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Home My WebLink About11051 City Clerk's Office Item # S3 Background Paper for Proposed Ordinance COUNCIL MEETING DATE: October 14, 2025 TO: President Mark Aliff and Members of City Council CC: Mayor Heather Graham VIA: Marisa Stoller, City Clerk FROM: Charles Roy, Acting Director of Public Works SUBJECT: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A 4TH AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT TO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PUEBLO ("CITY"), A COLORADO MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AND THE STATE OF COLORADO, ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ("CDOT"), PROJECT: TAP M086-082 (22971) RELATING TO THE NORTHERN AVE TRAIL PHASE III PROJECT, BUDGETING AND APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $513,841 FOR SAID PROJECT, AND AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,436,813.01 TO MORTON ELECTRIC, INC. FOR PROJECT NO. 25-001R, CONCRETE AND SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS - NORTHERN AVENUE TRAIL PHASE 3 REBID AND SETTING FORTH $185,047.99 FOR CONTINGENCIES SUMMARY: This Ordinance approves a 4th Amendment and Restatement of an Intergovernmental State of Colorado, Colorado Department of Northern Ave Trail Phase III Project, and budgets and appropriates additional funds totaling $513,841.00 for the Project, upon execution of the IGA, awards a construction contract in the amount of $1,436,813.01 to Morton Electric, Inc. for Project 25-001r, Concrete and Signal Improvements - Northern Avenue Trail Phase 3 Rebid, setting forth $185,047.99 for contingencies. PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: Ordinance 9600 dated November 25, 2019, transferred funds in the amount of HU1601 and budgeted and appropriated $125,000.00 for the Traffic Signal Northern Avenue and Prairie Avenue Project. Ordinance 9666 dated February 24, 2020, established project PL2003, which approved an IGA between the City and CDOT, transferred $125,000.00 from project HU1601 to project PL2003, and budgeted and appropriated funds in the amount of $625,000.00 for the Northern Avenue Streetscape/Trail Phase III Project. Resolution 14465 dated August 24, 2020, approved an agreement for professional engineering services between the City and Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc., in the amount of $63,037.19, related to the Northern Avenue Streetscape/Trail Phase III Project. Ordinance 9977 dated August 9, 2021, approved an amendment to the -082 between the City of Pueblo, a Colorado Municipal Corpor Project. Ordinance 10121 dated February 28, 2022, approved Amendment #2 to the Intergovernmental Agreement -082 between the City of Pueblo, a Project. Ordinance 10308, dated October 24, 2022, approved Amendment #3 to the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA), TAP M086-082 between the City of Pueblo, a Colorado Municipal Corporation ("City") and the State of Colorado, Colorado Department of Transportation ("CDOT") relating to the Northern Avenue Streetscape/Trail Phase III Project. BACKGROUND: This Ordinance approves the 4th Amendment and Restatement to the Intergovernmental Agreement, originally effective on March 13, 2020, between the City and CDOT. This amendment is due to an additional Multimodal Transportation & Mitigation Options Funding (MMOF) grant that was awarded to the City of Pueblo. The proposed project will continue the trail along the north side of Northern Avenue between Cambridge Avenue and Prairie Avenue and will then head north on Prairie Avenue to the main entrance of the Colorado State Fairgrounds. Over the last several years the City has redeveloped the trail system from Pueblo Boulevard (State Highway 45) east to Cambridge Avenue along Northern Avenue. This project will complete the trail system to the Colorado State Fairgrounds, providing the area residents and visitors to the State Fair with a direct bike/pedestrian connection. Upon execution of the IGA, a construction contract will be awarded to Morton Electric, Inc. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: Grant funds in the amount of $1,318,494.00 were previously awarded, budgeted and appropriated. Additional grant funds, in the amount of $513,841.00 are being budgeted and appropriated into PL2003, Northern Avenue Streetscape Trail III Project. Funding in the amount of $1,621,861.00 (contract and contingencies) shall be paid from PL2003. BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: None. STAKEHOLDER PROCESS: None. ALTERNATIVES: Currently, there are no alternatives for completing the improvements without the funding from the CDOT Multimodal Transportation & Mitigation Options Funding (MMOF) grant funds. RECOMMENDATION: Approve the Ordinance. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Draft Amendment 4 (22971) 2. 25-001R Bid Summary ORDINANCE NO.11051 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A 4TH AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT TO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PUEBLO ("CITY"), A COLORADO MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AND THE STATE OF COLORADO, ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ("CDOT"), PROJECT: TAP M086-082 (22971) RELATING TO THE NORTHERN AVE TRAIL PHASE III PROJECT, BUDGETING AND APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $513,841 FOR SAID PROJECT, AND AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,436,813.01 TO MORTON ELECTRIC, INC. FOR PROJECT NO. 25-001R, CONCRETE AND SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS - NORTHERN AVENUE TRAIL PHASE 3 REBID AND SETTING FORTH $185,047.99 FOR CONTINGENCIES WHEREAS, competitive bids for 25-001r Concrete and Signal Improvements - Northern Avenue Trail Phase 3 Rebid have been received and examined; and, WHEREAS, the proposal of Morton Electric, Inc., was the lowest bid determined to be responsive, and the Committee of Awards recommends to the City Council that it authorizes Project No. 25-001r Concrete and Signal Improvements - Northern Avenue Trail Phase 3 Rebid to be performed; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that: SECTION 1. The 4th Amendment and the City of Pueblo, a Colorado Municipal Corporation, and the State of Colorado, acting by and through the Colorado Department of Transportation ("CDOT"), Project: TAP M086-082 (22971), Northern Avenue Streetscape Phase III Project, a copy of which is attached, having been approved as to form by the City Attorney, is hereby approved. SECTION 2. Subject to encumbrances by the Colorado State Department of Transportation, additional funds from the Northern Avenue Streetscape Phase III project (TAP M086-082) in the amount of $513,841.00 (total of $1,832,335.00) are hereby budgeted and appropriated for the Northern Avenue Streetscape Phase III Trail Project, No. PL2003. SECTION 3. The Mayor is authorized to execute and deliver the IGA 4th Amendment and Restatement in the name of the City and the City Clerk is directed to affix the seal of the City thereto and attest same. SECTION 4. Subject to execution of the IGA, the City Council authorizes Account Project No. 25-001r Concrete and Signal Improvements - Northern Avenue Trail Phase 3 Rebid, to be performed, and the contract for said project is hereby awarded to Morton Electric, Inc., in the amount of $1,436,813.01. SECTION 5. The Purchasing Agent is hereby authorized to execute said contract on behalf of the City of Pueblo, a Colorado Municipal Corporation, and the City Clerk shall affix the seal of the City thereto and attest same. SECTION 6. In addition to the amount of the bid set forth, as aforementioned, an additional amount as stipulated in this section is hereby established for contingencies and additional work. 5,047.99 SECTION 7. Funds for Project No. 25-001r, in the amount of $1,621,861.00 ($1,436,813.01 + $185,047.99 for contingencies and additional work), shall be from Account Project PL2003, Northern Avenue Streetscape Trail III Project. SECTION 8. The officers of the City are authorized to perform any and all acts consistent with this Ordinance to implement the policies and procedures described herein. SECTION 9. This Ordinance shall become effective on the date of final action by the Mayor and City Council. Action by City Council: Introduced and initial adoption of Ordinance by City Council on September 22, 2025. Final adoption of Ordinance by City Council on October 14, 2025. ____________________________ President of City Council Action by the Mayor: Approved on _______________. Disapproved on ______________ based on the following objections: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ Mayor Action by City Council After Disapproval by the Mayor: Council did not act to override the Mayor's veto. Ordinance re-adopted on a vote of ____________, on _____________ ____________________________ President of City Council ATTEST ________________________________ City Clerk