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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Legislative Review Committee - 03/22/2016 -City Managerಬs Office City Hall 300 LaPorte Ave. PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6505 970.224.6107 - fax fcgov.com Legislative Review Committee Agenda Meeting Notes March 22, 2016, 4:00 p.m. Lincoln Center, Canyon West, 417 W. Magnolia Present: Gino Campana, Councilmember; Ross Cunniff, Councilmember; Ray Martinez, Councilmember; Carrie Daggett, 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; Alicia Salz, Intern The meeting came to order at 4:02 pm. Councilmember Martinez moved approval of the February 16, 2016 minutes and Councilmember Cunniff seconded. Minutes were adopted without amendment. Dan reviewed bills from the General Assembly. He shared that to date nearly 620 bills have been introduced. x HB16-1001 is a proposal that would have the State Controller Certify Compliance with Equal Pay Laws. This bill was briefly discussed and LRC decided to keep their current monitor position. x HB16-1067 is a bill to extend the sunset of Regional Transportation Authority to have a Mill Levy. The bill would extend a sunset from2019 to 2029. LRC adopted a monitor position as more information is gathered. x HB16-1070 is a bill requiring Signature Verification in Municipal Mail Ballot Elections. Dan indicated the bill would impact statutory towns and that CML is in support of the changes. LRC kept a monitor position. x HB16-1114 would Repeal Duplicate Reporting Requirements. LRC decided this is a low priority for the city. LRC kept a monitor position. x HB16-1122 would allow the use of Remote Starter Systems. Dan shared that the city recommended position is to oppose due to City air quality goals. LRC also discussed the safety concerns tied with this bill. LRC kept a monitor position. x HB16-1231 pertains to Restricting the Use of Red Light Cameras. LRC discussed that this bill amends existing law on the use of red light cameras, and agreed that this legislation would be too great of a restriction on the cities use of red light cameras. LRC adopted an oppose position. 2 x HB16-1263 would enact a Racial Profiling Prohibition. Racial profiling by a peace officer, under current law, is already prohibited; this bill updates the previously used language. LRC kept a monitor position. x HB16-1264 would Ban Law Enforcement Use of Chokehold. Fort Collins Police Services has already banned the use of chokeholds by peace officers. The bill also has an exclusion allowing use of a chokehold in cases where officer life safety is a concern. LRC kept a monitor position. x HB16-1265 is endeavoring to Expunge Arrest Records Based on Mistaken Identity. This bill would require law enforcement agencies to file a petition to expunge the arrest record of a person who was arrested as a result of mistaken identity. LRC adopted an amend position. x HB16-1283 sets new Water Loss Audit Report Performance Standards. LRC determined that, while water audits are beneficial that local control concerns made this proposal unnecessary. Fort Collins Utilities can voluntarily create a more efficient and personalized audit for the community and so LRC adopted an oppose position. x HB16-1355 sets out to Affirm Local Government Siting Authority over Oil and Gas Facilities. LRC agreed that this bill would be helpful to the City for addressing locations of oil and gas facilities and in using local land use authority and adopted a support position. x SB16-003 would create Broadcast Burns Wildfire Risk Reduction Funding.Fort Collins staff highly recommended supporting this bill as it would be a tool to prevent wild fires and minimize the air quality impacts associated with big wildfires so LRC adopted a support position. x SB16-038 which would allow for the Transparency of Community-centered Boards. Dan restated that this would affect only Foothills Gateway within Larimer County. The intent of the bill is to foster greater transparency over the use of taxpayer funds. LRC kept a monitor position. x SB16-075 would allow DNA Collection Misdemeanor Vulnerable Persons. Bill seeks to collect DNA samples for certain additional offenses. LRC kept a monitor position until they received staff comments. x SB16-123 would mandate Free Access to High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes by eliminating the required use of switchable transponders in managed lanes. Staff recommended an oppose position due to the likely impact this proposal would have in funding future highway projects in the state like Interstates 25 and 70. LRC adopted an oppose position. x SB16-124 is proposing to make Machine Tools Sales Tax Exempt Recovered Materials.The bill seeks to foster the recycling industry by making tax exempt certain machinery required to sort and process materials. LRC discussed that the impact this would have is unclear and LRC adopted a monitor position until they receive staff comments. x SB16-144 is a bill regarding CCW Permits for Military Personnel. Dan shared that staff was against this bill for many reasons; the main one being that this bill would lower the permitted age for concealed weapon permitting from 21 to 18 and include automatic qualification for a permit for active duty military personnel and honorably discharged former military. LRC adopted an oppose position. 3 LRC briefly discussed the National League of Cities, Congressional Conference in Washington DC that occurred in March 6-9. x Meetings focused on fixing I-25, and gathering information regarding FASTER and other federal transportation grants. x The group got to meet with Senator Cory Gardner about I-25 and other transportation priorities. City leaders also met with staff from Senator Bennet and Congressman Polis’ offices on transportation and other federal priorities. x They also had a meeting with staff from the City of DC’s Departments of Energy and Environment (DOEE) and Public Works (DPW) regarding their solid waste work to date and bag fee program. The meeting was adjourned at 4:55 pm.