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HomeMy WebLinkAboutUNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ASPEN STATON - 34 91 - CORRESPONDENCE - SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (2)❑❑❑ MERRICK ENGINEERS & ARCHITECI'S 1991 NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR August 13, 1992 Ref: 111-7440 Aspen Station Letter No: MO-39 USPS Contract No: 077986-91-J-0027 Mr. Ted Shepard City Planner City of Fort Collins 281 N College Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 Subject: Fort Collins Post Office Intergovernmental Agreement Dear Ted: The Intergovernmental Agreement, prepared by the City of Fort Collins, is not acceptable as written. The USPS has directed Merrick & Company to prepare a draft of the Intergovernmental Agreement based upon our (and the Postal Service's understanding) of the negotiations and meetings to date. On behalf of the Postal Service, I have enclosed a draft of the Intergovernmental Agreement that the Postal Service has reviewed for content. The basic premise in developing this Agreement is (and should have been) that there never was a commitment on either the City or the USPS to commit to future changes. The recommendations from the future traffic study would be considered and modifications made if mutually agreed to. The attached Intergovernmental Agreement reflects the Postal Service's impression of what was said, and agreed to, in all the previous meetings. If you have any questions you can contact the Postal Service (Joel Roitenberg) directly at 220-6524. Sincerely, Russell T. Nelson, PE Civil Engineer RTN/ah cc: Joel K. Roitenberg, USPS Bradley W. Dodds, Merrick (10855 EAST BETHANY DRIVE) ■ P.O. Box 22026 ■ DENVER, COLORADo 80222 ■ (303) 751-0741 ■ FAX (303) 751-2581 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is executed this day of , 1992, by and between THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, a municipal corporation ("the City") and the UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ("Postal Service"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the Postal Service intends to construct a new post office building ("Post Office") on property located in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, and more particularly described as follows, to wit: WHEREAS, the Postal Service intends to provide vehicular access to the Post Office, whereby Post Office customer traffic ingress will be provided by a driveway located at the intersection of Boardwalk Drive and Landings Drive, and Post Office customer traffic egress will be provided by a driveway located on JFK Parkway, approximately 333 feet south of Boardwalk Drive; and WHEREAS, the City believes that the proposed Post Office customer traffic ingress and egress for the Post Office will result in traffic congestion, safety problems and excessive traffic burdens upon the adjacent streets, specifically, Boardwalk Drive and/or Landings Drive: and WHEREAS, the Postal Service believes that the Post Office customer ingress and egress will not result in the traffic problems identified by the City; and NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties, the parties agree as follows: 1. At such time that JFK Parkway is completed between Boardwalk Drive and Horsetooth Road, and a traffic signal is placed in operation at the intersection of JFK Parkway and Boardwalk Drive, the City and the Postal Service shall review the impact of the Post Office customer ingress and egress to determine if said Post Office customer ingress and egress has resulted in a negative impact upon Boardwalk Drive and/or Landings Drive. If, upon review, the Postal Service and the City agree that an undesirable traffic circulation, congestion or safety problem exists in the area of the Post Office customer ingress and egress that may be attributed to the ingress or egress locations, then the City and the Postal Service shall participate equally in the employment of a completely independent and mutually agreed upon Professional Traffic Engineer to conduct an analysis of traffic in the area of the Post Office to ascertain the causes of the traffic circulation, congestion or safety problems mentioned above. This professional shall prepare a written report outlining the problems, the causes, and recommend solutions to the problems. 2. The Postal Service shall review the recommendations stated in the traffic study and take 1 the recommended solutions into consideration. 3. The City shall review the recommendations stated in the traffic study and take the recommended solutions into consideration. 4. If any traffic impacts or problems identified by the traffic study are determined to be attributable to a lack of adequate street capacity or other circumstances otherwise caused by other than the Post Office, then the City shall consider, at it's expense, the changes necessary to design and construct the solutions required to mitigate the problems as recommended by the traffic study. 5. If any traffic impacts or problems identified by the traffic study are determined to be caused by the location of the Post Office customer traffic ingress and egress, then the Postal Service shall consider, at it's expense, the changes recommended by the traffic study. 6. If any traffic impacts or problems identified by the traffic study are determined to be caused in part by the City and in part by the Post Office customer ingress and egress locations, then both parties to this agreement shall consider cooperating in apportioning the costs of design and construction of the recommended solutions necessary to mitigate the various traffic impacts identified in the traffic study. 7. Changes agreed to be made shall be allowed a reasonable amount of time to have the project budgeted and funds appropriated to design and construct the improvements recommended to resolve the traffic problems. 8. The parties to this agreement recognize that this agreement contemplates a mutual cooperation and a good faith effort on the part of both parties to consider and resolve the traffic problems that may be shown to have arisen. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement the day and year first written. ATTEST: City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS,-COLORADO A Municipal Corporation Mayor 2 Deputy City Attorney UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE By: Title: o-wMig Title: APPROVED AS TO FORM: Title: