HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-034-03/18/1997-AMENDING ACCESS CONTROL PLAN BETWEEN BOARDWALK DRIVE BETWEEN BOARDWALK DRIVE I-25 HARMONY ROAD/SH 68 RESOLUTION 97-34
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND THE STATE
OF COLORADO, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AMENDING THAT
CERTAIN ACCESS CONTROL PLAN FOR HARMONY ROAD/SH 68
BETWEEN BOARDWALK DRIVE AND I-25
WHEREAS, on March 15, 1989,the Council of the City of Fort Collins authorized the City
Manager to execute an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Colorado Department of
Highways establishing an Access Control Plan for Harmony Road between Boardwalk Drive and
I-25 ("the Access Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, on October 7, 1996,the Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board approved the
Harmony Safeway Marketplace PUD,which PUD requires a right-in/right-out access along the north
side of Harmony Road and approximately 840 feet east of Wheaton Drive; and
WHEREAS,the proposed access along Harmony Road is not shown on the Harmony Road
Access Plan and requires an amendment to the Access Agreement prior to the developer of the
Harmony Safeway Marketplace PUD receiving an access permit; and
WHEREAS, a traffic study prepared for the Harmony Safeway Marketplace PUD
demonstrated to the satisfaction of the City's Traffic Engineer and the Colorado Department of
Transportation that the inclusion of a right-in/right-out access point on the north side of Harmony
Road approximately 840 feet east of Wheaton Drive would operate safely and improve the operating
efficiency of the Harmony Road and McMurry Avenue intersection; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has accordingly determined that the Harmony Road Access
Control Plan should, in the interest of public safety, be amended to authorized the aforesaid right-
in/right-out access point; and
WHEREAS, the City Charter, at Article II, Section 16, provides that the Council may, by
ordinance or resolution, enter into contracts for cooperative or joint activities with other
governmental bodies.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the City Manager be,and hereby is,authorized to enter into an amendment agreement
with the Colorado Department of Transportation for the purpose of amending the Access Agreement
as approved by the City Council on March 15, 1989, to permit a right-in/right-out access for the
north side of Harmony Road approximately 840 feet east of Wheaton Drive to be used in connection
with the Harmony Safeway Marketplace PUD.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins held this
18th day of March, A.D. 1997
—e�ayor
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