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Fort Collins City Council
Work Session Agenda
6:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Colorado Room, 222 Laporte Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80521
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City Council
Work Session Agenda
October 11, 2022 at 6:00 PM
Jeni Arndt, Mayor
Emily Francis, District 6, Mayor Pro Tem
Susan Gutowsky, District 1
Julie Pignataro, District 2
Tricia Canonico, District 3
Shirley Peel, District 4
Kelly Ohlson, District 5
Colorado River Community Room
222 Laporte Avenue, Fort Collins
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Carrie Daggett Kelly DiMartino Anissa Hollingshead
City Attorney City Manager City Clerk
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
6:00 PM
A) CALL MEETING TO ORDER
B) ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
1. 2023-2024 Biennial Budget – Work Session #3.
The purpose of this work session is to review the 2023-2024 Recommended Budget delivered to
Council and the City Clerk on September 2, 2022 pursuant to provisions of Article V, Section 2 of
the City Charter. This is a continuation of the overall budget discussion and Outcome review item
discussed at the September 13 and September 27 Work Sessions. Two public hearings to gather
input from the community about the 2023-2024 Budget have also been completed.
The Recommended Budget is aligned with the adopted 2021-2023 Council Priorities, the 2022
Strategic Plan and community priorities. At the October 11, 2022 Work Session, staff will be looking
for guidance on the changes to the City Manager’s Recommended Budget that Council would like
to have incorporated into 1st Reading on November 1.
2. Our Climate Future Implementation.
The purpose of this item is to provide Councilmembers with clear information about how the Fort
Collins community can make progress towards the goals laid out in the Our Climate Future plan
for waste, renewable electricity, and greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions.
Based on greenhouse gas and waste forecasts between 2021 and 2030, staff has provided a
“roadmap” of Council actions to be considered in the years ahead that advance strategies to help
reach Council-adopted goals.
Councilmembers will review the 2021 inventory of community greenhouse gas emissions along
with forecasted emissions projections by sector and will be asked to use those fo recasts to offer
guidance on where to set a 2026 interim GHG goal for the community.
C) ANNOUNCEMENTS
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D) ADJOURNMENT
Upon request, the City of Fort Collins will provide language access services for individuals who have limited
English proficiency, or auxiliary aids and services for individuals with disabilities, to access City services,
programs and activities. Contact 970.221.6515 (V/TDD: Dial 711 for Relay Colorado) for assistance.
Please provide 48 hours advance notice when possible.
A solicitud, la Ciudad de Fort Collins proporcionará servicios de acceso a idiomas para personas que no
dominan el idioma inglés, o ayudas y servicios auxiliares para personas con discapacidad, para que
puedan acceder a los servicios, programas y actividades de la Ciudad. Para asistencia, llame al
970.221.6515 (V/TDD: Marque 711 para Relay Colorado). Por favor proporcione 48 horas de aviso previo
cuando sea posible.
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October 11, 2022
WORK SESSION AGENDA
ITEM SUMMARY
City Council
STAFF
Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Travis Storin, Chief Financial Officer
Lawrence Pollack, Budget Director
SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION
2023-2024 Biennial Budget – Work Session #3.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this work session is to review the 2023-2024 Recommended Budget delivered to Council
and the City Clerk on September 2, 2022 pursuant to provisions of Article V, Section 2 of the City Charter.
This is a continuation of the overall budget discussion and Outcome review item discussed at the
September 13 and September 27 Work Sessions. Two public hearings to gather input from the
community about the 2023-2024 Budget have also been completed.
The Recommended Budget is aligned with the adopted 2021-2023 Council Priorities, the 2022 Strategic
Plan and community priorities. At the October 11, 2022 Work Session, staff will be looking for guidance
on the changes to the City Manager’s Recommended Budget that Council would like to have incorporated
into 1st Reading on November 1.
GENERAL DIRECTION SOUGHT AND SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED
1. Which offers does Council have interest in including in first reading of the 2022 Budget, including
preferred funding sources?
2. What clarifying questions does Council have on any of the Offers in the seven Outcomes discussed in
the previous budget work sessions?
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
This creation of the 2023-2024 Recommended Budget was accomplished using a process called
Budgeting for Outcomes (BFO), which is a form of priority-based budgeting. The process has included the
following major steps:
• Council adopted the 2022 Strategic Plan, which encompasses the adopted 2021-2023 Council
Priorities.
• City financial staff created revenue forecasts for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
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• City staff developed budget requests (offers) for individual programs and services to help achieve
specific strategic objectives within the adopted strategic plan. The primary objective selected within
the budget request determines which of the City’s seven key Strategic Outcomes the request is then
submitted for consideration.
• BFO Teams comprised of seven staff members each (one team per Outcome) reviewed the offers and
negotiated with staff (aka Sellers) who submitted the budget requests. This unique aspect of BFO
allows for a much deeper review and understanding of the programs and services being proposed.
The teams each deliver a prioritized ranking of budget requests that would change the ongoing level
of service.
• Concurrently, public outreach began with a press release and ongoing communications through social
media channels to invite the community to share their perspectives. The City’s online public
engagement tool, called OurCity, allows individuals to provide various types of input based on their
level of interest and the amount of time they have available. Initial feedback received in May and June
helped inform the decisions for the recommended budget, and the remaining inputs through September
will be shared with Council as final decisions are being made for the adopted 2023-2024 Budget.
• A work session item on the status of the 2023-2024 budget process was discussed on June 28. This
session included high-level assumptions within the budget, as well as conversation about the themes
that were emerging.
• The prioritized lists of funding recommendations from the BFO Teams were then reviewed by the City
Manager and the rest of the Budget Leadership Team (BLT). The BLT deliberated similar to the BFO
Teams, but they looked across all seven Outcomes holistically. This included conversations with each
BFO Team, as well as a snapshot summary of the public input received between early May and early
July. These inputs, along with other data and information discussed by the BLT, resulted in the
decisions of what is recommended for funding in 2023 and 2024.
Public Engagement Update
The City’s Communications and Public Information Office was able to begin public engagement in May,
just as it was prior to the onset of the pandemic, and that continued through September. A snapshot of
results was analyzed and shared with the executive team to assist with funding decisions for the
Recommended Budget. All results from that engagement is summarized in Attachments 1 through 3.
New this year was an insightful collaboration with the Colorado State University Center for Public
Deliberation (CPD). The engagement was two-fold. First, Community Guide volunteers were trained by
CPD and then facilitated conversations with other local residents. Attachment 4 is a summary report of that
initiative.
The second aspect with CPD was a community event at the Senior Center on September 28 where
residents participated in table-top discussions around a simulated budget exercise with the
funded/unfunded offers in the Recommended Budget. Attachment 5 is a summary report of the insights
from this community event.
Changes to Offers originally included in the City Manager’s Recommended Budget
Based on Council dialogue during the Budget work sessions on September 13 and 27, staff heard requests
for funding various offers, some at a scalable level. Staff has reviewed this guidance and proposes the
corresponding offers be grouped into the following categories (all values in $1,000s):
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1) Offers to include for 1st Reading with specific funding source recommendations
2) Offers to include for 1st Reading funded by options available to Council (to be reviewed during
the work session)
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3) Offers of interest to Council – More discussion needed
4) Offers recommended to stay unfunded relative to other priorities
5) Offers for possible consideration in the 2024 Budget Revision process
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Additionally, the following administrative changes are proposed for inclusion on 1st Reading:
The 2023 Budget for the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) was approved by its Board of Directors on
September 8, 2022. Offer 40.1 - Downtown Development Authority: Operating & Capital Budget has been
updated to reflect the final DDA 2023 Budget, as approved by the Board.
Principal and interest payments have been updated in Offer 34.2 - Urban Renewal Authority Debt Service to
reflect the amounts of the debt payment schedule.
Council Budget Meetings
This work session concludes a series of work sessions scheduled in September and October to discuss
the proposed 2023-2024 Budget, and will include Council discussion regarding overall priorities, policy
issues and guidance on what changes Council wants included in First Reading of the 2023-2024 Budget.
Council is scheduled to consider budget adoption on the following dates:
Meeting Date Topic
November 1, 2022 Regular Meeting First Reading of the 2023-2024 Budget and the
2023 Appropriation Ordinance
November 15, 2022 Regular Meeting Second Reading of the 2023-2024 Budget and
the 2023 Appropriation Ordinance
NEXT STEPS
The next step is First Reading on November 1, 2022. This will be followed by Second Reading on
November 15, 2022.
ATTACHMENTS
1.2023-2024 Budget Engagement Summary
2.2023-2024 Budget Feedback Emails
3.OurCity Full Text Comments
4.CPD - CoFC Budget Community Guides - Summary
Report
5.CPD - CoFC Budget Process Event Summary
6.Presentation
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2023-2024 Budget Engagement Summary
Community Engagement Strategy: Engagement for the 2023-2024 budget built off of similar efforts for the 2021 and
2022 one-year budgets, and evolved to reflect best practices and lessons learned from other successful engagement
efforts. The OurCity webpage offered a variety of feedback opportunities based on time and interest, on-demand learning,
and self-service tools. In addition, this year the City partnered with CSU’s Center for Public Deliberation to host
community-led conversations about budget priorities and a budget workshop focused on funding tradeoffs.
Methods:
Animated Budget 101 videos in English/Spanish
Budget Workshop in partnership with the Center for Public Deliberation
OurCity project page with online engagement activities in both English/Spanish
Website and social media promotion
Public Hearings
Community Survey
Participation:
OurCity:
o 1,600 total page visits
o 1,100 aware visitors, 599 informed visitors, 151 engaged
o 128 survey responses
o 118 ideas submitted
Social Media:
o Facebook 24,000 impressions
o Twitter 1,000 impressions
o YouTube 3,400 views
Feedback Summary - What we Heard:
Survey Results:
For each of the categories below, please select whether you think the City should invest more funding, the same
amount, or less funding in 2023-2024.
Outcome Area More Funding Same Level Less Funding
Economic Health 36% 60% 4%
Environmental Health 63% 27% 10%
Neighborhood Livability & Social Health 47% 41% 12%
Safe Community 20% 58% 22%
Culture & Recreation 38% 60% 2%
Transportation & Mobility 48% 45% 7%
High Performing Government 10% 70% 20%
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OurCity Themes:
Below are the most common theme areas for increased focus or funding, by Outcome Area.
Economic Health: childcare, education and workforce training
Environmental Health: air quality, water quality and river health, land conservation, climate
Neighborhood Livability & Social Health: affordable and attainable housing, homelessness services,
poverty, U+2 and neighborhood quality
Safe Community: mental health, social services and co-responder program; park and trail safety;
neighborhood safety re: homelessness; general policing and crime rates
Culture & Recreation: maintenance, infrastructure and asset management; local performing arts support;
natural areas safety, maintenance and restoration
Transportation & Mobility: bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure and safety, increased and more effective
transit, especially regionally
High Performing Government: staff pay, inflation and cost of living, especially for lower-wage workers;
Council pay; cybersecurity; Equity Office staffing and programming
Community Survey:
Top 3 outcome areas to be prioritized:
o Environmental Health
o Neighborhood Livability & Social Health
o Transportation
Which outcomes should have more funding/effort
o Environmental Health (64%)
o Neighborhood Livability & Social Health (62%)
o Transportation (51%)
Open question – top 3 themes (what’s the most important thing the City should be focusing on and why)
o Affordable housing
o Environmental issues
o Growth and development issues
Full Community Survey results memo from Sept. 6, 2022:
https://records.fcgov.com/CouncilCorr/DocView.aspx?id=15545838&dbid=0&repo=FortCollins&searchid=6f047de3-
2414-4292-9cca-28d8b2522113
Attachments:
Letters to City Council
Full text submitted comments
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From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:Amy Resseguie
Subject:FW: [EXTERNAL] Please support wildlife health and rehabilitation in the 2022 city budget
Date:Wednesday, August 24, 2022 5:10:13 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Mariah McCulley <Mariah.McCulley@savinganimalstoday.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2022 6:19 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Please support wildlife health and rehabilitation in the 2022 city budget
Hello Fort Collins Leaders!
I am writing today to ask that you prioritize and support local wildlife rehabilitation teams within the
city’s 2022 budget. Our local licensed wildlife rehabilitation teams need the city’s support when it
comes to supporting efforts to protect the biodiversity that makes our community beautiful!
Thank you!
--
Mariah McCulley
Director of Operations
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Office Hours: Monday - Friday
Direct: (970) 484-8516 Ext. 1114
mariah.mcculley@savinganimalstoday.org
Mulberry Campus: 2321 E. Mulberry St. #1
Taft Hill Campus: 2200 N. Taft Hill Rd.
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Main Line: (970) 484-8516
SavingAnimalsToday.org
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From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:Chad Peeples; City Leaders
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Please support wildlife health and rehabilitation in the 2022 city budget
Date:Wednesday, August 24, 2022 5:09:08 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Chad Peeples <chadpeeples91@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2022 2:00 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Please support wildlife health and rehabilitation in the 2022 city budget
Hello Fort Collins Leaders!
I am writing today to ask that you prioritize and support local wildlife rehabilitation teams within the
city’s 2022 budget. Our local licensed wildlife rehabilitation teams need the city’s support when it
comes to supporting efforts to protect the biodiversity that makes our community beautiful! The
Northern Colorado Wildlife Center has helped thousands animals over few years running on
donation alone. Finding room in the city budget would go a long way and save thousands of lives.
Thank you!
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From:Lawrence Pollack
To:Kelly DiMartino; Rupa Venkatesh; Amanda King
Cc:Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Date:Wednesday, August 31, 2022 1:59:58 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Litzinia Calva <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 1:25 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
I would like to ask you to continue funding the Immigration Legal Defense Fund in the 2023-
2024 budget and make this a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
efforts this September and October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this
important work continue without a gap in services. Your immediate support during the
creation and approval of the budget will ensure that the trust that the community has
developed with the legal service providers continues and that they can keep the momentum
moving in the forward direction!
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with
the legal resources they need!
***
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de
la ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Litzinia Calva
calvamel@colostate.edu
400 hickory st lot 55
Fort Collins , Colorado 80524
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From:Dawn Kennedy
To:keilly@coloradoimmigrant.org
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget! ~ Agregue el fondo para Inmigrantes al Presupuesto!
Date:Friday, September 2, 2022 1:30:48 PM
From: Keilly Leon <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 2:39 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget! ~ Agregue el fondo para Inmigrantes al
Presupuesto!
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
Thank you for your support of a Fort Collins pilot Legal Defense Fund (LDF) on July 6th,
2021. The city's pilot program has laid the foundation for better immigrant integration in
our community. Everyone, no matter who they are, should have the opportunity to
present their case in a fair and just manner, by having someone who can advocate for
their interests.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make
this a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September
and October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue
without a gap in services. Your immediate support during the creation and approval of
the budget will ensure that the trust that the community has developed with the legal
service providers continues and that they can keep the momentum moving in the
forward direction!
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal
immigration system. Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and
ensures Fort Collins residents are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings
are incredibly complex and difficult to navigate on your own and are the only legal
proceeding in the country where someone is detained without the guarantee to a
lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents
with the legal resources they need!
***
Estimados miembros del Consejo,
Gracias por su apoyo a un Fondo de Defensa Legal (LDF) experimental que aprobaron
en Fort Collins el 6 de julio de 2021. El programa experimental de la ciudad ha sentado
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las bases para una mejor integración de los inmigrantes en nuestra comunidad. Todos, sin
importar quiénes sean, deben tener la oportunidad de presentar su caso de manera justa,
teniendo a alguien que pueda defender sus intereses.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de
la ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes
acceso a representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el
complejo sistema de inmigración federal. Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las
familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura que los residentes de Fort Collins tengan
garantizado el debido proceso. Los procedimientos de inmigración son increíblemente
complejos y difíciles de realizar por su cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal en el país
donde alguien es detenido sin la garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un
solicitante de asilo.
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Keilly Leon
keilly@coloradoimmigrant.org
900 Constitution Ave Apt E50
Fort Collins, Colorado 80521
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From:Dawn Kennedy
To:hleon1314@gmail.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Date:Friday, September 2, 2022 1:53:36 PM
From: Helen Leon <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 2:51 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
I would like to ask you to continue funding the Immigration Legal Defense Fund in the 2023-
2024 budget and make this a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
efforts this September and October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this
important work continue without a gap in services. Your immediate support during the
creation and approval of the budget will ensure that the trust that the community has
developed with the legal service providers continues and that they can keep the momentum
moving in the forward direction!
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with
the legal resources they need!
***
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de
la ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Helen Leon
hleon1314@gmail.com
261 Butler Ct.
Longmont , Colorado 80504
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From:Dawn Kennedy
To:jessica.dyrdahl@colostate.edu
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Date:Friday, September 2, 2022 1:55:04 PM
From: Jessica Dyrdahl <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 3:14 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal
immigration system.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a
permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and October as
you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without a gap in services.
Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and ensures Fort Collins residents are
guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are incredibly complex and difficult to navigate
on your own and are the only legal proceeding in the country where someone is detained without
the guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for supporting Fort Collins residents with the legal resources they need!
***
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes acceso a
representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el complejo sistema de
inmigración federal.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de la ciudad
este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. s fundamental que
este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios.
Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura que los
residentes de Fort Collins tengan garantizado el debido proceso. Los procedimientos de
inmigración son increíblemente complejos y difíciles de realizar por su cuenta y son el único
procedimiento legal en el país donde alguien es detenido sin la garantía de un abogado, incluso si
es un niño o un solicitante de asilo.
¡Gracias por apoyar a los residentes de Fort Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Jessica Dyrdahl
jessica.dyrdahl@colostate.edu
2828 Silverplume Drive, S 6
Fort Collins, Colorado 80526
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From:Dawn Kennedy
To:dhayhow@bajabb.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF
Date:Friday, September 2, 2022 2:19:52 PM
From: Debbie Hayhow <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2022 7:39 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF
Fort Collins City Council,
Dear Fort Collins City Council Members,
As an almost 50 year resident of Fort Collins and Laporte, I would like to ask you to
continue funding the Immigration Legal Defense Fund in the 2023-2024 budget and make
this a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and
October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without
a gap in services. Your immediate support during the creation and approval of the budget
will ensure that the trust that the community has developed with the legal service providers
continues and that they can keep the momentum moving in the forward direction!
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with
the legal resources they need!
Sincerely,
Debbie Hayhow
Debbie Hayhow
dhayhow@bajabb.com
3320 BUCKSKIN TRL
LAPORTE, Colorado 80535-9313
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From:Dawn Kennedy
To:flennikenmarianne@gmail.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget! ~ Agregue el fondo para Inmigrantes al Presupuesto!
Date:Friday, September 2, 2022 2:21:44 PM
From: Marianne Flenniken <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2022 8:18 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget! ~ Agregue el fondo para Inmigrantes al
Presupuesto!
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
Thank you for your support of a Fort Collins pilot Legal Defense Fund (LDF) on July
6th, 2021. The city's pilot program has laid the foundation for better immigrant
integration in our community. Everyone, no matter who they are, should have the
opportunity to present their case in a fair and just manner, by having someone who can
advocate for their interests.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make
this a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September
and October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue
without a gap in services. Your immediate support during the creation and approval of
the budget will ensure that the trust that the community has developed with the legal
service providers continues and that they can keep the momentum moving in the
forward direction!
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal
immigration system. Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and
ensures Fort Collins residents are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings
are incredibly complex and difficult to navigate on your own and are the only legal
proceeding in the country where someone is detained without the guarantee to a
lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents
with the legal resources they need!
***
Estimados miembros del Consejo,
Gracias por su apoyo a un Fondo de Defensa Legal (LDF) experimental que aprobaron
en Fort Collins el 6 de julio de 2021. El programa experimental de la ciudad ha sentado
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las bases para una mejor integración de los inmigrantes en nuestra comunidad. Todos, sin
importar quiénes sean, deben tener la oportunidad de presentar su caso de manera justa,
teniendo a alguien que pueda defender sus intereses.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de
la ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes
acceso a representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el
complejo sistema de inmigración federal. Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las
familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura que los residentes de Fort Collins tengan
garantizado el debido proceso. Los procedimientos de inmigración son increíblemente
complejos y difíciles de realizar por su cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal en el país
donde alguien es detenido sin la garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un
solicitante de asilo.
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Marianne Flenniken
flennikenmarianne@gmail.com
3512 Buckskin Trail
Laporte, Colorado 80535
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From:Dawn Kennedy
To:shaleenmorales@gmail.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Date:Friday, September 2, 2022 2:25:36 PM
From: Shaleen morales <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2022 12:22 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal
immigration system.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a
permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and October as
you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without a gap in services.
Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and ensures Fort Collins residents
are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are incredibly complex and difficult to
navigate on your own and are the only legal proceeding in the country where someone is
detained without the guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for supporting Fort Collins residents with the legal resources they need!
***
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes acceso a
representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el complejo sistema de
inmigración federal.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de la
ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. s
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios.
Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura que
los residentes de Fort Collins tengan garantizado el debido proceso. Los procedimientos de
inmigración son increíblemente complejos y difíciles de realizar por su cuenta y son el único
procedimiento legal en el país donde alguien es detenido sin la garantía de un abogado, incluso
si es un niño o un solicitante de asilo.
¡Gracias por apoyar a los residentes de Fort Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Shaleen morales
shaleenmorales@gmail.com
1325 Madison St Apt 3
Denver, Colorado 80218
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Item 1.
From:Dawn Kennedy
To:ahoeven@hoeveninc.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget! ~ Agregue el fondo para Inmigrantes al Presupuesto!
Date:Friday, September 2, 2022 2:26:41 PM
From: Amy Marie Hoeven <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2022 1:15 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget! ~ Agregue el fondo para Inmigrantes al
Presupuesto!
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
Thank you for your support of a Fort Collins pilot Legal Defense Fund (LDF) on July
6th, 2021. The city's pilot program has laid the foundation for better immigrant
integration in our community. Everyone, no matter who they are, should have the
opportunity to present their case in a fair and just manner, by having someone who can
advocate for their interests.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make
this a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September
and October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue
without a gap in services. Your immediate support during the creation and approval of
the budget will ensure that the trust that the community has developed with the legal
service providers continues and that they can keep the momentum moving in the
forward direction!
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal
immigration system. Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and
ensures Fort Collins residents are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings
are incredibly complex and difficult to navigate on your own and are the only legal
proceeding in the country where someone is detained without the guarantee to a
lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents
with the legal resources they need!
***
Estimados miembros del Consejo,
Gracias por su apoyo a un Fondo de Defensa Legal (LDF) experimental que aprobaron
en Fort Collins el 6 de julio de 2021. El programa experimental de la ciudad ha sentado
las bases para una mejor integración de los inmigrantes en nuestra comunidad.
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Todos, sin importar quiénes sean, deben tener la oportunidad de presentar su caso de
manera justa, teniendo a alguien que pueda defender sus intereses.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de
la ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes
acceso a representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el
complejo sistema de inmigración federal. Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las
familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura que los residentes de Fort Collins tengan
garantizado el debido proceso. Los procedimientos de inmigración son increíblemente
complejos y difíciles de realizar por su cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal en el país
donde alguien es detenido sin la garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un
solicitante de asilo.
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Amy Marie Hoeven
ahoeven@hoeveninc.com
2101 Stover Street
Fort Collins, Colorado 80525
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Item 1.
From:Dawn Kennedy
To:bethadehaven@gmail.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Please Add Immigration LDF to City Budget
Date:Friday, September 2, 2022 2:27:15 PM
From: Beth DeHaven <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2022 2:57 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Please Add Immigration LDF to City Budget
Fort Collins City Council,
I am writing to urge you to continue funding the Immigration Legal Defense Fund in the
2023-2024 budget, making this a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
efforts. It is critical that this important work continue without a gap in services. Your
immediate support during the creation and approval of the budget will ensure that the trust
that the community has developed with the legal service providers continues and that they
can keep the momentum going to obtain the legal status that will allow them to be welcome
and productive members of our Fort Collins community.
Thank you for taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with the legal
resources they need!
Beth DeHaven
bethadehaven@gmail.com
839 Sunchase Dr.
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524-6029
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Item 1.
From:Dawn Kennedy
To:cjtraveler@msn.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget!
Date:Friday, September 2, 2022 2:27:48 PM
From: John Bisbee <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2022 3:56 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget!
Fort Collins City Council,
Thank you for your support of a Fort Collins pilot Legal Defense Fund (LDF) on July 6th,
2021. The city's pilot program has laid the foundation for better immigrant integration in our
community. Everyone, no matter who they are, should have the opportunity to present their
case in a fair and just manner, by having someone who can advocate for their interests.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this
a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and
October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without
a gap in services. Your immediate support during the creation and approval of the budget
will ensure that the trust that the community has developed with the legal service providers
continues and that they can keep the momentum moving in the forward direction!
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal
immigration system. Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and
ensures Fort Collins residents are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are
incredibly complex and difficult to navigate on your own and are the only legal proceeding
in the country where someone is detained without the guarantee to a lawyer, even if they
are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with
the legal resources they need!
John Bisbee
cjtraveler@msn.com
713 Justice Dr
Fort Collins, Colorado 80526
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Item 1.
From:Dawn Kennedy
To:alarcon4444@gmail.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Date:Friday, September 2, 2022 2:28:29 PM
From: Fernanda Alarcon <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2022 6:49 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal representation,
increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal immigration system.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a permanent
part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and October as you solidify the city
budget. It is critical that this important work continue without a gap in services.
Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and ensures Fort Collins residents are
guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are incredibly complex and difficult to navigate on your
own and are the only legal proceeding in the country where someone is detained without the guarantee to
a lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for supporting Fort Collins residents with the legal resources they need!
***
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes acceso a
representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el complejo sistema de
inmigración federal.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo convierta en
una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de la ciudad este septiembre y
octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. s fundamental que este importante trabajo
continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios.
Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura que los
residentes de Fort Collins tengan garantizado el debido proceso. Los procedimientos de inmigración son
increíblemente complejos y difíciles de realizar por su cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal en el
país donde alguien es detenido sin la garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un solicitante de
asilo.
¡Gracias por apoyar a los residentes de Fort Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Fernanda Alarcon
alarcon4444@gmail.com
256 West Prospect Street, Apartment#62
Fort Collins, Colorado 80526
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Item 1.
From:Dawn Kennedy
To:imperfectmachine33@gmail.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Date:Friday, September 2, 2022 2:29:38 PM
From: Atlas Ojendiz <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2022 7:58 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
I would like to ask you to continue funding the Immigration Legal Defense Fund in the 2023-
2024 budget and make this a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
efforts this September and October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this
important work continue without a gap in services. Your immediate support during the
creation and approval of the budget will ensure that the trust that the community has
developed with the legal service providers continues and that they can keep the momentum
moving in the forward direction!
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with
the legal resources they need!
***
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de
la ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Atlas Ojendiz
imperfectmachine33@gmail.com
1025 Wakerobin ln. Apt B205
Fort Collins, Colorado 80526
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Item 1.
From:Dawn Kennedy
To:lmahan78@gmail.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Legal Defense Fund
Date:Friday, September 2, 2022 2:30:43 PM
From: Linda Mahan <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2022 10:13 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Legal Defense Fund
Fort Collins City Council,
I appreciate the support of a Fort Collins pilot Legal Defense Fund (LDF) given by the
Council this summer.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this
a permanent part of the city's budget. Legal advice is so important to the success of an
applicant and makes a big difference in navigating the immigration system. And, it fits with
the emphasis of the City in measures around principles of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Thank you for considering this request to continue support for legal resources.
Linda Mahan
lmahan78@gmail.com
708 Birky Pl
Fort Collins, Colorado 80526
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Item 1.
From:Dawn Kennedy
To:andreuyenny@yahoo.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Date:Friday, September 2, 2022 3:05:43 PM
From: Yenny Andreu-Vivas <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Friday, September 2, 2022 2:48 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
I would like to ask you to continue funding the Immigration Legal Defense Fund in the 2023-
2024 budget and make this a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
efforts this September and October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this
important work continue without a gap in services. Your immediate support during the
creation and approval of the budget will ensure that the trust that the community has
developed with the legal service providers continues and that they can keep the momentum
moving in the forward direction!
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with
the legal resources they need!
***
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de
la ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Yenny Andreu-Vivas
andreuyenny@yahoo.com
411 S. Court St. #61
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
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Item 1.
From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:Amy Resseguie
Subject:FW: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Date:Monday, September 5, 2022 6:49:31 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Linda Hamilton <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 3, 2022 11:36 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal immigration
system.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a
permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and October as you
solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without a gap in services.
Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and ensures Fort Collins residents are
guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are incredibly complex and difficult to navigate on
your own and are the only legal proceeding in the country where someone is detained without the
guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for supporting Fort Collins residents with the legal resources they need!
***
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes acceso a
representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el complejo sistema de
inmigración federal.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo convierta
en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de la ciudad este
septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. s fundamental que este
importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios.
Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura que los
residentes de Fort Collins tengan garantizado el debido proceso. Los procedimientos de inmigración
son increíblemente complejos y difíciles de realizar por su cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal
en el país donde alguien es detenido sin la garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un
solicitante de asilo.
¡Gracias por apoyar a los residentes de Fort Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Linda Hamilton
lhamilton229@gmail.com
3650 Full Moon Dr
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Item 1.
From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:Amy Resseguie
Subject:FW: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget!
Date:Monday, September 5, 2022 6:49:36 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Linn Zink <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 3, 2022 9:45 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget!
Fort Collins City Council,
Thank you for your support of a Fort Collins pilot Legal Defense Fund (LDF) on July 6th,
2021. The city's pilot program has laid the foundation for better immigrant integration in our
community. Everyone, no matter who they are, should have the opportunity to present their
case in a fair and just manner, by having someone who can advocate for their interests.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this
a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and
October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without
a gap in services. Your immediate support during the creation and approval of the budget
will ensure that the trust that the community has developed with the legal service providers
continues and that they can keep the momentum moving in the forward direction!
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal
immigration system. Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and
ensures Fort Collins residents are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are
incredibly complex and difficult to navigate on your own and are the only legal proceeding
in the country where someone is detained without the guarantee to a lawyer, even if they
are a child or an asylum seeker.
Through my own church and partnership through ISAAC, I and others I know are committed
to helping supplement the city funds so that all immigrants here will have access to legal
defense resources when needed.
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with
the legal resources they need!
***
Linn Zink
lczink@gmail.com
3500 Swanstone Dr., Unit 42
Fort Collins, Colorado 80525
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Item 1.
From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:Amy Resseguie
Subject:FW: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Date:Monday, September 5, 2022 6:49:41 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Joshua Crosslin <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Monday, September 5, 2022 10:02 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Fort Collins City Council,
I personally know families who have legitimate rights and needs to be in the USA, and in
Fort Collins in particular, who would not be able to afford the legal counsel they need on
their own. Aside from the numbers, these families have unique stories and deserve the
chance to stay and move forward together with legitimate legal status. For the families I
know, a few meetings with an attorney and help with paperwork and filing fees can mean
the difference between families staying together or being forced apart. I encourage you to
increase the support for legal services available through the Fort Collins immigrant legal
defense fund.
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal
immigration system.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this
a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and
October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without
a gap in services.
Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and ensures Fort Collins
residents are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are incredibly complex and
difficult to navigate on your own and are the only legal proceeding in the country where
someone is detained without the guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a child or an
asylum seeker.
Thank you for supporting Fort Collins residents with the legal resources they need!
Joshua Crosslin
joshua.crosslin@gmail.com
3016 Ringneck Dr
Fort Collins, Colorado 80526
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Item 1.
From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:Blaragon@msn.com; City Leaders
Cc:Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts
Date:Monday, September 5, 2022 7:47:15 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Betty Aragon-Mitotes <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 6:07 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts
Fort Collins City Council,
(The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal
immigration system.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this
a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and
October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without
a gap in services.
Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and ensures Fort Collins
residents are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are incredibly complex and
difficult to navigate on your own and are the only legal proceeding in the country where
someone is detained without the guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a child or an
asylum seeker.
Thank you for supporting Fort Collins residents with the legal resources they need!
Betty Aragon-Mitotes
Blaragon@msn.com
3375 Woodlands Way
WELLINGTON, Colorado 80549
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Item 1.
From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:Yuvigv30@colostate.edu; City Leaders
Cc:Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget! ~ Agregue el fondo para Inmigrantes al Presupuesto!
Date:Monday, September 5, 2022 7:48:42 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Yuvi Gonzalez <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 2:39 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget! ~ Agregue el fondo para Inmigrantes al
Presupuesto!
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
Thank you for your support of a Fort Collins pilot Legal Defense Fund (LDF) on July 6th, 2021. The
city's pilot program has laid the foundation for better immigrant integration in our community.
Everyone, no matter who they are, should have the opportunity to present their case in a fair and just
manner, by having someone who can advocate for their interests.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a
permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and October as you
solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without a gap in services. Your
immediate support during the creation and approval of the budget will ensure that the trust that the
community has developed with the legal service providers continues and that they can keep the
momentum moving in the forward direction!
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal immigration
system. Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and ensures Fort Collins
residents are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are incredibly complex and difficult to
navigate on your own and are the only legal proceeding in the country where someone is detained
without the guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with the legal
resources they need!
***
Estimados miembros del Consejo,
Gracias por su apoyo a un Fondo de Defensa Legal (LDF) experimental que aprobaron en Fort
Collins el 6 de julio de 2021. El programa experimental de la ciudad ha sentado las bases para una
mejor integración de los inmigrantes en nuestra comunidad. Todos, sin importar quiénes sean, deben
tener la oportunidad de presentar su caso de manera justa, teniendo a alguien que pueda defender
sus intereses.
Page 33
Item 1.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de
la ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes
acceso a representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el
complejo sistema de inmigración federal. Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las
familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura que los residentes de Fort Collins tengan
garantizado el debido proceso. Los procedimientos de inmigración son increíblemente
complejos y difíciles de realizar por su cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal en el país
donde alguien es detenido sin la garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un
solicitante de asilo.
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Yuvi Gonzalez
Yuvigv30@colostate.edu
2025 N College Ave Lot 74
FORT COLLINS, Colorado 80524
Page 34
Item 1.
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
Park Shop
413 S. Bryan Avenue
Fort Collins, Colorado
Mayor Arndt, Mayor Pro Tem Francis, Councilmembers Gutowsky, Pignataro, Canonico, Peel, and
Ohlson:
The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board offers the following guidance for the prioritization of the
Parks and Recreation Budget Offers for the 2023-2024 budget:
These prioritized offers align with multiple Council Priorities, especially:
• 27 – Access funding for parks,
• 28 – Improve tree policies,
• 25 – Affordable, Quality, and Accessible Childcare Infrastructure, and
• 30 – Implementation of the 15-minute community concept.
These offers are also directly aligned to the 2022 Strategic Plan’s recommendations for Culture &
Recreation, the comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan, and the City Park Central Core
Master Plan.
60.4 Master Planning Existing Parks
60.6 9/11 Memorial at Spring Park
60.5 Traverse Park Community Garden
60.7 Traverse Park Community Garden
43.24 2.0 FTE Hourly conversion to classified certified childcare staff
43.25 2.0 FTE Hourly conversion to classified Recreation Specialists
43.26 3.0 FTE Classified Building Attendants
43.28 Customer Data Base and Registration Software Upgrade
59.44 Contractual Pruning of Large Diameter Trees
54.9 3.0 FTE Worker I, Parks and Trails Expansion
54.10 1.0 FTE Park Technician for Playground Maintenance
58.2 3.0 FTE New Streetscapes Maintenance
54.6 Rolland Moore Park Infrastructure Replacement
54.7 Parks Hard Surface Trails Infrastructure Replacement
54.8 Parks Landscape Conversion and Irrigation Infrastructure Replacement
54.12 Wallenberg Spur Trail-Pedestrian Bridge Replacement Partnership
54.13 Parks Accessibility Improvements
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Item 1.
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
Park Shop
413 S. Bryan Avenue
Fort Collins, Colorado
As a Board we encourage an emphasis on maintaining existing Park assets and investing in the
Infrastructure Replacement Program (offers 59.44, 54.9, 54.10, 58.2, 54.6, 54.7, 54.8, 54.12, and
54.14).
Offers 54.6, 54.7, 54.8, 54.12, and 54.14 direct funding to long-overdue infrastructure replacements
at Rolland Moore Park, maintenance of trail surfaces, irrigation equipment, and landscape
conversion, and enable accessibility improvements throughout all our City parks. The longer these
particular cans are kicked down the road, the more unsafe conditions may become, and the more
urgent and expensive repairs and maintenance will be.
Offers 54.9, 54.10, and 58.2 help fund parks workers (including a playground maintenance technician
and streetscape maintenance workers). As we have seen at Crescent Park, Rossborough Park, and
other neighborhood parks, neighbors are willing to work side-by-side with Parks staff to help offset
issues resulting from decreased staffing, but without the investment on behalf of the City, their
efforts will be hindered by larger and larger needs that will quickly exceed the reach of local
volunteer efforts.
The City must maintain its growing list of assets and fund the replacement of those assets that are at
the end of their useful life, especially as our City grows while more neighbors are utilizing the same
assets, and neighbors must increasingly commute to their recreational amenities of choice.
Similarly, we cannot understate the importance of appropriate staffing levels to keep normal and safe
operations at our Recreation facilities. Offers 43.24, 43.25, and 43.26 are direct requests for
increased staffing with that goal in mind.
The Board also lends our support to the chorus of voices asking for the City of Fort Collins to raise the
minimum wage for municipal jobs to $15 per hour. Put simply, at the wages the City is currently
offering, we are not competitive with the private sector in the community.
Offer 43.28 to acquire a contemporary Customer Database and Registration Application is the single-
largest contribution the Parks and Recreation Department can make to the City to help achieve
Council Priority 25 – Affordable, Quality, and Accessible Childcare Infrastructure.
Funding this offer will drastically improve the user experience for both neighbors and staff, give Parks
& Recreation insight into the demographics of the users while also making the data loading process
easier.
This offer directly removes systemic equity barriers to the registration process for neighbors in young
family, low-income, or minority populations who have only a cell phone who cannot currently register
using those devices, and highlight opportunities to bring a more diverse and representative neighbor
base into our recreation programs.
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Item 1.
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
Park Shop
413 S. Bryan Avenue
Fort Collins, Colorado
This software will be used for all Recreator enrollments as well as field and shelter reservations for
Parks, replacing two systems and will save the Parks and Recreation departments hours upon hours
of staff time and our neighbors a lot of frustration and wasted effort. We believe this offer would pay
for itself very quickly based on the investment of staff time on maintaining and training on the overly-
difficult RecTrack software.
Finally, with an eye to the future, we would also highlight offers 60.4, 60.6, 60.5, and 60.7.
Offer 60.4 enables the Parks Planning Department to get ahead of the Infrastructure Replacement
Plan and future refresh efforts through framework plan development at existing parks, a key
recommendation of the Parks & Recreation Plan.
Offers 60.5 and 60.7 place a key amenity identified in the Parks and Recreation Plan, a community
garden, in Traverse Park.
Offer 60.9 dedicates timely and necessary general fund supplementation to the 9/11 memorial at
Spring Park, without which the project will likely fail.
As you are making decisions on the 2023-2024 budget, please consider these recommended budget
offers.
Thank you,
The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
Page 37
Item 1.
From:Dawn Kennedy
To:mgoehring@rmian.org
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget! ~ Agregue el fondo para Inmigrantes al Presupuesto!
Date:Wednesday, September 7, 2022 10:05:18 AM
From: Mekela Goehring <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 2:20 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget! ~ Agregue el fondo para Inmigrantes al
Presupuesto!
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
Thank you for your support of a Fort Collins pilot Legal Defense Fund (LDF) on July 6th, 2021. The
city's pilot program has laid the foundation for better immigrant integration in our community.
Everyone, no matter who they are, should have the opportunity to present their case in a fair and just
manner, by having someone who can advocate for their interests.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a
permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and October as you
solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without a gap in services. Your
immediate support during the creation and approval of the budget will ensure that the trust that the
community has developed with the legal service providers continues and that they can keep the
momentum moving in the forward direction!
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal immigration
system. Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and ensures Fort Collins
residents are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are incredibly complex and difficult to
navigate on your own and are the only legal proceeding in the country where someone is detained
without the guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with the legal
resources they need!
***
Estimados miembros del Consejo,
Gracias por su apoyo a un Fondo de Defensa Legal (LDF) experimental que aprobaron en Fort
Collins el 6 de julio de 2021. El programa experimental de la ciudad ha sentado las bases para una
mejor integración de los inmigrantes en nuestra comunidad. Todos, sin importar quiénes sean, deben
tener la oportunidad de presentar su caso de manera justa, teniendo a alguien que pueda defender
sus intereses.
Page 38
Item 1.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de
la ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes
acceso a representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el
complejo sistema de inmigración federal. Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las
familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura que los residentes de Fort Collins tengan
garantizado el debido proceso. Los procedimientos de inmigración son increíblemente
complejos y difíciles de realizar por su cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal en el país
donde alguien es detenido sin la garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un
solicitante de asilo.
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Mekela Goehring
mgoehring@rmian.org
7301 Federal Blvd., Suite 300
Westminster, Colorado 80030
Page 39
Item 1.
From:Dawn Kennedy
To:alyssarespo@gmail.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Date:Wednesday, September 7, 2022 10:06:04 AM
From: Alyssa Esposito <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 7:45 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal representation,
increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal immigration system.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a
permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and October as you
solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without a gap in services.
Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and ensures Fort Collins residents are
guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are incredibly complex and difficult to navigate on
your own and are the only legal proceeding in the country where someone is detained without the
guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for supporting Fort Collins residents with the legal resources they need!
***
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes acceso a
representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el complejo sistema de
inmigración federal.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo convierta
en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de la ciudad este
septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. s fundamental que este
importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios.
Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura que los
residentes de Fort Collins tengan garantizado el debido proceso. Los procedimientos de inmigración
son increíblemente complejos y difíciles de realizar por su cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal en
el país donde alguien es detenido sin la garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un solicitante
de asilo.
¡Gracias por apoyar a los residentes de Fort Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Alyssa Esposito
alyssarespo@gmail.com
1610 Westbridge Drive, k63
FORT COLLINS, Colorado 80526 Page 40
Item 1.
From:Dawn Kennedy
To:terezagonzales33@gmail.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Date:Wednesday, September 7, 2022 3:20:11 PM
From: Tere González <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 2:18 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal representation,
increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal immigration system.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a
permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and October as you
solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without a gap in services.
Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and ensures Fort Collins residents are
guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are incredibly complex and difficult to navigate on
your own and are the only legal proceeding in the country where someone is detained without the
guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for supporting Fort Collins residents with the legal resources they need!
***
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes acceso a
representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el complejo sistema de
inmigración federal.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo convierta
en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de la ciudad este
septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. s fundamental que este
importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios.
Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura que los
residentes de Fort Collins tengan garantizado el debido proceso. Los procedimientos de inmigración
son increíblemente complejos y difíciles de realizar por su cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal en
el país donde alguien es detenido sin la garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un solicitante
de asilo.
¡Gracias por apoyar a los residentes de Fort Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Tere González
terezagonzales33@gmail.com
400 hichory st lot 146, St lot 146
Fort collins, Colorado 80524 Page 41
Item 1.
From:Dawn Kennedy
To:jessicaoneal34@gmail.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget!
Date:Friday, September 9, 2022 12:25:37 PM
From: Jessie O'Neal <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Friday, September 9, 2022 11:01 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget!
Fort Collins City Council,
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your support of a Fort Collins pilot Legal Defense Fund (LDF) on July 6th,
2021. The city's pilot program has laid the foundation for better immigrant integration in our
community. Everyone, no matter who they are, should have the opportunity to present their
case in a fair and just manner, by having someone who can advocate for their interests.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this
a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and
October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without
a gap in services. Your immediate support during the creation and approval of the budget
will ensure that the trust that the community has developed with the legal service providers
continues and that they can keep the momentum moving in the forward direction!
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal
immigration system. Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and
ensures Fort Collins residents are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are
incredibly complex and difficult to navigate on your own and are the only legal proceeding
in the country where someone is detained without the guarantee to a lawyer, even if they
are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for your consideration in taking this important step to support Fort Collins
residents with the legal resources they need and deserve!
Jessie O'Neal
Jessie O'Neal
jessicaoneal34@gmail.com
2818 Alan St
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
Page 42
Item 1.
From:Dawn Kennedy
To:Mark Kempton
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Budget feedback on offer 25.20 College and Trilby
Date:Friday, September 9, 2022 5:04:20 PM
From: Mark Kempton <marklkempton@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, September 9, 2022 4:38 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Budget feedback on offer 25.20 College and Trilby
Hello Council Members,
I was hoping that during the 2023/24 budget process that you could have the BFO team explain why
the College/Trilby intersection improvements are ranked as unfunded. This intersection is in dire
need of an upgrade. The half to three quarter mile traffic backups, the high accident rate, and the
large amount of proposed development in the vicinity require urgent upgrades to the road. Please
reconsider the non funding of this intersection and fund it for immediate improvement. City staff
have been continuously messaging that the intersection will be improved next year and according to
the recommended budget, there will be no improvements.
Thanks
Mark Kempton
--
Mark Kempton
Page 43
Item 1.
From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:jenn.leijabonnart@gmail.com; City Leaders
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Date:Monday, September 12, 2022 8:03:33 AM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Jennifer Leija-Bonnart <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2022 7:56 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
I would like to ask you to continue funding the Immigration Legal Defense Fund in the 2023-
2024 budget and make this a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
efforts this September and October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this
important work continue without a gap in services. Your immediate support during the
creation and approval of the budget will ensure that the trust that the community has
developed with the legal service providers continues and that they can keep the momentum
moving in the forward direction!
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with the
legal resources they need!
***
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de la
ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Jennifer Leija-Bonnart
jenn.leijabonnart@gmail.com
506 Peterson Street
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
Page 44
Item 1.
From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:michael.lee.humphrey@gmail.com; City Leaders
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts
Date:Monday, September 12, 2022 8:04:01 AM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Michael Humphrey <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2022 9:48 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts
Fort Collins City Council,
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal
immigration system.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a
permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and
October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without a
gap in services.
Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and ensures Fort Collins
residents are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are incredibly complex and
difficult to navigate on your own and are the only legal proceeding in the country where
someone is detained without the guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum
seeker.
Thank you for supporting Fort Collins residents with the legal resources they need!
*** This council is exciting, because you are aware of these needs and you have been brave
in addressing pressing issues often left unseen in broad society. I hope this is another
example of that vision.
Mike
Michael Humphrey
michael.lee.humphrey@gmail.com
2621 Rigden Parkway, #H3
Fort Collins, Colorado 80525
Page 45
Item 1.
From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:James Burtis; City Leaders
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Funding for West Elizabeth Enhanced Travel Corridor
Date:Monday, September 12, 2022 8:05:47 AM
Attachments:image001.png
From: James Burtis <burtis.james@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, September 9, 2022 7:48 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Funding for West Elizabeth Enhanced Travel Corridor
Dear Mayor Arndt, City Council Members, and Ms. DiMartino,
My name is James Burtis and it has recently come to my attention that the current draft of the city
budget put forward by our city manager does not recommend funding the full design of the West
Elizabeth Enhanced Travel Corridor. I am contacting you to ask that you consider funding this project.
The West Elizabeth corridor is one of the highest density areas in Fort Collins. It is also populated
largely by students and middle class workers. Bus routes that move along this corridor currently have
some of the highest ridership in the city. In addition to moving students and workers to and from
CSU and improving multi-modal options, the BRT route in this plan would connect directly to the
MAX. This would directly connect two of the city's highest density areas (Elizabeth and Old Town)
and also connect both to the businesses along South College.
I realize that the $2.5 million requested is a substantial investment, but strongly believe that it
supports strategic outcomes (1.5, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1) as outlined in the 2022 strategic
plan. Timing is also critical, as the completion of the full design for this project will make it eligible for
federal funding. Given the increase in funding temporarily available from the recent passage of the
infrastructure and climate bills, this project should be prioritized, so that designs can be ready to
apply for the new lines of funding created by these laws. It is possible that by 2025, when the next
budget is drafted, it will be too late to take advantage of this new transportation funding.
If our city truly wishes to hit our stated climate, community, and equity goals, we must invest in high
quality public and multi-modal transportation options. I therefore strongly believe you should push
to fund this project in 2023 as you consider revisions to the city manager's current draft of the
budget.
Thank you for your time and consideration,
-James Burtis
Page 46
Item 1.
From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:Amy Resseguie
Subject:FW: [EXTERNAL] Budget "23-"24: Request to fund three currently unfunded items
Date:Tuesday, September 13, 2022 8:39:16 PM
Attachments:image001.png
Greetings, City Leaders!
As you review the City budget for 2023-2024, I hope you will consider funding the following budget
item requests. Their impact on equity and resilience is significant.
Neighborhood Livability and Social Health:
24.6: ARPA Neighborhood-Led Resilience Programs & Projects: This program would
be quite beneficial to historically underrepresented populations and communities, leading to
a sense of empowerment and belonging for people who often feel marginalized, even within
our very progressive city. Programs and projects such as this give a voice to people who
often don't feel heard, or don't feel they have the right to be heard due to life experiences.
By helping such residents envision and realize their best communities, we help not only
these residents but our Fort Collins community as a whole.
24.12: Mobile Home Park Code Compliance Program: Code compliance within
manufactured home parks currently involves much of the onus being placed on park
residents to initiate complaints in a much more time-consuming fashion than for "regular"
homes/neighborhoods. In addition, at least in our park, complaints over years to
management about hazardous driveways/sidewalks went unresolved for the most part until
a letter-writing campaign by residents to City building inspectors. [Though many of the
driveways have been replaced, over a year later there are still a number untouched and
hazardous.] Proactive code compliance in MHPs would be beneficial on many levels for
residents and management, at little cost to the City.
Environmental Health:
1.10 - ARPA - Manufactured Home Efficiency Acceleration Initiative: As I had
previously mentioned in my August 19th email to you folks regarding support for this
program, this project would help the City's environmental goals, and it will benefit the most
vulnerable with higher quality of life and reduction in the risk of home displacement.
I appreciate your consideration and service to our community. Thank you!
Carol S. Mahoney
2211 W. Mulberry St., Lot 9
Fort Collins, CO 80521
(970) 420-0292
Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
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From:Lawrence Pollack
To:Seth Stepleton
Cc:Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: Fund Offer 50.15 Art to Live
Date:Thursday, September 15, 2022 12:25:10 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Seth Stepleton <Seth.Stepleton@coloradoearlycolleges.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2022 10:01 AM
To: Lawrence Pollack <LPollack@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Fund Offer 50.15 Art to Live
Hello!
I am reaching out to encourage you to fund 50.15 ARPA Support for Individual Creatives in the
Community (Art to Live). This important program would help artists afford housing, give artists the
time and space to create, and keep artists in Fort Collins.
Our city has so many programs supporting artists and this one is so important to fund the artistic
process and turn Fort Collins into a cultural hotspot by supporting the livelihood of artists. We need
to address issues in Fort Collins and our communities and this is the way forward for Fort Collins.
Warmest regards,
Dr. Seth Stepleton
(This is a personal email and not endorsed by my school.)
Seth E. Stepleton, Ph.D. • High School Science Teacher
COLORADO EARLY COLLEGES WINDSOR
7640 Westgate Dr. • Windsor, CO 80528
P: 970-657-2860 ext. 18155 • F: 970-568-8132
seth.stepleton@coloradoearlycolleges.org
Clifton Strengths: Intellect | Connectedness | Learner | Input | Relator
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:evitaem@hotmail.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Date:Monday, September 19, 2022 11:10:06 AM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Evangelina Escobar <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2022 2:51 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal immigration
system.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a
permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and October as you
solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without a gap in services.
Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and ensures Fort Collins residents are
guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are incredibly complex and difficult to navigate on
your own and are the only legal proceeding in the country where someone is detained without the
guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for supporting Fort Collins residents with the legal resources they need!
***
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes acceso a
representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el complejo sistema de
inmigración federal.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo convierta
en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de la ciudad este
septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. s fundamental que este
importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios.
Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura que los
residentes de Fort Collins tengan garantizado el debido proceso. Los procedimientos de inmigración
son increíblemente complejos y difíciles de realizar por su cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal
en el país donde alguien es detenido sin la garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un
solicitante de asilo.
¡Gracias por apoyar a los residentes de Fort Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Evangelina Escobar
evitaem@hotmail.com
1108 Robertson st
Fort Collins, 80524
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From: Rob Haas <wrobhaas@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 10:00 AM
To: Shirley Peel <speel@fcgov.com>
Cc: Jeni Arndt <jarndt@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Some needed repairs and budget input
Hi Shirley,
I had hoped to make it to your listening session on Saturday but wasn’t able to make it. I noticed that
the city budget process has begun so I thought this would be a good time to reach out. I know most of
the focus of the budget is on “big picture” type issues, but I think council needs to also keep their
pulse on some of the details of how the city is run. Based on my experiences the city does a good job
of managing planned projects, such as regular street paving. However, the city does a poor job of
dealing with non-planned repairs. This has been the case for many years, but I’ll cite two current
examples. The first is the state of the Spring Creek trail. The attached photo was taken just west of
Drake Road, but a similar situation exists just west of Shields street. As you can see in the attached
photo, the trail surface jumps up over 1”. It’s been this way for over a year and the city knows
because someone has painted it. The second example is the safety railing over the Spring Creek trail
tunnel on the west side of Taft Hill Road. This railing was damaged more than a year ago. Again, the
photo shows that someone came out and put up a temporary fence. But it’s been so long that the
temporary fence now needs repair.
I think the vast majority of the community would agree that issues such as these should be fixed
quickly. From a budget perspective, I think it’s also a slam dunk. For example, the city recently spent a
sizable sum on a new traffic signal at Drake and Hampshire roads, just to improve cycling. The cost/
benefit of this new light is much less than the cost/benefit of taking care the repairs I listed.
I think we need to address the underlying cause of these problems. Why is it that the city takes so
long to repair problems that we would all like repaired quickly? Is it funding? Maybe, but neither of
these issues are terribly expensive to fix. Is it the city’s “work order” process? Maybe. Or lack of
productivity among city employees?Maybe, but maybe not. I don’t know, and I’m guessing you don’t
know either. And that’s the point. I suggest that council finds out. I’ll leave it up to you and council
how best to do that. If you determine that a consultant/auditor needs to be hired than now would be
a good time to put some money in the budget for that.
Thanks for all of your work on Council.
Regards,
Rob Haas
970-402-9236
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From:Dawn Kennedy
To:Joseph Miranda
Cc:Amy Resseguie; City Leaders
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] In support of specific budget items at city council meeting today
Date:Tuesday, September 20, 2022 8:41:49 AM
From: Joseph Miranda <josephenrymiranda@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 8:33 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] In support of specific budget items at city council meeting today
Hello!
My name is Joseph Miranda, and I am a resident of Fort Collins. I am sending this email to support
the following budget items for todays meeting.
Support the legal defense fund more thoroughly! (Neighborhood Livability and Social Health: 24.8 -
Immigration Legal Fund)
Increase community engagement even more. (High Performing Government: Offer 20.8). This means
provide more funding for this are! $30,000 is not enough.
Maintain language justice (51.65, 28.6, and 28.9) Break down language barriers in the city. Make
budget items and government work easily understandable by our community!
Fund offer 50.15 Art to Live! As an artist myself I really think this offer needs support. It will directly
impact and improve the lives of artists in our city, continuing to, and helping to aid the improvement
of our overall health as a culture in Northern Colorado. Let's support a vibrant, beautiful, and
meaningful City of Fort Collins!
Thanks for reading,
Joseph Miranda
970-310-7619
josephenrymiranda@gmail.com
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From:Dawn Kennedy
To:Sabrina Herrick
Cc:Amy Resseguie; City Leaders
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] City budget
Date:Tuesday, September 20, 2022 9:48:53 AM
From: Sabrina Herrick <sabrinamherrick@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 9:23 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] City budget
To whom it may concern,
I heard there will be a meeting today about next year's city budget.
One thing I am very concerned about is addressing housing in Fort Collins.
Housing prices are rising and many people are struggling as a result. I support any and all budget
allocations for projects that will make housing more affordable for Fort Collins residents.
Additionally, there are many people who are already unhoused in this town who are struggling to
find housing. Many are being told that there is a several year wait list to get into affordable housing.
In the meantime, they are living on the street and/or in their cars.
While these people wait for assistance, they are being chased around town by the cops, getting
threatened with tickets for "camping." So they move somewhere else, and then shortly thereafter,
the cops turn up and threaten them with another "camping" ticket.
Where are they supposed to go? Googling "Fort Collins homeless shelter" doesn't turn up a city run
homeless shelter, only faith based non-profits. Additionally, I know from personal experience that
one of the 1st 3 results that pops up isn't even a true homeless shelter, just a place that provides
pamphlets and showers, and doesn't complain too much if people sit on their sidewalk at all hours.
The city and our society in general are failing these people on so many levels and it is shameful.
I support all budget allocations that will get unhoused people into housing.
I do NOT support budget allocations that harass unhoused people for needing support that the city is
not adequately providing.
Thank you for your time,
Sabrina Herrick
1001 Emigh st #208
Fort Collins, CO 80524
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:Sophia
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Regarding the meeting about next year"s city budget
Date:Tuesday, September 20, 2022 3:28:27 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Sophia <sparmenphoto@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 2:34 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Regarding the meeting about next year's city budget
To whom it may concern,
One thing I am very concerned about is addressing housing in Fort Collins.
Housing prices are rising and many people are struggling as a result. I support any and all budget
allocations for projects that will make housing more affordable for Fort Collins residents.
Additionally, there are many people who are already unhoused in this town who are struggling to
find housing. Many are being told that there is a several year wait list to get into affordable housing.
In the meantime, they are living on the street and/or in their cars.
While these people wait for assistance, they are being chased around town by the cops, getting
threatened with tickets for "camping." So they move somewhere else, and then shortly thereafter,
the cops turn up and threaten them with another "camping" ticket.
Where are they supposed to go? Googling "Fort Collins homeless shelter" doesn't turn up a city run
homeless shelter, only faith based non-profits. Additionally, I know from personal experience that
one of the 1st 3 results that pops up isn't even a true homeless shelter, just a place that provides
pamphlets and showers, and doesn't complain too much if people sit on their sidewalk at all hours.
The city and our society in general are failing these people on so many levels and it is shameful.
I support all budget allocations that will get unhoused people into housing.
I do NOT support budget allocations that harass unhoused people for needing support that the city is
not adequately providing.
Thank you for your time,
Sophia Parmenter
918 Vanderbilt CT
Ft Collins
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From:Dawn Kennedy
To:Torin Kaletsky
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Budget Feedback
Date:Wednesday, September 21, 2022 10:54:03 AM
From: Torin Kaletsky <tkaletsky@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 6:55 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Budget Feedback
Good evening Mayor and Council:
Please find below my notes, which relate to the budget discussion.
Thank you for not funding:
13.12 14 police officers NOT Funded
13.23 District One Office Buildout NOT Funded
13.37 Portable radios NOT Funded
Thank you for funding:
24.3 mediation and restorative justice Funded
24.7 ARPA eviction legal fund Funded
31.1 Social Sustainability Leadership / Housing & Homelessness / Community Support Funded
31.2 Social Sustainability Leadership and Funding for Human Services & Affordable Housing Funded
31.3 Homelessness Initiatives/Programs Ongoing City Support Funded
31.4 Affordable Housing Capital Fund Funded
31.11 Homelessness Initiatives & Programs Increase Funded
31.12 ARPA - Homelessness Initiatives - Recovery & Stabilization Funded
31.13 ARPA - 1.0 FTE - Contractual Social Sustainability Recovery Specialist Funded
31.20 ARPA - Affordable Housing Land Bank Expansion Funded
The following items I ask that you please reconsider:
13.42 4 police officers Funded - Since the police are achieving their self-published goals and since they are
already having trouble filling vacant positions, I do not feel it necessary to increase the size of their workforce.
24.8 immigration legal fund NOT Funded - This item has the possibility to make Fort Collins a more welcoming
place for our neighbors, and I think we should do everything we can to make that happen and make this city
truly world class.
31.14 1.0 FTE - Affordable Housing Specialist NOT Funded
31.19 ARPA - Expansion of the Affordable Housing Fund NOT Funded
31.21 ARPA - Affordable Housing Fee Credit Fund NOT Funded
31.22 ARPA - Affordable Housing Utilities Fee Relief Program NOT Funded
The above items will make this city more affordable at a time when affordability is absolutely critical for our
community.
Thank you, and best of luck in finalizing the budget.
Cheers,
Torin Kaletsky
He him
District 3
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:Michele Pullaro
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Flowers in Down Town Fort Collins
Date:Wednesday, September 21, 2022 12:48:54 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Michele Pullaro <mmpullaro@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 10:50 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Flowers in Down Town Fort Collins
Hello,
I have watched the City Council meeting video that was held september 13. 2022. I am a Small
Business Owner in DownTown Fort Collins. My store is: Peacock's Perch at 162 S. College Avenue. I
am located on the corner of Oak and College on the Northeast corner. I would like to share
my thoughts with you regarding funding of the flowers.
My customers come from all over Colorado and neighboring states like Wyoming, Nebraska, and
Kansas specifically to visit our downtown. They frequently comment that our downtown is not like
any other downtowns that they have been to. They also frequently comment on how clean our city
is and how much we care about the aesthetics. Which makes it a pleasure for them to visit.
However, the crime rate has been increasing and I am concerned that if the flowers in downtown
are not at least maintained then our businesses and livelihoods will be impacted because the
appearance of the area will resemble the crime activity. It might seem like a far reach to equate
flowers with crime prevalence. But, downtown is the "face" of Fort Collins and we should represent
the good that we have to offer. The importance of presentation should not be underrated or
ignored. I fully support funding of the flowers. The flowers are a symbol of downtown and our
thriving community. They indicate to visitors that they have arrived in the heart of Fort Collins.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
--
Michele Pullaro
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:Julia Houx
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] downtown flowers
Date:Wednesday, September 21, 2022 3:30:37 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Julia Houx <julia@stpetes.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 1:48 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] downtown flowers
Hello,
I am writing this to express my support for continuing to fund the flowers downtown.
It is something that truly enriches the downtown experience.
We have countless comments from visitors at how wonderful the flowers are.
They are beautiful, enjoyed by all, and keep folks employed.
We hope we will continue to enjoy the flowers for years to come :)
Julia Houx
St. Peter's Fly Shop
www.stpetes.com
Old Town - 970-498-8968
South - 970-377-3785
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:Christie Rogers
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Fully find Downtown Flowers
Date:Wednesday, September 21, 2022 3:31:51 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Christie Rogers <christie.alpine@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 2:49 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Fully find Downtown Flowers
City leaders, as a long-standing downtown retailer I ask you to please fully fund the Downtown
flowers in next year‘s budget. I get hundreds of comments on the flowers in Old Town from my
customers, both local and visitors. There are many other ways I can think of to shave the budget and
I am always one to support less government spending. But I ask that the flowers are maintained at
the same level next year as they were so wonderfully this year. Thank you!--
Christie Rogers
Alpine Arts- The Colorado Showcase
112 N. College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80524
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:Brittany Engert
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Fund Art to Live - Offer 50.15
Date:Wednesday, September 21, 2022 3:33:28 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Brittany Engert <brittanyengert@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 3:10 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Fund Art to Live - Offer 50.15
Hello,
My name is Brittany Engert and I am writing to you to ask you support Offer 50.15 -
Art to Live in the City Budget for 2023-2024. The reason I believe this program is so
important is because it helps to make existing housing affordable, gives artists time to
create, and keeps artists here in our community.
Please fund this program so we can make Fort Collins a cultural hotspot and support
the livelihood of artists. I want to see new programs available to address issues in our
community. Art to Live is what I want for Fort Collins. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Brittany Engert
Brittany Engert, M.A.
Pronouns: She | Her | Hers
Academic Success Coordinator, Colorado State University
(315)315) 867
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:Carol Cochran
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Reimagining the downtown (and other) flower displays
Date:Wednesday, September 21, 2022 3:45:01 PM
From: Carol Cochran <hicarolco@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 3:36 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Reimagining the downtown (and other) flower displays
Hello, City Leaders,
No doubt the Downtown flowers are stunning and impactful. I think it would be quite wise and forward-thinking for
us to move forward in 2023 and beyond with more drought-tolerant perennials (which can also be stunning) and
absolutely set the bar for what landscaping and decorating with those types of plants can be. I spent about 20
minutes trying to find the line-item in the proposed City budget for the flowers, to no avail. I’m not sure changing
them out for low-water perennials in an equivalent abundance would be much cheaper, at least initially. I just think
Fort Collins could and should lead the way on what a more water-responsible landscaping can look like, encouraging
residents and visitors alike to reconsider how beautiful a lower-water, less intensively groomed display can be.
Show us and all our visitors what we can do! Inspire us.
Many drought-tolerant perennials will survive all but the coldest of winters in above-ground planters, too, and come
back in future years with vigor and with showier blooms. If you were to set your talented groundspeople loose to
tackle the best displays of low-water-use plants and flowers, I think what they come up with has the potential to be
even more impressive than the current displays and might lead the way for other communities facing water and
personnel shortages to beautify their cities with less — less water, less tending, and fewer people-hours.
Thanks for considering moving in this direction with future disbursements to the Parks & Rec department for
“flower” displays.
Cheers,
Carol Cochran
(District 1)
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:Heather Trantham
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: Downtown Flowers
Date:Wednesday, September 21, 2022 5:05:11 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Heather Trantham <heather@coppermuse.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 12:35 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Downtown Flowers
Hello,
I watched the city council meeting discussion about the flower displays in Old Town. I appreciated
some of the commentary, but I also felt that some aspects of the conversation were lacking.
1. Unless you are a horticulturist, I don’t think you can make a determination about whether a
plant is tropical or not. The fact that the species of plants that are planted downtown survive
from spring to fall in an arid climate lead me to believe that these plants are not tropical.
2. I want to be a good climate steward, and I am willing to replace my lawn and use less water.
But, isn’t it nice to have some places in the city that have expanses of grass (parks) and
beautiful flower displays that can be enjoyed by everyone even if they can’t plant bluegrass at
home?
3. The flowers downtown are a destination themselves. Many people come to downtown to
enjoy the scenery as much as to dine and shop, and I think that this leads to more dining and
shopping.
4. There needs to be a better understanding about how much of the budget is delegated to the
actual plants, how much to water, how much to labor. Are we overstaffed? What percentage
of the water that the city uses for all parks, parkways, other flower displays, etc. is the water
for the downtown flowers?
I think there needs to be a more educated discussion (based in fact, not personal interpretation)
before the budget for the downtown flowers is cut. And, please involve the city’s horticulturist in the
discussion about which plants are planted.
Best regards,
Heather Trantham, PE, PhD
Owner
CopperMuse distillery
244 N. College
Suite 105
Fort Collins, CO 80524
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:Alan Jantzen
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: Downtown Flower Funding
Date:Wednesday, September 21, 2022 5:09:42 PM
Attachments:image002.png
image003.png
From: Alan Jantzen <alan@silvergrill.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 3:43 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Downtown Flower Funding
As you all know – our downtown is the most iconic part of our beautiful city. Citizens who live here,
people who visit here all come to see our beautiful downtown. The Parks department over the years
have raised the bar for all other cities! Keeping the downtown vibrant is key to our success as
business owners which in turn furthers the success of our city. Over the years we have lost so much
of the energy of our downtown – parades, concerts, events. The businesses downtown have rallied
to keep up our services to stay competitive. Why would you even consider dropping flowers? The
energy and tax basis we provide far outweighs this expense. There are far more important things
which need to be debated that keeping our city in colorful flowers.
Please don’t take this away from our beautiful downtown.
Alan Jantzen
970.430.4324
Alan@Silvergrill.com
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From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:Rob Haas; Melanie Clark
Cc:Shirley Peel; Jeni Arndt; Kelly DiMartino; SAR Admin Team; CAO Senior Staff; Mike Calhoon; Seve Ghose; Amy
Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: Response to: Some needed repairs and budget input (Council SAR#70051
Date:Wednesday, September 21, 2022 10:07:23 PM
Attachments:image001.png
Good evening, Rob –
Thank you for your follow-up comments regarding budget prioritization. They have been noted and
we appreciate your engagement.
In addition, the City of Fort Collins has partnered with CSU’s Center for Public Deliberation to host a
community wide conversation on the 2023-2024 budget. The event takes place on September 28th
from 6-8pm at the Fort Collins Senior Center (1200 Raintree Drive). Spanish translation and
interpretation available. Dinner will be provided and there is limited space so please register here if
you would like to attend.
Thanks in advance,
Rupa
Rupa Venkatesh
Assistant City Manager
City of Fort Collins, CO
970.221.6684 office
561.289.6176 cell
From: Rob Haas <wrobhaas@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 1:40 PM
To: Melanie Clark <MCLARK@fcgov.com>
Cc: Shirley Peel <speel@fcgov.com>; Jeni Arndt <jarndt@fcgov.com>; Kelly DiMartino
<KDIMARTINO@fcgov.com>; SAR Admin Team <SAR-Admin-Team@fcgov.com>; CAO Senior Staff
<CAOSeniorStaff@fcgov.com>; Mike Calhoon <MCALHOON@fcgov.com>; Seve Ghose
<sghose@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Response to: Some needed repairs and budget input (Council SAR#70051
Melanie and Mike,
Thanks for your response.
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Shirley & Jeni,
My input to this years budget process is that repairs such as these shouldn’t take over three months
and should be given a priority. Perhaps that means spending a little extra money. So I would
support moving funding from routine (and sometimes pre-mature) sidewalk replacements to
projects such as these.
Thanks,
Rob
On Sep 20, 2022, at 12:07 PM, Melanie Clark <MCLARK@fcgov.com> wrote:
Dear Rob Haas,
Thank you for your email regarding trail repairs.
Please see the below information provided by Director of Parks, Mike Calhoon on
behalf of Councilmember Shirley Peel and City Manager, Kelly DiMartino.
Best,
Melanie
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MELANIE CLARK
Executive Administrative Assistant
City Manager’s Office
City of Fort Collins
300 Laporte Ave
970-416-4312 office
mclark@fcgov.com
<image001.png>
From: accessfortcollins=fcgov.com@mg.comcate.com accessfortcollins=fcgov.com@m
g.comcate.com On Behalf Of Mike Calhoon
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 11:44 AM
To: Melanie Clark MCLARK@fcgov.com
Subject: [EXTERNAL] New notes have been added to case #70051
Hello Rob,
Staff have been actively working on getting both the issues repaired / replaced with
contractors, but have experienced delays with completion.
The sections of trail that are heaving along the Spring Creek Trail west of Drake Road
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and also west of Shields Street have been marked, identified, and mapped with a trail
grinding contractor. We typically develop a list of work that will meet the minimum
work requirement for the contractor to report on-site (about once a year). We do mark
the locations of heaving trail with orange paint until they are ground down.
The underpass railing along the Spring Creek Trail at Taft Hill Road was significantly
damaged by a car accident last year. The decorative rail is part of an Art in Public Places
installation, and required specific coordination with that Department. The good news is
that the concrete footer has been repaired earlier this year, and the bridge railing
fabrication is complete. The railing is currently at a bronze foundry getting the Art in
Public Places components added to the rail.
Staff has checked back in with both the trail grinding contractor and metal fabricator
about completing these issues along the trails with limited success. I understand the
frustration from community members, and will continue to pursue completion in a
more timely manner with the contractors and other departments.
Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Sincerely,
Mike Calhoon
Director of Parks
Original Request
From: Rob Haas wrobhaas@yahoo.com
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 10:00 AM
To: Shirley Peel speel@fcgov.com
Cc: Jeni Arndt jarndt@fcgov.com
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Some needed repairs and budget input
Hi Shirley,
I had hoped to make it to your listening session on Saturday but wasn’t able to make it.
I noticed that the city budget process has begun so I thought this would be a good
time to reach out. I know most of the focus of the budget is on “big picture” type
issues, but I think council needs to also keep their pulse on some of the details of how
the city is run. Based on my experiences the city does a good job of managing planned
projects, such as regular street paving. However, the city does a poor job of dealing
with non-planned repairs. This has been the case for many years, but I’ll cite two
current examples. The first is the state of the Spring Creek trail. The attached photo
was taken just west of Drake Road, but a similar situation exists just west of Shields
street. As you can see in the attached photo, the trail surface jumps up over 1”. It’s
been this way for over a year and the city knows because someone has painted it. The
second example is the safety railing over the Spring Creek trail tunnel on the west side
of Taft Hill Road. This railing was damaged more than a year ago. Again, the photo
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shows that someone came out and put up a temporary fence. But it’s been so long
that the temporary fence now needs repair.
I think the vast majority of the community would agree that issues such as these should
be fixed quickly. From a budget perspective, I think it’s also a slam dunk. For example,
the city recently spent a sizable sum on a new traffic signal at Drake and Hampshire
roads, just to improve cycling. The cost/benefit of this new light is much less than the
cost/benefit of taking care the repairs I listed.
I think we need to address the underlying cause of these problems. Why is it that the
city takes so long to repair problems that we would all like repaired quickly? Is it
funding? Maybe, but neither of these issues are terribly expensive to fix. Is it the city’s
“work order” process? Maybe. Or lack of productivity among city employees? Maybe,
but maybe not. I don’t know, and I’m guessing you don’t know either. And that’s the
point. I suggest that council finds out. I’ll leave it up to you and council how best to do
that. If you determine that a consultant/auditor needs to be hired than now would be
a good time to put some money in the budget for that.
Thanks for all of your work on Council.
Regards,
Rob Haas
970-402-9236
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:jodydeschenes@gmail.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Date:Thursday, September 22, 2022 12:57:26 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Jody Deschenes <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2022 12:40 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal immigration
system.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a
permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and October as you
solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without a gap in services.
Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and ensures Fort Collins residents are
guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are incredibly complex and difficult to navigate on
your own and are the only legal proceeding in the country where someone is detained without the
guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for supporting Fort Collins residents with the legal resources they need!
***
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes acceso a
representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el complejo sistema de
inmigración federal.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo convierta
en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de la ciudad este
septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. s fundamental que este
importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios.
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Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura
que los residentes de Fort Collins tengan garantizado el debido proceso. Los
procedimientos de inmigración son increíblemente complejos y difíciles de realizar por su
cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal en el país donde alguien es detenido sin la
garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un solicitante de asilo.
¡Gracias por apoyar a los residentes de Fort Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Jody Deschenes
jodydeschenes@gmail.com
po box 123
Ft Collins, Colorado 80525
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From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:Small Mountain Tattoo; City Leaders
Cc:Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Downtown Flower displays
Date:Friday, September 23, 2022 9:43:39 AM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Small Mountain Tattoo <booking@smallmountaintattoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 7:06 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Downtown Flower displays
To whom this may concern,
I am emailing in regards to the City Council work meeting where the possibility of not fully funding
the downtown flower displays was discussed. As a business owner on Linden Street, the brand
new giant flower areas impacted the design of the renovations. As the flowers are a great
enhancement to downtown, it would be a big disappointment for them to be empty. Especially
for our newly renovated Linden Street where we had no road for 8 months due to the
renovations and some of the main aspects are the new flower beds.
Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you for your time,
Adam Fenner
--
218 Linden St. Fort Collins, CO
970-221-2340
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From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:Amy Resseguie
Subject:FW: [EXTERNAL] Downtown Flower Funding
Date:Friday, September 23, 2022 9:44:06 AM
From: deb@garwoodsjewelers.com <deb@garwoodsjewelers.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 7:58 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Downtown Flower Funding
I urge you to consider continuing funding the flowers in downtown Fort Collins. They are beautiful each year and
add to the atmosphere and overall beauty of our very special downtown. We have a very unique area here due to a
combination of many factors - please don't take that away!
Debbie Reider
Garwood's Jewelers
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From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:lam_5225@yahoo.com; City Leaders
Cc:Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget! ~ Agregue el fondo para Inmigrantes al Presupuesto!
Date:Friday, September 23, 2022 9:46:26 AM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Linda A Marquez <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2022 7:21 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget! ~ Agregue el fondo para Inmigrantes al
Presupuesto!
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
I am not a resident of Fort Collins, unfortunately, but I reside in Longmont and do have friends and
relatives who do live there.
It is so important for the community, state, and country to help those who are pursuing a way to make
it better for themselves as well as for the community.
Thank you for your support of a Fort Collins pilot Legal Defense Fund (LDF) on July 6th, 2021. The
city's pilot program has laid the foundation for better immigrant integration in our community.
Everyone, no matter who they are, should have the opportunity to present their case in a fair and just
manner, by having someone who can advocate for their interests.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a
permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and October as you
solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without a gap in services. Your
immediate support during the creation and approval of the budget will ensure that the trust that the
community has developed with the legal service providers continues and that they can keep the
momentum moving in the forward direction!
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal immigration
system. Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and ensures Fort Collins
residents are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are incredibly complex and difficult to
navigate on your own and are the only legal proceeding in the country where someone is detained
without the guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with the legal
resources they need!
***
Estimados miembros del Consejo,
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Gracias por su apoyo a un Fondo de Defensa Legal (LDF) experimental que aprobaron en
Fort Collins el 6 de julio de 2021. El programa experimental de la ciudad ha sentado las
bases para una mejor integración de los inmigrantes en nuestra comunidad. Todos, sin
importar quiénes sean, deben tener la oportunidad de presentar su caso de manera justa,
teniendo a alguien que pueda defender sus intereses.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de
la ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes
acceso a representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el
complejo sistema de inmigración federal. Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las
familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura que los residentes de Fort Collins tengan
garantizado el debido proceso. Los procedimientos de inmigración son increíblemente
complejos y difíciles de realizar por su cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal en el país
donde alguien es detenido sin la garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un
solicitante de asilo.
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Linda A Marquez
lam_5225@yahoo.com
828 S. Bross St.
Longmont , Colorado 80501
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:Sue Ballou
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] City Budget
Date:Friday, September 23, 2022 10:47:57 AM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Sue Ballou <sueballou@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2022 9:43 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] City Budget
Dear City Leaders,
I know that the Budgeting for Outcomes process is arduous and there are many
painful decisions to be made about what falls above and below the line. I am writing
to advocate for one item that ultimately fell below the line; The expansion of the
Mobile Home Park program in Neighborhood Services and an additional staff person
was not funded.
The people living in mobile home parks are among the most vulnerable in the City as
MHP owners find new ways to increase profits at their expense. The work that the
City has done so far has been extremely helpful but there's a lot more that can be
done as parks defer or ignore maintenance, create unlawful rules, and work to
obscure residents' rights. Unlike renters, who can move if the landlord is unjust,
mobile home park residents are completely at the mercy of the park owners. Moving
a mobile home cost $10,000 or more and many of the homes can't be moved at all.
Rent increases and fees are becoming untenable. While additional funding for
Neighborhood Services' program can't solve all of these issues, they can provide
crucial watchdog and support services for these vulnerable residents. Please move
this item above the line.
Sincerely,
Sue Ballou
Sue Ballou
she/her/hers
sueballou@yahoo.com
(970)970) 493-755
(970)970) 310-767
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From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:Linda Leonhard; City Leaders
Cc:Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Downtown Flower Funding
Date:Friday, September 23, 2022 11:19:25 AM
From: Linda Leonhard <lindaleonhard3@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 3:31 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Downtown Flower Funding
Hi I own Elliot’s Martini bar. I’m happy the construction has come to a close but I’m confused as to why you would
install huge planters that you don’t intend to fill with flowers. Can you explain this please.
Linda Leonhard
Sent from my iPhone
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From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:Amy Resseguie
Subject:FW: [EXTERNAL] Fully Funding Flowers
Date:Friday, September 23, 2022 11:56:17 AM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Joseph James Streater <jj@oldtownrestaurantgroup.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2022 2:08 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Fully Funding Flowers
Dear City Leadership Team,
I am aware that the cost of nearly everything has gone up since March of 2020, but there are two
foundational items that the public has come to expect from Old Town Fort Collins. Flowers during
the Summer and Christmas lights during the holidays. Our streets, alley ways and store fronts are
elevated to that of a Choice City standard when the flowers are in full bloom. Don't cut funding in
flower department and restrict hours for our Parks and Rec employees.
Please continue the dedicated and focused work that is required to keep Old Town the go to
destination in Fort Collins. The old town businesses need this commitment from you, and the
citizens of Fort Collins expect this from you.
JJ Streater
Old Town Restaurant Group
334 E Mountain Ave Fort Collins, CO 80524
jj@oldtownrestaurantgroup.com
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From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:Amy Resseguie
Subject:FW: [EXTERNAL] RE: Seasonal Downtown flower display
Date:Friday, September 23, 2022 11:58:40 AM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Holly Wright <holly@wrightlife.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 5:57 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Seasonal Downtown flower display
Hello City Council and City Leaders,
I would like to comment on the discussion of funding of the Downtown Botanical display and budget
concerns with expanding it in the future. After watching the work session on this subject and
listening to comments from your meeting I would agree that incorporating perennials and native
plants is a smart idea that should result in lower water consumption, lower costs due to plants being
viable for multiple years and showing that the City of Fort Collins is committed to water conservation
publicly and in our private residences.
Thank you for your consideration and hard work on behalf of the citizens of Fort Collins,
Holly Wright
The Wright Life
200B Linden Street
Fort Collins, CO 80524
970-484-6932
holly@wrightlife.com
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:rreyes9022@gmail.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Date:Friday, September 23, 2022 1:51:27 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Richard Reyes <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2022 12:30 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
I would like to ask you to continue funding the Immigration Legal Defense Fund in the 2023-
2024 budget and make this a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
efforts this September and October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this
important work continue without a gap in services. Your immediate support during the
creation and approval of the budget will ensure that the trust that the community has
developed with the legal service providers continues and that they can keep the momentum
moving in the forward direction!
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with
the legal resources they need!
***
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de
la ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Richard Reyes
rreyes9022@gmail.com
1000 Strachan Dr
Fort Collins, Colorado 80525
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From:Rupa Venkatesh
To:Allie Ogg; City Leaders
Cc:Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Downtown Flowers
Date:Monday, September 26, 2022 11:46:05 AM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Allie Ogg <allieogg@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2022 10:05 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Downtown Flowers
Hello City Council Leaders!
I love the downtown flower displays, and I hope that you continue to fund the beautiful displays. The
flowers bring so much beauty to our Old Town, it would be sad to see them go.
Thank you,
Allie Ogg
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From:Dawn Kennedy
To:MARYLEADODD303@GMAIL.COM
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget!
Date:Monday, September 26, 2022 12:09:02 PM
From: MARY LEA DODD <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2022 12:02 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget!
Fort Collins City Council,
Dear Fort Collins City Council Member,
I have watched Alianza's work from its inception when a small group of immigrants and
American citizens began having workshops in the basement of Fort Colllins' churches. At
these workshops Alianza members helped individuals prepare and submit Colorado Drivers
License applications so these folks could get jobs and become productive members of the
community.
Since then, Alianza has grown in numbers and functions at a rate that has amazed me.
Please support this hard working group of people continue their efforts of helping
immigrants obtain access to legal representation so they can stay in this country and
continue being good tax paying residents.
Please support funding the Legal Defense Fund in the 2023-2024 budget.
Thank you, Mary Lea Dodd
MARY LEA DODD
MARYLEADODD303@GMAIL.COM
5633 RIST CANYON ROAD
BELLVUE, Colorado 80512
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From:Dawn Kennedy
To:Diane Findley
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Flower Funding
Date:Monday, September 26, 2022 1:09:03 PM
From: Diane Findley <dfindley1954@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2022 12:34 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Flower Funding
I know there will never be enough money to do all the wonderful things we have in mind to ensure our status as a
first class city. But I do hope there will be enough money to maintain our spectacular flower displays downtown.
They bring so much interest and delight to our retail areas. Hardly a day goes by that customers at Trimble Court
Artisans don’t comment on how lovely the flowers are. The happier the customers the more sales tax revenue we
can pass along.
Thanks for listening. I have my fingers crossed.
With much appreciation
Diane Findley
President of Trimble Court Artisans
Sent from my iPhone
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From:Dawn Kennedy
To:arbaiten@hotmail.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Date:Monday, September 26, 2022 1:23:08 PM
From: Rosa Leon <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2022 12:42 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal immigration
system.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a
permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and October as you
solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without a gap in services.
Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and ensures Fort Collins residents are
guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are incredibly complex and difficult to navigate on
your own and are the only legal proceeding in the country where someone is detained without the
guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for supporting Fort Collins residents with the legal resources they need!
***
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes acceso a
representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el complejo sistema de
inmigración federal.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo convierta
en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de la ciudad este
septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. s fundamental que este
importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios.
Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura que los
residentes de Fort Collins tengan garantizado el debido proceso. Los procedimientos de inmigración
son increíblemente complejos y difíciles de realizar por su cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal
en el país donde alguien es detenido sin la garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un
solicitante de asilo.
¡Gracias por apoyar a los residentes de Fort Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Rosa Leon
arbaiten@hotmail.com
6988 Pelican Cove Lane
Wellington, Colorado 80549 Page 81
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:miy.mahran@gmail.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Date:Monday, September 26, 2022 3:03:12 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Miy Mahran <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2022 2:57 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
I would like to ask you to continue funding the Immigration Legal Defense Fund in the 2023-
2024 budget and make this a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
efforts this September and October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this
important work continue without a gap in services. Your immediate support during the
creation and approval of the budget will ensure that the trust that the community has
developed with the legal service providers continues and that they can keep the momentum
moving in the forward direction!
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with
the legal resources they need!
***
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de
la ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Miy Mahran
miy.mahran@gmail.com
1001 Logan Ave
Bronx, 10465
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:adrienne.birt@jacobcenter.org
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget
Date:Monday, September 26, 2022 3:56:54 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Adrienne Birt <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2022 2:03 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget
Fort Collins City Council,
Hello,
Thank you for your support of a Fort Collins pilot Legal Defense Fund (LDF) on July 6th,
2021. The city's pilot program has laid the foundation for better immigrant integration in our
community. Everyone, no matter who they are, should have the opportunity to present their
case in a fair and just manner, by having someone who can advocate for their interests.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this
a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and
October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without
a gap in services. Your immediate support during the creation and approval of the budget
will ensure that the trust that the community has developed with the legal service providers
continues and that they can keep the momentum moving in the forward direction!
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal
immigration system. Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and
ensures Fort Collins residents are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are
incredibly complex and difficult to navigate on your own and are the only legal proceeding
in the country where someone is detained without the guarantee to a lawyer, even if they
are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with
the legal resources they need!
Adrienne
Adrienne Birt
adrienne.birt@jacobcenter.org
517 South Bryan Ave.
Fort Collins, Colorado 80521
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Indy Hart, Chair
Cari Brown, Vice Chair
Transportation Board
DATE: September 22, 2022
TO: Mayor Arndt and City Councilmembers
FROM: Indy Hart, Transportation Board Chair, on behalf of the Transportation Board
CC: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
RE: 2023/24 City Manager’s Recommended Budget
The Transportation Board has reviewed the 2023/24 City Manager’s Recommended Budget. The goal of the
Transportation Board is to promote the implementation of a balanced transportation system that is consistent with
the City’s sustainability goals and provides choice, mobility, access, congestion mitigation, and safety for all
people. The Transportation Board would therefore like to emphasize their desire for Council to prioritize funding
offers which support multi-modal transportation, addresses the climate emergency, and are equitable.
The Transportation Board realizes that not all offers, despite their merits, can be funded. However, there are t wo
unfunded offers that the Board feels should be considered for funding in the 2023/24 budget:
1. The Transportation Board supports funding offer 51.27, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) System
Upgrades scaled to $275,000 per year, which is in line with prior Council commitments. We feel this is a
key initiative to continue the efforts to improve accessibility to everyone in the community.
2. The Transportation Board also supports funding offer 36.9, Neighborhood Traffic Mitigation Program
Expansion. We see this offer as an important program to support neighborhoods and slow traffic. This
program we feel helps improve conditions for bicycling and walking as well, which is an important part of
the City’s multi-modal goals.
The Transportation Board also wishes to highlight additional unfunded BFO offers as being priority for funding in
the 2023/24 budget, as shown in the table below.
BFO # BFO Offer Title Type
51.10 West Elizabeth Enhanced Travel Corridor Full Design 1-Time Enhancement
51.32 North College Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) 100% Design 1-Time Enhancement
27.14 School Transportation Safety Assessments and Strategic
Infrastructure for Youth Continuing Enhancement
27.15 1.0 FTE Shift Your Ride Travel Options Program Professional Enhancement
54.7 Parks Hard Surface Trails Infrastructure Replacement: Asset Management -
Enhanced
Finally, the Transportation Board acknowledges the efforts of the Bicycle Advisory Committee over the past year
and supports their budget recommendations as noted in the attached letter. Thank you for your consideration of
funding these additional budget offers.
Respectfully submitted,
C. Indy Hart, Transportation Board Chair
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Memorandum
To: City of Fort Collins Transportation Board
From: Jordan Williams, Chair, City of Fort Collins Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC)
Date: September 21, 2022
Re: BAC Recommendations to support active modes-related BFO offers 2023-24
On behalf of the City of Fort Collins Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC), I would like to offer our
recommendations for several BFO offers put forth for the next budget cycle.
The BAC’s overall purpose and mission is to review, recommend, and proactively identify capital improvements,
educational initiatives, and Active Modes plan priorities while promoting bicycling, e-bikes, and other active
modes as viable forms of transportation within our city and region. With the BAC work plan in mind, we have
reviewed the City’s 2023-24 Budget Offers and discussed priority areas as they align with the BAC’s guiding
principles. We support all the active modes-oriented offers listed in the budget proposal as they all, either
directly or indirectly, enhance safe bicycling and help reduce motorized travel in our community.
In addition to pledging support for all the active modes-related BFO offers being considered in this budget cycle,
we would like to highlight a few specific offers that that we believe will have particularly significant impacts on
the future of safe bicycling, multimodal transportation, and the achievement of the Climate Action Plan goals of
the City of Fort Collins. These unfunded offers from the City Manager’s recommended budget are ranked in no
particular order:
• 27.14 - CONTINUING ENHANCEMENT - School Transportation Safety Assessments and Strategic
Infrastructure for Youth: With the success of the original enhancement offer from 2022, continuing this
program will help the City meet its Vision Zero goals from an equity-focused perspective that serves
youth and other underrepresented communities.
• 27.15 - ENHANCEMENT - 1.0 FTE Shift Your Ride Travel Options Program Professional: To reduce traffic
and support the city’s climate goals, more people need to utilize active modes of transportation. While
funding the Shift Your Ride program (27.13) is helpful, staff need more capacity to implement this
initiative in conjunction with other partners such as the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning
Organization.
• 36.9 - CONTINUING ENHANCEMENT - Neighborhood Traffic Mitigation Program Expansion: The active
modes infrastructure included in this offer provides a more complete streets/Vision Zero-friendly
opportunity for the City budget to align with its goals surrounding equity and safety.
• 54.7 - ASSET MANAGEMENT-ENHANCED - Parks Hard Surface Trails Infrastructure Replacement: As our
trails receive increased usage for recreation and transportation, building more connections across our
15-minute communities is important, but we have to take care of the existing infrastructure. The
scalability of this program could be helpful for initial implementation in this budget cycle.
Thank you for your consideration of the BAC’s recommendations.
Signed: Jordan Williams, BAC Chair
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:Anaquiroz326@gmail.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Date:Tuesday, September 27, 2022 9:45:17 AM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Anamaria Gandarilla <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2022 5:11 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal representation,
increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal immigration system.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a
permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and October as you
solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without a gap in services.
Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and ensures Fort Collins residents are
guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are incredibly complex and difficult to navigate on
your own and are the only legal proceeding in the country where someone is detained without the
guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for supporting Fort Collins residents with the legal resources they need!
***
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes acceso a
representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el complejo sistema de
inmigración federal.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo convierta
en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de la ciudad este
septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. s fundamental que este
importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios.
Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura que los
residentes de Fort Collins tengan garantizado el debido proceso. Los procedimientos de inmigración
son increíblemente complejos y difíciles de realizar por su cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal en
el país donde alguien es detenido sin la garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un solicitante
de asilo.
¡Gracias por apoyar a los residentes de Fort Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Anamaria Gandarilla
Anaquiroz326@gmail.com
2036 1st Ave lot 262
Greeley, Colorado 80631
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:liamgab82@gmail.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Date:Tuesday, September 27, 2022 10:10:35 AM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Gaby Nunez <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 9:49 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
I would like to ask you to continue funding the Immigration Legal Defense Fund in the 2023-
2024 budget and make this a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
efforts this September and October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this
important work continue without a gap in services. Your immediate support during the
creation and approval of the budget will ensure that the trust that the community has
developed with the legal service providers continues and that they can keep the momentum
moving in the forward direction!
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with
the legal resources they need!
***
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de
la ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Gaby Nunez
liamgab82@gmail.com
3406 Hampton Dr
Fort Collins, Colorado 80525
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:Brian Stahl
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: New aquatics facility in SE FC
Date:Wednesday, September 28, 2022 2:44:48 PM
Attachments:image002.png
image003.png
From: Brian Stahl <brian@stahldevelopment.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 7:42 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] New aquatics facility in SE FC
Dear City Council:
We are significantly “ under pooled “ here in Fort Collins. It is getting worse every day.
Please support the concept of a new, quality, 10 lane pool in the proposed SE Recreation Center.
From life safety issues to high school swimming practice and events—a new pool will provide so
many POSITIVES for our community and help alleviate capacity issues as we continue to grow our
city.
Thank you for your consideration of all…
Brian Stahl
Real Estate Investment - Real Estate Development
brian@stahldevelopment.com
970-390-9164
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:Dr. Shaw
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Downtown Flower Funding
Date:Thursday, September 29, 2022 5:06:26 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Dr. Shaw <dr.shaw@shawfamilypractice.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 4:42 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Downtown Flower Funding
I absolutely love the downtown flowers. I would love to see them continue. If the budget has to be
trimmed okay, but I would love to have them stay.
Dr. JoNell Shaw DC, ND
Schedule your visit
148 W. Oak Street, Suite C, Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
Phone: (970) 658-1281
Fax: +1 (970) 844-8884
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:beathrizmthz13@gmail.com
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget! ~ Agregue el fondo para Inmigrantes al Presupuesto!
Date:Friday, September 30, 2022 9:04:13 AM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Beatriz Martinez <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 6:28 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget! ~ Agregue el fondo para Inmigrantes al
Presupuesto!
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
Thank you for your support of a Fort Collins pilot Legal Defense Fund (LDF) on July 6th,
2021. The city's pilot program has laid the foundation for better immigrant integration in our
community. Everyone, no matter who they are, should have the opportunity to present their
case in a fair and just manner, by having someone who can advocate for their interests.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this
a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and
October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without
a gap in services. Your immediate support during the creation and approval of the budget
will ensure that the trust that the community has developed with the legal service providers
continues and that they can keep the momentum moving in the forward direction!
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal
immigration system. Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and
ensures Fort Collins residents are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are
incredibly complex and difficult to navigate on your own and are the only legal proceeding
in the country where someone is detained without the guarantee to a lawyer, even if they
are a child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with
the legal resources they need!
***
Estimados miembros del Consejo,
Gracias por su apoyo a un Fondo de Defensa Legal (LDF) experimental que aprobaron en
Fort Collins el 6 de julio de 2021. El programa experimental de la ciudad ha sentado las
bases para una mejor integración de los inmigrantes en nuestra comunidad. Todos, sin
importar quiénes sean, deben tener la oportunidad de presentar su caso de manera justa,
teniendo a alguien que pueda defender sus intereses.
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Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de
la ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes
acceso a representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el
complejo sistema de inmigración federal. Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las
familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura que los residentes de Fort Collins tengan
garantizado el debido proceso. Los procedimientos de inmigración son increíblemente
complejos y difíciles de realizar por su cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal en el país
donde alguien es detenido sin la garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un
solicitante de asilo.
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Beatriz Martinez
beathrizmthz13@gmail.com
6500 e 88th ave
Henderson , Colorado 80640
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:Kevin Cross; Jeni Arndt; Susan Gutowsky; Julie Pignataro; Tricia Canonico; Shirley Peel; Kelly Ohlson; Emily
Francis
Cc:Tyler Marr; Lindsay Ex; Honore Depew; Molly Saylor; Adelle McDaniel; Kendall Minor; John Phelan; Brian Tholl;
Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] FCSG Statement on the Fort Collins 2023-2023 Recommended Budget
Date:Friday, September 30, 2022 10:06:15 AM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Kevin Cross <jkevin87@comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2022 6:20 AM
To: Jeni Arndt <jarndt@fcgov.com>; Susan Gutowsky <sgutowsky@fcgov.com>; Julie Pignataro
<jpignataro@fcgov.com>; Tricia Canonico <tcanonico@fcgov.com>; Shirley Peel
<speel@fcgov.com>; Kelly Ohlson <kohlson@fcgov.com>; Emily Francis <efrancis@fcgov.com>
Cc: Kelly DiMartino <KDIMARTINO@fcgov.com>; Tyler Marr <tmarr@fcgov.com>; Lindsay Ex
<lex@fcgov.com>; Honore Depew <hdepew@fcgov.com>; Molly Saylor <msaylor@fcgov.com>;
Adelle McDaniel <amcdaniel@fcgov.com>; Kendall Minor <kminor@fcgov.com>; John Phelan
<JPHELAN@fcgov.com>; Brian Tholl <btholl@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] FCSG Statement on the Fort Collins 2023-2023 Recommended Budget
Good morning, Mayor Arndt and Councilmembers Gutowsky, Pignataro, Canonico, Peel,
Ohlson, and Francis –
I’m sending you FCSG’s statement on the Recommended Budget, which is also available on
our website. We are asking you to consider moving three unfunded offers “above the line,”which hold the potential for significantly increasing the amount of funding Ft. Collins mightobtain in the future from the Inflation Reduction Act. These offers are all relatively “small
ticket” items and total about 0.05% of the total Recommended Budget.
Sincerely,
Kevin Cross
Convener
Fort Collins Sustainability Group
P.O. Box 672
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Ph. 970-484-3141 https://focosustainability.org
FCSG Statement on the Fort Collins 2023-2023 Recommended Budget
Posted on September 30th, 2022
The Fort Collins Sustainability Group (FCSG) has reviewed both the Fort Collins 2023-2024
Recommended Budget and the staff memorandum dated September 8th, 2022 analyzing the impact of the Recommended Budget on the City’s “Our Climate Future” goals. Staff
anticipates that the budget offers recommended for funding will reduce community
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 5.4% from the 2005 baseline. In order to make steady
progress to our 2030 goal, we would need to reduce GHG pollution 12% every two years
between 2020 and 2030. Therefore, the recommended budget would achieve less than half
the necessary reductions for steady progress toward the 2030 goal.
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As staff has previously pointed out, not all community GHG emissions reductions can be paid
for out of the City budget. We will be interested to see what other initiatives staff believes will
help close the gap during the “Our Climate Future” work session scheduled for October 11th.
The following three initiatives that have NOT been recommended for funding may offer
opportunities for moving more quickly toward the goal of 80% GHG emissions reductions by
2030. They all have an important equity component in addition to an environmental
component. We urge Council to consider bringing them “above the line” prior to final budget approval.
Offer 1.10: 1.0 FTE Contractual Project Manager & Manufactured Home Efficiency
Acceleration Initiative ($376,176 over two years). This offer would help residents of
manufactured homes make their homes more energy efficient and healthy, and could
provide a springboard to getting more federal government funding for these purposes
in future years.
Offer 27.9: 1.0 FTE Contractual Planner & Electric Vehicle Readiness Program Funding
($237,538 over two years). This offer could catalyze the rapid adoption of EVs in the
City and enable our community to obtain more federal funding in the effort to move
away from fossil fuel powered transportation.
Offer 27.11: Mobility Innovation Zones Plan ($150,00 in 2023 only). This offer would
help identify ways to help people living in low-density areas of the City access transit
options other than private cars. It may also identify opportunities for federal funding to
pay for these transit options, which could include bicycles, e-bikes, scooters, and shuttle
services.
An important theme in our expression of support for these three unfunded offers is that they
include the potential to uncover opportunities for connecting City residents to significant
amounts of federal funding that will become available starting next year through the Inflation
Reduction Act. A small investment now – these three offers total less than 0.05% of theRecommended 2023 – 24 budget – could provide big dividends later in terms of reducingour community GHG emissions and promoting public health and equity.
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From:Kelly DiMartino
To:Joyce DeVaney
Cc:City Leaders; Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Please continue funding the Immigration Legal Defense Fund (LDF)
Date:Friday, September 30, 2022 3:46:17 PM
Attachments:image001.png
From: Joyce DeVaney <jdevaney6@comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2022 3:24 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Please continue funding the Immigration Legal Defense Fund (LDF)
I am grateful that the Fort Collins City Council approved $150,000 for the LDF in July, 2021. This
fund has enabled trusted non-profit organizations to offer legal services, due process and dignity to
immigrants in Fort Collins. This assistance supports what we all believe in: the fundamental
constitutional right to due process and equal access to justice and representation. The LDF has given
109 immigrants access to legal representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the
complex federal immigration system. We know that immigrants with this kind of legal representation
are 10 times more likely to be able to stay in the U.S.
Please continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a permanent part of the
City's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts. It is critical that this important work continue without a
gap in services. Having access to a lawyer means that families can stay together and ensures Fort
Collins residents are guaranteed due process.
Thank you for your consideration of this request and thank you for supporting Fort Collins residents
with the legal resources they need!
Joyce DeVaney
2842 McKeag Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80526
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From:Sarah Kane
To:lulyr22@gmail.com; City Leaders
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Date:Monday, October 3, 2022 8:06:35 AM
From: Lourdes Ruiz <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2022 5:36 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal
immigration system.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a
permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and
October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without
a gap in services.
Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and ensures Fort Collins
residents are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are incredibly complex and
difficult to navigate on your own and are the only legal proceeding in the country where
someone is detained without the guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum
seeker.
Thank you for supporting Fort Collins residents with the legal resources they need!
***
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes
acceso a representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el
complejo sistema de inmigración federal.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de la
ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. s
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios.
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Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura
que los residentes de Fort Collins tengan garantizado el debido proceso. Los
procedimientos de inmigración son increíblemente complejos y difíciles de realizar por su
cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal en el país donde alguien es detenido sin la
garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un solicitante de asilo.
¡Gracias por apoyar a los residentes de Fort Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Lourdes Ruiz
lulyr22@gmail.com
2500 E. Harmony Rd.
Fort Collins, Colorado 80528
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From:Sarah Kane
To:agomezconst@gmail.com; City Leaders
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Date:Monday, October 3, 2022 8:06:08 AM
From: Adalberto Gomez <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2022 4:40 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] DEI Efforts / Esfuerzos para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusion
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal
immigration system.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a
permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and
October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without
a gap in services.
Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and ensures Fort Collins
residents are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are incredibly complex and
difficult to navigate on your own and are the only legal proceeding in the country where
someone is detained without the guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a child or an asylum
seeker.
Thank you for supporting Fort Collins residents with the legal resources they need!
***
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes
acceso a representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el
complejo sistema de inmigración federal.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de la
ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. s
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios.
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Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura
que los residentes de Fort Collins tengan garantizado el debido proceso. Los
procedimientos de inmigración son increíblemente complejos y difíciles de realizar por su
cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal en el país donde alguien es detenido sin la
garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un solicitante de asilo.
¡Gracias por apoyar a los residentes de Fort Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Adalberto Gomez
agomezconst@gmail.com
835 franklin st
Wray , Colorado 80758
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From:Sarah Kane
To:adrianacoronado53@yahoo.es; City Leaders
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Date:Monday, October 3, 2022 8:05:44 AM
From: Adriana Coronado <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2022 3:37 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
I would like to ask you to continue funding the Immigration Legal Defense Fund in the 2023-
2024 budget and make this a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
efforts this September and October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this
important work continue without a gap in services. Your immediate support during the
creation and approval of the budget will ensure that the trust that the community has
developed with the legal service providers continues and that they can keep the momentum
moving in the forward direction!
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with
the legal resources they need!
***
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de
la ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Adriana Coronado
adrianacoronado53@yahoo.es
4190 Argonne st
Denver , Colorado 80249
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From:Sarah Kane
To:maricruzsigala32@gmail.com; City Leaders
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Date:Monday, October 3, 2022 8:05:18 AM
From: Maricruz Zapata <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2022 3:11 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Immigration LDF ~ Fondo para Defensa Legal
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
I would like to ask you to continue funding the Immigration Legal Defense Fund in the 2023-
2024 budget and make this a permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
efforts this September and October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this
important work continue without a gap in services. Your immediate support during the
creation and approval of the budget will ensure that the trust that the community has
developed with the legal service providers continues and that they can keep the momentum
moving in the forward direction!
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with
the legal resources they need!
***
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de
la ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Maricruz Zapata
maricruzsigala32@gmail.com
506 E 25 st rd
Greeley , Colorado 80631
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From:Sarah Kane
To:poboxalvaro@gmail.com; City Leaders
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget! ~ Agregue el fondo para Inmigrantes al Presupuesto!
Date:Monday, October 3, 2022 8:04:41 AM
From: Alvaro Acevedo <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2022 1:12 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget! ~ Agregue el fondo para Inmigrantes al
Presupuesto!
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
Thank you for your support of a Fort Collins pilot Legal Defense Fund (LDF) on July 6th,
2021. The city's pilot program has laid the foundation for better immigrant integration in our
community. Everyone, no matter who they are, should have the opportunity to present their
case in a fair and just manner, by having someone who can advocate for their interests.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a
permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and
October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without
a gap in services. Your immediate support during the creation and approval of the budget
will ensure that the trust that the community has developed with the legal service providers
continues and that they can keep the momentum moving in the forward direction!
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal
immigration system. Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and
ensures Fort Collins residents are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are
incredibly complex and difficult to navigate on your own and are the only legal proceeding in
the country where someone is detained without the guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a
child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with the
legal resources they need!
***
Estimados miembros del Consejo,
Gracias por su apoyo a un Fondo de Defensa Legal (LDF) experimental que aprobaron en
Fort Collins el 6 de julio de 2021. El programa experimental de la ciudad ha sentado las
bases para una mejor integración de los inmigrantes en nuestra comunidad. Todos, sin
importar quiénes sean, deben tener la oportunidad de presentar su caso de manera justa,
teniendo a alguien que pueda defender sus intereses.
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Item 1.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de la
ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes
acceso a representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el
complejo sistema de inmigración federal. Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las
familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura que los residentes de Fort Collins tengan
garantizado el debido proceso. Los procedimientos de inmigración son increíblemente
complejos y difíciles de realizar por su cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal en el país
donde alguien es detenido sin la garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un
solicitante de asilo.
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Alvaro Acevedo
poboxalvaro@gmail.com
2500 e harmony rd
Fort Collins , Colorado 80528
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From:Sarah Kane
To:caceresdixi@gmail.com; City Leaders
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget! ~ Agregue el fondo para Inmigrantes al Presupuesto!
Date:Monday, October 3, 2022 8:04:05 AM
From: Dixi caceres <info@sg.actionnetwork.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2022 12:57 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Add Immigration LDF to City Budget! ~ Agregue el fondo para Inmigrantes al
Presupuesto!
Fort Collins City Council,
(Sigue en Español)
Thank you for your support of a Fort Collins pilot Legal Defense Fund (LDF) on July 6th,
2021. The city's pilot program has laid the foundation for better immigrant integration in our
community. Everyone, no matter who they are, should have the opportunity to present their
case in a fair and just manner, by having someone who can advocate for their interests.
I would like to ask you to continue funding the LDF in the 2023-2024 budget and make this a
permanent part of the city's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts this September and
October as you solidify the city budget. It is critical that this important work continue without
a gap in services. Your immediate support during the creation and approval of the budget
will ensure that the trust that the community has developed with the legal service providers
continues and that they can keep the momentum moving in the forward direction!
The Fort Collins immigrant legal defense fund has given 109 immigrants access to legal
representation, increasing their chances to successfully navigate the complex federal
immigration system. Having access to a lawyer means families can stay together and
ensures Fort Collins residents are guaranteed due process. Immigration proceedings are
incredibly complex and difficult to navigate on your own and are the only legal proceeding in
the country where someone is detained without the guarantee to a lawyer, even if they are a
child or an asylum seeker.
Thank you for considering taking this important step to support Fort Collins residents with the
legal resources they need!
***
Estimados miembros del Consejo,
Gracias por su apoyo a un Fondo de Defensa Legal (LDF) experimental que aprobaron en
Fort Collins el 6 de julio de 2021. El programa experimental de la ciudad ha sentado las
bases para una mejor integración de los inmigrantes en nuestra comunidad. Todos, sin
importar quiénes sean, deben tener la oportunidad de presentar su caso de manera justa,
teniendo a alguien que pueda defender sus intereses.Page 105
Item 1.
Me gustaría pedirle que continúe financiando el LDF en el presupuesto 2023-2024 y que lo
convierta en una parte permanente de los esfuerzos de diversidad, equidad e inclusión de la
ciudad este septiembre y octubre a medida que solidifica el presupuesto de la ciudad. Es
fundamental que este importante trabajo continúe sin interrupciones en los servicios. ¡Su
apoyo inmediato durante la creación y aprobación del presupuesto asegurará que la
confianza que la comunidad ha desarrollado con los proveedores de servicios legales
continúe y que puedan mantener el impulso en la dirección hacia adelante!
El fondo de defensa legal de inmigrantes de Fort Collins ha brindado a 109 inmigrantes
acceso a representación legal, aumentando sus posibilidades de navegar con éxito el
complejo sistema de inmigración federal. Tener acceso a un abogado significa que las
familias pueden permanecer juntas y asegura que los residentes de Fort Collins tengan
garantizado el debido proceso. Los procedimientos de inmigración son increíblemente
complejos y difíciles de realizar por su cuenta y son el único procedimiento legal en el país
donde alguien es detenido sin la garantía de un abogado, incluso si es un niño o un
solicitante de asilo.
¡Gracias por considerar dar este importante paso para apoyar a los residentes de Fort
Collins con los recursos legales que necesitan!
Dixi caceres
caceresdixi@gmail.com
3100 palm ct4
Fort collins, Colorado 80526
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From:Sarah Kane
To:Janet Johnson; City Leaders
Cc:Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Downtown Flower Funding
Date:Monday, October 3, 2022 8:10:45 AM
From: Janet Johnson <janetjohnson04@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2022 12:52 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Downtown Flower Funding
Hello! I recently visited your beautiful city for the first time, and was overwhelmed by its beauty!
The flower arrangements along the main street, as well as the plaza area in the historic district, took
my breath away. I even sent pictures back to my gardening friends in Minnesota, to provide
suggestions for stunning combinations of "Thrill, Fill, & Spill" planters.
I heard from my Fort Collins associates that there was a potential for cuts to the floral budget. If the
decision is already made, I certainly hope that you held adequate funds to continue providing such a
beautiful benefit to your community. Visitors like me, and I suspect residents as well, appreciate and
enjoy the multi-sensory experience of nature's beauty. If the budget was indeed reduced, please do
the best with what is allotted for next year, and consider increasing (or reinstating) the funds in the
future.
Thanks for listening, and thanks for your hard work to make Fort Collins a wonderful year-round
place to live or visit.
Janet Johnson
New Hope, MN
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From:Shana Salaff
To:City Leaders
Subject:[EXTERNAL] Funding flowers
Date:Sunday, October 2, 2022 7:43:38 PM
Hello,
I am a 13 year resident of Fort Collins, and every year am filled with joy from the beautiful
flower displays. I’m sure that these are expensive, yet I urge the city not to cut back on the
budget for them. They are one of the reasons why Fort Collins is a tourist destination, and I
suspect that they are paid for in tourism dollars that benefit the citizens of Fort Collins
directly.
Thank you,
Shana
Shana Salaff
3519 Stratton Dr, Fort Collins 80525
714-914-3009
www.shanasalaff.com
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From:Sarah Kane
To:DAN KINNEY; City Leaders
Cc:Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: Do Not Reduce Flower Budget
Date:Monday, October 3, 2022 8:11:42 AM
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
From: DAN KINNEY <kinnflowers@bajabb.com>
Sent: Monday, October 3, 2022 6:39 AM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Do Not Reduce Flower Budget
Hello. I'm writing to urge that the city budget for our downtown flower displays NOT be reduced in the future. Ft.
Collins has become nationally known for its downtown flowers/art and I feel it would be detrimental to diminish
either of these outstanding venues. Especially our downtown flowers plantings, which have now become part of the
longstanding character of the old town area. Thank you for considering how many people would be upset and
saddened by not have the this tradition continued at its beautiful current level.
Sincerely, Joan Kinney (Ft. Collins resident)
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From:Sarah Kane
To:Sharon Gloss; City Leaders
Cc:Amy Resseguie
Subject:RE: [EXTERNAL] Don"t Cut the Budget! Downtown Flower Funding
Date:Monday, October 3, 2022 3:35:04 PM
From: Sharon Gloss <scgloss@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, October 3, 2022 3:07 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Don't Cut the Budget! Downtown Flower Funding
The display of color and blooms is a joy to all in Downtown Fort Collins and is a
source of distinction for a beloved place in our community. Visitors and locals alike
take daily pleasure in the visual delight ... why mess with a good thing?
I work in a retail business in Old Town and the comments I've received are numerous
"how beautiful it is in Old Town". At a time that we are all working to restore business
to our independent retail shops, please support us in this effort of keeping people
happy in that space.
With appreciation,
Sharon
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Idea Description
I think we need to budget more to our probation team at the municipal court. They
need more resources to help people in need in Ft. Collins.
They need money to help people get food, purchase clothes, haircuts, and maybe
even shelter. This is a team that works with disadvantaged groups directly, every
single day. Great opportunity to help the people who need it most. They just need
the help and budget.
Priotitize more money to homelessness. A hand up to those who want it, care for
mental illness, and guidance to the chronic.
Really help homeless in need and guidance and a loving "push" to those who want
a "free" lifestyle on public land toward a better life. Maybe move some advertising
money from promoting FC to this kind of program.
Please address break ins at trail heads. Security cameras and police presence
would help. Also more severe consequences for the thieves .
Let's stop throwing buildings away. There should be incentives to reusing or
recycling buildings rather than replacing them.
Every building that's thrown away means not only more waste in the landfill, but
also more natural resources harvested, processed, hauled and installed, which
involves a lot of energy use. Let's incentivize reuse and recycling of buildings. And
find ways to make additions provide needed additional space without the intense
energy and resource requirements of full building replacements. (Especially when
the replacement does nothing to increase density and sometimes even reduces it!)
Continue the bike paths north through Maple Hill to Wellington and more people
with bike to work from the north part of Fort Collins.Expand the bike paths north
Penalties for panhandling especially with children. If we want to keep our city safe
and nice we need to stop encouraging vagrancy.
Improvements to trails Install stretch and workout stations on Power Line trail and Fossil Creek trail.
These installations would benefit walkers, runners and bicyclists.
Provide free electrical service upgrades to facilitate the adoption of heat pumps
Provide free electrical service upgrades to residential and commercial customers
who are planning to upgrade from gas heating to heat pumps and do not currently
have a large enough electrical service in order to do so. This will reduce pollution
associated with burning natural gas indoors and will help the City meet its climate
goals.Hi. Please invest in carefully reviewing all developments and attempt to preserve as
much green space / open space as possible.Open Space preservation/ Development
Continue to prioritize water storage, supply, and conservation. Are we positioned
and funded to supply water to growing area. Water Conservation and Storage
Require water heater replacements to be electric & cover electrical upgrade and
NG capping fees.Reduce NG dependence & GHG emissions / improve interior air quality
Require heater replacements to be electric & cover electrical upgrade and NG
capping fees.Reduce NG dependence & GHG emissions / improve interior air quality
Require new stoves / replacements to be electric and cover electrical upgrade &
NG capping fees.Reduce NG dependence & GHG emissions / improve interior air quality
I think the arts and culture offered in Fort Collins are a huge benefit to living here,
and I would want City support for an Arts District Direct FC support to promote an Arts District like was tried several years ago
Harmony underpass
Harmony road needs a bike pedestrian underpass so bikers can ride to the power
trail safely. Bike infrastructure will encourage more poke to bike, which will not only
promote health, but will reduce harmful greenhouse emissions
Invite (not tolerate) walking and biking on arterial streets
Regarding capital project priority and design, the City already does a good job
supporting walking and biking in most residential neighborhoods and has nationally-
ranked recreational trails, but we fall just as short as most other American cities on
making walking and biking a viable mode of transportation where it matters. Most
practical destinations - the shops, restaurants, grocery stores, offices, and health
care facilities we need to get to from home - are on arterial streets. Those same
streets often have wide, fast travel lanes for cars and narrow or non-existent side-
walks and bike lanes, barely a crosswalk every half mile, and little-to-no convenient
transit service to extend walkable distances. Capital projects on municipal streets,
especially arterials, should focus on traffic calming to slow cars down in more
places (road diets [especially to add protected bike lanes and sidewalks],
pedestrian bulb-outs, raised crosswalks, etc.), allowing people to cross the street in
more places and with less wait times, and building walking and biking connectivity
into our primary platform for generating wealth - our arterial streets. We now have
several City plans that call for the city to be car-optional, but our street environment
doesn't reflect that where it matters most, which is why, even on a pleasant spring
day, our walk/bike/transit rideshare barely breaks 10% - for practical trips, walking,
biking, and/or taking the bus just doesn't make logical sense. The advantage is
that walking and biking infrastructure is incredibly cheap to build and maintain vs.
automobile infrastructure, so there's a fiscal responsibility gain to that shift as well.
We need to spend our capital dollars differently if we want to get a different
outcome.
Move the Murphy Center to a non-residential area.
Ever since the Murphy Center was moved to Blue Spruce this street has turned
into a makeshift homeless camp with trash, needles and addicts wandering the
roads. Blue spruce has TWO school bus stops on it and one residential complex
with children living in it. The city needs to relocate these services to an area of
town that isn't so close to families and offer resources to homeless that encourage
them to improve their lifestyle and not continue living it. We can no longer drive
down this road to our home due to too many instances of homeless walking in the
road without clothes, seeing homeless peeing/pooping on the side of the road, etc.
Our local King Soopers parking lot and surrounding businesses have become filled
with pandhandlers since this move. The Murphy Center needs to be relocated.
While many residents of Fort Collins have compassion, we also deserve to have
clean and safe neighborhoods to live in
Hughes Open Space Support Northern Colorado Wildlife Center in their bid to get land in Hughes Open
Space to provide care for Northern Colorado's injured, ill, and orphaned wildlife.
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Support mountain biking
Many other cities I have traveled to have trails in their open spaces specifically for
mountain bikes. I'm not talking about dirt jumps, I'm talking trails. Purpose-built
trails. There are some good trails out of town to the west, but I would like to see
more throughout town. Maybe one would be built at Fossil Creek Reservoir,
Arapahoe Bend, or McMurray. Look to the suburbs of Minneapolis/St. Paul for
good examples. Having Purpose-built mtb trails would encourage recreation and
tourism, and it would lesson potential conflicts between other recreators. HALT Increases in Police Budget and Increase Funding to Equity Office
Extend the trail system to NE FoCo Extend the trail system to NE FoCo for more accessibility of biking as
transportation.
Affordable housing and daycare
Fort Collins is beautiful, but it has recently lost its place in the list of best places to
live… by a lot. The primary factors seem to be cost of living related. Day care and
housing must be addressed for our city to thrive and for its citizens to life life to the
fullest.
Restore and expand evening and weekend bus service
Transfort has suffered low ridership since 2020, which has caused cut backs in
service, further reducing ridership. Transfort has attempted to restore service, but
has experienced difficulty in recruiting new drivers, in part due to the insufficient
wages offered. Currently, bus drivers start at $20 per hour (~$41,600 annually).
Unfortunately, this is not currently a liveable wage in Fort Collin or many of the
surrounding towns. The cost of living across cities in the front range has increased
dramatically, particularly over the past two years.
I believe that we should increase the hourly pay of our bus drivers by $5 per hour
across the board. This would cost the city approximately $1 million. This is a large
investment, but a reliable public transportation system can directly address several
of the city's strategic outcomes relating to economic opportunity and the
environment (specifically, 1.3, 4.2, 6.3, 6.6, 7.1). A reliable public transportation
system is a great equalizer. It reduces the costs of car ownership for the middle
class and provides access to opportunities for those who cannot afford a car.
Taking cars off the road is also the most effective way to reduce emissions and
improve air quality locally. Fort Collins struggles with air quality issues, due in large
part to our overreliance on single passenger vehicles for transportation.
It is also worth mentioning that Fort Collins under-invests in its public transportation
network relative to many college towns of similar size, including Madison WI,
Eugene OR, Burlington VT, and Ann Arbor MI. The current draft of the 2023 - 2034
budget increases the operating budget for Transfort's fixed routes by 8.7%. This
will keep pace with inflation, but will not provide funding needed to increase service
or wages to the point where the bus system is a reliable mode of transportation for
many across our city. Hence, I believe that more investment in the system is
Better bike lanes and paths
Although Fort Collins bike lanes and paths are already good, they can still be
better. We could put money towards marking our bike lanes with paint and
protecting them with horizontal and vertical buffers between the motor and bike
lanes.
Reallocate money from police budget to community improvement Denver news reported FC police giving out fake DUIs. Let's stop increasing their
budget and use this money for the great ideas on this board.
Review the city's systemic racism as noted in the Equity Indicators final report
Prevent noise pollution by enforcing the existing noise ordinances-- e.g. stopping
unmufflered motorcycles, trucks and cars. Reduce noise pollution
Cease budget increases for FCPS; decrease and redirect policing and prison funds
to the Equity Office and other social goods.
Reports of false DUIs being issued by FCPS officers highlight the inefficiencies
within the police department. Fort Collins residents deserve greater transparency;
and the money currently invested in policing would be better spent on social goods
(like affordable + sustainable housing) that keep our community well.
Improve second sand volleyball court at Rolland Moore (net first and then more)
The sand volleyball community in Fort Collins is growing and it is useful for pickup
play to have two courts near each other. To my knowledge, Rolland Moore park
has the best sand vball court of any Fort Collins parks and then a second decent
nearby, but the second one has a very flimsy (and non-adjustable) net and rough
sand. We are hoping that maybe a new better net could be added soon and then
the net poles and sand could be improved in the future. Thank you!
Please consider approving funding to support a reimagined Sustainable Business
Program for Fort Collins businesses (budget offer 32.16).
Based on the 20-year-old ClimateWise program that ended in 2019, the new
program will aim to engage a greater spectrum of organizations and businesses in
climate action, with special attention paid to racial equity, inclusion, and building
cultures of belonging.
Supporting wildlife rescue services
I believe that a portion of the city budget should be used to support wildlife rescue
services offered at no-charge the Fort Collins community members. This will
ensure that the city's natural resources are further protected, and that community
members are not exposed to animals that potentially have diseases or parasites.
Please fund the sustainable business program. There is a gap in business support
in this area. All citizens of the city benefit from it Fund Sustainable Business Program
Sustainable Business Program Funding I would like to see funding approved for the Sustainable Business Program so we
can help businesses and the local community operate more sustainably
Parks and Rec
City needs to dramatically increase pickleball play opportunities especially in
Midtown. Get someone in charge of pickleball program and institute best practices
for pickleball across the City. Now please
Comment response to "Please address break ins at trail heads. Security cameras
and police presence would help. Also more severe consequences for the thieves ."
Not sure how common break-in are but judging by the sings it appears they
happen. Security cameras would be good
Comment response to "Penalties for panhandling especially with children. If we
want to keep our city safe and nice we need to stop encouraging vagrancy."
No. We shouldn't be wasting precious city funds on harassment of homeless
people.
Comment response to "Improvements to trails "Edit: Power Trail, not Power line Trail.
Comment response to "Invite (not tolerate) walking and biking on arterial streets"
Yes I would love to see capital improvement projects for bike infrastructure and
road diets! Fort Collins is pretty good for walkabiliy and bikeability but we can do
much better still!
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Comment response to "Invite (not tolerate) walking and biking on arterial streets"
The solution to traffic is not more roads, it is to encourage other modes of
transportation! Incentivize other forms of transportation and actively discourage
driving! Limit parking and slow traffic down.
Comment response to "Invite (not tolerate) walking and biking on arterial streets"
Absolutely agree. Increasing accessibility for those who bike and walk along
arterial roads is key to shifting people towards these modes of transportation to
accomplish their everyday needs (work, shopping, school, etc.). Currently it is at
best unpleasant to walk or bike along these roads and at worst it is downright
dangerous. College avenue is particularly hostile and dangerous to anyone outside
of a car, although Shields, Drake, and others are only slightly better. The lack of
access requires those who walk or bike to take long circuitous routes to get where
they are going, often making it much more time effective to drive. This, along with
improvement in our public transportation network, must be addressed if the city is
serious about reducing the number of cars on the road.
Comment response to "Move the Murphy Center to a non-residential area. "
And to note, we recently were driving down Blue Spruce and a homeless woman
with no pants on was wandering aimlessly in the road shouting at cars- I had to
slam on the brakes to avoid hitting her and same with the car behind me. We
called the police to do a welfare check on her and the dispatch told me that the city
won't allocate enough staff to that area unless they get enough calls from citizens.
Which seems problematic to me since all it takes is a drive by to see this is an
issue. That women could have been hit by a car and seriously injured. Rather than
placing the burden on citizens or the police (that are overworked as it is!) step in
and do something about it- this has been going on long enough and will only get
worseComment response to "Hughes Open Space"Completely agree!!!
Comment response to "Please consider approving funding to support a reimagined
Sustainable Business Program for Fort Collins businesses (budget offer 32.16)."Agree!
Comment response to "Please consider approving funding to support a reimagined
Sustainable Business Program for Fort Collins businesses (budget offer 32.16)."
This budget offer has massive potential to shift how businesses operate in Fort
Collins in the future ensuring we keep the triple-bottom-line of people, planet and
profit in mind!
Economy: Includes economic planning and development activities, workforce
training, childcare, education, employment opportunities If more or less funding, which services specifically?
More funding Childcare, Youth mental health, youth center
More funding Childcare and education
More funding Support for small businesses and recruiting new employers to the city
More funding Child care and work force training.
More funding
The pottery studio employees and recreation people need more than minimum wage to be
able to survive.
More funding
More for city staff, training, and development. Keep
Investing in jobs that keep our city running smooth. From planning and development and
parks and road maintenance.
More funding Redirect funds from some existing services towards education, childcare, and employment
training/assistance services
More funding Childcare ,education and workforce training
More funding Economic development, small business support
More funding
Childcare, employment opportunities for at risk demographics (like single moms, moms
trying to leave dv situations, etc), more marketing of workforce development programs or
even like temp to hire or intern to hire after a period of time (30-90 days)
More funding Schools and libraries primary
Parks and community service/police secondary
More funding Supporting small business still recovering from the pandemic.
More funding I support more monies that directly impact people directly.
More funding Education and childcare. A lack of funding there will result in a total breakdown of anything
the city wants to accomplish in a generation.
More funding Childcare, education, and employment opportunities.
More funding Education and childcare
More funding Childcare and education
More funding Education
More funding Education and workforce training
More funding Childcare and education
More funding Bring new business to Fort Collins
More funding Education, childcare
More funding Childcare
More funding Education
More funding more for childcare, education, employment opportunities
More funding Childcare, education and employment
More funding Childcare needs to be much more highly prioritized. People can't work because they're
watching their children. And if they can find help, it's very expensive.
More funding Childcare
More funding Childcare, education, NOT BUSINESSES.
More funding Affordable childcare with shorter wait times
More funding Employment opportunities. Working regionally with partners to attract large employers who
pay well.
More funding More funding for Childcare
More funding education and employment
More funding
Offer 32.16 Sustainable Business Support Program looks very promising to promote the
resilience of local businesses and the growth of a sustainability-minded business
community!
Less funding
We have more employment than employees (at least in some areas), businesses do not
need tax dollars they are booming.
The only area in this category that should receive more funding is childcare and I would
argue that childcare and education do not belong in the Economy category.
Less funding
For all. There are plenty of private services for all of these that the city shouldn’t be
funding. Direct people to private services. Or partner with the private services to reduce
tax payer costs.
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Less funding Employment opportunities.
Less funding Overall, I don't think this is within the realm of the city's responsibilities
Less funding Less funding on economic planning, less on economic incentives to businesses.
Environment: Includes efforts to ensure good water resources, good air
quality, land conservation, smart growth, the Climate Action Plan and an
attractive community
If more or less funding, which services specifically?
More funding Access to clean water; clean and viable Poudre river; and good/clean air quality.
More funding More incentives for local business to reduce carbon footprint, use more eco friendly,
recycled items (less styrofoam, etc.)
More funding More funding to ensure Poudre River water flows through city and water quality.
More funding Land acquisition, water and air quality improvements.
More funding air quality, land conservation, smart growth; Buy open space to avoid overdevelopment on
our infrastructure
More funding land conservation, air quality
More funding Air quality, climate change
More funding Continue to push towards zero net carbon - lead by example. Fund
grants/rebates/programs for homeowners and businesses to "go green".
More funding
We need to become more of an 'electric' community. We need to retro-fit our older
housing stock. We need to reduce our green house gas emissions. We must actually
work to protect the Cache la Poudre River. Our air quality is some of the worse in the
nation - we must partner with Weld County to help encourage them to lower the amount of
green house gas emissions they produce. Transit can't only mean more and more asphalt.
Partner with Loveland and Longmont to make C3, a transit line that goes through each of
those communities through their cores.
More funding
Land conservation, air quality (including eliminating preventable wood smoke) and the
Climate Action plan.
More funding to maintain and restore natural areas, more rangers to prevent degradation.
"An attractive community" does not belong in this category, it cheapens the notion of real
substantive action on our myriad environmental problems.
There is no such thing as "smart growth!" The growth we are currently experiencing is not
sustainable. The current population is already over the carrying capacity of this semi-
desert region.
We must reduce the absolute amount of water used in the city (regardless of which
"provider" it is coming from - this means Montava, and all developments, should be a net-
zero water users).
More funding
Air quality; electrification; energy and water efficiency and use.
We must speed up the process to clean up our air and reduce greenhouse gases, through
more electrification of our city, increased energy efficiency in our older stock, and better
codes for our new stock of housing and commercial buildings. No longer allowing gas
lawn equipment can go a long way...phase out the use of it in the next 3 years. We must
increase land conservation as our City continues to grow. We should limit the grass areas
for lawns. For lower income households, provide resources so that they can comply.
More funding Services to help people reduce energy use, reduce indoor pollution, install solar, and help
meet our climate goals.
More funding
Residential and commercial energy efficiency upgrades
Rewards for improving water & energy conservation levels via defined levels/goals
Residential and commercial building electrification
Residential and commercial grey water updates
Residential solar
Electric vehicle charging infrastructure
Electric busses and city vehicles
More funding CAP and AQ should be top priorities in the next budget
More funding Things that help keep people alive and healthy
More funding Water usage education, more funding/ resources to expand xeriscaping programs. Hosted
community clean ups
More funding Fort Collins is growing too fast. Too much new building and people moving here creates
poor air quality, homelessness, lack of jobs and a lack of affordable rentals.
More funding Land conservation and attractive community.
More funding Air quality
More funding Climate
More funding Land Conservation, Open Space, Parks, Bike Paths
More funding Air quality
More funding More funding for smart growth, land conservation and good air quality.
More funding Improving air quality and climate action plan
More funding
The focus needs to be on reducing and eventually eliminating car dependency. Nothing
else can be accomplished if that isn't. This will over time increase not only the
environmental sustainability of the city, but the economic sustainability as well, and that
means reduced long term costs.
More funding More funding for climate action plans
More funding Water resources and climate action plan
More funding Water conservation and smart growth (more mixed use development!)
More funding Land conservation and Climate Action Plan
More funding Everything you listed in the question should be a priority.
More funding Climate action plan and air quality
More funding Always being sure we have good water
More funding Air quality
More funding
those that are being so rapidly affected by the climate crisis and decisions made in the
past when Fort Collins was much smaller and no one thought about the effects of the
climate crisis on things like air and water - in other services essential for life for all
More funding
Air quality: reduce transport speeds, increase biking and walking accessibility including
crossing options for neighborhoods cut off by traffic especially SE, reduce gas mowers and
burning
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More funding Climate action
More funding Ensuring good air quality, the Climate Action Plan
More funding
Air quality issues from high ozone levels and wildfires have a significant impact on quality
of life. And, better planning for water resources seems prudent given what's happening in
other parts of the west right now.
More funding Water resources & land conservation.
More funding 1) Water resources and quality
2) Land conservation
More funding All!
More funding
Natural Area invasive weed attention. Litter control. (lids on trash barrels beside parking
lots) Coon
feeding stations with resulting waste scatter. Minimal cost and enhanced benefits.
More funding All environmental concerns are important, but water is the most important.
More funding Renewable energy
More funding Spend less on land conservation. More spending on water and air quality.
More funding more for curbing carbon emissions, air quality monitoring
More funding Air quality and conservation
More funding Land conservation and climate action
More funding Sustainability needs to be Paramount. Local independence is the only way forward
More funding Climate Action Plan
More funding More air quality monitoring, needed emphasis on climate sustainability, not ‘resilience’
More funding Air quality and land conservation
More funding protecting land as the cities population grows
More funding All!
More funding Land Conservation
More funding good air quality, good water quality, land conservation
More funding Air quality, water quality, land conservation, climate action plan.
More funding water resources, good air quality, land conservation, smart growth, the Climate Action Plan
More funding
Please consider approving funding to support the development of a reimagined
Sustainable Business Program for Fort Collins businesses (budget offer 32.16). Based on
the 20-year-old ClimateWise program that ended in 2019, the new program will aim to
engage a greater spectrum of organizations and businesses in climate action, with special
attention paid to racial equity, inclusion, and building cultures of belonging.
More funding
city buildings need work. wheres the solar panels? make lights better outside (too much
light pollution), take care of microplastics in the waterways, fund innovation funds, make
some regenerative ag natural areas.
More funding Wildlife rehabilitation and rescue
More funding
This is the quite possibly the most impactful issue facing us today. This needs to be a huge
priority, literally almost every facet of life is at stake. I know some people (particularly some
older folks who won't be around to see many of the devastating effects climate inaction will
have) do not feel the urgency, or choose to ignore the urgency, but climate inaction is
dooming my generation's future, as well as ALL future generations' futures.
More funding
Offer 32.16 Sustainable Business Support Program looks very promising to promote the
resilience of local businesses and the growth of a sustainability-minded business
community!
More funding I would like to see funding to the Sustainable Business Program to help the community and
businesses operate more sustainably
More funding I would like to see more funding go to the Sustainable Business Program so we can help
the community and businesses operate more sustainably
Less funding Focus on smaller incremental personal choice initiatives
Less funding This is too vague. How do we get “good “ water resources? What are “good “ water
resources? What’s “smart growth “?
Less funding Land conservation and climate action plan.
Less funding Climate action
Less funding Climate Action Plan-waste of tax dollars
Less funding Less Climate Action Plan
Less funding We already have great air, great water, and a eco supportive community.
Less funding Sell that worthless piece of shit Soapstone.
Less funding Climate Action Plan
Less funding Overall, this type of activity is best left to the people, not the city
Less funding less spending on small programs and initiatives like microfibers, etc.
Neighborhood Livability and Social Health: Includes promoting good
neighbor relationships, ensuring attractive neighborhoods, historic
preservation, an adequate supply of quality housing for all socio-economic
groups, addressing poverty and homelessness, creating an inclusive
community
If more or less funding, which services specifically?
More funding
Affordable housing and providing services (mental health, housing, etc.) to homeless
population. Access to programs that can provide services to help support people from
becoming homeless in the first place. Specifically address better services for homeless
youth including actual shelter for this population.
More funding
Primarily around adequate supply of quality housing for all socio-economic groups,
addressing poverty and homelessness, creating an inclusive community. Historic
preservation can be secondary.
More funding safe neighborhoods, affordable housing
More funding
Make sure and keep U+2, or some other moniker that respects zoning, and doesn't create
a kill zone in some of our oldest neighborhoods. Buck up, and partner with builders who
can produce the sort of housing the City of Fort Collin's envisions, providing diversity,
equity, and affordability.
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The city needs to build more housing facilities for low-income and homeless populations. I
would like to see more effort to eliminate the "unauthorized" homeless camps that seem to
pop up in certain places.
The city must stop relying solely on complaint-driven enforcement of nuisance codes
including the occupancy ordinance (which should not be eliminated, more below).
Equity arguments for removing occupancy ordinance are not valid.
- Keeping some houses available for rent or purchase by families protects families,
including members of the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities.
- Removing the occupancy limits will create even more incentives for investors to buy
available houses and for those who currently own rental properties to raise rents and rent
to individual tenants by the bedroom, shutting out families who would otherwise buy or rent
these homes.
- Any expansion of occupancy limits should only be used to house income-qualified
tenants for lower rents.
Everyone deserves housing
- Making houses more attractive to investors will not achieve the goal of housing more
people affordably.
--- Each bedroom will be rented for the current per-bedroom rental rate.
--- Families with mortgages will not be able to compete with investors with cash
--- Need to discourage investor takeover of neighborhoods.
Home ownership is one of the most consistent paths to wealth and economic stability. Fort
Collins’ rate of home ownership if far below the state and national rates. If occupancy
ordinance is relaxed or removed we will fall farther behind.
- Fort Collins: 55%
- Colorado: 66%
More funding
We need a rental licensing program that can ensure the safety of those living in the house
and ensure that neighborhoods are not negatively impacted by poor housing stock and
yards. Better enforcement of U+2...it has improved the neighborhoods around CSU
immensely. Don't let it lapse. Requiring developers to provide some percentage of
affordable and attainable housing. Helping build truly affordable housing that will stay that
way far into the future.
More funding Adequate housing supply for and homelessness.
More funding More equitable housing
More funding Redirect some existing financed services towards affordable housing / improving quality of
existing housing
More funding Getting people appropriate housing and support services very needed.
More funding Dealing with homelessness, making neighborhoods safe and attractive
More funding
More funding resources for affordable housing…parhways to purchase own homes, limits/
penalties to investment housing until more affordable housing and ownership opportunities
available
More funding It would be nice to have affordable housing for seniors on little or no budget. Social
Security is hard to live on in Fort Collins.
More funding Homelessness is a big one.
More funding Address poverty and environmental racism
More funding Promote neighborhood relations and attractive hoods
More funding More affordable housing and low barrier access to housing.
More funding Housing and addressing poverty.
More funding Quality housing across price points.
More funding More effort and funding must be put into working with developers to construct affordable
housing.
More funding
Affordable housing is paramount if local businesses are going to be staffed. Working to
eliminate poverty should be the goal of every level of government to even justify their
existence. Poverty is always a policy failure.
More funding Addressing poverty and homelessness
More funding Increase funding for homelessness initiatives
More funding Homelessness
More funding Housing for lower economic groups and addresses homelessness and poverty
More funding Poverty and homelessness
More funding Adequate quality housing
More funding Homelessness
More funding Helping keeping up the parks and keeping them safe for children
More funding Take over FCRM or work with them because they do their best, but the building is awful,
and there needs to be more areas the unhoused can hang out during the day.
More funding housing for all socio-economic groups - people who supply services that do not pay
enough to live in Fort Collins also cannot afford to commute long distances to find housing
More funding
Mitigate unaffordable housing by requiring owner occupied new purchases and eliminating
rental sales to foreign interests, repeal you plus two for inter generational living and
affordability and aging in place and child care and equity
More funding Housing first initiatives
More funding Addressing poverty and homelessness, adequate housing for all socio-economic groups
More funding affordable housing
More funding
I think affordable housing is a major concern given the high housing prices here. While I'm
a homeowner right now, I wouldn't be at current market prices. I think the solution involves
thinking of ways to build with more density rather than sprawl to be compatible with better
air quality and other environmental goals.
More funding more for reducing homelessness and providing homelessness services, more for Outreach
Fort Collins to respond to calls in place of the police
More funding Housing affordability and unhoused population support
More funding U + 2 needs to go. And soon. It isn't helping anything and it is making life much harder for
many people.
More funding Addressing homelessness and creating an inclusive community
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The City needs to increase its funding to provide its own services to the unhoused, rather
than relying on non-profits. Job integration/training programs, go for a truly ‘housing first
model’ and create housing that is truly affordable for our community members who make
far less than the local median income.
Drug addiction services,
Mental health care, non-violent crisis intervention team to replace police interactions with
most negatively impacted and most vulnerable community members.
More funding Affordable housing
More funding All of the above!
More funding Creating an inclusive community, quality housing
More funding quality housing for all socio-economic groups, addressing poverty and homelessness,
creating an inclusive community
More funding addressing poverty and homelessness
More funding an adequate supply of quality housing for all socio-economic groups, addressing poverty
and homelessness
More funding
Addressing poverty and homelessness as well as other facets of social health is not only
positively impactful for those directly affected, but has a positive impact on everyone in the
community.
Less funding Supporting so many initiatives to support vagrants is bringing the entire city down (a bird
feeder effect) rather than raising people up
Less funding
This would probably add more government intrusion into our lives. Creating an inclusive
community means that conservatives are summarily excluded. Ensuring attractive
neighborhoods? How would that happen? Another position for a “compliance” person or a
brand new department? This is so broad and open-ended that it’s scary to think where this
is going.
Less funding
Again lots of private services that people should be direcred to rather than tax other
dollars. Also, HOAs and funding HOA needs privately are the best way to “beautify”
neighborhoods.
Less funding Ensuring attractive neighborhoods, thats up to the neighbors because they know each
others lives better than a city emp in a car
Less funding If you have a plan to do what no other city in the country has done, please explain. There
will always be homelessness.
Less funding All
Less funding Social Health
Less funding Less funding for creating an inclusive community; that should come naturally.
Less funding
I am very opposed to the city using taxpayer money to force ideologies and pseudo-
religious indoctrination in the guise of being "equitable". There is no place for this in our
city.
Less funding
The more money the city council keeps throwing at homeless folks the more we attract to
FC. THere are many job opportunities of which many are not taking advantage. Good
neighbor relationships? What does the city do about it? Nothing, in my estimation. It is
not the job of FC residents to subsidize housing for those who aren't willing to work for it
themselves. In the event of homeless veterans, those with disabilities, there are significant
resources to be found.
Less funding More funding to address the homeless issue in midtown. Much less spending on historic
preservation.
Less funding This is an area ripe for social engineering by the government. Need less micro-managing.
Less funding focus less on social service programs that are not municipal responsibilities
Safety: Includes police, fire, stormwater, emergency medical response, and
building inspection If more or less funding, which services specifically?
More funding building inspection and stormwater
More funding
Fort Collins Leadership must tackle the issue of gun violence. Yesterday, 19 children were
murdered; 7 year olds, who, instead of going to school to become successful later in life,
became the targets of hate, and brutally murdered. No nation that is so willing to kill each
other with such disregard can be called civilized.
More funding Desperately need snow and ice removal especially at intersections
More funding
As a tile installer who is certified through CTEF and a member of the NTCA, I am
absolutely appalled that we do not require inspection of wet space backer/tile installation.
In the last few years the number of calls I get to look at failing shower pans is
unbelievable. I would also recommend having all in floor heat systems (installed by tilers)
considered an inspected part of our trade. I have had a forensic tile rep come and identify
a floor that was installed so poorly that it was a fire hazard. Even weld county inspects
shower pans, and requires flood testing. I see about one shower a month that is failing,
causing mold and other issues. It’s time to step up the building inspection game!
More funding Parks and trails are becoming more and more unsafe
More funding Police and fire
More funding Police
More funding Anyone willing to risk their lives for others deserves so much!
More funding More police presence in neighborhoods dealing with homeless issues. Library park area is
not safe.
More funding Police, first responders
More funding The crime in Ft Collins has gotten bad, mostly due to liberal policies that do not make
criminals responsible for thier actions and restict Police authority.
More funding Fire and police
More funding
Police. The growing crime climate in this city is beyond shameful. Starting with little to no
traffic law enforcement, theft and vandalism are now impacting virtually every
neighborhood. Open your eyes.
More funding All
More funding Police and fire
More funding Further funding for the FCPS mental health, traffic, and investigations units to hire more
personnel.
More funding All except police. Decease police funding. Increase funding in community alternatives to
policing; Denver and Portland have good models!
More funding Safety is a the key role of government. We are threatened by wildfire, flooding, etc.
Less funding Leave building inspections out of private rentals
Less funding More funding collaboration for mental health services instead of police/ EMT interventions
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Less funding Less funding for police, already too much (not abolish police, just lessen)
Less funding
Redirect funding from the police to these other services and to other parts of the budget. In
the US, the police are arming and training far right white supremacy terrorist groups, and
this is not protecting or benefiting our cities.
Less funding Police.
Less funding Reduce the amount of funding for the police administration at all levels. 16 million each
year for just patrol services is too much.
Less funding Less police
Less funding All
Less funding Police
Less funding reduce police funding!!! Police currently makes more money in training than a teacher that
has in the district for 15 years!!!
Less funding less for police patrol, office of the chief of police, police enhancements
Less funding Less police funding.
Less funding Less for police services
Less funding The police should have its funding repurposed. I think that if we spent that money on fire
fighting we wouldn't have as many dead people.
Less funding Police
Less funding
Policing, specifically the areas of patrol, office of the Chief, and also no increases to the
police force (I do see they’re wanting 7 more officers in 2023, and another 7 in 2024–no
thanks!)
Less funding We need less funding towards the police and more towards community services
Less funding
We do not need SROs in schools and we don’t need more cops on the streets. Park
Ranger Geoff is super aggressive and harassed many Parks staff and citizens. We need
more money funneled into better wages for city employees, protections for our
undocumented neighbors— who I know contracts with the city and are underpaid— grants
for alternative forms of mental health like Yarrow Collective and diversity initiatives like
funding Black owned companies, businesses and collectives. As a social worker who
works with students with disabilities in our schools I find that a majority of our students are
the ones interacting with the SRO. We need better training for staff— training in trauma
informed responses and not just a few boring day long trainings— no years long
integration of trauma informed teaching in our schools. I know that most students who are
penalized by the PSD system are Black or otherwise marginalized— that is not okay and in
fact counter to the rich diversity our city claims to have. We need to also defund crisis
pregnancy centers.
Less funding Less funding for police
Less funding Less funding to the police, no increase to the police force and no 3 million dollar raise to
the office of the chief, and not increased funding to patrols.
Less funding Less to law enforcement agencies. Primarily Fort Collins Police Department
Less funding Less funding for police
Less funding Police
Less funding Police force
Less funding Less funding to police departments, more funding to all other services.
Less funding
The police in the city of Fort Collins need less funding. New police cars all the time, tactical
gear fit for a special ops military unit, and other spending in no way benefits the City or the
people who live in it. The few times that I have needed police services, they've been
dismissive, unwilling to help, or simply inadequate. More funding is not the answer. Fort
Collins is a relatively safe community, but in order to improve safety for everyone, we need
more funding for mental health services and professionals. Police are not the ones who
should deal with mental health crises. They are not trained or equipped to deal with such
crises, nor are many officers willing or able to take an approach other that aggression and
detainment. The shifting of funding from traditional police services towards more mental
health professionals and social workers would greatly benefit our community. Regarding
new equipment purchases, the Fort Collins police seems to always have new squad cars,
tons of fancy new tactical military gear, long rifles, etc. None of this seems necessary.
Police shouldn't possess the kind of gear that the military possesses. The National Guard
exists for a reason. While some specialized units, like drug units and SWAT, have a use
case for some of this equipment, most officers don't.
In regards to the other services in the question, I believe they should receive more funding.
I think this question may be written in a way that leads to misleading results, since it
includes police services along with many other services in the writing of the question.
Culture, Parks and Recreation: Includes operating and improving recreational
facilities, Lincoln Center, Gardens on Spring Creek and the Museum of
Discovery; providing recreational, arts and cultural programs and public art;
maintaining parks, trails and cemeteries; and improving natural areas
If more or less funding, which services specifically?
More funding Parks, trails, and natural areas have seen increased use during COVID and with a growing
population.
More funding Operating and improvements to facilities, trail maintenance and park maintenance as well
as enhancements to natural areas.
More funding Youth Activity Center(s)
More funding More trails and recreation infrastructure instead of buying more land. Support/maintain the
facilities we have instead of building more.
More funding
Address the potholes, striping, and yellow/orange safety striping in the roads, trails, and
parking lots inside the parks/recreation areas; keep the trash bins emptied regularly in
parks and on the trails. Mow on a regular schedule.
More funding
Improving natural areas - but very specifically. I don't mean building more trails or access
for high-intensity recreation (no mountain-bike specific trails). Money should be used to
restore areas where the natural environment has been degraded, to improve resilience of
native plant and wildlife species. Adding rangers to enforce closures, dog regulations, and
trail sharing should also be part of the budget.
More funding City staff working in the recreation department are currently under payed. A compensation
audit specifically for those working in the pottery studio would be a helpful place to start.
More funding Pottery studio employees
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More funding More for small local arts groups still recovering from pandemic; like Fort Fund funding.
More funding Fund further expansion of the recreational trail network to reduce car dependency and
meet CAP commitments
More funding Fund arts
More funding More funding for the arts.
More funding Natural areas
More funding Parks and trails need more
More funding Bike/walking trails!
More funding Focus on Trails and Parks.
More funding Parks and trails maintenance
More funding Trails and natural areas not only help make the city easier to get around in without a car,
but they help the local ecosystem and bring tourism.
More funding Improving natural areas. More rangers to enforce proper trail use, leash law, etc
More funding Arts and Cultural programs, improving rec facilities and programs
More funding All of these things make this a more appealing place to live. I say fund them all a little
more!
More funding Lincoln Center
More funding Colorado is all about being outside let’s keep that all safe and looking nice
More funding Parks are not being kept up
More funding
Take care of our youth — the YAC is inadequate and Alslan northside; our midtown and
majority youth populations are vastly underserved for a town the size of Fort Collins.
Consider creative options such as partnering with YMCA, ywca if the city cannot equitably
serve our youth.
More funding Complete the missing segments of bike trail system, maintaining parks and natural areas.
More funding 1) Complete the missing segments of bike trail system
2) Maintain parks and natural areas
More funding Public Art/Lincoln Center - Community Engagement/Partnerships with non-profits, private
sector, etc.
More funding more for parks and recreation
More funding Bohemian nights was a big asset to this community and we need to see its like again.
More funding All of the above! Specifically earmark funding in parks department for planting +
maintaining native perennials so as to incentivize their use.
More funding More funding of natural areas and maintaining natural areas
More funding Turf conversions, better irrigation systems in parks, get rid of mulberry pool and replace it
with beautiful building, more trails.
More funding Only increases to improving natural areas
More funding
Parks and recreation as a whole deserves more funding. The parks in this City are
Beautiful, and the recreation program has always tried the hardest with the funding they
get. With more funding to keep our parks amazing and possibly build more parks or
improve parks in need of improvement, our community will improve.
More funding more funding for maintenance of existing infrastructure
Less funding Cemeteries, improving natural areas
Transportation and Mobility: Includes transportation planning and
development, maintaining roads and traffic operations, Transfort operations,
and bicycle and pedestrian safety, Northern Colorado Regional Airport
If more or less funding, which services specifically?
More funding I would like the focus to be on bicycle and pedestrian safety, Northern Colorado Regional
Airport
More funding Bicycle and pedestrian safety, more mass transit options
More funding More pedestrian and cycling infrastructure - improve safety of our streets for users other
than cars.
More funding
The City of Fort Collins must partner with Loveland and Longmont to create C3, a core to
core, to core transit line that runs through the cores of these 3 communities. No place in
the nation has built itself out of sprawl - and Fort Collins won't become the first. We must
design transportation vis a vis public transit, that serves the most vulnerable, workers, and
our community.
More funding
I'm not necessarily advocating for more funding here, but rather that funding in this
category should be directed to transit -- including a robust regional system that allows
people to commute into Fort Collins from other cities in the area, and to improving bicycle
and pedestrian conditions more holistically, not just safety. This means completing missing
sidewalks, and providing adequate street crossings, making bicycle education part of every
communication -- letting both motorists and bicyclists (and would-be bicyclists) know that
bikes are allowed to use the entire road system (including taking a lane) except on S.
College between Laurel and Harmony.
More funding Northern Colorado Regional Airport
More funding Expansion of bus service, purchase of more electric busses.
More funding
Improving bicycle safety features (such as barricades, bumpers/disks, stanchions,
bollards, colored road, ...) on high traffic roads where bike trails like Mason, Powerline,
Spring Creek, Poudre, Fossil Creek are not an option. Save lives, promote more biking.
Seek more bike/pedestrian-only trails away from roads that offer more safe & enjoyable
connections through the city. While biking on/next to major roads should be available and
safe, it still sucks to breath in all the car exhaust and listen to the cacophony of internal
combustion engines.
More funding Restore Transfort service to pre-pandemic levels
More funding Making biking safe by separating bikes from cars
More funding Again ice and snow removal on streets
More funding It would be nice to have an available airport!!
More funding Bike and pedestrian safety
More funding Bicycle infrastructure
More funding More funding for transfort and biking and walking routes- complete poudre trail connection
under i25 and add bike lanes on Ketcher Road from Fossil ridge high school to CR5
More funding Fixing potholes and roads in general
More funding More public transportation modeled after the Max
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More funding Public transportation needs improvement, particularly for disabled and poor individuals.
More funding Bike/pedestrian under- and overpasses. Higher pay for the amazing city workers.
More funding
Transfort funding should be increased and there should be outreach campaigns to
promote bus service. Transfort is having trouble hiring drivers, so their starting salaries
should be increased.
More funding Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety needs to be a priority.
More funding Fort Collins is known for its mobility and needs to invest more heavily
More funding More bicycle investment, same or less emphasis on cars
More funding Bicycle infrastructure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality
More funding
Money should temporarily be redirected to bike, pedestrian, and public transit
infrastructure. These require significantly less maintenance than car infrastructure, so in
the long run funding can be redirected from urban development to other areas.
More funding Transfort operations
More funding Maintaining roads and traffic operations
More funding Less to airport. More for bike and public transit.
More funding Definitely the roads. Also the alleys. The roads and alleys in my immediate neighborhood
are shameful.
More funding Bicycle and pedestrian safety
More funding Airport, traffic
More funding
Make this a bike town. We're on our way to being so, but the lanes on the roads we need
to use most (Ex. Drake, College, Prospect) are way too dangerous to use. Paint lines
aren't enough. Look at Long Beach, CA and their bike lanes.
More funding Roads can’t handle all the traffic.
More funding Pay drivers so that the buses can run. Our students, elderly, disabled, and poor are really
struggling with the drastic reduction in bus service.
More funding Transfort, bicycle and pedestrian safety
More funding Keep all buses fee free and expand the network, or add fees back and give all bus drivers
a higher wage
More funding Less car dependency. Whichever services oversee pedestrian and cyclist safety and
infrastructure.
More funding
Public transportation is insufficient for many people, although that's kind of a chicken and
egg problem. Bicycle infrastructure improvements could make a big impact to both
increase commuting and improve safety.
More funding Improve traffic operations and biking safety.
More funding Maintenance
More funding More bike trails
More funding Further funding towards encouraging alternative transportation and ensuring the airport
continues on a trajectory towards becoming a regional asset.
More funding Need more bike trails that are not on main roads connected to all schools
More funding Bicycle support is good here, but could always be better. Reducing dependency on cars
should be a goal.
More funding Mass transit and non car oriented transit should be prioritized.
More funding Northern CO regional airport and public transportation
More funding
Public transportation. Public transportation! Please. Also if there’s a way to increase
funding for the Denver light rail that was supposed to already come thru to Fort Collins,
that would be amazing.
More funding Transportation is a perpetual disaster in Fort Collins. Implement the Transportation Master
Plan.
More funding bicycle and pedestrian safety, more public transportation to reduce reliance on
automobiles.
More funding EVs. Where are the EVs and charging stations and hubs? We are falling behind.
More funding
We desperately need more effective public transport. Transfort has some good offerings,
but not nearly enough stops, routes, or high enough frequency to be an effective
replacement for a personal vehicle. Transport funding ties in directly with climate action.
Transport is severly lacking in Fort Collins. The city could also have a hand in the Front
Range Passenger Rail program (They do already but I feel they could use their influence
as representatives of one of the most populous cities in the state to encourage the pursuit
of the project).
Less funding Many of these are underutilized after years of effort. Max and bike initiatives
Less funding Buses don’t have enough passengers as it is. Get better routes (shuttles).
Less funding
Transfort should be dismantled. It’s a stress on the environment and tax payers for a
limited use service (often buses are empty). Some of the Money should be shifted to
private services to help limited mobility people safely travel within city limits. The airport
should have increased funding to expand commercial flights so NoCo is more accessible
and flying/traveling for residents is more convenient and safer.
Less funding If you want to fix the homeless problem, stop making it easier to be homeless.
Less funding Public transportation in this city is a ridiculous waste
, cut everything.
Less funding Reduce spending on transfort, especially on the Mason Street corridor. This sees very
limited use, people don't want it, and it affects very few people.
Less funding less funding across the board
General Government: Includes internal support functions, City management,
Council, boards and commissions, volunteers, technology, communicating
with community members and building maintenance and repair
If more or less funding, which services specifically?
Less funding Council, boards and commissions
More funding
I want the city to fund an ombudsman who will help neighborhoods participate
substantively and productively in the development process (maybe the funds for this
position can come from eliminating any Baldridge-required or inspired nonsense).
The city needs to be much more inclusive in allowing input (e.g. no more industry-specific
stakeholder groups). Funding for general communication should include more paper
mailings for households who are not connected to social media.
More funding Increase pay for city council.
More funding Keep cyber security well funded and pay council and all staff to inflation rates.
More funding Building maintained and repair. Specifically updating older building to be more efficient.
More funding Increase council pay
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More funding I support increased salaries and benefits for the mayor and city council. I think less should
be spend on land use policy/regulations, less on community code enforcement.
More funding
If this is where you’re considering the Equity Office funding to be, than yes, we specifically
need more funding to the Equity Office which has been incapable of doing really anything
meaningful with the data they have from the Equity Indicator Report. The office is clearly
understaffed, does not have necessary program or project managers that are needed.
More funding Building maintenance and repairs.
More funding more funding for the operation of city buildings to make them more sustainable and energy
efficient and healthier.
More funding
Volunteers, technology, communication, building maintenance, and internal support. Not
sure if City Management needs more funding, I think salaries are relatively good. However,
I do recognize that Council members have very low salaries. They could potentially be
increased to attract talent and to allow members to focus on their job on the council, and
maybe not have to have another full time job to get by.
More funding Core support services need to grow at the same rate as overall spending to ensure quality
customers services and support to employees.
Less funding Close offices and shift to true community meetings in spaces where the community actually
enjoys being.
Less funding I don't know what you could cut, but it seems as though we have no limit to our population
growth. I think we should cap the growth by stopping the greed and the endless building.
Less funding Way to many committees for special interest subsections that represent maybe 1-5% of the
community. This is not a sustainable practice financially.
Less funding Less funding to make up for librarian theft up the audits to per paycheck or montly
Less funding City management
Less funding You make enough money already. You do not get a raise on the edge of a recession.
Less funding Everything. especially police.
Less funding Consider recruiting from our professional workforce for high powered and highly capable
volunteers.
Less funding
Government is getting too big for their britches, they forget they work for the citizens! and
we DO NOT live in Boulder, nor do we want to! Stop trying to make Ft Collins like Boulder.
Boulder sucks!
Less funding
It is disingenuous of city council to vote themselves a pay raise. How many of us volunteer
at least as many hours to worthy causes within the city and area? If they don't want to
volunteer they shouldn't bother running. For many, anyway, it seems to be a real ego trip.
Less funding Enough.
Less funding Less to Council
Less funding less funding across the board
Is there anything else you'd like to share?
Protect our river and recreational/natural areas that make Ft. Collins unique. Promote smart
growth that prioritizes ownership - not renting. Build up along major transportation corridors
with non-car transportation prioritized. Protect Old Town business area from chain stores.
Smart development of North College area.
It'd be nice to keep the trails in town top notch. Connecting as many neighborhood (and
shopping areas) would be great. Tunnels for the bikes would really increase bike
commuting.
I think housing developers are leaving us in a precarious position where they develop more
units to make a profit and then leave the city with more drain on infrastructure (more people
puts more strain on our water, safety (police, fire), our recreation (trails, reservoir, etc), and
transportation. It seems that one of the better ways to combat this is to use tax dollars to
buy more land and create open space. Voters seems to be in favor of this whenever it
happens and when it doesn't people seem to complain about overdevelopment.
Fort Collins is a great place to live. I've been very happy with the city government in the 11
years I've lived here - just tweak the funding a bit to make things even better.
Based on what I read in The Coloradoan, I'm supposed to expect "shabby" parks and
recreation areas this year? Please, please - do not skimp in this category. I'd rather see
less funding of and fewer routes on TransFort than skimp on parks/rec.
Fort Collins has long had the 'it' factor. We seem to be languishing, becoming the kind of
community that also has 'it' in it. Our leaders should show passion for protecting our natural
environment, to sheltering our most vulnerable, to creating revenue streams that are
dependable and sustainable, and to putting the residents of this community ahead of
investment opportunities for the rich and powerful.
The role of city government is to provide public goods -- things that are not produced in
adequate amounts by markets. This means focusing on environmental protection,
protection of neighborhood quality of life, safety. Business development is a market good
and should be left to businesses.
No thank you.
Keep pay in city to match inflation.
Meeting CAP goals through investment in car-reduction strategies should be the top priority
until emission reduction commitments have been met.
Mental health, mental health, mental health. Therapists are in high demand and people are
not able to access needed therapy due to cost issues and a lot of therapists not taking
insurance (probably due to the hassle and underpayment of insurance, I’m a doctor in town
and it is a serious issue). There are also very limited psychiatrists. The inpatient mental
health is totally overwhelmed and patients are not getting set up with any follow up besides
there PCP -
Not setting up with psychiatrist appt nor therapist. It’s especially worse with
adolescents/kids. The community is seriously struggling with mental health - leading to
people not working or taking leave of absences, substance use issues, interpersonal
conflicts - all things that impact our community in every possible aspect, including the
economy.Good Luck! I know I'm not the only person who sees our fair city becoming overrun with
people hoping to move here and finding it too expensive. We now have a rise in crime and
disrespect for people's personal belongings and property. It's sad.
Thanks for asking for input.
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Homeless population needs to be addressed
Please finish the power trail
The city needs to be able to pay a fair wage so that normal working class people can be
involved in policy, but there are other priorities that are required to ensure the city is
economically sustainable.
Please add more funding for mental health care, defund police and use that funding for care
teams during mental health crisises.
Homelessness needs to be addressed
Include more funding for mental health care and include care teams for mental health
crisises separate from the police.
Pay for it by decreasing development subsidies. Housing prices are market-driven, not cost-
driven. Long term solution to housing issues is to enable infill and allow higher densities
and require high quality housing stock. Letting developers slap cookie cutter neighborhoods
on farmland is not helping.
I’d love to see Northeast FtCo given some money/attention. Annexing Mulberry area,
getting a bike trail connection to Poudre Trail, and a larger community park is all
desperately needed. If the city plans to continue to issue housing permits in that area they
need to upgrade the infrastructure to match the growth.
Stop putting so much money towards being a green city, when other programs desperately
need the money.
My neighborhood area of over 3,000 residents is cut off despite being right next to Linton
elementary for decades. The city traffic engineer has dismissed our requests for safe
passage to the Poudre River trail at each contact. Neighbors call the police each week to
complain about average speeds of 50-70 mph on east Horsetooth. It’s dangerous to drive
and impossible to bike or walk. We need a light at Caribou or Kingsley and some speed
mitigation. It’s only safe to ride on the trails due to traffic, and we cannot get there safely.
Similarly, the Rigden Farm area of 1,000+ residents also has no safe crossing to get to the
Poudre River Trail. City responsiveness is an issue. More people out and about here would
also reduce property crime.Most cities have a transit signal priority. This would be difficult to implement for some
routes, but for the max route it wouldn't be very difficult and would speed up service, also
depending on budget, transforming the MAX line into a LRT would be more sustainable and
be a good step in showing fort collins is committed to continued public transportation
development
I'd like to see Fort Collins look less like what's south of Drake, (i.e. a suburban, developed
hellscape that's totally car-dependent) or even worse Timnath/Windsor and more like
Amsterdam which uses vertical space efficiently, bike paths, pedestrian routes, and most
importantly public transit (I.e. bus, trolley) for commutes and transportation.
Government should BUTT OUT of citizens lives. The plan to try to have one trash removal
company is ABSURD, as is the ban on plastic bags! Spend your time working on cleaning
up the homeless and drug abuse problems. Leave the law abiding citizens, who pay taxes,
alone.
Never hurts to simply spend for justifiable causes as opposed to spend for spending's sake.
Help make sure drugs and homeless have free options to improve their situation
More for business and economic development.
Lobby the state to make the new lane on I-25 free. A toll lane is NOT going to solve the
traffic problem as few people will use it.
the proposed budget offers for the police are offensively high. the numbers they're
requesting for enhancements alone could fully end homelessness in Fort Collins if we spent
it more wisely
The police budget needs to be reallocated to community programs that people would
benefit from. We don't feel safe with more cops, we feel safe because of people like
outreach fort Collins.
Yes—where are the questions related to your Equity Office?
We need more funding to this office. So far, it doesn’t appear that the Root Cause Analysis
for the Equity Indicator Report is being funded in this budget when it most definitely needs
to be.
There also needs to be funding provided for further staff, specifically program managers,
and project managers to actually do anything with this Office.
I do see there is a Equity Indicator Project and Community Specialist position being sought,
however, this is not the most needed position at this time. They first need a root cause
analysis, then an action plan, before needing a PR specialist to communicate such items.
The Equity Office in the survey should get more funding for the root cause analysis,
program and project managers and other staff. The Equity Office needs funding to address
these issues in our community, not the police which create issues in our community.
Do something different than you've typically done, if you don't try you won't know the
difference it can make.
Thank you for all you do for our city!
a program to help homeowners care for their trees. its so expensive to care for trees and
when you dont they cause damage with falling limbs. this is also important for emerald ash
borer. The City can do everything right but the homeowners with Ash trees can ruin it
because they dont know or can't afford to care for the trees.
N/A
Offer 32.16 Sustainable Business Support Program has a lot of potential to give businesses
the power to make lasting changes for Fort Collins future!
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City of Fort Collins Budget
Community Guides Summary Report
Sabrina Slagowski-Tipton
Prepared for the City of Fort Collins by the Center for Public Deliberation with assistance from
Sidra Aghababian
Acknowledgements: We would like to thank all the Community Guides who hosted these
conversations, collected this data, and in some cases entered the data themselves as well as
the participants throughout our local community who joined in these conversations.
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Executive Summary
This report synthesizes the comments from members of the Fort Collins community who
engaged in conversations for our Community Guide process from July 14, 2022-August 30,
2022. In total, 7 Community Guides led conversations with 40 community members about
budget priorities and how the city can best engage the community in the budget process in the
future. Below, we report the primary themes that participants gave in response to five questions
that asked them to reflect on their level of comfort interacting with the budget and priorities they
had in specific outcome areas. Participants also provided feedback on things that could be
improved in the budget itself and in the city’s engagement efforts.
The analysis portion of this report contains four main sections: Reactions to the Budget
Process, Discussion of Budget Outcomes, Reflections on the Engagement Process, and Advice
for Future Engagement. The main themes from each section are briefly summarized below,
though the full report provides a more thorough accounting of how community members
expressed each theme.
Reactions to the Budget Process
When asked to reflect on how they felt about the budget process and the outcomes and
priorities, participants noted a few main themes:
• Difficulty understanding the budget process itself which often left participants feeling
confused or frustrated. Many felt uncomfortable interacting with the budget, feeling as
though they didn’t have enough information or the correct resources to engage.
• Budget outcome areas and priorities that didn’t seem to align with community sentiment
in their small group conversations.
• Need for more access to the budget process in earlier stages and a need for more
educational resources about how the budget process works.
Discussion of Budget Outcomes
In each conversation, participants were asked to identify which outcomes/priorities felt most
important to them and which ones felt less important. In our data, the following outcome areas
were mentioned most often as most important:
• Environmental Health
• Neighborhood Livability and Social Health
While these came up most often as less important:
• Safe Community (specifically funding for policing)
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• Recreation 1
Reflections on the Engagement Process
Participants raised several key themes when they discussed the engagement process itself:
• Lack of accessibility to the engagement process: participants felt the City’s current
efforts around budget engagement could be vastly improved and hoped more work
would be spent on this engagement in future budget cycles.
• Value of small group, informative conversations: numerous participants noted they felt
more informed and comfortable after their small group conversation with the Community
Guides and expressed a desire for similar opportunities to share their input.
• Lack of transparency and communication of impacts: many participants noted concern
that their feedback would not have an impact and hoped the city would be more
transparent about how this information is used.
Advice for Future Engagement
Based on the responses from participants when they discussed how the city could best engage
the community in conversations about the budget, we identified several suggestions:
• More robust use of social media to keep the public informed about Council priorities and
discussions.
• Improving community outreach by continued connection with groups like the CPD and
other grassroots organizations throughout the community who are already doing some of
this work.
• Consistency and accessibility: participants expressed a desire for the City to provide
consistent and transparent updates about the budget process through various channels,
provide multiple opportunities for people to engage, and implement compensation plans
for those who participate.
1 Recreation and Culture represent one outcome area in the budget itself, but in these conversations,
participants purposefully discussed only recreation when identifying outcomes that felt less important.
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Methodology
The Center for Public Deliberation solicited community members who were interested in hosting
conversations on issues related to budget outcomes and priority areas. Community Guides
completed a brief application and attended a four-hour training session that prepared them to
conduct and facilitate conversations within their own communities utilizing a common
questionnaire. They then hosted conversations throughout the City of Fort Collins. Generally,
these were small group conversations with members of similar communities, though on
occasion these were conducted in a one-on-one setting. Guides were instructed to ask
participants to talk about their experiences according to each main question. These questions
were designed by the Center for Public Deliberation with feedback from the City of Fort Collins.
After each question, guides gave participants a few moments to write their reflections on
provided worksheets.
The discussions and worksheets asked participants to respond to the following questions:
1. What are some initial reactions you have to the overall budget process?
2. What do you feel are the most important priorities for the 2023-2024 budget?
3. Which budget priorities feel less important?
4. How comfortable do you feel discussing and engaging with the city’s budget?
5. What are the best ways for City Council to keep the community involved in decisions and
ongoing conversations about the budget?
The data in this report was collected during conversations hosted by seven Community Guides
conducted between mid-July and late-August 2022.2 Guides who could connect with historically
under-served populations were provided a small stipend for their work. The resulting dataset
includes 40 surveys total. After data entry each comment was thematically coded by a team of
researchers, who reviewed themes across questions and respondents. In the sections below,
major themes are organized roughly according to the frequency with which they appeared in the
surveys, taking into account that some Community Guides had conversations with a greater
number of individuals and thus those communities may over-represented in the data.
2 Some of the work of the Community Guide program was disrupted by illness and scheduling issues. A
few Community Guides had to cancel planned meetings due unforeseen circumstances. Others had a
more difficult time soliciting participants due to a shortened timeline for engagement.
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Of those participants who provided responses to demographic questions, 52% identified as
female, 35% as male, and 12% as gender non-conforming. Seventy percent of respondents
identified their race as white, 15% as Hispanic or Latinx, 5% as black or African American, 5%
as two or more races, 2% as Asian, and 2% as American Indian or Alaska Native.3 Guides
engaged participants between the ages of 19-69 in conversation. Forty percent of respondents
were between the ages of 19-29, 25% were between 30-39, 7.5% were between 40-49, 2%
were between 50-59, 2% were between 60-69, and 2% were between 70-79. When reporting
household income, 7% reported making less than $10,000 per year, 2% between $10-000 and
$15,000, 17% between $15,000-$25,000, 10% between $25,000 and $35,000, 7% between
$35,000 and $50,000, 12% between $50,000 and $75,000, 7% between $75,000 and $100,000,
and 10% more than $100,000.
3 Where the numbers do not equal 100, the remainder of respondents declined to specify.
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Reactions to the Budget Process
Participants began their conversation by discussing their initial reactions to the budget process
itself. The following themes were identified in the data from this section:
Difficulty understanding the process. Participants across several guide conversations felt as
though the information they currently had about the budget process was not enough for them to
fully engage in conversation about it or make any clear decisions. Many wondered how
community members were being plugged into the process and how each of the outcome areas
were decided on. This limited information led to some frustration among participants, leaving
some feeling as though the City wasn’t being transparent in their engagement efforts or was not
trying hard enough to get useful information out to different areas throughout Fort Collins:
“The process is hard to navigate and be a part of. The people giving feedback
are a privileged set of individuals that have ample time and energy! e.g. clicking
multiple links to find the budget in the first place.”
Additionally, several participants felt as though the information provided for the outcome
areas and different offers was too vague to fully understand. Here, there seemed to be a
distinct tension between providing information that is too complex and confusing, and not
enough information for folks to understand the true intent of each outcome area and its
goals. In our data it appeared that the participants who had ample time and resources
felt comfortable engaging with the budget and had a good working knowledge of the
process, but those who had limited time did not know where to begin and felt
uncomfortable and even sometimes overwhelmed engaging with a lot of the information.
This tension is highlighted well with these two quotes from different participants:
“I have only spent an hour or so going through some of the docs, and there are
thousands of pages of budget docs—so not feeling like I have a high level of
comprehension.”
“[I am] somewhat comfortable, but it has taken about 2 years to have any good
idea on how this process operates.”
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Outcome areas and priorities not in line with community needs. There was also robust
discussion among many Community Guide groups surrounding how the outcome areas were
identified and priorities within them established. Numerous participants mentioned that these
various outcomes and priorities did not fully reflect what the community needed, especially in
conversation about the Safe Community outcome area. Here, participants felt that a safe
community needed equal access to necessities like water, housing, and community wellbeing
and felt those items being in other outcome areas did not make sense. Furthermore, some
participants noted that the Economic Health outcome should include things like a living wage
and support for job creation. They expressed some frustration that most of the items in this
outcome area seemed to focus more heavily on the economic health of larger businesses and
the City itself:
“The community has different understandings/definitions of the budget outcomes. For
example, Social Health to us (those present today) includes mental health, whereas we
do not consider mental health a safety priority.”
Need for more, and earlier, access to the process. Participants in these conversations also
noted various barriers to their accessing and participating in the different stages of the budget
process. Some of these reasons included: no access to childcare for working parents, limited
English proficiency and lack of items available in other languages, limited access to reliable
internet, and limited access to transportation. These reveal the continued barriers community
members are facing when it comes to fully engaging in processes with the City and other
entities about important issues. Some also felt the opportunities available to them were too time
intensive and often required those who work full time to either miss out on the opportunities or
try to get time off work, which for many is not possible. Additionally, folks noted they had not
received much information about any opportunities prior to the Community Guide process other
than a community survey. They expressed a desire for there to be more engagement on the
front-end of the budget process and many were frustrated that their feedback was being
solicited so late in the process when they felt as though it wouldn’t have as much of an impact.
“…the community engagement portion of this process needs to be less time intensive,
compensated, and conducted by local leaders and organizations that are trusted by
community and whose reach extends to diverse populations.”
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Discussion of Budget Outcomes
In the next section, each participant was asked which outcomes in the budget felt most
important to them (and their community) and which outcomes felt least important. In the data,
we identified that Environmental Health, and Neighborhood Livability and Social Health were
discussed most often in this section. There was also helpful and robust discussion about what
each outcome area meant to the participants which allowed them to identify priorities and
services they felt belonged in different outcome areas than they are currently listed in.
Important: Environmental Health. Numerous participants across each Guide conversation
listed environmental health in 1st or 2nd on their list of most important outcomes. In these
discussions, issues of water use, air quality, and sustainability in local business came up quite
often. Overall, these discussions focused on how we can focus funding on services that help
keep our local community clean, or air safe to breathe, and how we can deal with ongoing
issues related to climate change. Here, as well as in other outcome areas, numerous
participants noted that certain things under the outcome of Safe Community made more sense
in the environmental and/or social health outcome areas of the budget:
“I think that livable communities [are] huge as well as environmental health. I do not
appreciate that things like flood mitigation and recreation management is lumped in with
community safety.”
Important: Neighborhood Livability and Social Health. Conversations about social health
focused heavily on conversations on housing affordability throughout the city as well as how to
make the community more connected. Here, numerous conversations also included issues of
transportation and safety which are their own distinct outcome areas. Various participants noted
that, at least for them, social health and livability of our neighborhoods hinged on the ability to
feel safe and have access to robust transportation services throughout the city so that they did
not feel disconnected from the rest of the community. Other participants noted that increasing
diversity and access to cultural events was something they felt belonged in this outcome area
as well.
“Social health and environmental health. Not necessarily in the way the City describes
them, but in terms of true sustainability, equity, and justice in terms of livable wages,
land justice, [and] not putting profits and City awards over social and land/climate
justice.”
“Social health: arts and social cohesion, mental health services. Neighborhood livability:
mixed income housing. Many of these are not currently housed in these specific
categories of the budget but should be. This further reflects incongruencies between City
definitions and community definitions.”
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Less Important: Safe Community. When participants prioritized this near the bottom, they
noted that while a safe community was something important to them, the way it was defined in
the outcome and services being funded did not reflect what they felt “safe community” meant.
The most common theme in discussions about safe community was the idea that policing did
not make the participants present at these events feel safe and rather they wished more funding
would be shifted into items like mental health care, housing affordability, and cultural
connections. Here we see participants continued to find disconnections in how they viewed
outcomes compared to the way the budget process currently organizes them. In various groups,
there was also discussion about how funding could potentially be used differently to help
communities feel safer:
“Continuing to over-fund the police instead of redirecting those efforts towards social
workers will only create a culture of fear. We need a culture of community based on
qualified professionals designated to each issue.”
Less Important: Recreation. Here, participants deliberately separated culture from recreation,
which could be a larger reflection on earlier conversations about how budget outcome areas
didn’t necessarily align with the community definitions of them. Many also felt that improvements
in the overall culture of our community would come from increased investment in things like
neighborhood livability and social health.
“Recreation (keeping culture separate though), if culture, environment, and
transportation are funded, recreation will occur naturally.”
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Reflections on the Engagement Process
In their responses, participants identified various issues tied to the current engagement process
as well as ongoing needs to feel more included.
Lack of accessibility to the engagement process. Numerous participants across
conversations seemed to feel as though the City had not put the necessary amount of effort into
engaging the public during earliest stages of the budget process. Much of the conversation
focused on the idea that a large amount of the opportunities for engagement available required
participants to physically go to a space or reach out to City entities to volunteer. They expressed
a desire for more City representatives to go into communities and engage directly where they
are rather than expecting them to continually show up to outside spaces where they feel less
comfortable or have less access. Some participants also mentioned the community survey that
was sent out to a random sample throughout the City, stating they felt this was not the most
helpful way to gather feedback about such a complex process:
“The initial survey, which I took, was designed to skew results and the options were
vague enough to not prioritize what residents want. I also think that the accessibility of
participation was not there. I wonder who was reached out to, how much time was
required to participate, and how clear were the questions.”
Value of small group, informative conversations. Respondents spent some time in their
groups discussing how beneficial these small group conversations were not only for clarifying
some of the complexities of the budget process itself but creating more accessibility and equity
in conversations. Some felt as though the current, larger processes tended to privilege the
loudest voices and often only reach out to what they called the “usual suspects”. Others noted
that while the City did try to make sure to invite diverse audiences, they felt as though only
“token minorities” were asked about their experiences. Many felt that small group conversations
that included an informative element as well as an opportunity to discuss experiences and
priorities were one effective way to try and work against some of these issues and barriers.
Over a few groups, we saw mentions in notes that participating in the small Community Guide
conversations helped people feel more informed about the budget and more comfortable
interacting with it. One key here seemed to be that this process brought our Guides into various
communities rather than the other way around.
“[I’m] grateful that you would like to hear my voice; I urge you to continue listening to
others without my privilege.”
“This method of sharing information with the community makes the budget more
understandable and accessible.”
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Need for increased transparency and communication of impacts. This is a continued trend
across various engagement efforts we have participated in throughout the last several years.
Conversation among participants was similar in expressing a desire that the City communicate
more transparently about how public input is being used to inform decisions. We see this often
in small group conversations: participants feel wary about sharing their input because there is a
lack of communication about how their voices will materially impact the outcome or decisions.
Some participants in these conversations also felt the selection process for the community
survey could have been communicated more clearly while others needed more information
about how their input was going to be used by the City going forward. Additionally, folks shared
their experience with previous input processes (whether they were organized by the City, CSU,
or another entity in the community) and how they felt frustrated at the result.
“I love the fact that the City is organizing these sessions, but I do wonder if the
information will actually have an impact.”
“Honestly, I love the idea of making changes and getting the public’s opinion, but this
happened with the CSU stadium (survey was given to the public and the majority said no
thanks but they built it anyway).”
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Advice for Future Engagement
Our final question in this process asked participants to provide feedback on how the City could
work to improve their engagement processes around the budget. The answers here were
various, which serves to reflect the unique engagement needs throughout the community. As
practitioners, we know there is not a single solution to many engagement barriers, but we were
able to identify three main suggestions reflected in the data.
More robust use of various media and personal outreach efforts. Participants belonged to
various communities throughout the City and because of this diversity, we heard a variety of
answers tied to the type of media people were best able to engage with. Numerous participants
shared social media as one of the best ways to keep people throughout the Fort Collins aware
of engagement opportunities. However, various other participants said they interacted more
easily with hard media like flyers and other items hanging in places throughout the City they visit
most often. Some also expressed interest in an email list that would send updates when
engagement reports are available or when specific changes are made based upon community
input.
In addition to this, participants across several meetings also noted a need for City
representatives to be more present within the local community. They mentioned that City
leaders and others should prioritize time in examining which communities most need outreach
and then intentionally working to build connections within those communities by visiting them in
person and spending time talking about upcoming opportunities for engagement and
information.
Increase connections with grassroots organizations/community groups. Another
suggestion we saw often in the data encouraged the City to spend more time identifying
grassroots and community organizations throughout the City and giving them the funding and
tools to do engagement. Many noted that an expansion of the Community Guide process could
be a useful tool to make this more successful. Participants stated that many groups within our
community are already doing some of this work, but they often lack the funding or other
resources to do in on the scale they would like to.
“Work with community [organizations]. We have so many connections in the community,
are doing work to help meet city priorities, and we’re always overlooked for the help we
could provide. We’re here—use us!”
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Consistency, accessibility, and transparency. Overall, an underlying theme in most of our
guide conversations was tied to needing more consistent engagement opportunities that were
accessible to diverse populations across the City and maintaining transparency about the
budget process itself as well as where community input goes and what material impacts it has.
In terms of accessibility, participants had numerous suggestions like offering more virtual
events, scheduling in-person events at various times during the week, offering childcare
stipends, and making sure interpretation and translation services were available. The most
common suggestion we saw throughout the data was the need for compensation/stipends for
participant time. In many conversations, respondents noted how time intensive the budget
process could be and highlighted how challenging it can be for many local community members
to volunteer time in the process. They stated that one of the most effective ways to remove this
barrier would be to make sure people who participate in engagement processes are
compensated for their time.
Ultimately, participants in these conversations wanted to see what changes their input was
making in local decisions and they were hopeful the City could be more consistent in
communicating those impacts. The participants our guides engaged throughout this process
expressed a strong desire to be more consistently included in engagement opportunities
throughout the City, but wanted to feel like their time was valued, their voice would have an
impact, and that the end result would be a reflection of their needs and input.
A note on engagement fatigue.
Throughout the community, we have seen a continued trend of engagement fatigue: community
members wanting to have their voices heard and have an impact on local decisions, but also
feeling overwhelmed by various overlapping engagement opportunities and perhaps frustrated
at a lack of clear communication about how their input is having an impact. We have seen lower
than average turnout in several events in last 1-2 years. This can be connected to several
factors: continued impacts of COVID-19 on participant comfort during in person events, the
complexity of the issue, over engagement across multiple channels, and various barriers like
lack of transportation, lack of available childcare, etc. In the sections above, there are various
recommendations to addressing these issues which are helpful to consider as we work to
engage our community around important issues like this one. There is no one cause of lower
attendance but recognizing these various issues and constraints while working to provide the
most accessible engagement possible is vital. We can do this work by doing things like: utilizing
a Language Justice model in our events, working to identify ways to provide compensation for
participants, and identifying ways we can provide transportation access and childcare so more
community members are able to participate.
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Conclusion
We would like to reiterate our deep gratitude to the Community Guides who participated in this
process. We deeply value their dedication and the time they spent crafting their conversations,
inviting participants, and coordinating data drop off. None of the work we do in these spaces
would be possible without passionate and committed community members like these.
It was clear through the data that these conversations had a positive impact on their
participants, and many left their conversations feeling more informed about the process itself.
Most importantly, they were able to sit down together and have important conversations with
others in our community. That is vital. Engaging the community on complex issues like the
budget is incredibly challenging, but our participants also provided us with helpful feedback on
how we can all continue to improve the work we do to in engagement spaces. We are hopeful
this input is put to good use as the City continues to work on adopting the 2023-2024 budget.
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City of Fort Collins
Budget Process Summary
Sabrina Slagowski-Tipton
Prepared for the City of Fort Collins by the Center for Public Deliberation
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Executive Summary
On Wednesday, September 28th, the Center for Public Deliberation (CPD) and City of Fort
Collins partnered to host an event for community members to interact with budget offers and
work through an activity-based budget process with other participants. 29 community members
attended this event and approximately 20 CPD students serviced as facilitators, note takers,
and in some cases stayed to observe or participate in the conversations themselves. Each table
also had one City employee whose task was to help clarify or explain specific budget offers as
participants worked through the activity.
During the meeting, community members worked together to select an outcome area they
wanted to discuss and then CPD student facilitators led them through an activity which asked
them to look through current funded and unfunded offers in the recommended budget and
decide where they might shift funding. The process utilized colored poker chips: green for
funded offers and yellow for unfunded offers which were separated into two piles. In each
outcome, there was a maximum number of offers that could receive funding and each group’s
task was to decide which offers to fund and unfund through group consensus. Once decisions
were made, participants could move chips over into the pile of funded offers. After the activity,
participants were asked reflection questions about the process itself and also how the City could
better engage the local community conversations about the budget.
This summary will focus on recommendations for future engagement that were taken from table
notes, student comments in their process reflections, and responses to a post event survey sent
to all participants.
Advice for Future Engagement
Utilize Language Justice Consistently. We translated all participant materials and surveys
into Spanish for this event, and incorporated Language Justice interpretation during the event.
Five Spanish speakers registered to attend, though a few had to cancel their RSVP on the day
of the event due to conflicting responsibilities. Reflections in the table notes show that Spanish
speaking participants generally still feel excluded from numerous City engagement
opportunities, and this is especially true for opportunities around the budget due to lack of
available Spanish resources. For example, none of the budget offers or budget summaries were
available in Spanish, the CPD had to translate these various materials for the purpose of the
activity. Going forward, it may be useful to make sure all public-facing aspects of the budget can
be available in both English and Spanish.
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Additionally, Spanish speakers at the table noted their frustration in having to request Spanish
interpretation at City events rather than simply having it available. The table discussion and
student reflections of the process noted how this often creates additional barriers for community
members who want to engage but are unsure events will be accessible to them. It also places
the burden on our community members to make sure they have the interpretation services they
need rather than having the same access as English speakers.
Incorporating Language Justice into community engagement events takes considerable time
and effort, as well as the associated cost, but in our work throughout the community we have
seen how offering translation and interpretation as a standard practice has increased access to
our events and has helped many participants who often feel unwelcome or uncomfortable feel
as though they can truly have a voice in important community discussions.
The Value of Activity Based Interactions. In table conversations, student reflections, and the
post event survey, participants discussed ways the City could better engage the community
around the budget. Invariably we heard “more events like this”. The process itself was complex
and at times confusing (which reflects the complexity of the budget itself) but participants at
each table noted they felt the exercise and conversation element helped them understand the
complexity a bit better. Additionally, for some participants it helped them understand how much
they didn’t know about the budget.
Many participants also noted the value of having this activity to help them understand the
difficult decisions that come with funding various services and offers across the City. At one
table, their decisions were made more difficult by the realization that many of the offers listed
had jobs attached to them. If they removed funding, they would also be removing a job. The
activity helped participants not only understand the complexity of the budget itself, but also the
human element behind many of the offers. Some groups were only able to move one chip or
reallocate funding from 1 or 2 budget offers. Participants noted this was because once they fully
understood what the offer was funding, it became incredibly difficult to grapple with the potential
tradeoffs of removing funding.
Others noted the activity and collaboration element helped diffuse tensions that sometimes
come up in conversations about the budget and participants were grateful for the work done by
table facilitators to ensure all voices were heard and everyone had an opportunity to learn from
one another.
After the event, a brief survey was sent to all participants to better understand their experiences
and solicit advice for how we could improve our activity for future events. Participants were
asked to rank their responses to the following questions on a 4-point scale:
1. The process helped me understand the budget a bit better: Average 3.27
2. The facilitated conversation felt useful and robust: Average 3.45
3. City officials at the table helped clarify complex points: Average 3.63
As of 10/4/2022 we had received 11 responses to the survey.
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Overall, participants felt this activity was a good use of their time and they left the event feeling
more informed. Many also mentioned that having City officials sitting down amongst participants
at tables was encouraging; they appreciated having the ability to have a face-to-face
interpersonal conversation. This is reflected not only in responses to the post event survey, but
also in table notes and student comments about the process.
A Need for More Accessible/Less Complex Information. During the activity, participants
often struggled to figure out what each budget offer was funding, and they mentioned the names
of the offers were quite confusing. Many mentioned it would be helpful for the names to be a bit
clearer so folks could understand them briefly without having to reference other materials.
Across numerous tables, our participants mentioned a need for more accessible information to
the innerworkings of the budget so they could then work together to make a more informed
decision. Often, we heard our participants say they simply did not have enough information
about what each budget offer meant to truly decide about whether it should be funded or not.
This was echoed in facilitator reflections as well. Our student facilitators noted a big challenge in
making sure the conversation continued flowing and didn’t become and question and answer
session with the City official at the table. This was a struggle because of the complexity of many
of the offers. Most of our facilitators mentioned this process would have been easier if the
names of the budget offers were more self-explanatory or if there was a single-sentence
explanation of each offer so they could rely less on the City experts and spend more time in the
activity.
There was a strong desire to have this information condensed and clarified in a way that would
be accessible for the average community member, not only in the language used but in the time
it takes to read through all of the material that is currently available. Overall, participants were
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After the budgeting activity, each table was asked to provide three words to describe their
process. They are reflected in the above image
pleasantly surprised at how transparent the City was being about information in the budget, but
they wanted that information to be simplified considerably.
Additionally, numerous participants noted they weren’t aware of all the ways they could learn
about and engage around the budget, so they hoped for more clear communication about all
those opportunities as well. This was especially true about earlier stages of the budget process.
Participants at this event asked often how they could become involved in these engagement
opportunities before the budget offers were set and the recommended budget was created.
Going forward, it will be helpful for the City to clarify those opportunities and perhaps provide
more activity-based events to help community members interact with the budget throughout the
creation and adoption processes.
When asked how the City could communicate this information more effectively, participants
mentioned a variety of modes: social media, newsletters, a larger presence on CSU’s campus
and hard media in grocery stores and other areas.
Final Thoughts
In our Community Guide conversations over the summer and during this event, we recognized
the passion many in our local community have about discussing the budget as well as the
various reasons why they are unable to fully engage during different stages of the process. We
are hopeful that the time our community members spent in these important conversations and
their feedback will be considered as the City continues to work on improving engagement
around the budget and numerous other issues.
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2023-2024 Budget Review
City Council Work Session #3 –October 11, 2022Page 142
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22022 Council Meetings on the 2023-2024 Budget
September 13th Work Session •Culture and Recreation
•Economic Health
•Neighborhood Livability and Social Health
September 27th Work Session •Transportation and Mobility
•Environmental Health
•Safe Community
•High Performing Government
September 20th Council Meeting •Budget Public Hearing #1 of 2
October 11th Work Session
•Budget Public Hearing #2 of 2October 4th Council Meeting
•General Discussion –Final Council Direction
November 1st Council Meeting •First Reading
November 15th Council Meeting •Second Reading
We are here
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3Public Engagement Summary
•Methods:
–Animated Budget 101 videos in English/Spanish
–Collaboration with CSU Center for Public Deliberation (CPD)
o Community guided conversations
o Interactive community event on September 28
–OurCity project page with online engagement activities in
both English/Spanish
–Website and social media promotion
o Budget-in-Briefs provide more accessible information
–Public Hearings
–Community Survey
Budget in Brief
–Published in Spanish
and English
–24 pages
–Available in hard copy
–www.fcgov.com/budget
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4Public Engagement Summary
•Participation:
–OurCity
o 1,600 total page visits to https://ourcity.fcgov.com/23-24budget
o 1,100 aware visitors / 599 informed visitors / 151 engaged visitors
o 128 survey responses
o 118 ideas submitted
–Social Media
o Facebook 24,000 impressions
o Twitter 1,000 impressions
o YouTube 3,400 views
–Center for Public Deliberation (CPD)
o Community Guides: 7 guides led conversations with 40 community members
o Community Event: 29 community members and 20 CPD participants
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Community Survey Overview
•Spring administration: April-May
•3,800 random households
•134 vacancy returns
•652 completed (18% response
rate)
•Online opt-in version
•Open for two weeks
•185 responses
•Demographic & geographic comparisons
•Three questions specific to strategic
planning and funding
5
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6Community Survey Results
Top 3 Priorities
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7Community Survey Results
Outcome Area More Effort Same Effort Less Effort
Economy 49%49%3%
Environment 64%31%4%
NLSH 62%30%8%
Safe Community 22%72%6%
Culture & Rec 26%72%2%
Transportation &
Mobility
51%47%2%
General
Government
18%75%7%
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1.Affordable housing
2.Environmental issues
3.Growth and development issues
Other common themes:
-Traffic and roads
-Transportation improvements
-Cost of living/economy/jobs
-Safety/police/homelessness
-Government policies, spending, service
delivery
-Diversity, equity & inclusion
8Open-ended responses
What’s the most important thing to focus on and why?
“As a young professional, I find it difficult
to find affordable housing. The lack of
affordable housing will reduce the
diversity of the city.”
“While affordable housing is high on
my list, climate change is quickly and
severely impacting our area. Water
conservation, solar energy, electric
cars should be a priority.”
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9Additional Considerations
City Park Train:
–$350K of voter-approved funding is insufficient for the current estimated cost of
$5.1M due to necessary relocation of tennis/pickleball.
–Staff will bring a Council Resolution concurrent to the Budget recommending the
project be declared financially infeasible
Minimum Wage:
–Current budget is based on $15/hour; moving to $19 in a future budget cycle is
estimated to increase ongoing costs by $3.0M, including the impact of wage
compression.
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Offers of Interest by City Council
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11Additional Offers of Interest by Council
•City Council has expressed interest in finding a way to fund a number of
budget requests (offers) that were not included in the 2023-2024 City
Manager’s Recommended Budget
•Staff has reviewed these requests comprehensively and organized them
into five categories
A.Offers to include for 1st Reading with specific funding source recommendations
B.Offers to include for 1st Reading funded by options available to Council
C.Offers of interest to Council –More discussion needed
D.Offers recommended to stay unfunded relative to other priorities
E.Offers for possible consideration in the 2024 Budget Revision process
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12A) Offers to include for 1st Reading with specific funding sources
All values in 1,000s
*
*
Indicates offer scaled down from unfunded amount in Recommended Budget*
2023 2024 2023 2024
C&R
Offer 43.28 - Customer Database and Registration
Software Upgrade 274-Recreation Fund: Reserves 80 80
ECON
Offer 2.20 - Utilities: Light & Power - 2.0 FTE Electrical
Engineer (Scaled down to 1.0 FTE)501-Light and Power Fund: Ongoing Revenue 129 135
T&M
Offer 27.15 - 1.0 FTE Shift Your Ride Travel Options
Program Professional (Scaling proposal: Add 1.0 FTE
into Offer 27.13, but keep offer total at $200k by
reducing programming dollars)Not applicable - -
129 135 80 80
Outcome Offer Number and Title Funding Source(s)`
Ongoing
Costs One-Time Costs
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2023 2024 2023 2024
C&R
Offer 54.8 - Parks Landscape Conversion and Irrigation
Infrastructure Replacement 100-General Fund: Reserves - 65
NLSH Offer 24.8 - Immigration Legal Fund 100-General Fund: Reserves 250 250
NLSH
Offer 31.17 - ARPA - Social Services Recovery Grants
(Scaled down to $180k per year)
100-General Fund: ARPA (freed up from shifting
partial funding for Offer 17.10-ARPA - Future of
Work to General Fund Reserves) 180 180
NLSH Offer 23.26 - Advancing Accessible Permitting
100-General Fund: ARPA (freed up from shifting
partial funding for Offer 17.10-ARPA - Future of
Work to General Fund Reserves) 158 -
NLSH
Offer 24.12 - Mobile Home Park Code Compliance
Program 100-General Fund: Reserves 50 50
T&M
Offer 27.14 - School Transportation Safety Assessments
and Strategic Infrastructure for Youth 100-General Fund: Reserves 100 61
ENV
Offer 1.24 - Household Hazardous Waste Collection
(Scaled down to one event in 2023)
100-General Fund: Reserves ($102k)
504-Stormwater Fund: Reserves ($82k) 184 -
ENV
Offer 35.13 - Legislative Management System
Evaluation and Implementation 100-General Fund: Reserves 150 100
250 250 822 456
One-Time Costs
Outcome Offer Number and Title Funding Source(s)`
Ongoing
Costs
13B) Offers to include for 1st Reading funded by options available to Council
All values in 1,000s
Indicates offer scaled down from unfunded
amount in Recommended Budget
Indicates offer shifted out by one year
**
*
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*
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14C) Offers of interest to Council –More information needed
All values in 1,000s
***
*
*
***
Indicates offer scaled down from unfunded amount in Recommended Budget
Indicates offer shifted out by one year***
2023 2024 2023 2024
C&R
Offer 50.16 - Museum of Discovery Artifact Housing
Furniture TBD if guided by Council to fund 300 -
NLSH
Offer 23.17 - 1 FTE - Historic Preservation Surveyor
Specialist TBD if guided by Council to fund 60 84
NLSH
Offer 23.20 - 2.0 FTE Landscape Inspectors -
Development Review (Scaled down to 1.0 FTE starting
in 2024)TBD if guided by Council to fund - 105
NLSH Offer 59.6 - Urban Forest Strategic Plan TBD if guided by Council to fund 231 -
NLSH
Offer 71.1 - Assessment of Citywide Organizational
Practices and Structure to Deliver on Compliance with
Local Policies TBD if guided by Council to fund 90 -
T&M
Offer 36.13 - School Zone Safety Flasher Upgrade
(Scaled down to $100k)TBD if guided by Council to fund 100 -
T&M Offer 7.10 - 1.0 FTE Street Sweeper Operator TBD if guided by Council to fund 76 93
T&M
Offer 36.9 - Neighborhood Traffic Mitigation Program
Expansion (Scaled in half each year)TBD if guided by Council to fund 65 65
ENV
Offer 32.12 - Innovate Fort Collins Challenge (Scaled
down to $100k only in 2024)TBD if guided by Council to fund - 100
SAFE
Offer 4.54 - Utilities: Water Quality Services - 1.0 FTE
Watershed Specialist TBD if guided by Council to fund 83 104
284 451 721 100
Outcome Offer Number and Title Funding Source(s)`
Ongoing
Costs One-Time Costs
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15D) Offers recommended to stay unfunded relative to other priorities
All values in 1,000s
2023 2024 2023 2024
C&R
Offer 54.13 - Fossil Creek Synthetic Turf Field
Conversion 420 4,200
C&R
Offer 54.4 - 2.0 FTE Infrastructure Replacement
Program Data Management 179 219
ECON
Offer 33.8 - ARPA 1.0 FTE Contractual Econ Specialist,
Small Business & Impacted Sector Grants 1,065 1,081
ECON
Offer 26.3 - 1.0 FTE Contractual to Classified Civil
Engineer I for Broadband/Small Cell Design 18 30
NLSH
Offer 23.18 - 3.75 FTE - Building Services Staffing (2
FTE Building Inspectors, 1.75 FTE BDRT) 186 276
NLSH
Offer 23.11 - On-Call Contract for Building &
Development Review Professional Services 60 -
ENV
Offer 1.10 - ARPA - Utilities Light & Power: 1.0 FTE
Contractual Project Manager & Manufactured Home
Efficiency Acceleration Initiative 188 189
ENV
Offer 32.19 - 1.0 FTE - Municipal Industrial Recycling
Senior Specialist 95 122
SAFE Offer 4.48 - Utilities: 1.0 FTE Construction Inspector 67 34
HPG Offer 82.2 - Municipal Innovation Program 100 100
833 970 1,545 5,281
Outcome Offer Number and Title
Ongoing
Costs One-Time Costs
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16E) Offers for possible consideration in the 2024 Budget Revision process
All values in 1,000s
2023 2024 2023 2024
C&R
Offer 54.6 - Rolland Moore Park Infrastructure
Replacement 2,879
ENV
Offer 15.11 - City Facility Exterior Lighting: Dark Sky
Assessment and Conversion to LED 150 150
SAFE
Offer 68.9 - Municipal Court - 2.0 FTE Court Clerks (1
FTE added per year) 64 139
214 289 - 2,879
Outcome Offer Number and Title
Ongoing
Costs One-Time Costs
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Funding Options
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18Available Funding
•The executive team convened to discuss all available funding options
•Increasing the Sales Tax revenue forecast is not a recommended option
•Funding Options
–Repurpose $200k per year of Conservation Trust moneys
–Decrease Immigration Legal Fund by $100k per year to the current level of funding of
$150k per year
–Deeper use of General Fund reserves, which takes away from future budget cycles
(see table on next slide)
•The Recommended Budget includes $1.95M of reductions to Ongoing Offers
•Staff re-evaluated Recommended Offers for trade-off opportunities and
stand by the initial recommendations
•All Enhancement Offers are trade-off opportunities, generally without
decreasing current levels of service
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19General Fund Reserve Overview
•2021 Year end Unassigned = $5.7M of which none is remaining
•2021 Year end Assignments = $13.1M of which $7.3M is still available
•Historic practice is to not use anticipated current-year (2022) reserve
increases in the subsequent year’s budget
–i.e., 2023-24’s budget would only use “known, in -the-bank” reserves from 2021
–Current-year reserve generation would typically be available to the 2024
Revision process and/or the 2025-2026 BFO Cycle
–Current year forecasts indicate a potential $9.0M financial favorability, net of
critical City asset investments and an estimated cost of $400k for the
November 2022 elections
•Staff recommends limiting additional reserve usage to $3.3M
•Funding offers in Categories A and B in 1st Reading would utilize $1.9M
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20Questions for City Council
1.Which offers does Council have interest in including in 1st reading of the
2023-2024 Budget, including preferred funding sources?
2.What clarifying questions does City Council have on any of the Offers in
the seven Outcomes discussed in the previous budget work sessions?
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212022 Council Meetings on the 2023-2024 Budget
September 13th Work Session •Culture and Recreation
•Economic Health
•Neighborhood Livability and Social Health
September 27th Work Session •Transportation and Mobility
•Environmental Health
•Safe Community
•High Performing Government
September 20th Council Meeting •Budget Public Hearing #1 of 2
October 11th Work Session
•Budget Public Hearing #2 of 2October 4th Council Meeting
•General Discussion –Final Council Direction
November 1st Council Meeting •First Reading
November 15th Council Meeting •Second Reading
We are here
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Backup Slides
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23Summary of Council Requested Follow Ups
Request Received
# of
Requests
Sept 13 work session 20
Emails 35
Sept 27 work session 14
Total 69
Responded # Answered
Sept 22 Packet Memo 18
During work session (emails)5
Sept 29 Packet Memo 5
Oct 6 Packet Memo 41
Total 69
*
* 2 requests were answered in a single response
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2020 2021
Appropriat ed,
Min. Policy, o r
Sch edu led
Available but
w ith some
Constraint s
Availab le f or
Nearly Any
Purp ose
Assign ed - Min imum 60 day Policy 31.0$ 34.2$ 34.2$ -$ -$
No n-sp end able
Landbank inv entor y 2.8 2.5 2.5 - -
Udall Endowment 0.1 0.1 0.1
Rest rict ed
T ABO R Emer genc y 6.7 7.7 7.7 - -
Polic e Radio Network 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 -
Donations & Mis c 0.6 1.0 0.4 0.6 -
Co mmit ted
T r affic Calming 0.1 - - - -
Cultur e & Rec reation 0.3 0.3 - 0.3 -
Affordable Hous ing Land Bank 0.1 0.1 - 0.1 -
Polic e Regional Tr aining F ac ility 0.1 0.1 - 0.1 -
Assign ed
Pr ior Year Pur c has e O rder s 4.0 6.9 6.9 - -
Manufac turing Us e Tax Rebate 0.4 0.2 0.2 - -
Digital Equity - 0.1 - - 0.1
G olf Ir r igation Sy s tem 0.4 0.4 0.4 - -
Camer a Radar 1.4 1.2 - - 1.2
Was te Innov ation 0.2 0.2 - - 0.2
Cultur al Serv ic es 0.4 0.5 - - 0.5
Reappropr iation 0.9 0.8 0.8 - -
Budgeted us e of r es er v es 7.9 5.5 5.5 - -
Child Care Needs 0.3 0.3 - - 0.3
Polic e Programming 0.6 0.6 0.6 - -
Hughes Land Purc has e - 2.0 - - 2.0
ERP Replac ement - 2.5 - - 2.5
Munic ipal Court Renov ation - 3.0 0.7 - 2.3
Inflation Contingenc y - 4.0 - - 4.0
Un assigned 4.3 12.0 6.3 - 5.7
Year End T otal 62.8$ 86.5$ 66.4$ 1.3$ 18.8$
General Fund - Year End 2021 - $86.5M
General Fund
summary of
reserves as of
year-end 2021
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City Council Work Session Agenda Item Summary – City of Fort Collins Page 1 of 6
October 11, 2022
WORK SESSION AGENDA
ITEM SUMMARY
City Council
STAFF
Honoré Depew, Climate Program Manager
John Phelan, Energy Services Manager and Policy Advisor
Molly Saylor, Lead Specialist, Waste Reduction and Recycling
SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION
Our Climate Future Implementation.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to provide Councilmembers with clear information about how the Fort Collins
community can make progress towards the goals laid out in the Our Climate Future plan for waste,
renewable electricity, and greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions.
Based on greenhouse gas and waste forecasts between 2021 and 2030, staff has provided a “roadmap”
of Council actions to be considered in the years ahead that advance strategies to help reach Council-
adopted goals.
Councilmembers will review the 2021 inventory of community greenhouse gas emissions along with
forecasted emissions projections by sector and will be asked to use those forecasts to offer guidance on
where to set a 2026 interim GHG goal for the community.
GENERAL DIRECTION SOUGHT AND SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED
1. How does the content and timing of the Council Action Roadmap align with Councilmember priorities?
2. What target would Councilmembers like to consider for the 2026 interim GHG goal at the October 25
meeting?
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The decade ahead is a critical time for the action local governments must take to address the climate
emergency. During Council’s Our Climate Future (OCF) Work Session (in April 2022), Councilmembers
reviewed the extensive, leading-edge engagement work that led to developing Our Climate Future as a
visionary, guiding framework for the Fort Collins community. Councilmembers expressed that they
understood OCF to represent an actionable community vision and a “roadmap” was requested for clear
steps that could be considered in the coming years to help Fort Collins do its part to:
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1. Minimize the worst impacts of the Climate Emergency (emissions mitigation);
2. Adapt to climate impacts that are increasing in frequency and severity (resilience); and
3. Transition to a cleaner, healthier future in a just and fair way (equity).
OCF is a framework for accomplishing community and Council environmental priorities using a data -
informed, systems-based approach. The robust modeling tool staff has developed to organize and track
strategies and outcomes and also maps out important decision points and milestones for Council actions
along the way.
Our Climate Future Background
Adopted by Council in April 2021, OCF is an integrated update of the Climate Action Plan, Energy Policy,
and Road to Zero Waste that articulates the community’s vision for a sustainable future. OCF reinforces
Fort Collins’ deep commitment to mitigating and adapting to climate change and meeting energy and waste
goals with a people-first systems approach. This means community members’ voices and priorities are at
the center of solutions and are summed up in the Big Moves attachment including 13 visionary outcomes.
Specific strategies associated with the Big Moves are called Next Moves. These actionable strategies are
evaluated for their impact on goals, benefits and costs, potential results for improving equity and resilience,
and what it will take to implement them. Next Moves also have defined implementation mechanisms and
defined roles for the City and other stakeholders. That modeling of the Next Moves is what informs both
the Pathways to 2030 and the Council OCF Action Roadmap, described in the following sections.
2021 Community GHG Inventory
The Community GHG Inventory is one tool used to track climate action efforts made by the City and
community. Results reflect these actions as well as external factors that influence GHG emissions (e.g.,
COVID-19 in 2020). For 2021, the Community Inventory shows 24% from the 2005 baseline, which is a
slight loss of progress from 2020 (also reported as 24% below 2005 baseline), based on the following
factors:
Vehicle use and transportation emissions increased compared to 2020, though still below 2019 levels
(increase in emissions)
Utility-scale renewable electricity continued to increase (decrease in emissions)
Abatement of Industrial Process and Product Use (IPPU) emissions increased (decrease in emissions)
GHG inventories continually evolve as sources and methodology are updated. Please note that final
waste and IPPU emissions are not yet included in this estimate.
The Pathways to 2030 GHG Reduction Goals
Pathways are groups of Next Moves (strategies) that drive towards a specific outcome (e.g., the
transportation pathway, which includes Next Moves for transit, active modes, and vehicle
electrification). They are high-impact strategies that include, though not limited to, Council actions.
The current total estimated potential from all the quantified Pathways is a 70% GHG emissions
reduction by 2030. See Figure 1 below.
The gap between this projection and the 80% by 2030 target will primarily need to be addressed by
additional community/partner action and will also be influenced by external factors.
The Pathways depicted below focus mainly on mitigation. At the same time, equitable processes and
outcomes, community partnerships, and building community resilience are woven into the strategies and
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are often synergistic. Staff is also committed to using this pathways framework to explore equity and
resilience focused strategies in the coming years.
Figure 1: Pathways towards the 2030 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal
The attached OCF Pathways - Descriptions & Methodology describes each of the Next Moves that were
included in the Pathways and their respective estimated GHG reduction potential. Staff approached these
estimates with the following methodology:
Referencing existing plans and commitments (e.g., Transit Master Plan, City Plan) and potential impact
of strategies;
Checking these assumptions with staff experts across the City;
Gathering data and assumptions from other trusted sources (e.g., North Front Range Metropolitan
Planning Organization’s transportation model);
Projecting historical trends (e.g., average household electricity consumption); and
Determining reasonable forecasts for participation and efficacy rates, usually based on Fort Collins ’
and/or other communities’ results.
Interim GHG Goal
In support of Council establishing an additional interim goal between now and 2030, staff have projected
the community GHG inventory for 2026. If all the strategies in the pathways modeled above were
implemented, the expected community inventory in 2026 will be approximately 43% below the 2005
baseline. (This is an estimate due to many variables affecting our community inventory; the range is
between 28% and 48% below baseline.)
Pathways
Electricity
Buildings
Industrial Manufacturing
Transportation
Waste
Land Use
Undetermined to Goal
2030
24.5%
15.0%
4.5%
4.0%
0.9%
0.1%
10%
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Figure 2: Interim Greenhouse Gas Target, 2026
That possible target of 43% assumes policy and infrastructure investments that will require hard decisions
and tradeoffs. If Council wishes to create an even more ambitious stretch goal, staff analysis shows that
additional strategies will need to be identified, existing strategies will need to be accelerated, and/or
additional community leadership and action would be needed. While there are likely more strategies that
can be identified, those in the modeled pathways represent the most significant interventions, so additional
strategies may not deliver the same levels of impact.
If a Resolution is adopted, staff recommends choosing 2026 as the target year for an interim goal because
it falls halfway between the current year and 2030, allowing for two full City budget cycles before and after
the interim goal year.
Pathways to Zero Waste by 2030
Figure 3: Pathways to 2030 Zero Waste Goal
15% Landfilled
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The three identified pathways are highlighted in Figure 3 above, and additional detail about the strategies
within each pathway are described in the Pathways - Descriptions & Methodology attachment.
Key waste pathway assumptions and context:
Waste policy conversations are dependent upon infrastructure projects, which must be in place for
waste diversion to occur.
Staff determined milestone years using available planning information and similar projects’ timelines.
If key infrastructure (e.g., a composting facility for yard trimmings, etc.) is constructed later than
indicated in planning materials, policy work and related waste diversion would also shift.
Two key pieces of infrastructure are currently unscheduled in regional planning materials: the
composting facility for food scraps and the construction and demolition materials sorting facility.
o Staff modeled these projects conservatively and as occurring in the latter half of the decade. When
more specific timing information is available, staff will update modeling accordingly.
Identified pathways get Fort Collins to 27% of waste being landfilled in 2030 (otherwise known as a
diversion rate of 73%). Addressing the remaining 27% of materials requires action in two distinct areas,
each making up roughly half of the needed diversion:
Community participation: once regional infrastructure and policies are in place, individuals and
businesses need to fully utilize the programs to ensure the system achieves its full potential.
o Community leadership, supported by City programs, will be required to close participation and
efficacy gaps in current and new recycling systems.
Addressing challenging materials: cities with zero waste goals are collectively experiencing a “ceiling”
of around 15% materials that are not feasible to recycle. These materials include complex consumer
products not designed to be recyclable, hazardous and contaminated materials, etc.
o This 15% line is indicated on Figure 3
o These materials are best addressed by specialized strategies, for example:
Building upon the recently adopted Expanded Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation at the
state level to incentivize recyclable product design;
Expanding circular economy industry leadership (starting with circular economy focus in the
current update to the Economic Health Strategic Plan); and
Supporting community leadership to reduce consumption and increase reuse.
Council OCF Action Roadmap
For decades, those serving on Council have reflected community desire for environmental leadership by
adopting ambitious goals for climate, renewable electricity, and waste and supporting strategies to advance
towards those goals. That long history of leadership to use environmental lenses in planning and policy
development means implementation strategies across the organization already align with OCF outcomes,
as do many of the specific priorities set by Council. This alignment is reflected in:
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Council’s current workplan, which directly supports OCF Big Moves; and
Councilmembers request for clear actions to reach 2030 waste, energy, and climate goals.
Council regularly works at all levels to enact sustainability measures, from passing building code changes
(direct impact) to funding rebate programs (incentivizing) to serving on regional boards and committees
(Regional Wasteshed, Platte River Power Authority, etc.) and everything in between.
The Council OCF Action Roadmap is a tool for confirming, organizing, and sequencing important Council
decision points. The actions on the roadmap are not exhaustive of everything Council, staff or the
community will do to achieve the 2030 goals – they represent Council’s highest impact tools (policy making,
infrastructure, and funding). Council also employs other tools that will be critical in the success of OCF
overall, including fostering partnerships and educational behavior change.
Community Action and Going Beyond the Roadmap
Council acts as a major leader on climate, waste, and energy in the Fort Collins community and beyond -
- reaching adopted goals will require new leaders to join in. Solidifying Council’s workplan will help give
shape to City-led efforts over the next decade and help expand focus to scaling community-led action, as
well as building the skills needed to lead together (co-led action). Once the City’s most impactful levers,
as described in the Roadmap, have been pulled, much of the remaining potential rests in scaling
community action and leadership. Council has already helped strengthen this element of OCF through the
2023/24 budget and staff will continue to work with the community and Council to grow this capacity.
NEXT STEPS
• October 18
• Land Use Code Update – Phase I
• October 25
• Interim GHG Goal Resolution
• Active Modes Plan Work Session
• 15-minute City Work Session
• November 1
• 2023/24 City Budget Adoption
• December 6
• Active Modes Plan Adoption
• December 13
• Sustainable Revenue Work Session
ATTACHMENTS
1. Big Moves
2. Pathways - Descriptions & Methodology
3. Council OCF Action Roadmap
4. Presentation
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WELCOME TO FORT COLLINS’
OUR CLIMATE FUTURE PLAN
This Plan is our community guide to creating the carbon neutral, zero waste and 100% renewable electricity future we desire while
improving our community equity and resilience. Our Climate Future articulates an unwavering commitment to mitigating and
adapting to climate change with a comprehensive approach that puts people first. Our Climate Future implementation intensifies
our efforts towards these primary environmental goals:
•Reduce 2030 greenhouse gas emissions by 80% below 2005 baseline levels;
•Provide 100% renewable electricity by 2030 with grid and local sources and
•Achieve zero waste, or 100% landfill diversion, by 2030.
PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST
Our Climate Future recognizes that if everyone is to benefit from these efforts,
we must intentionally put people at the center of the work to harness the
skills and passion of the residents and businesses who call Fort Collins home.
When we redesign our efforts to put people, their respective communities and
community-defined priorities at the center of our approach, with technical
solutions serving and uplifting those priorities, climate action becomes a catalyst
for addressing many of our challenges, from affordable housing, to a healthy
economy, to convenient ways to get around.
Our Climate Future embodies a systems-approach for solutions which address
climate, energy and waste goals while positively impacting the daily lives of
residents, business operations and supporting community-defined sustainability
priorities. Together, Big and Next Moves increase community capacity to:
•Draw down greenhouse gas emissions, waste and energy use,
while increasing renewable electricity, carbon sequestration and
waste prevention;
•Co-create and share community leadership to develop partnerships for implementation;
•Adapt to a changing climate to improve community resilience;
•Plan for investment in a portfolio of strategies which provide net benefits;
•Ensure all parts of the community are included and see themselves in the solutions proposed; and
•Track the goals to measure success and progress toward achieving sustainability and resilience.
BIG AND NEXT MOVES
Big Moves is the Our Climate Future
way of describing the transformational
outcomes which connect our specific
goals for climate, energy and waste
with the community’s definition
of a sustainable Fort Collins. Next
Moves are the specific strategies and
tactics that lead to transformational
outcomes of the Big Moves. Each Big
Move has an associated set of Next
Moves. The Next Moves are evaluated
for their impact on goals, benefits and
costs, potential results for improving
equity and resilience.
OCF PLAN AND BIG MOVES
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THIRTEEN BIG MOVES
FOR OUR CLIMATE FUTURE11
BETTER TOGETHER
1 - Shared Leadership and Community Partnership: Centered in equity and
leading with race, all parts of our community lead, implement and benefit from
Our Climate Future.
2 - Zero Waste Neighborhoods: We can all share and reuse so we don’t have to
buy things we won’t regularly use and are able to recycle or compost the rest.
3 - Climate Resilient Community: People, buildings, watersheds and ecosystems
are prepared for the threats of climate change.
LIVE BETTER
4 - Convenient Transportation Choices: It is safe, easy, fast and affordable to get
around without a car.
5 - Live, Work and Play Nearby: No matter where we live, we all can meet our
basic daily needs without driving across town.
6 - Efficient, Emissions Free Buildings: Everyone lives and works in healthy
energy and water efficient buildings which transition to become emissions free.
7 - Healthy Affordable Housing: Everyone has healthy, stable housing they can
afford.
8 - Local, Affordable and Healthy Food: Everyone has access to healthy and
affordable food, sourced or rescued from local and regional producers.
RESOURCE BETTER
9 - Healthy Local Economy and Jobs: The community supports a healthy
innovative local economy with new opportunities for all people and businesses to
thrive.
10 - Zero Waste Economy: Business, industry, institutions, and government
collaborate to recirculate resources and eliminate waste.
BREATHE BETTER
11 - Healthy Natural Spaces: We all are stewards of healthy natural spaces and
honor the deep and historical human connection to this land.
12 - 100% Renewable Electricity: Everyone in the community receives affordable
and reliable 100% renewable electricity, including from local sources.
13 - Electric Cars and Fleets: Residents can afford and use electric cars, including
shared electric cars, and conventional fleets are converted to electric.
1 The Big Move numbering is for easy referencing; the order does not imply priorities of any kind.
OUR CLIMATE
FUTURE AND YOU
This plan is about you and is an
invitation to lead. Because this plan
is about all of our futures, it will take
all parts of our community to ensure
the future is equitable, climate
resilient, carbon neutral, renewable,
and zero waste.
Whether you are a resident, business
owner, community institution, or
visitor, consider this an invitation to
get involved and find your place of
action and leadership in Our Climate
Future. See the Our Climate Future
Action Guide for a starting point of
ideas to get started.
Auxiliary aids and services are available for persons with disabilities. V/TDD: 711 21-23703
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OCF Pathways – Descriptions and Methodology
The tables below summarize each of the Next Moves (strategies) that was quantified and included in one of the six pathways, including greenhouse gas or waste
potential reduction, the tool or implementation mechanism, and the City’s role in that strategy.
Staff developed a tool called the Moves Assessment to complete these quantifications, and which also holds progress updates and status, links to Big Moves and
Pathways, funding, project lead, and several classifications (e.g., implementation mechanism as shown below). The reports below are the outputs of this tool,
and are easily adjusted as staff receives new data and assumptions. Staff can provide more information about this tool if requested.
Table 1: Greenhouse gas reduction potential of Pathways.
Pathway Next Move Implementation
Mechanism
City's Role in
Implementation
Community
Emissions
Avoided in 2030
(MTCO2e)
Buildings 350,796
Construction
0043: Develop and Implement an energy performance path for new construction to zero carbon
building by 2030 Regulatory Direct 7,889
Electrification
0045: Continue to provide and expand on programs for electrification of space and water heating Economic Incentivize 6,471
Performance
0044: Continue to provide and expand home and business efficiency programs Economic Incentivize 237,531
0077: Add performance standards to Building Energy and Water Scoring program Regulatory Direct 81,752
0088: Implement residential Home Energy Score point of listing requirement Regulatory Direct 4,017
0091: Implement a rental licensing or registry with minimum standards for health, safety, stability,
and efficiency Regulatory Direct 13,136
Electricity 579,944
Local
Renewables
0015: Continue to implement and expand distributed solar programs Economic Incentivize 34,476
Utility
Renewables
0012: Add utility-scale renewables to increase non-carbon generation Infrastructure Influence 545,468
Land Use 1,256
Capacity
0040: Evaluate and implement land use opportunities that encourage “15 minute neighborhoods” Planning Direct 1,256
Industry 98,430
Manufacture
0042: Support incentives and regulation to reduce industrial (air pollution) emissions Partnership Influence 98,430
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Transportation 106,237
Active Modes
0035: Continue to build bicycle facilities as identified in the Bicycle Master Plan Infrastructure Direct 38,146
0468: Implement a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program Infrastructure Influence 2,576
Electrification
0019: Transition to emissions-free public transit Infrastructure Direct 1,481
0020: Support market driven adoption of electric cars Infrastructure Inform 58,761
Transit
0037: Expand local public transit coverage and frequency Infrastructure Direct 5,273
Waste 38,544
Organics
0023: Implement a Composting Ordinance and Related Composting Infrastructure/Facilities for
Food Scraps Regulatory Influence 20,200
0024: Implement a Composting Ordinance and Related Composting Infrastructure/Facilities for Yard
Trimmings Regulatory Influence 18,344
Total 1,175,207
Table 2: Reduction of landfilled material from Pathways.
Pathway Next Move Implementation
Mechanism
City's Role in
Implementation
Community Waste
Avoided in 2030
(short tons)
Waste 62,374
Industrial
Diversion
0008: Further reuse and recycle soil from City projects Infrastructure Direct 7,505
0075: Increase compliance of existing construction and demolition waste regulations Regulatory Direct 12,106
0467: Implement construction and demolition waste policy to direct materials to new facility Infrastructure Influence 40,354
Organics
0023: Implement a Composting Ordinance and Related Composting Infrastructure/Facilities for Food
Scraps Regulatory Influence 9,249
0024: Implement a Composting Ordinance and Related Composting Infrastructure/Facilities for Yard
Trimmings Regulatory Influence 17,241
Total 86,455
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Descriptions and brief methodology of each the Next Moves included in the Pathways above:
Next
Move
ID
Name Description
0008 Further reuse and recycle soil from City
projects
Based on findings from earlier evaluation, protect existing soil storage areas for managing and processing City-generated
soils and explore additional temporary or permanent sites. Explore process changes and other tools to divert material
from the landfill. Future work could look at other industrial materials beyond soil.
0012 Add utility-scale renewables to increase
non-carbon generation
Platte River’s 2022 integrated resources plan shows reaching nearly 90% non-carbon resources by 2030. Forecasting for
this next move is updated regularly using the latest information for changes in PRPA resources.
0015 Continue to implement and expand
distributed solar programs
Continue and expand rooftop solar through general solutions for rates, incentives and interconnection (residential and
commercial)
0019 Transition to emissions-free public transit This Next Move is based on phase one of Transfort’s Fleet Electrification Planning Project, intended to find the most
feasible technology to adopt to successfully transition the transit fleet to 100% zero emission – battery electric buses
(depot charging and/or on route charging), hydrogen electric or a mixed fleet.
0020 Support market driven adoption of electric
cars
EV adoption scenario scales the state goals to Fort Collins based on population. The adoption rates over time uses a 40%
annual increase each year between 2022 and 2030.
0023/0024 Implement a Composting Ordinance and
Related Composting Infrastructure/Facilities
for Food Scraps
Continued exploration of a Composting Ordinance and related facilities entails:
• Collaborating through Regional Wasteshed to identify opportunities to accelerate development of yard trimmings and
food scraps composting facilities.
• Commencing policy development regarding yard trimmings and food scraps per Council direction
Two key elements are required to move this forward:
1) having a compost facility near Fort Collins that accepts food scraps
2) having policy for yard trimmings and / or food scraps.
0035 Continue to build bicycle facilities as
identified in the Bicycle Master Plan
This Next Move bridges the 2014 Bicycle Master Plan and the Active Modes Plan that is currently being updated.
0037 Expand local public transit coverage and
frequency
This Next Move references the expansion of local transit described in the 2019 Transit Master Plan.
0040 Evaluate and implement land use
opportunities that encourage “15 minute
neighborhoods”
With a variety of housing options, access to services and amenities, walkable infrastructure, and proximity of housing to
jobs
0042 Support incentives and regulation to reduce
industrial (air pollution) emissions
This is a State role, but aligns with current AQ work regarding advocacy for State/Federal policy and voluntary emissions
reductions. This Next Move assumes more direct engagement and collaboration with the private sector, particularly big
companies with a high contribution to climate change.
0043 Develop and implement an energy
performance path for new construction to
zero carbon building by 2030
Enhance building codes likely exceeding the current pace of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) code
adoption process. Performance based codes, also referred to as outcome-based codes, require that building design and
engineering meet specific building energy use standards, which is verified through modeling.
0044 Continue to provide and expand home and
business efficiency programs
Continue and expand investment in energy efficiency equipment and other strategies within business and homes.
Continue to leverage Platte River, State, and Federal funding and optimize utilities procedures and standards to drive
increased achievements.
0045 Continue to provide and expand on
programs for electrification of space and
water heating
An incentive driven approach for residential and commercial community members to upgrade their building to all-electric.
Analysis includes the potential fuel switching from promoting existing heat pump and heat pump water heater incentives
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in both the existing residential and commercial building stock. This is in addition to the energy codes which would require
new construction and major renovations be carbon free by 2030.
0075 Increase compliance of existing construction
and demolition waste regulations
Ordinance requires that C&D debris must be recycled or reused. This strategy improves compliance through additional
compliance staffing to make site visits and increase proactive compliance.
0077 Add performance standards to Building
Energy and Water Scoring program
The Building Energy and Water Scoring program currently requires building owners to track their energy use using Energy
Star Portfolio Manager online tool, and it is subsequently made public for increased market transparency. A building
performance standard could enhance the program by establishing minimum energy requirements for commercial
buildings, likely a % reduction from a baseline year.
0088 Implement residential Home Energy Score
point of listing requirement
Require the disclosure of residential building performance at the time of home sale. This would provide additional
information to the market and also influence home performance upgrades, ultimately resulting in a better residential
building stock. Other cities and judications across the country have this requirement, including Portland, Oregon.
0091 Implement a rental licensing or registry with
minimum standards for health, safety,
stability, and efficiency
Implementing City-wide rental licensing that is regularly checked/enforced for meeting minimum energy, health and
safety codes. This strategy would likely be developed with a community stakeholder group to evaluate such things as
required energy assessments, or minimum requirements using the Home Energy Score developed by Department of
Energy. Other cities and jurisdictions across the country have required similar efforts, including Boulder, Colorado.
0467 Construction and Demolition waste policy This strategy would ensure material from Fort Collins reaches the new regional sorting facility. This policy has already
been enacted in the Building Code and is triggered by the operation of the sorting facility. Staff recommends a final and
routine policy check before the policy begins directing material to the facility.
0468 Implement a Transportation Demand
Management (TDM) program
The Shift Your Ride Travel Options program is currently funded in the 2023-24 City Manager’s recommended budget. Shift
Your Ride is a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program, which employs policies, programs, information,
services, and tools to reduce drive-alone trips and facilitate a shift to
sustainable transportation choices. Potential GHG reductions were modeled using a standard VMT calculator.
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Council Action Roadmap
The Council OCF Action Roadmap is a tool for confirming, organizing, and sequencing important Council decision points. The actions on the
roadmap are not exhaustive of everything Council, staff or the community will do to achieve the 2030 goals – they represent Council’s highest
impact tools (policy making, infrastructure, and funding).
Near-term Council Action Roadmap
BFO and Next Moves
Workplan Cycle
BFO and Next Moves
Workplan Cycle
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Medium-term Council Action Roadmap
BFO and Next Moves
Workplan Cycle
BFO and Next Moves
Workplan Cycle
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Presented by:
Our Climate Future
Implementation
10-11 -2022
Honore Depew
Climate Program Manager
John Phelan
Energy Services Manager and Policy
Advisor
Molly Saylor
Lead Specialist, Waste Reduction and
Recycling
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2Our Climate Future –Council Questions
How does the content and timing of the Council Action Roadmap
align with Councilmember priorities?
What target would Councilmembers like to consider for the 2026
interim GHG goal at the October 25 meeting?
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3Our Climate Future Alignment
Strategic Objective 4.1: Intensify efforts to meet 2030 climate, energy
and 100% renewable electricity goals that are centered in equity and
improve community resilience
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Our Climate Future Big Moves 4
BETTER TOGETHER RESOURCE BETTER
LIVE BETTER
BREATHE BETTER
• Shared Leadership and Community Partnership
• Zero Waste Neighborhoods
• Climate Resilient Community
• Convenient Transportation Choices
• Live, Work and Play Nearby
• Efficient, Emissions Free Buildings
• Healthy Affordable Housing
• Local, Affordable and Healthy Food
• Healthy Local Economy and Jobs
• Zero Waste Economy
• Healthy Natural Spaces
• 100% Renewable Electricity
• Electric Cars and Fleets
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5Shared Leadership and Community Partnership
Italics = as desired by community
City-led Co-led Community-led
•Council’s current work and priorities
advance Our Climate Future
•infrastructure & policy (e.g.,
bike lanes, building codes, land
use, etc.)
•Partnerships
•State and Federal legislation
•Leadership at every level
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6Continuous Calibration and Goal Setting
•Community GHG Inventory –2021
GHG Pathways –2030 Forecast
Interim GHG Goal –2026 Target
Waste Pathways –2030 Forecast
City Council OCF Action Roadmap
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2020 Inventory2021 Inventory Highlights
•Small increase from 2020
•Progress in most areas
•Transportation back near pre-covid
level, but below 2019
Community Emissions Inventory
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Community Emissions Forecast
Inventory continuously evolving, with year-round updates
2030 “Do Nothing More” Forecast
•Includes population growth, weather,
existing regulations and resource
changes
•Range based on historic variation
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92030 Pathways
Based on Next Moves (active or pending)
-Grouped by sector strategy
-Quantifiable reductions for GHG and/or waste between now and 2030
-Defined implementation mechanisms and City roles
Big Moves
& Goals
Electricity
Pathway
Local
renewables
Utility
renewables
Buildings
Pathway
Construction Performance Electrification
Industrial
Manufacturing
Pathway
Local
Transportation
Pathway
Active
modes Transit Electrification
Waste
Pathway
Industrial
diversion Organics
Land
Use
Pathway
Capacity
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Community Emissions Pathways to 2030
Pathways
•Quantified pathways
result in a 70% carbon
emissions reduction by
2030
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Community Emissions Pathways to 2030
Last 10% requires additional community leadership action
Pathways
Electricity
Buildings
Industrial Manufacturing
Transportation
Waste
Land Use
Undetermined to Goal
2030
24.5%
15.0%
4.5%
4.0%
0.9%
0.1%
10%
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Community Emissions Pathways to 2030
Collaboration with Platte River essential for the electricity pathway
Pathways
Electricity
Utility Renewables
Local Renewables
Buildings
Industrial Manufacturing
Transportation
Waste
Land Use
2030
24.5%
23.0%
1.5%
15.0%
4.5%
4.0%
0.9%
0.1%
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Community Emissions Pathways to 2030
Majority of savings from improving existing buildings
Pathways
Electricity
Buildings
Performance
Construction
Electrification
Industrial Manufacturing
Transportation
Waste
Land Use
2030
24.5%
15.0%
14.0%
0.5%
0.5%
4.5%
4.0%
0.9%
0.1%
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Interim Goal Context
2026 Forecast with Pathways
≈ 43% reduction from 2005
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Community Waste
1% loss of progress but significant progress on recycling
2021 Highlights
•49% landfilled (51% diversion)
•Community Recycling
Ordinance increased recycling
significantly
•More residential and
commercial materials landfilled
•Temporary drivers tapering off
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Community Waste
2030 Forecast
•Assumes both recycling and
landfilling increase slightly,
based on recent trends
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Community Waste Pathways to 2030
Significant progress through pathways and leadership needed at all levels
Pathways
•Quantified pathways drop landfilled
materials to 28% (72% diversion)
•15% of material being landfilled is a
common “ceiling” for cities
•Remaining potential
•Recycling behavior
•System design (Circular Economy,
Extended Producer Responsibility, more
reuse, etc.
15% Landfilled
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Community Waste Pathways to 2030
Progress accelerates with regional composting and C&D infrastructure
Pathways
Construction and Demolition
Materials Recycling
Food Scraps & Yard Trimmings
Composting
City Industrial Materials
Recycling
Remaining potential
(e.g., behavior change, circular
economy, extended producer
responsibility, etc.)
2030
12%
6%
2%
27%
15% Landfilled
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2022
•Adopt Land
Use Changes
•Develop
Rental
Registration
•Adopt Active
Modes Plan
•Develop
Sustainable
Funding
•Develop
contracted
residential
waste
collection
including
expanded
yard
trimmings
2023
•Develop
Building
Performance
Standards
•Develop home
energy listing
requirement
•Adopt
contracted
residential
waste
collection
including
expanded
yard
trimmings
2024
•Adopt Building
Performance
Standards
•Adopt Home
listing
requirements
•Develop energy
code step
towards net-
zero carbon
•Adopt Land Use
Phase 2
•Start residential
waste collectio
n including
yard trimmings
•Develop/adopt
commercial &
industrial policy
for yard
trimmings
2025
•Adopt Energy
code
•Start home
energy listing
requirements
•Start
commercial/
industrial
policy for yard
trimmings
2026
•Start building
performance
standards
(large
buildings)
•Start West
Elizabeth Bus
Rapid Transit
19City Council OCF Action Roadmap
Buildings Land Use Mobility Waste
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20City Council OCF Action Roadmap
2027
•Start
building
performance
standards
(small & mid-
size buildings)
•Develop net-
zero carbon
energy code
2028
•Adopt
Energy Code
•Start energy
requirements
for rental
properties
•Start North
College MAX
2029 2030
•Start higher
building
performance
standards for
all buildings
2026
•Food scraps
policy
•Construction
& demolition
materials
policy
Unscheduled
Buildings Land Use Mobility Waste
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Beyond the Roadmap
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22Shared Leadership and Community Partnership
Italics = as desired by community
City-led Co-led Community-led
•Council’s current work and
priorities advance Our Climate
Future
•Partnerships
•State and Federal legislation
•Leadership at every level
•Many businesses, organizations
and community members in
Fort Collins leading the way
•10 businesses certified as B
Corps
•Glass Recycling Coalition co-
founded by New Belgium
•Poudre Food Partnership•Many existing community
partnerships, e.g., Larimer County
Conservation Corps, Bike Fort
Collins
•2023-2024 Budget
•32.9 Disposable Bag
Implementation
•32.16 Sustainable Business
Program
•32.17 Increasing Community
Leadership for OCF
•Many examples from ongoing offers Page 201
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23Our Climate Future –Council Questions
How does the content and timing of the Council Action Roadmap
align with Councilmember priorities?
What target would Councilmembers like to consider for the 2026
interim GHG goal at the October 25 meeting?
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24Our Climate Future –Additional Information
Additional Information
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25Next Steps
•October 18
•Land Use Code Update –Phase I
•October 25
•Interim GHG Goal Resolution
•Active Modes Plan Work Session
•15-minute City Work Session
•November 1
•2023/24 City Budget Adoption
•December 6
•Active Modes Plan Adoption
•December 13
•Sustainable Revenue Work Session
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Community Emissions Pathways to 2030
?
Mechanisms
Infrastructure
Economic
Regulatory
Partnership
Planning
2030
27.5%
12.0%
5.5%
3.9%
0.1%
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Community Emissions Pathways to 2030
?
City’s Role
Influence
Incentivize
Direct
Inform
2030
28.0%
12.0%
6.5%
2.5%
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Community Emissions Inventory “Drivers of Change”
Direct savings countered by weather and growth of the community
• Direct & Influenced categories
based on OCF Next Move results
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