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Economic Health Office
300 LaPorte Avenue
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
970.221.6505
970.224.6107 - fax
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: July 18, 2018
TO: Mayor and Councilmembers
THRU: Darin Atteberry, City Manager;
Jeff Mihelich, Deputy City Manager;
Jacqueline Kozak-Thiel, Chief Sustainability Officer
Josh Birks, Economic Health and Redevelopment Director
FROM: Sam Solt, Chair – Economic Advisory Commission;
Ted Settle Vice-Chair – Economic Advisory Commission; and
Members, Economic Advisory Commission
RE: OUTLINING A PROCESS AND FRAMEWORK FOR BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS TO CONDUCT JOINT WORKING MEETINGS
The purpose of this memorandum is to inform City Council of the Economic Advisory Commission’s
(EAC) recommendation regarding the Sign Code updates pending action on August 21st.
Position:
The Fort Collins Economic Advisory Commission members received a presentation on the Sign Code
Update by Noah Beals at our June 20, 2018 meeting. We understand that the City of Fort Collins has
taken important sign regulation steps since the 1970's to preserve the character of our unique city, while
still preserving companies' abilities to adequately advertise their products and services.
The members of the EAC agree with the overall purpose of the revised sign code, being to 1) clearly
define while not reducing the allowable sign space allotted to each company, 2) give more signage
options and flexibility for companies as technologies arise and 3) moving to reduce the number of
billboards by offering billboard companies to replace a plurality of existing billboard permits for a fewer
number of electronic billboards. Furthermore, we recommend that the city revise the messaging
surrounding the updated city sign code, so that these points are made clear to the given audience.