MCC# 2000-200

GJCC# 1-01

RESOLUTION NO. 1-01

A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY OF MESA AND THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION CONCERNING THE “CONTRACT FOR PROJECT C 340A-008, SH 340 TRANSPORTATION STUDY”

WHEREAS, The City and County have been designated by the Governor as the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Grand Junction/Mesa County Urbanized Area; and

WHEREAS, Part 2 of Article 1 of Title 29, Colorado Revised Statutes authorizes the parties to contract with one another to make the most efficient and effective use of their powers and responsibilities; and

WHEREAS, The City and County realize the importance of both short and long range planning in the development of an efficient transportation system, and are both aware that it is the responsibility of the Metropolitan Planning Organization to perform those planning functions; and

WHEREAS, The City and County, in their performance of those planning functions for the Urbanized Area, wish to use Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration transportation planning funds in coordination with the Colorado Department of Transportation; and

WHEREAS, The City and County have estimated the total cost of the work to be $150,000 to be funded as follows: Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), $50,000; Mesa County, $50,000; and the City of Grand Junction, $50,000 and are prepared to accept the State funding for the work.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT JOINTLY RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF MESA, COLORADO AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:

 That the City and County are expressly authorized to enter into this Contract and to complete the work under the Contract.  

 That the “CONTRACT FOR PROJECT C 340A-008, SH 340 TRANSPORTATION STUDY”, hereunto attached, was approved by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Mesa, Colorado on December 18, 2000, and by the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado on January 3, 2001.

CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION    COUNTY OF MESA

/s/ Gene Kinsey                 /s/ Doralyn B. Genova        

Mayor             Chairman of the Board

Grand Junction City Council       Mesa County Board of Commissioners

3rd day of January, 2001           18th day of December, 2000

Attest:          Attest:

/s/ Stephanie Nye              /s/ Monika Todd            

City Clerk          County Clerk