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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY February 15, 2022
City Council
STAFF
Lindsay Ex, Environmental Services Director
John Duval, Legal
SUBJECT
Resolution 2022-032 Making an Appointment to the Colorado Communities for Climate Action Board of
Directors.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appoint Councilmember Canonico to serve as the City of Fort Collins’
representative to the Colorado Communities for Climate Action (CC4CA) Board of Directors. A Fort Collins’
staff member currently serves in this role and will transition to serving as a City alternate to the Board of
Directors.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
Colorado Communities for Climate Action (CC4CA) was founded in 2016 and is a coalition of local
governments advocating for climate action at the state and federal levels. Fort Collins is a founding member of
CC4CA, and the coalition has grown to 40 Colorado cities and counties representing 1 of 4 Coloradans.
Each community in CC4CA is allotted one voting position on the Board of Directors and any number of
alternates. The Board of Directors meets every other month and formally approves the CC4CA annual policy
statement, annual budget, and supports the organization with strategic direction. Since its initiation, Fort
Collins’ Board of Director positions have been filled by City staff.
At the January 25, 2022, Legislative Review Committee meeting, the LRC unanimously supported a motion to
appoint Councilmember Canonico to the Board on behalf of the City. It is also proposed that Lindsay Ex, the
City’s Environmental Services Director, be appointed the City’s alternate to serve as its voting representative
on the Board in Councilmember Canonico’s absence. Ms. Ex current ly serves as the Vice-Chair of CC4CA
and is slated to become Chair in July of 2022. Her reassignment to the alternate position will not affect her
ability to continue to serve as Vice-Chair on the Board or as its future Chair, since CC4CA’s bylaws and rul es
of governance allow for this. It is also recommended that the City Manager be authorized in the Resolution to
substitute other City staff members for this alternate position and to appoint additional alternates as needed to
ensure the City always has a voting representative on the Board.
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RESOLUTION 2022-032
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING AN APPOINTMENT TO THE COLORADO COMMUNITIES FOR
CLIMATE ACTION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WHEREAS, the City Council appoints Councilmembers to serve as liaisons to the
City's boards and commissions and appoints Councilmembers to established Council
committees; and
WHEREAS, the City Council also appoints representatives to certain other
organizations of which the City is a member; and
WHEREAS, one of those organizations is Colorado Communities for Climate
Action (“CC4CA”); and
WHEREAS, CC4CA is a coalition of 40 local governments in Colorado
advocating climate action at the state and federal level, and the City was a founding
member of CC4CA when it was established in 2016; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to CC4CA’s bylaws, each member of the CC4CA is
allotted one voting position on the CC4CA Board of Directors (the “Board”) and can
have any number of alternate voting representatives; and
WHEREAS, the City’s current voting representative on the Board is Lindsay Ex, the
City’s Environmental Services Director, and she is currently the Vice Chair of the Board and
is slated to become the Chair of the Board in July of this year; and
WHEREAS, at its January 25, 2022, meeting, the Council’s Legislative Review
Committee (the “LRC”) considered the question of whether a Councilmember should be
appointed to be the City’s voting representative to the Board with Lindsay Ex transitioning to
being the City’s alternate voting representative; and
WHEREAS, this transition of Lindsay Ex to being an alternate will not affect her
ability to continue to be the Vice Chair of the Board and to become its Chair in July because
CC4CA’s bylaws allow for this; and
WHEREAS, the LRC voted to recommend to the Council that it appoint
Councilmember Canonico to be the City’s voting representative on the Board; and
WHEREAS, Council has determined that Councilmember Canonico’s service on the
Board as the City’s voting representative is in the City’s best interest; and
WHEREAS, Council has further determined that it is also in the City’s best to
appoint Lindsay Exas the City’s current alternate voting representative on the Board to
serve in Councilmember Canonico’s absence and to authorize the City Manager to
substitute other City staff members for this alternate position and appoint any additional
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alternates as needed to ensure the City’s effective participation in CC4CA and service on
the Board by its voting representative.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That Councilmember Canonico is hereby appointed the City’s voting
representative to serve on the Board of CC4CA.
Section 3. That Lindsay Ex, the City’s Environmental Services Director, is
hereby appointed to serve as the City’s alternate voting representatives to serve on the Board
in Councilmember Canonico’s absence. In addition, the City Manager may, as needed,
substitute other City staff members for this alternate position and appoint other City staff
members as additional alternates to ensure the City has a voting representative on the Board in
the absence of Councilmember Canonico.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this
15th day of February, A.D. 2022.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk