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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06805ORDINANCE NO. Fgo_S AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN THE APPDXIMATE COST OF $8,776,000 AND BUDGETING, APPROPRIATING AND TRANSFERRING $4,492,000 FROM GENERAL FUND SURPLUS TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR THE ARKANSAS RIVER CORRIDOR LEGACY PROJECT WHEREAS, City Council supported an application to Great Outdoors Colorado to secure funding for the Arkansas River Corridor Legacy Project. WHEREAS, City Council supported an application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to secure funding for the Arkansas River Fisheries Habitat Restoration Project and be the Local Project Sponsor; and WHEREAS, the City of Pueblo received notification from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in October 2001 that the Arkansas River Fisheries Habitat Restoration Project was approved for design and construction. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that: SECTION 1. A capital improvement project in the approximate cost of $8,776,000 known as the . Arkansas River Corridor Legacy Project is hereby established. SECTION 2. Upon the recommendation of the City Manager and certification by the Director of Finance that there is available cash surplus to meet such appropriation, $4,492,000 is hereby budgeted and appropriated from general fund surplus and transferred to the Capital Improvement Fund for the Arkansas River Corridor Legacy Project to be expended as follows: FY2002 $814,000; FY2003 $1,903,000, and FY2004 $1,775,000. Funds from partners in the Arkansas River Corridor Legacy Project shall upon receipt by the City be transferred to the General Fund. SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall not be effective until the City of Pueblo enters into a Project Cooperation Agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Arkansas River Habitat Restoration Project during fiscal year 2002. INTRODUCED: March 25, 2002 BY: Patrick Avalos COUNCIL PERSON APPROVED: PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL ATTESTED BY: Y CLERK PASSED AND APPROVED: April 8, 2002 Project 1. Arkansas River Habitat Improvements 2. Greenway & Nature Center - Environmental Education Area - Natural Resource Restoration - Raptor Center Improvements - Nature Trails & Interpretive Signs 3. Trail System Improvements - Replace 6 miles of hard surface trails - St. Charles Mesa Trail connection - Trail signs - Pueblo West Trail 4. Environmental Education Sites - Overton Wildlife Viewing Area - Conduit Trail Area 5. Pueblo Zoo Improvements - Colorado River Otter Exhibit - Trail Connection From River Trail 6. Riverfront Parks & River Access - Riverfront park - River access points - Kayak Course PROJECT COST - Phase 1 Note: $1.00 = $1 million dollars CORPS 4.284 $ $ $ Pueblo Arkansas River Corridor Project Project Budget - Phase 1 GOCO TE21 ST. PARKS DOW 1.310 $ 0.04 $ 0.020 0.120 0.010 0.040 0.010 0.175 $ 0.30 0.010 0.035 $ 0.02 0.005 0.175 $ 0.015 $ 0.030 $ 0.045 $ 0.045 $ 0.045 $ 0.020 4.284 $ 2.000 $ 0.30 $ 0.06 $0.110 $0.10 = $100 thousand dollars CRY COUNTY CDBG BOWW OTHER TOTAL 0.200 $ 0.200 $ o.o4 $ 0.497 $ 6.591 0.035 $ 0.015 $ 0.13 $ 0.050 $ 0.350 0.010 $ 0.010 $ 0.050 $ 0.080 0.010 $ 0.010 $ 0.050 $ 0.110 0.010 $ 0.010 $ 0.016 $ OA46 0.065 $ 0.070 $ 0.04 $ 0.05 $ 0.009 $ 0.724 0.010 $ 0.010 $ 0.030 $ 0.025 $ 0.020 $ 0.100 $ 0.010 $ 0.040 $ 0.010 $ 0.060 0.045 $ 0.030 $ 0.100 $ 0.350 0.005 $ 0.06 $ 0.030 $ 0.140 0.010 $ 0.03 $ 0.025 $ 0.110 $ 0.025 $ 0.045 0.400 $ 0.400 $ 0.17 $ 0.18 $ 0.872 $ 8.776 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND PROJECT Project: ARKANSAS RIVER LEGACY PROJECT Project Number: rho Arkansas River legacy project has two phases and each phase has several projects. The projects wit be constructed under different contrails according to funding sources. Phase 1 includes: Arkansas River fishery restoration, Environmental Plaza at the Nature Center, 5 miles of river trail improvements, two wtdoor ad. sites at Lake Pueblo, and a river otter exhibit at the Zoo. Phase 2 Includes: 4 -acre riverpark at 4th Street, trail from Lake Pueblo to Pueblo West, flight cages at the Raptor Center, and habitat Improvements at the Nature Center, and a river access from s Penn Street. w S E IP's Program :O Legacy grant CTF or General Funds blo County Parks e Center r Enhancement Grant Value lo West Metro Contributions 500,000 571,000 3,213,000 3,142,000 2,000,000 Trail 400,000 15,000 385,000 180,000 35,000 75,000 EE sites 60,000 50,000 116,000 Nature Center 100,000 236,000 300,000 28,000 142,000 487,000 350,000 20,000 19,000 80,000 + . ON 4,284,000 2,000,000 400,000 400,000 180,000 110,000 60,000 166,000 100,000 300,000 170,000 487,000 20,000 99,000 Habitat 500,000 2,949,000 3,142,000 6,591,000 Trail 50,000 804,000 854,000 River Parks 295,000 295,000 EE sites 100,000 100,000 Nature Center 350,000 236,000 586,000 00 350,000 350,000 777 , 7:77 aF Beainnina Date Completion Date US CORPS -EX- OFFICE ID:505- 342 -3197 MAR 21'02 11:55 No-003 P.02 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ALBUQUERQUE DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS 41 Of JEFFERSON PLAZA. HE ALSUOUMOUIE. NEW MmaCO 69100.3435 4D ,46 FAX (505) 342.3 109 ARNMa MAR 2 1 2002 Civil Works Planning and Project Management Branch Mr. Loa Even City Manager One City Nall Place Pueblo, Colorado 81003 Dew Mr. Even, I am ploasod to inform you that we received commitment of construction funds Cram our Hoadquartm for the Arkansas River Hahodes Habitat Restoration, Section 206 project. This commitment of federal funds was received on March 15. 2002 for the following schedule of apenditures: Fiscal Year (FY) 02- 5141000, FY 0342,000,000, FY 0441.038,000. FY "SAW. FY 06435. 000. FY07- $35.000, FY 08-135.000, FY 09435,000. We alt looking forward to working with you on this project and anticipate signing the Project Coupo adoo Agri emmi in April. If you have any questions regarding this plessc contact Mr. Mark 11wbetg, Project Manager. at 505- 342 -3423. Sincerely. aymond ttP lieutenant . District Engi Background Paper for Proposed ORDINANCE AGENDA ITEM # � $ DATE: MARCH 25, 2002 DEPARTMENT: PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT /JIM MUNCH TITLE AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN THE APPDXIMATE COST OF $8,776,000 AND BUDGETING, APPROPRIATING AND TRANSFERRING $4,492,000 FROM GENERAL FUND SURPLUS TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR THE ARKANSAS RIVER CORRIDOR LEGACY PROJECT ISSUE Should City Council budget and appropriate $8,776,000 to the Capital Improvement Fund for the Arkansas River Corridor Legacy Project and transfer $4,492,000 from General Fund Surplus to the project per schedule of need by fiscal year? RECOMMENDATION Approval of the Ordinance. BACKGROUND The City of Pueblo is the Project Sponsor of the Arkansas River Corridor Legacy Project which includes the construction of a River Habitat Project on the Arkansas River that includes the development of a fish passage structure that will also function as a recreational boating course, improvements at the Greenway and Nature Center of Pueblo, a River Otter Exhibit at the Pueblo Zoo, improvements to the Arkansas River Trail System, environmental education sites at Lake Pueblo State Wildlife Area, and a riverfront park and access along the river levee. The City is entering into a Project Cooperation Agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers that will provide $4,284,000 in federal funds to the River Habitat Project. The Army Corps of Engineers will spend $929,000 prior to the construction of the River Restoration Project for the environmental analysis, ecological restoration report, final design, specifications, and project bid documents. The South Pacific Division of the Army Corps of Engineers has committed the balance of $3,355,000 in construction funds (see attached email from Army Corps). The $3,355,000 in federal construction funds will be provided as follows: FY02 $142,000; FY03 $2,000,000; FY04 $1,038,000; FY05 $35,000 and final balance to complete project of $140,000. Following the commitment of federal funds, the City will enter into a grant agreement with Great Outdoors Colorado to provide $2,000,000 in funds for the project. The City will be required to front the $2,000,000 of the GOCO grant funds. GOCO will reimburse the City funds on an annual basis based on the City submitting documented project expenses in each of the fiscal years. The City will also enter into separate agreements with Colorado State Parks, Colorado Division of Wildlife, Pueblo County, Greenway and Nature Center, Inc., and the Pueblo Zoological Society to secure the matching funds and grant obligations and requirements for each of the components of the project. The project construction period is three years beginning in June, 2002 through June 2005. Except for the $400,000 in City funds, the partner funds will replenish the City's commitment of $4,492,000. The River Habitat project includes the construction of a series of aquatic habitat structures, construction of a low water channel, the realignment of the river in two locations, and the planting of riparian vegetation along a 9 -mile section of the Arkansas River between Pueblo Dam and Fountain Creek. The project also includes the construction of a fish passage ladder below the West Plains Diversion Dam that will be built to function as a boat passage and kayak course. These improvements provide the basis for the minimum stream flow filing for the Arkansas River that was filed by the City of Pueblo. In May, 2000, the City received a commitment of Great Outdoors Colorado Legacy funding for the Arkansas River Corridor Legacy Project. The habitat project is projected to utilize $1,310,000 of these funds as local matching funds to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In October, 2001 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved the Ecosystem Restoration Report and Environmental Analysis and approved the project for final design and construction. The projected construction schedule is from November 2002 through October 2004. The establishment of a capital project account and the transferring of general fund surplus revenue to the Arkansas River Legacy Project are required prior to the City entering into the Project Cooperation Agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers. The City will also be receiving funding from Pueblo County, Colorado State Parks, Colorado Division of Wildlife, and Trout Unlimited that will be applied to Local Project Sponsor matching funds. FINANCIAL IMPACT The transfer of $4,492,000 in general fund surplus revenue into the Capital Improvement Fund for the Arkansas River Corridor Legacy will provide the revenue to comply with the provisions of the Army Corps of Engineers Project Cooperation Agreement and provide total funding for other elements of the project as listed in the capital project budget sheets. The $4,492,000 in general funds will be provided as follows: FY2002 $814,000; FY2003 $1,903,000; and FY2004 $1,775,000. All but $400,000 is expected to be reimbursed by our partners based on the following schedule: Proiected Reimbursable Costs PROJECT PARTNERS AMOUNT GOCO Legacy Funds (anticipated to be reimbursed with S2,000,000 51000"M003 & S1,000,000 FY2004 River Habitat Land Credits credited in FY2002 S 487 000 Colorado State Parks ($40,000 expected in FY2003 for $ 60,000 River Habitat & $20,000 in FY2004 for Pueblo West trail) (if S20,000 is not provided by the State Parks, the trail projects will not be Pueblo County (river habitat contribution payments S 400,000 anticipated to be S100K FY2003 & S100K FY2004, GNC (if $105,000 is not provided by the Improvements $45000 Ri T � 5000 ,, River miWSi 80,, County, the city will not complete Raptor Center, signs, and habitat Pueblo West Trail $25,000, Environmental Ed. Sites restoration projects; Pueblo west $20,000 Pueblo Zoo River Otter Exhibit 530,000 ) trail, do River Otter Exhibit) Trout Unlimited (expected in FY2002 $ 10,000 CDOT — TE21 grant funds (applications to be submitted S 300,000 in FY2002 & FY2003) (if not secured, the City will reduce the number of miles of trail repl aced within CDBG funds — funding requests to be submitted in S 170,000 M003 & FY2084 - $28,000 secured in FY2002 Pueblo Board of Water Works (GNC Plan 5130,000 & S 180,000 S50,000 in -kind trails work in FY2002 Greenway & Nature Center (Plaza S50,000 secured in S 166,000 FY2002, $66,000 of cash and in -kind secured in FY2003 (if $1 16,000 is not provided by the for Raptor Center & interpretive signs, $50,000 of cash Rapt, the city will not complete Raptor Center, signs, and habitat and in -kind secured in FY2004 for habitat restoration ) restoration projects) Colorado Division of Wildlife (Environmental Ed. Sites $ 110,000 575,000 at Lake Pueblo State Wildlife Area cash and in- (if 575,000 is not provided by the kind in FY2003, $20,000 for River Habitat in FY2002, DOW, the E.E. sites projects will not be completed) $15,9M river trails in FY2002 Pueblo Zoological Society (S100,000 for River Otter $ 100,000 Exhibit in FY2002) (if 51 00,000 is not provided by the Zoo, the city will not complete River Otter Exhibit pro WA Pueblo West Metro. District (Pueblo West trail cash and S 20,000 in -kind in FY2004) (if $20,000 is not provided by the Pueblo West, the trail projects will not be completed Friends of the River Trail trails in -kind in FY 2002 $ 9 Other Grants and Contributions for riverpark, access, $ 80 and kayakin requested in FY2002 & FY2003 Total Reimbursable Costs $4, 092,000 These fiords will be requested early in the project so as to minimize the impact on the City's General Fund. In addition to the project construction costs, the Project Cooperation Agreement will require the City of Pueblo to maintain the habitat improvements over the project life, which is identified in the Arkansas River Fisheries Habitat Restoration — Final Ecosystem Restoration Report as 40 years. The estimated annual amortized maintenance cost is $25,400.00.