SUBJECT: CONSENT
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A Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Erie Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement With Adams County, Boulder County, City and County of Broomfield, City of Brighton, City of Lafayette and City of Thornton to Share the Costs for the Preliminary and Environmental Engineering and Design of Colorado State Highway 7 and Provide Funding for the Same in the Amount of $21,000
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PRESENTER: Todd Fessenden, Public Works Director
FISCAL INFORMATION:
Cost as Recommended: $ 21,000
Balance Available: $ 250,000
Budget Line Item Number: 300.70.110.605000
New Appropriation Required: No
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve and have Mayor Carroll execute the IGA for SH7 P.E.E. and direct appropriate staff to expend budgeted funds.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
Erie is a partner in the State Highway 7 Coalition. Other agencies include; Adams and Boulder County, the cities of Brighton, Thornton, Boulder, Lafayette, and City & County of Broomfield. The coalition has obtained commitment of $8 million in Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) funding towards a Preliminary and Environmental Engineering (P.E.E.) study and is looking to the members to close a $1 million gap. Erie's contribution is the smallest of the various organizations at $21,000.
Background:
The communities along the corridor have been working with CDOT, actively planning and investing local dollars to develop a robust multimodal corridor since 2014 including the completion of two Planning & Environmental Linkage studies (2014 & 2018) spanning from 75th Street in Boulder County to US-85 in Brighton, as well as City of Boulder's East Arapahoe Transportation Plan (2018), I-25/SH-7 Mobility Hub Concept Design (CDOT 2018), SH-7 Bus Rapid Transit Feasibility Study (2019), and SH-7 Station Area Design (2019).
The SH-7 corridor between Boulder and Brighton is one of the major east/west regional arterials in the Nor...
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