HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-004-01/21/2003-AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR TH RESOLUTION 2003-004
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 THE MASON TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR
BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN TRAIL PROJECT,FIRST PHASE
WHEREAS, on October 3, 2000, the City Council approved the Mason Transportation
Corridor (MTC) Master Plan, including the "Bus Rapid Transit Alternative" and the bicycle and
pedestrian improvements; and
WHEREAS, the MTC is 5.5-mile north/south byway within the City which extends from
Cherry Street on the north to south of Harmony Road and is centered along the Burlington Northern
Santa Fe railroad track; and
WHEREAS, the first phase of the MTC bicycle/pedestrian trail project extends from
Harmony Road south to the future Fossil Creek Regional Trail; and
WHEREAS,pursuant to the Transportation Equity Act of the 21 st Century of 1998,certain
funds have been allocated for highway projects, under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
(CMAQ)program,that have been proposed by the Colorado Department of Transportation(CDOT)
and approved by the Federal Highway Administration; and
WHEREAS, certain CMAQ Project funds are made available only for eligible "congestion
mitigation and air quality improvement" and those activities are defined in §23 U.S.C. 101(a); and
WHEREAS, the City has requested of CDOT that the first phase of the MTC
bicycle/pedestrian trail project be funded as part of the CMAQ program, as a congestion mitigation
and air quality activity; and
WHEREAS, federal funds have been made available for the first phase of the MTC
bicycle/pedestrian trail project for the design and construction of said bicycle/pedestrian trail; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 2001-109, the City Council authorized the execution of a
congestion mitigation and air quality contract with CDOT for the purpose of providing funding for
the first phase of the MTC bicycle/pedestrian trail project,the total cost of which project is estimated
to be$330,000 to be funded with federal participating funds in the amount of$265,250 and with City
participating funds in the amount of$64,750; and
WHEREAS, CDOT has presented to the City for execution an additional congestion
mitigation and air quality contract for the purpose of providing additional funding for the first phase
of the MTC bicycle/pedestrian trail project, the total cost of which project additional funding is
estimated to be $292,000 to be funded with federal participating funds in the amount of$234,706
and with City participating funds in the amount of$57,294; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City that the
proposed congestion mitigation and air quality contract as above-described be entered into between
the City and CDOT.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute a congestion mitigation and air quality
contract between the City and the Colorado Department of Transportation for the purpose of
providing additional funding for the first phase of the MTC bicycle/pedestrian trail project for the
design and construction of the Project,with said contract to provide additional federal participating
funds in the sum of TWO HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIX
DOLLARS ( $234,706) and City participating funds in the sum of FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND
TWO HUNDRED NINETY FOUR DOLLARS ($57,294)for a total amount of TWO HUNDRED
NINETY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($292,000).
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 21st day of January,
A.D. 2003.
Acting Mayor
ATTEST:
"Ott
City Clerk