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Home My WebLink About1970 Ordinance No. 005'I I I Introduced •• a Bill by councilman Dbority BY AU'ftK)Rift ORDDIAllCB BO. 5, SBRIBS OP 1970 Air OllDDIA9CB ADOPrDG AllD APPROYIBG A PLAll OP ACQUISITION BY BEGOTIATION ARD IVIOIUB OP '1'BB PmLnooD-Lift'LB'l'Cll-POlft' LOGU BUS LDBr DBSCRIBIBG THE PROPBR'l'Y 'l'O -ACQUIRBDr !BB PULL PUJll!BNIB PRICB TO BB PAID 'l'llBRBPORBr 'l'BB MB'l'BOD OF PAYMDT 'l'llBRBOF: Aut&>aIZim AllD DIJmC'l'Im APPLICA'l'ICJB IOR PBDDAL ASSIS'l'AllCBr A1ID AUTHORIZING IR'l'BR- GOVDMM&L AGaB•MIS. WJIBRBAS, the SDgl.uood-Littleton-Port Logan Bu•1 Line being wholly-owned and operated by Brn••t Bed»ertaon of Bngl.wood, COlorado haa maintained a Scheduled Baa !9ranaportation Service for the Citi•• of Bngl.wood, ·Littleton,· Sheridan, and the Port Logan area ainae June, 1967 operating under a Certificate of Public Convenience and llec•••ity iaaued by th• Public Utiliti•• CCl iaaion of· the State of colorado being Certificate llO. 50, a oopy of which Certificate ia available ·for public inspection in th• office of th• City Clerk, ex officio, Director ~of Pinance,·of the City of Englewood: and 1111BRBAS, th• City council of the City of Bnglewood after considerable period of inYeatigation, conaultation with Brn••t Bezbertaon, adjoining municipalities and local CJ0¥9rD11enta, •• well •• conference• held with th• agent• of the Public Utilities cc taaion, find that the coat of operation of aaid acheduled bu• line is such that it appear• likely that the owner and operator of aaid bua line may be required to abandon hi• operation, which abandon ent, if effect:ed,·would cauae the residents of the City of Bngl.wood, •• well aa thoae reaident• of adjoining camaunitiea, to be left without any public acheduled tranaportation ayataD available to th-r and WJIBRBAS, in the event of bandonment and diacontinuance of operation of the Bngl.wood-Littleton-Port LoCJan Bu• Line, conaiderable inconvenience and hardship would inevitably reault to large nwaber• of reaident• of the City of Bnglewood, as well as th• Citi•• of Littleton and Sheridan, aa well aa to thoae individuals who must be tranaported to Port LOc)an &oapitala . . !'llBlmPOllB, the City council of the City of BDCJlewood, Colorado finds and detenlin•• that the aaquiaition of an exiating, acheduled transportation system would be in the public intereat. . .,., ftlBIDORB, be it ordained by th• City ·council,.City of Englewood, Colorado aa followaa l!ctiOD 1. that the City council of the City of Bnglewood, Colorado hereby adopt• and approve• the following plan of aaquiaition of the Bnglewood-Littleton-Fort LocJan Bua Line by negotiation and parch•••, •abject, however, to the approval of the .. jority of th• Qualified ~ax-Paying Blector• of the .City of Bnglewood, Colorado at a Special ll\IDicipal Blection to be held for that purpoae, purauant to the provisions of Cba~•r 139, Article 42, COlorado aeviaed Statute• 1963, and the COlorado Municipal Blection Law, Cba~•r 49, Article 22, COlorado aeviaed Statute• 1963 aa amended. Section 2 -f!!llTY 10 p ACRUI''P• th• property to be acquired by · the City of Bngl.uood la aa fol 1 a. All ri9ht, title and intereat in and to Pezait Bo. SO issued by the Public Utiliti•• OD u iaaion of the State of COlorado, June 29, 1967 insofar as the same authorize• both th• tranaportation of paaaengera on achedule within the boundaries of the Citi•• of Bngl.wood, Littleton, Sheridan, th• City and County of Denver, and the unincorporated area• of Arapahoe county, •• well •• the operation of charter bus service, aa th• •-i• authorised in aaid Permit, •abject to the approval of the Public Utilities cc taaion of the State of COlorado. b. the unreatricted po•••••ion and uae of the exiating buses of the Englewood- Littleton-Port Logan Bua Line aa foll.aw•• one (1) General llOtor• corporation coach •o. 3101 One (1) General Jlotor• corporation coach Bo. 2708 On• (1) General Jlotor• corporation coach llo. 2900 Poa .. aion and uae of aaid General Jlotora corporation coaches to continue for auch period of time •• -y be reaaonably required to allow the City of Englewood to apply for and receive a federal grant in aid to replace aaid buses, with either nw or uaed buaea, which in the City councA.'• judgment would be suitable replacement unit• for tho•• now exiating. · c. 'fhe initial acqui•ition of not more than three (3) new or used buses auitabl• for public tranaportation. th• aetbod of acqui•ition of said buses and the neceaaary equipment therefore, •hall be purchaaed purauant to the procedures set out in Article 10, Part IV entitled •Purchaaea and Salea• and dealing generally with the acqaiaition of peraonal property through CC11petitive bidding contained in Section 111 through and including 118 of the SC.a Rule Charter of the City of Englewood, Colorado. d. 'fbe full purchaae price of Itaa (a) being the Public Utilities Conmiasion Pemit llO. 50, together with It• (b) dealing with th• unre•tricted right to possession and uae of exiating bu••• of the Bnglewood-Littleton-Port Logan Bu• Line, shall not imtt!•..t th• total aua of PIVB 'l'llOUSAllD DOLLARS ($5,000.00). •· 'l'h• full purchaae price to be paid by the City of Bnglewood for three (3) auitable buaea, or a leaaer number •• contained in Itan (c) above, shall not exceed the total awa of SIX'IY-SIX 'ftlOU8AllD DOLLARS <•&6,000.00). section 3. Ri!f~P '~!!!'£· 'lh• total obliqation of the city of Englewood, COlorado for &eqUlaition ~ a aced tranaportation ayat .. ahall not exceed tbe total aua of SBVDit-mB 'dlOUBAllD DOLLARS ($71,000.00) and the method of payment therefore ahall be a• followa 1 a. '!hat of the PIVB 'l'llOUBAllD DOLLAU ($5,000.00) or le•• to be payable for It-(a) and (b), Section 2 above, ahall be made frca appropriation• from the general revenue• of the City and then only frc11 the unappropriated aurplu• preaently available. b. '!hat of th• SIX'IY-SIX 'l'llOUSAllD DOT.TARS ($66,000.00) or leas payable for It-(c), Section 2 above, being the acqui•ition of not more than three (3) buses, ahall be llllde frc11 appropriation• fraa the qeneral revenue• of the City, and then only frca unappropriated aurplua, pr•••ntly available. Section 4. PBDo!ft f!IJftAmCB. '!hat in the event of approval of the above plan of .cqalalElon thef Tax-Paying Sleator• of the City of Englewood, Colorado at a Special Municipal Blection to be called for that purpoae, the City of Englewood, or the City of Bnql.woOd jointly with other Local aovern11ent unit• affected, shall forthwLtb cauae..an application to be filed with the united State• Department of Tranaportation to obtain a grant in an amount equal to POR'l'Y-POUR TBOUSAllD DOLLARS ($44,000.00) to •••i•t in the purch••• of not more than three (3) suitable buses to be pat into operation. section 5. u•ru-oov.-.rAL cmt'IAC1'8. 'fhe City of Englewood, Colorado .. y by governaentai contract enter Into a contract aqreelDellt or contract agreaaents with th• City of Littleton, Colorado and with other local qovernments, including any Tranaportation Authoritiea, whereby the coat of acquiaition of replacement ubaes over and above th• amount to be def rayed by federal qrant or aaaiatance and operating costs of the aua Sy•t-•hall be borne and •hared by auch Local Governments upon an equitable bui•. Additionally, the City of BnglMfOOd, COlorado may enter into contractual &eJre-ent• with any Local Goverwnt unit•, Tranaportation Authoritie• or.District, for the integration of or joint operation of a acheduled .... tranaportation system within the Denver Metropolitan Area in order to achieve a more effective and convenient acheduled bua tranaportation ayat .. for th• reaidenta of the City of Englewood, COlorado and aurroundinq are••· Any auch contract •hall aet forth fully the purpoaes, powers, rights, obli- gation•, and reaponaibilitiea, financial and otherwiae, of the contracting parties and ahall be approved by it• legialative body or other authority having the power to enter into or approve •uch contract•. Introduced, read in full and paaaed on fir•t reading on the 16th day of February, 1970. Publi•hed a• a Bill for an Ordinance on the 19th day of February, 1970. Read by title and pa••ed on final reading on the 2nd day of March, 1970. Publiahed by title a• Ordinance llo. 5, Serie• of 1970 on the 5th day of llarch,. 1970. ~~~rd- ATrBST1 I, Stephen A. Lyon, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true, accurate and complete copy of an Ordinance pa••ed on final reading and published by title aa Ordinance Bo. 5, Serie• of 1970. A'l"l'BSTa c I I .