HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.016-95 RESOLUTION NO. I(~
SERIES OF 1995
A RESOLUTION APPROVING EXPENDITURES TO BE FUNDED FROM THE PITKIN
COUNTY 1/2 CENT TRANSIT SALES AND USE TAX
WHEREAS, the Aspen City Council, the Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners
and the Town Council of Snowmass Village (the "Parties") have previously identified general
elements of their Comprehensive Valley Transportation Plan (the "Plan") which are eligible for
funding from the Pitkin County one-half cent transit sales and use tax; and
WHEREAS, by intergovernmental agreement dated September 14, 1993, the Parties
agreed:
a. to conduct regular public meetings to continue to refine and agree upon
proposed projects and transportation elements consistent with or complimentary
to the Plan; and
b. that all expenditures and projects to be funded from the County-wide one-
half cent transit sales and use tax shall be agreed upon by the Parties and
evidenced by a resolution adopted by the governing body of each party; and
WHEREAS, in November of 1993 Pitkin County voters authorized the issuance of up
to $13,650,000 of revenue bonds for the purpose of improving the public mass transportation
system in the Roaring Fork Valley (the "Revenue Bond Authorization") if such improvements
are authorized by agreement between the Parties; and
WHEREAS, at a public meeting held in the Aspen City Council Chambers on February
16, 1995, the Parties considered and approved several projects to be funded in 1995 from the
Pitkin County one-half cent transit sales and use tax and approved a request from the Roaring
Fork Transit Agency to use up to $1,325,000 of the Revenue Bond Authorization for the
acquisition and equipping of a downvalley maintenance facility; and
WHEREAS, the City of Aspen wishes to ratify the approvals given at the February 14th
meeting by adoption of this resolution.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Aspen,
Colorado, that the following expenditures are hereby approved from the Pitkin County one-
half cent transit sales and use tax for 1995:
RFTA debt service for 5 buses $ 146,000
Expanded RFTA bus service 735,000
Project management and administration:
management contract closeout 10,000
meeting support and financial administration 10,000
Snowmass transit center design 150,000
Reimbursement to City of Aspen for previous project work:
TDA study 25,000
Buttermilk intercept lot planning 15,000
City attorney's time 25,229
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Airport intercept lot:
landscaping 160,000
shuttle service by RFTA 425,000
maintenance 30,000
Maroon Creek .pedestrian bridge:
engineering 50,000
contribution to construction 200,000
Total $1,981,229
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that RFTA is hereby permitted to use up to
$1,325,000 of the Revenue Bond Authorization for the acquisition and equipping of a
downvalley maintenance facility.
RESOLVED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 13th day of March, 1995, by the City
Council for the City of Aspen, Colorado.
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I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do certify that the foregoing
is a tree and accurate copy of that resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Aspen,
Colorado, at a meeting held March 13, 1995.
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