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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 44
Series of 2023
TITLE: A RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COLORADO
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE IMPROVE
WADSWORTH PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to provide for the improvement of Wadsworth
Boulevard from 35th Avenue to Interstate 70; and
WHEREAS, the City was awarded a federal transportation grant in 2015 by the
Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) to improve Wadsworth Boulevard
between 35th and 48th Avenues; and
WHEREAS, the City approved an Agreement on October 12, 2015 with the
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), DRCOG’s funding steward, for the
original funding of the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City was allocated Federal Surface Treatment funds by CDOT to
replace the pavement between 35th and 48th Avenues and was allocated State Safety
funds by CDOT to both replace the traffic signals at 41st and 44th Avenues and to add
medians to Wadsworth Boulevard between 35th Avenue and 48th Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the City was awarded a second federal transportation grant in 2018
by DRCOG to improve Wadsworth Boulevard between 48th Avenue and I-70; and
WHEREAS, the City approved Amendment #1 to the CDOT Agreement on
October 12, 2020 to add additional funding sources to the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City was allocated additional State Safety funds by CDOT to
replace the traffic signal at 38th Avenue and to improve the streetscape on the west side
of Wadsworth Boulevard between 38th Avenue and 41st Avenue and was awarded a
Revitalizing Main Streets grant by CDOT to improve the streetscape on the east side of
Wadsworth Boulevard between 35th Avenue and 41st Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the City was awarded a third federal transportation grant by DRCOG
for the Project and DRCOG also approved the transfer of funding that was previously
awarded for an environmental assessment for a grade separation project at the Ward
Road BNSF crossing to this Project; and
WHEREAS, the City approved Amendment #2 to the CDOT Agreement on
February 28, 2022, to add additional funding sources to the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City was awarded Congressionally Directed Spending for
additional work not included in the original construction contract, south of 41st Avenue to
35th Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the City staff has negotiated Amendment #3 to the CDOT Agreement
to add the additional funding source to the Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Wheat
Ridge, Colorado, that:
Section 1. Amendment Approved. Amendment #3 between the City and the
Colorado Department of Transportation for Project No. NHPP 1211-086, SA
21006: Wadsworth Boulevard Widening from 35th Avenue to Interstate 70, is
hereby approved and the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized and directed to
execute the same.
DONE AND RESOLVED this 28th day of August 2023.
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Bud Starker, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Steve Kirkpatrick, City Clerk