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Legislative Review Committee Agenda
Meeting Notes
April 19, 2016, 4:00 p.m.
Commons Conference Room
Present: Gino Campana, Councilmember; Ross Cunniff, Councilmember; Ray Martinez,
Councilmember; Judy Schmidt, Senior Assistant City Attorney; Wendy Williams, Assistant City
Manager; Dan Weinheimer, Legislative Policy Manager
Absent: None
Guests: Kevin Jones, Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce; Dan Betts, Senator Cory
Gardner
The meeting came to order at 4:05 pm.
Councilmember Martinez moved approval of the April 5, 2016 minutes and Councilmember
Campana seconded. Minutes were adopted without amendment.
Dan reviewed bills from the General Assembly. He shared that to date nearly 720 bills have been
introduced. Dan informed the committee that no new bills have been added to the tracker, but
provided updates on several bills.
x Dan told LRC that HB16-1155 was passed out of both houses, and that we will send a
veto request letter to the governor.
x HB16-1420 - CO Healthcare Affordability & Sustainability Enterprise – and HB16-
1421 – Allocate Additional FY 2016-2017 General Fund Revenues – bills related to
the Hospital Provider Fee – passed the house, but are unlikely to advance in the Senate.
x HB16-1311 is changing Procedures When Orders Require Monetary Payments.
LRC had previously adopted a monitor position, but after receiving more comments from
staff regarding the negative impact this bill could have, LRC amended that position to an
oppose position.
x HB16-1319 that would Prohibit Coal Rolling in Diesel Vehicles. Dan shared that this
bill passed through the House with some opposition (on a 39-25 vote). Staff is working to
prepare the bill for hearing in Senate Transportation Committee. Senator Kefalas is
sponsoring the bill and Dan expressed that support in the Senate is uncertain.
x SB16-100 would be a County Road & Bridge Tax Reduction Requirement. Dan
informed LRC that the bill, which the City supported, was postponed indefinitely in the
House State Affairs Committee.
x Dan shared rumors that there should still be a couple more bills coming. Possible bills
ahead in the session include:
o A construction defects reform bill is now tied to an affordable housing package
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o A broadly titled marijuana bill is possible – staff is uncertain the goal of such a
proposal
o A bill to allow limited full-strength beer and wine sales in the grocery stores
o A highway transportation funding bill
Dan gave an update about the Colorado Community for Climate Action (CC4CA) a climate
action-focused consortium of communities of which the City is a founding member. He shared
that the coalition is now eight cities and counties and that they are in the process of hiring a
lobbyist. In the interim, CC4CA will start work on creating legislative proposals.
He shared that LRC will next meet April 26th, and that will be the last meeting during the session
as the 2016 session ends May 11. Future LRC meetings include May 31 and then a June 16
meeting to review the 2016 session with legislators.
LRC then discussed their planned trip to Washington, DC in September. Members express that
they would support a “divide and conquer” strategy where meetings would be tailored to the
interests of specific Councilmembers and not all participants would need to attend everything
together. The visit is scheduled September 14-16 and Dan will begin working on a tentative
agenda.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:42 pm.