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ORDINANCE NO. 067, 2005
OF TH' COUNCIL OF THIF CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AC'CFP"DING TI IF ABANDONED PORTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 68
(1 IARMONY ROAD) FROM MILT. POST 0.001'0 MIL' POST 4.468 AS PART
OF Tl l' CffY'S S'fRFET SYS'l1 M
WI IF.REAS, State Highway 68 (Harmony Road) is part of the State highway system of the
State of Colorado; and
WI IER'AS, Section 43-2-102 C.R.S. assigns responsibility to the Colorado Department of
Transportation ("CDO'I"') for the responsibility of maintaining State Highway 68; and
WI I F RFAS. the ('olor<do Transportation Commission has the authority under Section 43-2-
106 C.R.S. to abandon state highways when, in the opinion of the Transportation Commission, they
arc no longer necessary as state highways, and
WI IRFAS, the 'I ransportation Commission, on March 17, 2005, adopted Resolution
Number TC-1333 whereby the Transportation Commission of Colorado abandoned that portion of
State highway 68 (harmony Road) from Mile post 0.00 to Mile Post 4.468, a copy of which
Resolution is attached hereto as Exhibit "A", and
WIIER'AS, the aforesaid Resolution of the Colorado Transportation Commission was
certified by the Transportation Commission Secretary on April 12, 2005; and
W 11'R'AS, CDOIhas agreed to make a one-time payment of $13,700,000 to the City as
its share of upgrading the roadway condition to an acceptable standard and to pay for the costs of
operation and maintenance of the roadway over a twenty year period of time; and
WIIFRFAS, the City will assume fult responsibility and ownership of State Highway 68
(l larmony Road) in accordance with the intergovernmental agreement for tite transfer thereof and
in accordance with this Ordinance which is adopted under the authority of Section 43-2-106(1)
C.R.S.
NOW, TI1FREFORF, f3F. IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the City does hereby assume full responsibility for ownership, operation and
maintenance of State Highway 68 (Harmony Road) from Mile post 0.00 to Mile post 4.468 except
that CDO I shall retain roadway maintenance responsibilities for that portion of Harmony Road from
the west right-of-way line of the 1-25 frontage road located on the west side of I-25 and extending
cast over I-25, including maintenance responsibility for the traffic signal at the intersection of the
west 1-25 frontage road and I lrmony Road, with such transfer of responsibility to be coordinated
between the Colorado 'IMnsportation Commission and the City in accordance with the
I'ransportation Commissions' abandonment of said State Highway 68 pursuant to its Resolution
Numhcr I C-1333, and in accordance with Section 43-2-106(1) C.R.S.
CITY CLERK
CITY OF FORT COLLINS