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HomeMy WebLinkAboutACTION SUMMARY-04/18/2023-RegularCity of Fort Collins Page 1 of 7 City Council Summary Agenda City Council Regular Meeting Action Agenda April 18, 2023 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 City Council Chambers 300 Laporte Avenue, Fort Collins & via Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/98241416497 Cablecast on FCTV Channel 14 on Connexion Channel 14 and 881 on Xfinity Carrie Daggett Kelly DiMartino Anissa Hollingshead City Attorney City Manager City Clerk The purpose of the action agenda is to provide a brief overview of the actions taken by the City Council to be available shortly after a Council meeting. Council Proceedings are the complete official record of the meeting and are prepared for approval by the Council generally at its next meeting. They are published following their approval as the minutes of the meeting. PROCLAMATIONS & PRESENTATIONS 5:00 PM A) PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS PP 1. Declaring April 23-29, 2023 as Crime Victim Rights Week. PP 2. Declaring April 28, 2023 as Arbor Day. PP 3. Declaring April 2023 as Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month. PP 4. Declaring April 2023 as National Volunteer Month. PP 5. Declaring May 7-13, 2023 as Drinking Water Week. PP 6. Declaring May 2023 as Mental Health Awareness Month. REGULAR MEETING 6:00 PM B) CALL MEETING TO ORDER C) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE D) ROLL CALL 7-0 All Present. E) CITY MANAGER'S AGENDA REVIEW •City Manager Review of Agenda City of Fort Collins Page 2 of 7 •Consent Calendar Review, including removal of items from Consent Calendar for individual discussion. F) COMMUNITY REPORTS G) PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY TOPICS OR ITEMS OR COMMUNITY EVENTS (Including requests for removal of items from Consent Calendar for individual discussion.) H) PUBLIC COMMENT FOLLOW-UP I) COUNCILMEMBER REMOVAL OF ITEMS FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION CONSENT CALENDAR 1. Consideration and Approval of the Minutes of the April 4, 2023 Regular Meeting. The purpose of this item is to approve the minutes of the April 4, 2023 regular meeting. Action Taken: Approved. 2. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 047, 2023, Authorizing Transfers of Appropriations for the Renovation of the Carnegie Center for Creativity. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on April 4, 2023, is to transfer $2,400,000 appropriated in the Cultural Services & Facilities Fund to the Capital Projects Fund. Action Taken: Adopted on Second Reading. 3. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 048, 2023, Authorizing the City Manager to Accept a Grant Award and Comply with the Terms of a Grant From the Colorado Water Conservation Board, Making Supplemental Appropriations in the Water Fund and Authorizing Transfers from the Water Fund, for the Xeriscape Incentive Program. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on April 4, 2023, supports businesses, homeowner associations, other commercial properties, and residential properties pursuing costly landscape projects that reduce water use long-term through the Xeriscape Incentive Program by: ● Appropriating $100,000 of unanticipated grant revenue, awarded by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, to the Water Fund; ● Appropriating $65,890 from the Water Fund reserves; and ● Utilizing matching funds in the amount of $57,220 from existing 2023 appropriations into this new grant project. This item would also authorize the City Manager or their designee to accept the grant award and comply with the terms of the grant application and award. Action Taken: Adopted on Second Reading. 4. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 049, 2023, Annexing the Property Known as the Thompson Thrift Spaulding Addition Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on April 4, 2023, is to annex a 3.743-acre property located off Terry Lake Road/Highway 1 on Spaulding Lane, closest to the Spaulding Lane and Valley View Lane intersection. A specific project development plan proposal is not included with the annexation application. The Initiating Resolution was adopted by City Council on February City of Fort Collins Page 3 of 7 21, 2023. A separate related item to amend the Zoning Map and classify for zoning purposes the annexed property is presented as the next item on this Agenda. This annexation request is in conformance with the State of Colorado Revised Statutes as they relate to annexations, the City of Fort Collins City Plan, and the Larimer County and City of Fort Collins Intergovernmental Agreement Regarding Growth Management. Action Taken: Adopted on Second Reading. 5. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 050, 2023, Amending the Zoning Map of the City of Fort Collins and Classifying for Zoning Purposes the Property Included in the Thompson Thrift Spaulding Addition Annexation to the City of Fort Collins and Approving Corresponding Changes to the Residential Neighborhood Sign District Map and Lighting Context Area Map. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on April 4, 2023, zones the property included in the Thompson Thrift Spaulding Addition Annexation into the Low Density Mixed-Use (L-M-N) zone district and place the property into the LC1 Lighting Context Area. This item is a quasi-judicial matter and if it is considered on the discussion agenda it will be considered in accordance with the procedures described in Section 1(d) of the Council’s Rules of Meeting Procedures adopted in Resolution 2015-091. Action Taken: Adopted on Second Reading. 6. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 051, 2023, Making Supplemental Appropriations for the Carpenter and Timberline Intersection Project. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on April 4, 2023, enables the City to receive and expend Federal and Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) funds for the Carpenter and Timberline Intersection Project (the Project). The funds will be used for design and construction of improvements at the intersection of Carpenter Road and Timberline Road. If approved, the item will appropriate $696,285 of Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) grant funds for the Project. This Project will not appropriate any money to Art in Public Places Program as the Project is 100% federally funded. Action Taken: Adopted on Second Reading. 7. Items Relating to the Repeal and Reenactment of Certain Ordinances. A. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 052, 2023, Repealing Ordinance No. 024, 2023, and Appropriating Philanthropic Revenue Received by City Give for Fort Collins Police Services for the Safe Futures Initiative. B. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 053, 2023, Repealing Ordinance No. 025, 2023, and Appropriating Prior Year Reserves and Unanticipated Revenue from Philanthropic Donations Received Through City Give for Various Programs and Services as Designated by the Donors. C. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 054, 2023, Repealing Ordinance No. 027, 2023, and Amending Chapter 12, Article II and Chapter 15, Article XV of the Code of the City of Fort Collins to Allow for the Establishment of a City Waste Collection Program and Generally Updating Provisions of the Code Governing Waste Collection Within the City. D. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 055, 2023, Repealing Ordinance No. 028, 2023, and Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into a Contract for the Provision of Residential Waste Collection Services. City of Fort Collins Page 4 of 7 E. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 056, 2023, Repealing Ordinance No. 029, 2023, and Appropriating Prior Year Reserves for Start-up Costs to Create a Contracted Residential Waste Collection Program. F. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 057, 2023, Repealing Ordinance No. 030, 2023, and Adopting the North College MAX BRT Plan as a Component of City Plan. Due to a publication error, staff requests Council repeal and reenact each Ordinance as they were adopted on March 7, 2023. These Ordinances were unanimously adopted on First Reading on April 4, 2023. Action Taken: Adopted All Ordinances on Second Reading. 8. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 062, 2023, Submitting to a Vote of the Registered Electors of the City of Fort Collins Proposed Amendments to Article II of the City Charter Conforming the Limits on Holding Council Office to the Limits in the Colorado Constitution Applicable to Those With Disqualifying Felony Convictions. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on April 4, 2023, sets the ballot language regarding making candidate qualifications comport with the Colorado Constitution. Action Taken: Adopted on Second Reading. 9. First Reading of Ordinance No. 063, 2023, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the Natural Areas Fund and the Sales and Use Tax Fund for the Purpose of Land Conservation, Visitor Amenities, Restoration and Other Related Natural Areas Stewardship Activities Not Included in the 2023 Adopted City Budget. The purpose of this item is to appropriate $10,844,479 in prior year reserves in the Natural Areas Fund and $1,258,071 in prior year reserves in the Sales and Use Tax fund to be transferred to the Natural Areas Fund. These appropriations are for land conservation, visitor amenities and restoration of wildlife habitat, as well as other Natural Areas Department stewardship activities to benefit the residents of Fort Collins. Action Taken: Adopted on First Reading. 10. First Reading of Ordinance No. 064, 2023, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue from the Colorado Energy Office’s Community Access to Electric Bicycles Grant Program for the Choose Your Ride, Shift Your Ride Program. The purpose of this item is to support the Choose Your Ride, Shift Your Ride project being administered by FC Moves in collaboration with Colorado State University in support of affordable active modes of transportation for low-income individuals by appropriating $148,350 of unanticipated grant revenue, awarded by the Colorado Energy Office, to the Transportation Fund. Action Taken: Adopted on First Reading. 11. First Reading of Ordinance No. 065, 2023, Authorizing the Acquisition by Eminent Domain Proceedings of Temporary Easements on Certain Lands Necessary to Construct Public Improvements for the Eastern Segment of the Laporte Corridor Improvement Project. The purpose of this item is to authorize the use of eminent domain, if deemed necessary, to acquire temporary construction easements needed for constructing improvements for the Laporte Corridor Project. City of Fort Collins Page 5 of 7 Action Taken: Adopted on First Reading. 12. Resolution 2023-040 Approving Fort Fund Grant Disbursements – Project Support. The purpose of this item is to approve Fort Fund grants from the Cultural Development and Programming Account and the Tourism Programming Account for the selected community events in the Project Support category, based upon the recommendations of the Cultural Resources Board. Action Taken: Adopted. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR J) ADOPTION OF CONSENT CALENDAR K) CONSENT CALENDAR FOLLOW-UP (This is an opportunity for Councilmembers to comment on items adopted or approved on the Consent Calendar.) L) STAFF REPORTS A. Poudre Fire Authority Annual Report. Presented during the Community Report section of the agenda. M) COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS N) CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION O) CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS PLANNED FOR DISCUSSION 13. Items Relating to Rental Housing Program. A. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 058, 2023, Adopting a Rental Housing Program as an Implementation Action of the Housing Strategic Plan and the Our Climate Future Plan. B. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 059, 2023, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the General Fund for the Start Up Phase of the Rental Housing Program. These Ordinances, both adopted on First Reading on April 4, 2023 by a vote of 4-3 (Nays: Peel, Arndt, Canonico), establish a Rental Housing Program that begins with registration and adds proactive rental inspections after one year of full implementation and approve an off-cycle general fund appropriation in the amount of $1.1 million over a 2-year period ($421,583 in 2023 and $669,500 in 2024) to support the start-up phase of the proposed program. The development of a Rental Housing Program implements policy direction in both the Housing Strategic Plan (2021) and the Our Climate Future Plan (2021): ● Housing Strategic Plan, Strategy 20 – Explore the option of a mandated rental license/registry program for long-term rentals and pair with best practice rental regulations. ● Our Climate Future Plan, Strategy HAH6 – Explore the option of mandated rental licensing/rental registry with minimum standards for health, safety, stability, and efficiency. City of Fort Collins Page 6 of 7 If adopted by Council on Second Reading, staff recommends that the proposed Rental Housing Program commence the start-up phase by Q1 2024. The period between adoption and start-up will be used to hire and train staff, implement new software, and conduct education and outreach with landlords, tenants, property managers, and others impacted by the Rental Housing Program. Action Taken: Both Ordinances Postponed Indefinitely. 14. Items Relating to the Repeal and Reenactment of Certain Ordinances. A. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 060, 2023, Repealing Ordinance No. 026, 2023, and Appropriating Philanthropic Revenue Received Through City Give for The Gardens on Spring Creek for General Operations as Designated by the Donor. B. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 061, 2023, Repealing Ordinance No. 031, 2023, and Appropriating Prior Year Reserves for a Capital Contribution of $1,000,000 for Construction of a New Public Terminal Facility at the Northern Colorado Regional Airport. Due to a publication error, staff requests Council repeal and reenact each Ordinance as they were adopted on March 7, 2023. These Ordinances were placed on discussion because the votes adopting these items originally were not unanimous. Ordinance No. 060, 2023 was adopted by a unanimous vote on April 4, 2023. Ordinance No. 061, 2023 was adopted by a vote of 5-2 (Nays: Francis and Ohlson) Action Taken: Adopted Both Ordinances on Second Reading. P) OTHER BUSINESS OB 1. Possible consideration of the initiation of new ordinances and/or resolutions by Councilmembers. (Three or more individual Councilmembers may direct the City Manager and City Attorney to initiate and move forward with development and preparation of resolutions and ordinances not originating from the Council's Policy Agenda or initiated by staff.) OB 2. Consideration of a Motion to go into Executive Session Relating to the Land Acquisition for the Southeast Community Center: “I move that Council go into executive session to discuss REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION for the Southeast Community Center, as permitted under: ● City Charter Article Roman Numeral Two, Section 11(3), ● City Code Section 2-31(a)(3), and ● Colorado Revised Statutes Section 24-6-402(4)(a).” Executive Session Held. Q) ADJOURNMENT Every regular Council meeting will end no later than midnight, except that: (1) any item of business commenced before midnight may be concluded before the meeting is adjourned and (2) the Council may, at any time prior to adjournment, by majority vote, extend a meeting beyond midnight for the purpose of considering additional items of business. Any matter that has been commenced and is still pending at the conclusion of the Council meeting, and all matters for consideration at the meeting that have not yet been City of Fort Collins Page 7 of 7 considered by the Council, will be deemed continued to the next regular Council meeting, unless Council determines otherwise. 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 advance notice. Requests for interpretation at a meeting should be made by noon the day before. 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 aviso previo cuando sea posible. Las solicitudes de interpretación en una reunión deben realizarse antes del mediodía del día anterior.