HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-051-06/02/2009-AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COLORADO DEPART RESOLUTION 2009-051
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION FOR PARTIAL FUNDING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
TRANSIT STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE
WHEREAS,the City,through Transfort,has provided public transit service to local residents
for more than 30 years, and most recently.updated its Strategic Plan in 2002; and
WHEREAS,the City Council has determined that the Transit Strategic Plan should again be
updated in order to help educate the community about transit,review existing fixed route bus service
and performance standards, examine the existing strategic operating plan and also explore
sustainable funding opportunities going forward in implementing the Transit Strategic Plan goals;
and
WHEREAS, the Transit Strategic Plan update will also provide valuable information to the
City in its efforts to update City Plan and the City's Transportation Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Transit Strategic Plan update will review existing policy and explore
increased efficiencies as well as investigate regional connections and partnerships; and
WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Transportation("CDOT") has offered to the City
a grant of Federal Section 5304 funds in the amount of$15,000 in support of the Transit Strategic
Plan update; and
WHEREAS,the Grant requires the City to contribute local matching funds in the amount of
$3,750,which funds are included within the existing City appropriation of$100,000 intended to be
used toward the cost of the update; and
WHEREAS, the remaining balance of the cost of the update will be supported by
appropriations from the City of Loveland and the Poudre School District; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City that
the Transit Strategic Plan be updated and that the City enter into an intergovernmental agreement
with CDOT for the partial funding of the update.
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 and CDOT in the form of agreement on file in the Office of the City Clerk for the purpose
of obtaining Federal"Section 5304" funding in the amount of$15,000 to assist in defraying the cost
of performing a Transit Strategic Plan update.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Counc' f the City of Fort Collins this 2nd
day of June, A.D. 2009.
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May
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City Clerk