and
WHEREAS, the monies appropriated for the Timberline Project have been only partially
expended, and questions have been raised about the advisability of proceeding with the Project as
contemplated in the Initiated Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, over the past six months, City staff and City consultants have conducted
extensive public outreach and have conducted conceptual design studies concerning the desirability
of proceeding with the Timberline Project as contemplated in the Initialed Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the results of this public outreach and these studies have been presented to the
Council for its consideration; and
WHEREAS, after considering such information and receiving additional public input, the
Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City and its citizens to proceed with the
construction of the Timberline Project by extending Timberline from Prospect to Summit View as
approved by the voters in the Initiated Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that sufficient revenues will be available from the Choices 95
sales and use tax to fund the construction of the Timberline Project from Prospect to Summit View
and to mitigate the impacts of the Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS, as follows:
Section 1. That City staff is hereby directed to proceed with the design work and right-of-
way acquisition for the Timberline Project and that the extension of Timberline shall be from
Prospect to Summit View.
Section 2. That upon completion of the design of the Timberline Project and prior to
undertaking any construction work on the Project, the City Manager shall present for Council's
consideration: (a) an estimate of the total cost of the Project, including the cost of mitigating the
impacts of the Project; and (b) such ordinances as may be necessary to appropriate the additional
funds needed to complete the Project and mitigate its impacts.
Passed and adopted at an adjourned meeting of the-City Councill held thjs l l th day of tie,,
A.D. 1996. �
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Mayor
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City Clerk