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Legislative Review Committee Minutes
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
3:00-4:00PM
Councilmembers present: Mayor Arndt, Councilmember Canonico (chair), Councilmember Gutowsky
Staff present: Ginny Sawyer, John Duval, John Phelan, Sylvia Tatman-Burruss, Megan DeMasters, Megan
Valliere, John Phelan, Honore Depew
Guests present: Ed Bowditch (lobbyist), Jennifer Cassell (lobbyist)
1. Approval of minutes from March 21, 2023 meeting
a. Attached: March 21, 2023 minutes
b. Mayor moved to approve. Susan seconded. Passes 3-0.
2. Bill review (30 min)
a. Governor’s property tax relief bill to be unveiled after a press conference tomorrow.
Lots of housing work going on, lots left to accomplish.
i. Carrie Kennedy (Gov tax advisor) says they’re trying to allow local governments
to have more say in what they do.
b. Current Bill tracker (attached)
c. Other bills and bills for discussion
i. HB-1171: Relating to Just Cause Evictions
1. Passed house 40-24. Will have a tougher time in the Senate.
ii. HB 1115: Repeal Prohibition Local Residential Rent Control
1. May also have a harder time in the senate.
2. Committee not taking a position.
iii. HB-1257: Mobile Home Park water Quality
1. Rep. Boesenecker bill. Adds more regulations. Concerns around this bill
relate to the process of testing water and how efficient it’s going to be.
Currently no money for implantation.
iv. HB-1282: Protect Consumers from Additional Entities
1. Cathy Kipp bill. Additional layer of regulation over municipal utility.
CAMU testified against this bill last week and shared FTC’s opposition.
Bill continues to be delayed.
v. HB-1294: Pollution Protection Measures
1. Interim committee, easier public input process for AQCC. Julie Pignataro
submitted an op-ed on this bill in Colorado Politics. Allows any member
of the public to submit a complaint directly to the state. Forces COGCC
and AQCC to work together regarding permits. Aligns with our air
quality goals particularly around oil and gas. Prohibits folks from
polluting until they gain a permit. CAMU is opposed.
2. Is there more money for AQCC to build capacity to approve permits?
a. Plan is to have HB21-1266 GHG fees pay for additional AQCC
staff.
vi. SB-111: Public Employees' Workplace Protection
1. Committee remain opposed.
vii. SB-213: Land Use
1. 213 was introduced and discussed fairly quickly 2 or 3 weeks ago. Long
committee hearing to testify mostly against the bill. A 50 page amended
version out about two weeks ago with several hours of negotiations. 20
amendments were offered, most were friendly. The bill passed on a
party line vote. Opposition coalescing around the bill. Now heading to
senate appropriations. Currently:
a. Keeps needs assessment study
b. Creates a statewide task force that will convene folks to look at
housing issues
c. Two mandates remain:
i. Must include manufactured housing
ii. Remove occupancy limits – no implementation date
outside of enactment of the bill.
2. Bill will be heard in appropriations tomorrow with amendment. Likely to
be debated in second reading later that day. Tweaks here and there.
viii. SB-270: Projects to Restore Natural Stream Systems
1. Comes from DNR. For folks who are testifying, terrible luck being placed
on calendar super late at night. Bill has been dramatically scaled back.
More coming next year from DNR.
ix. SB-274: Water Quality Control Fee-setting By Rule
x. SB-286: CORA – dramatically cut down – does not include any differentiation for
the media.
xi. SB-290: Natural Medicine Legalization & Regulation (Mushrooms)
1. Just introduced late last week. Will put into practice what voters passed
in November. Gives a lot of control to Dept. of Revenue, related to
facility regulations, licenses, etc. Does not give local governments
control over licenses, only time, place, & manner.
xii. Micro-trenching -Not introduced
1. Not coming
xiii. Work comp bill
1. Not coming
xiv. 1255 passed house yesterday and heading to the senate. Amendments related
to narrowing what “anti-growth” means. Most concerns about this bill have
gone away with the amendments.
3. CC4CA (20 min)
a. 2023 Policy Statement review and adoption
b. June 8th or 9th retreat where policy statement officially adopted. Then will direct CC4CA
on types of bills to support over the next two years.
c. Can choose to take formal action as LRC, and if LRC approves, Tricia and Lindsay can
bring back to CC4CA.
d. Are there any this group would want to look at specifically?
i. Very much aligned with Fort Collins LPA.
ii. Land use statement causing challenges in the coalition.
e. Mayor Arndt shared appreciation and support.
f. Tricia applauded CC4CA for their work and collaboration.
g. Mayor moved to adopt policy positions of CC4CA. Susan seconded.
i. Passes 3-0.
4. Other Business and Announcements (10 min)
a. Other
b. Weekly memo updates for these last few weeks.
c. Last meeting after the end of session on Tuesday, May 23rd.
d. Jenn and Ed are wondering if we want to take a position on 213. Committee remains at
monitor.
Minutes approved on May 23rd, 2023