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Fort Collins City Council Agenda
Regular Meeting
6:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 18, 2024
City Council Chambers at City Hall, 300 Laporte Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521
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City Council
Regular Meeting Agenda
June 18, 2024 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
Melanie Potyondy, District 4
Kelly Ohlson, District 5
City Council Chambers
300 Laporte Avenue, Fort Collins
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Carrie Daggett Kelly DiMartino Heather Walls
City Attorney City Manager Interim City Clerk
PROCLAMATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
5:00 PM
A) PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
PP 1. Declaring June 17 through 23, 2024, as National Pollinator Week.
REGULAR MEETING
6:00 PM
B) CALL MEETING TO ORDER
C) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
D) ROLL CALL
E) CITY MANAGER'S AGENDA REVIEW
• City Manager Review of Agenda
• Consent Calendar Review, including removal of items from Consent Calendar for individual
discussion.
F) COMMUNITY REPORTS - None.
G) PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY TOPICS OR ITEMS OR COMMUNITY EVENTS
(Including requests for removal of items from Consent Calendar for individual discussion.)
Individuals may comment regarding any topics of concern, whether or not included on this agenda.
Comments regarding land use projects for which a development application has been filed should be
submitted in the development review process** and not to Council.
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www.fcgov.com/council-meeting-participation-signup/
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• A timer will beep one time and turn yellow to indicate that 30 seconds of speaking time remain and
will beep again and turn red when a speaker’s time has ended.
[**For questions about the development review process or the status of any particular development,
consult the City's Development Review Center page at https://www.fcgov.com/developmentreview, or
contact the Development Review Center at 970.221.6760.]
H) PUBLIC COMMENT FOLLOW-UP
I) COUNCILMEMBER REMOVAL OF ITEMS FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION
CONSENT CALENDAR
The Consent Calendar is intended to allow Council to spend its time and energy on the important
items on a lengthy agenda. Staff recommends approval of the Consent Calendar. Agenda items pulled
from the Consent Calendar by either Council or the City Manager will be considered separately under
their own Section, titled “Consideration of Items Removed from Consent Calendar for Individual
Discussion.” Items remaining on the Consent Calendar will be approved by Council with one vote. The
Consent Calendar consists of:
• Ordinances on First Reading that are routine;
• Ordinances on Second Reading that are routine;
• Those of no perceived controversy;
• Routine administrative actions.
1. Consideration and Approval of the Minutes of the May 21, 2024 and June 4, 2024 Regular
Meetings.
The purpose of this item is to approve the minutes of the May 21, 2024 and June 4, 2024 regular
meetings.
2. Items Relating to the Appropriation of Federal Funds in the Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) Program Funds.
A. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 074, 2024, Making Supplemental Appropriations in the
Community Development Block Grant Fund.
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B. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 075, 2024, Making Supplemental Appropriations in the
HOME Investments Partnerships Grant Fund.
These Ordinances, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 4, 2024, appropriate the City's
FY2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement Grant and FY2024 Home
Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Participating Jurisdiction Grant from the Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and CDBG program income from FY2022 and
FY2023 and HOME Program Income from FY2022 and FY2023.
3. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 076, 2024, Making Supplemental Appropriation for the
Charter Review Council Priority from General Fund Reserves.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 4, 2024, appropriates funds to
allow work to begin on the City Charter review process included in the Council-adopted Council
priorities. The amount appropriated, $25,000, will be used to fund special legal counsel with
municipal charter expertise to take the lead on the review and drafting of Charter provisions to
update and modernize the City Charter.
4. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 077, 2024, Appropriating Philanthropic Revenue
Received Through City Give for the Cultural Community Program Through Cultural
Services.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 4, 2024, requests an
appropriation of $30,000 in philanthropic revenue received through City Give for Cultural
Community Program, a department within the City’s Cultural Services area, for live music as
designated by the grant award.
In 2019, the City of Fort Collins launched City Give, a formalized enterprise-wide initiative to create
a transparent, non-partisan governance structure for accepting and appropriating charitable gifts.
5. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 078, 2024, Appropriating Prior Year Philanthropic
Revenue Reserves Received by City Give for the 9/11 Memorial at Spring Park.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 4, 2024, requests an
appropriation of $12,500 in philanthropic revenue received by City Give for the construction of the
9/11 Memorial at Spring Park, 2100 Mathews Steet, Fort Collins, CO.
A partnership between the City of Fort Collins and Poudre Fire Authority (PFA), the 9/11 Memorial
will be located in midtown Fort Collins, and will honor firefighters, emergency medical technicians,
law enforcement officers, and nearly 3,000 others who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.
6. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 079, 2024, Making a Supplemental Appropriation and
Authorizing Transfer of Appropriations for The Gardens on Spring Creek Internship
Program.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 4, 2024, supports The Gardens
on Spring Creek internship program by:
● Appropriating $4,200 of unanticipated grant revenue awarded by the Colorado Department of
Agriculture (CDA)) and
● Utilizing matching funds in the amount of $4,200 from existing 2024 appropriations into to this
new grant project.
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In May 2024 the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) awarded the City of Fort Collins (City)
$4,200 under the CDA’s Agricultural Workforce Development Grant Program (Attachment 2). The
City will be providing an additional $4,200 in required matching funds. The award funds and City’s
matching funds will support hiring an intern for The Gardens’ summer 2024 internship program.
The $4,200 in funds through the CDA’s Agricultural Workforce Development Grant Program are
federal pass-through funds.
As presented per Attachment 2, the $4,200 is provided pursuant to a State of Colorado Purchase
Order, with corresponding terms and conditions. There is no requirement that the City sign an
agreement. Rather upon the City submitting the first request for reimbursement to CDA, the City
agrees to all terms and conditions of the award.
7. First Reading of Ordinance No. 080, 2024, Amending Ordinance No. 107, 2023, and
Appropriating Prior Year Reserves Designated for Fire Services in the Fire Protection
Capital Expansion Fund for Payment to the Poudre Fire Authority to be Used to Pay for a
New Headquarters Building.
The purpose of this item is to appropriate and reappropriate funds from the Fire Protection Capital
Expansion Fund and transfer funds to Poudre Fire Authority (PFA) for purchase of a new
Headquarters Building.
8. Public Hearing and Resolution 2024-077 Approving the Programs and Projects that will
Receive Funds from the Federal Community Development Block Grant Program, the HOME
Investment Partnerships Program, the City’s Affordable Housing Fund, and the City’s
Human Services Program.
The purpose of this item is to approve funding recommendations of the 2024 Spring Cycle of the
Competitive Process. This Resolution will complete the 2024 Spring Cycle of the Competitive
Process for allocating $3,772,510 in City financial resources to affordable housing and public
facility projects, human service programs, and administration of the programs.
9. Resolution 2024-078 Approving the Appointment of Delynn Coldiron as City Clerk Effective
June 24, 2024.
The purpose of this item is to approve the appointment of Delynn Coldiron as City Clerk.
10. Resolution 2024-079 Adopting Findings of Fact in Support of the City Council’s Decision
to Overturn on Appeal the Historic Preservation Commission Determination that 2601
South College Avenue is Eligible for Fort Collins Landmark Designation.
The purpose of this item is to make findings of fact and conclusions regarding Council’s decision
at the June 4, 2024, appeal hearing about the historic landmark eligibility of 2601 South College
Avenue (the "Property”) that the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC “Commission”) failed to
properly interpret and apply City Code Section 14-22 and thereby overturned the HPC’s April 17,
2024, determination that the Property was eligible for designation as a Fort Collins Landmark.
11. Resolution 2024-080 Making Appointments to the Downtown Development Authority
Board.
The purpose of this item is to fill vacancies that will exist as of June 30, 2024.
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
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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 - None.
M) COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS
N) CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR INDIVI DUAL
DISCUSSION
O) CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS PLANNED FOR DISCUSSION
The method of debate for discussion items is as follows:
• Mayor introduced the item number and subject; asks if formal presentation will be made by staff
• Staff presentation (optional)
• Mayor requests public comment on the item (three minute limit for each person)
• Council questions of staff on the item
• Council motion on the item
• Council discussion
• Final Council comments
• Council vote on the item
Note: Time limits for individual agenda items may be revised, at the discretion of the Mayor, to ensure
all have an opportunity to speak. The timer will buzz when there are 30 seconds left and the light will
turn yellow. It will buzz again at the end of the speaker’s time.
12. Items Relating to Residential Occupancy Ordinance.
A. First Reading of Ordinance No. 081, 2024, Amending the Land Use Code of the City of Fort
Collins to Remove Residential Occupancy Limitations.
B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 082, 2024, Amending the Code of the City of Fort Collins to
Conform with the Removal of Residential Occupancy Limitations from the Land Use Code.
The purpose of this item is to consider adoption of changes to the City’s Land Used Code and
Municipal Code to comply with House Bill 24-1007, which prohibits residential occupancy limits
based on familial relationship.
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.)
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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
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.
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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, pollinator species such as birds, insects, and bats are the first step in plant
reproduction and more than 70% of flowering plants are dependent on pollination to create seeds
and fruit; and
WHEREAS, pollinator habitats are shrinking or at risk due to environmental pollution and
climate change; and
WHEREAS, Colorado has over 900 species of bees that pollinate 80% of the crops in the
state along with approximately 250 butterfly species and 11 types of hummingbirds that migrate
through; and
WHEREAS, pollinator species provide significant environmental benefits that are
necessary for maintaining healthy, biodiverse ecosystems; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins has managed wildlife habitats and public lands for
decades and values and encourages the maintenance and creation of pollinator habitat through
stewardship practices, education, and resident incentive programs, including the creation of the
City of Fort Collins Design Guide; and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Emily Francis, Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Fort Collins, do
hereby proclaim June 17 through 23, 2024, as
NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 18th day of June, 2024.
___________________________________
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
___________________________________
Interim City Clerk
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
City Council
STAFF
Heather Walls, Interim City Clerk
SUBJECT
Consideration and Approval of the Minutes of the May 21, 2024 and June 4, 2024 Regular Meetings.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to approve the minutes of the May 21, 2024 and June 4, 2024 regular meetings.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of the minutes.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Draft Minutes, May 21, 2024
2. Draft Minutes, June 4, 2024
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COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
Council-Manager Form of Government
Regular Meeting – 6:00 PM
PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
5:00 PM
A) PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
PP 1. Declaring May 19 through 25, 2024 as Emergency Medical Services Week.
PP 2. Declaring May 19 through 25, 2024 as Flood Awareness Week.
PP 3. Declaring June 2024 as Bike Month.
Mayor Jeni Arndt presented the above proclamations at 5:00 p.m.
REGULAR MEETING
6:00 PM
B) CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Mayor Jeni Arndt called the regular meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at 300
Laporte Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado, with hybrid participation available via the City’s Zoom
platform.
C) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Jeni Arndt led the Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag.
D) ROLL CALL
PRESENT
Mayor Jeni Arndt
Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis
Councilmember Susan Gutowsky
Councilmember Melanie Potyondy
Councilmember Kelly Ohlson
ABSENT
Councilmember Tricia Canonico (Excused)
Councilmember Julie Pignataro (Excused)
STAFF PRESENT
City Manager Kelly DiMartino
City Attorney Carrie Daggett
Interim City Clerk Heather Walls
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E) CITY MANAGER'S AGENDA REVIEW
City Manager Kelly DiMartino provided an overview of the agenda, including:
All items on the consent agenda were recommended for approval with no changes.
The items on the discussion agenda were reviewed.
Councilmember Canonico is at the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Local Government
Advisory Committee meeting.
Councilmember Pignataro’s flight was rerouted due to weather conditions.
F) COMMUNITY REPORTS
None.
G) PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY TOPICS OR ITEMS OR COMMUNITY EVENTS
(Including requests for removal of items from Consent Calendar for individual discussion.)
Roxanne Griffin requested Council enact an ordinance to ban single-use plastic bottles in City
buildings or at events that require a City permit.
Maureen McCarthy, FOCO Trash Mob, discussed the organization’s work to reduce single-use
plastics (SUPs).
Psyche Spangler discussed the benefits of reducing single-use plastic water bottles.
Nicole Sizemore spoke as a parent and community member in Laporte and thanked Council for its
participation in the Poudre School District school consolidation conversation which resulted in the end
of consolidation plans. Sizemore thanked Erica Daniel for engaging John Kefalas in the conversation.
August-Carter Nelson spoke in support of a ceasefire resolution and peaceful protests.
Renga Subramanyam, FOCO Trash Mob, commented on the negative health impacts of SUPS and
supported the adoption of an ordinance to ban single-use plastic water bottles.
Shirley White spoke in support of the reduction of single-use plastic bottles and stated the City should
take the lead.
Alex Scott spoke in support of a Gaza ceasefire resolution.
Bill King questioned when Council will address development review public engagement concerns.
Madeleine Grigg spoke in support of a Gaza ceasefire resolution.
Paul Herman opposed Council adoption of a Gaza ceasefire resolution.
Kim Miller, FOCO Trash Mob, spoke in support of banning SUPs.
Margit Hentschel discussed the failure of the community solar field and questioned why the repairs
are taking so long.
Charlie Meserlian discussed the Mason Street ODP appeal and urged Council to consider equity and
inclusion.
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Julie Rowan Zoch requested the natural gas user fee not be imposed and opposed appropriating
funds to Police Services from the Click it or Ticket program. Zoch also spoke in support of a Gaza
ceasefire resolution.
H) PUBLIC COMMENT FOLLOW-UP
Mayor Pro Tem Francis requested a follow up memo on single-use plastic bans in other Colorado
cities. City Manager DiMartino replied in the affirmative.
Mayor Pro Tem Francis noted the appeal mentioned related to whether the Planning and Zoning
Commission conducted a fair hearing and correctly applied the Land Use Code.
Councilmember Potyondy concurred with the request for a follow up memo on single-use plastics and
requested clarification regarding the development review process as related to affordable housing per
Bill King’s comments. Deputy City Manager Tyler Marr replied the recently adopted Land Use Code
did not include most of the streamlined development review process for housing; however, affordable
housing projects are eligible for the proposition 123 funds.
Councilmember Ohlson expressed support for the City banning single-use water bottles and
requested a follow up memo on the status of the community solar field and questioned why Utilities
reserve funds are not available to cover repair costs. City Manager DiMartino suggested a staff report
could be prepared to answer questions on the issue.
Councilmember Potyondy acknowledged those who spoke to issues in the Middle East and
commended the investment of community members in advocating for topics of concern.
I) COUNCILMEMBER REMOVAL OF ITEMS FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION
Councilmember Ohlson withdrew item Nos. 1, Second Reading of Ordinance No. 058, 2024, Making
Supplemental Appropriation of the 2050 Tax for Various Programs and Services Related to Parks,
Recreation, Transit and Our Climate Future, and 17, Resolution 2024-070 Authorizing the Execution
of an Amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement for Solid Waste Programming and
Infrastructure Improvements, from the Consent Calendar stating he would be voting against both
items.
J) CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 058, 2024, Making Supplemental Appropriation of the
2050 Tax for Various Programs and Services Related to Parks, Recreation, Transit and Our
Climate Future.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 7, 2024, appropriates the 2024
funding of the new 2050 Tax. In November 2023, Fort Collins voters approved this 0.5% Sales
and Use Tax increase, which is dedicated to the areas of Parks, Recreation, Transit and Climate.
This tax begins in 2024 and expires at the end of 2050.
Pulled from consent for discussion.
2. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 059, 2024, Making a Supplemental Appropriation from
the Local Planning Capacity Grant for the Affordable Housing and Planning Development
Process Improvement Project and Approving a Related Grant Agreement.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 7, 2024, appropriates awarded
funds from the Proposition 123 Local Planning Capacity (LPC) Grant, administered by the State
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Department of Local Affairs (DOLA). This $200,000 grant to the City will support a 12- to 18-month
process improvement project intended to reduce development review timelines for affordable
housing developments to meet Proposition 123’s 90-day “fast track” approval requirements.
Adopted on Second Reading.
3. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 060, 2024, Appropriating Philanthropic Revenue
Received Through City Give for Environmental Services Curbside Recycling.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 7, 2024, appropriates an award
of approximately $664,000 to defray the cost of new recycling carts being purchased for the City’s
Residential Contracted Trash and Recycling Program and to support recycling outreach and
education for the community.
Adopted on Second Reading.
4. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 061, 2024, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves and
Unanticipated Philanthropic Revenue Received Through City Give for Various Programs
and Services as Designated by the Donors.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 7, 2024, requests appropriation
of $58,235 in philanthropic revenue received through City Give. These miscellaneous gifts to
various City departments support a variety of programs and services and are aligned with both
the City’s strategic priorities and the respective donors’ designation.
In 2019, City Give, a formalized enterprise-wide initiative was launched to create a transparent,
non-partisan governance structure for the acceptance and appropriations of charitable gifts.
Adopted on Second Reading.
5. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 062, 2024, Appropriating Philanthropic Revenue
Received Through City Give for the Art in Public Places Program, Pianos About Town
Project.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 7, 2024, considers an
appropriation of $47,115 in philanthropic revenue received through City Give for the Art in Public
Places program for the designated purpose of Pianos About Town, a collaborative effort among
the City of Fort Collins Art in Public Places program, the Fort Collins Downtown Development
Authority, and the donor, Bohemian Foundation.
Adopted on Second Reading.
6. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 063, 2024, Making a Supplemental Appropriation from
the Colorado Department of Local Affairs Gray and Black-Market Marijuana Enforcement
Grant Program for the Fort Collins Police Services Marijuana Enforcement Program.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 7, 2024, supports Fort Collins
Police Services’ Marijuana Enforcement Program in investigating gray and black-market
marijuana cases by appropriating $39,641 of unanticipated grant revenue from the Colorado
Department of Local Affairs (DOLA), Gray and Black-Market Marijuana Enforcement.
Adopted on Second Reading.
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7. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 064, 2024, Making Supplemental Appropriations of Prior
Year Reserves and Grant Revenue from the Colorado Department of Transportation and
Authorizing Transfers for the College Avenue-Trilby Road Intersection Improvements
Project.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 7, 2024, enables the City to
receive and expend Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) funds for the College
Avenue-Trilby Road Intersection Improvements Project (Project). The funds will be used for
construction of improvements at the intersection of South College Avenue and Trilby Road. If
approved, this item will 1) appropriate $361,361 of Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ)
Improvement Program grant funds for the Project; 2) appropriate $1,870,000 of Highway
Improvement Program (HIP) grant funds; 3) appropriate $5,272,260 of Surface Transportation
Block Grant (STBG) Program funds; 4) appropriate $2,000,000 of Funding Advancements for
Surface Transportation and Economic Recovery (FASTER) Act grant funds; 5) use $14,800 from
development contributions to construction as part of the local match; 6) appropriate as part of the
local match contribution $1,300 from the Transportation Capital Expansion Fee (TCEF) Reserves;
7) appropriate $113 (0.7% of the local match amount) from TCEF Reserves to the Art in Public
Places Program; and 8) appropriate $48 (0.3% of the local match amount) for maintenance of art
from Transportation Fund Reserves to the Art in Public Places Program.
Adopted on Second Reading.
8. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 065, 2024, Authorizing the Conveyance of a Permanent
Non-Exclusive Sewer Easement on Property Jointly Owned by the City of Fort Collins and
the City of Loveland at the Northern Colorado Regional Airport.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 7, 2024, authorizes a conveyance
of an easement to the Sanitation District to allow for a sewer service line for the terminal. The
easement is over a portion of the Northern Colorado Regional Airport property, which is owned
jointly by the City of Fort Collins and the City of Loveland.
Adopted on Second Reading.
9. First Reading of Ordinance No. 066, 2024, Making a Supplemental Appropriation and
Appropriating Prior Year Reserves to Develop a Digital Accessibility Roadmap.
The purpose of this item is to request an appropriation of $150,000 in General Funds in order to
work with a consultant to develop a comprehensive and actionable Digital Accessibility Roadmap.
The purpose of this roadmap is to provide a strategy for compliance with both Colorado and
federal laws and regulations pertaining to digital accessibility requirements, including both the
Americans with Disabilities Act and Colorado House Bill 21-1110.
Adopted on First Reading.
10. First Reading of Ordinance No. 067, 2024, Making a Supplemental Appropriation from the
Colorado Department of Transportation Colorado Highway Safety Office Click It or Ticket
Grant for the Fort Collins Police Services Traffic Enforcement Unit.
The purpose of this item is to appropriate $16,529 of unanticipated federal grant revenue from
the Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado Highway Safety Office (HSO), to support
Fort Collins Police Services’ Traffic Enforcement Unit work toward traffic safety and reducing
serious injuries and fatal crashes through the enforcement of traffic laws and specifically those
related to driver and passenger restraint system use.
Adopted on First Reading.
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11. First Reading of Ordinance No. 068, 2024, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the
Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Fund for Eligible Reimbursement to the Waters
Edge Second Filing Developer for Construction of Turnberry Road, Brightwater Drive, and
Morningstar Way Improvements.
The purpose of this item is to appropriate $612,027 of Transportation Capital Expansion Fee
(TCEF) Funds for expenditure from the Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Program Budget
to reimburse the Waters Edge Second Filing developer, Waters Edge Development Inc.
(Developer), for its oversizing construction of Turnberry Road, Brightwater Drive, and Morningstar
Way. As part of the development plans and development agreement for Waters Edge Second
Filing and permitted for construction under the Waters Edge Third Filing Development
Construction Permit, the Developer has constructed to City standards Turnberry Road as a two -
lane arterial, and Brightwater Drive and Morningstar Way as collectors as part of its development
requirements. Per Section 24-112 of the City Code, the Developer is eligible for reimbursement
from TCEF funds for the oversized, non-local portion of Turnberry Road, Brightwater Drive, and
Morningstar Way not attributed to the local portion obligation.
Adopted on First Reading.
12. First Reading of Ordinance No. 069, 2024, Making a Supplemental Appropriation from the
Colorado Department of Early Childhood in Support of Licensed City Childcare Programs.
The purpose of this item is to support licensed City childcare programs by appropriating $21,069
of unanticipated grant revenue awarded by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC).
Through the CDEC’s Childcare Stabilization Grants program the City was awarded $21,069 in
federal pass-through funds to provide enhancements in licensed City Childcare programs.
Adopted on First Reading.
13. First Reading of Ordinance No. 070, 2024, Correcting Ordinance No. 003, 2024, Authorizing
Transfers and Reappropriating Funds Previously Approved for the Utilities’ Grid Flexibility
Programs.
The purpose of this item is to appropriate $200,000 of prior year reserves in the Light and Power
Fund to support Ordinance No. 003, 2024, which authorized transfers and reappropriation of
funds previously appropriated for the Utilities’ Grid Flexibility Programs. The ordinance, as
adopted, omitted the need for $200,000 of prior year reserves to fully fund the requested
appropriation, since those funds had technically lapsed at the end of fiscal year 2023.
Adopted on First Reading.
14. First Reading of Ordinance No. 071, 2024, Approving the First Amendment to the Hangar
Ground Lease Agreement with IC Loveland, LLC, for the Aero FNL Hangar Development at
the Northern Colorado Regional Airport.
The purpose of this item is to request City Council approval of an amendment to an existing
hangar ground lease between the City of Fort Collins, the City of Loveland, and IC Loveland, LLC,
to allow for subleasing and fractional ownership of multi-unit aircraft hangar buildings.
Adopted on First Reading.
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15. Items Relating to the I-25 & Mulberry Annexation.
A. Resolution 2024-069 Setting Forth Findings of Fact and Determinations Regarding the I-25 &
Mulberry Annexation.
B. Public Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance No. 072, 2024, Annexing the Property Known
as the I-25 & Mulberry Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado.
The purpose of this item is to annex a 46.92-acre property located at the NE Corner of the I-25 and
East Mulberry interchange. A specific project development plan proposal is not included with the
annexation application. The Initiating Resolution was adopted on April 16, 2024. A related item to
zone 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.
Resolution 2024-069 Adopted.
Ordinance No. 072, 2024, Adopted on First Reading.
16. Public Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance No. 073, 2024, Amending the Zoning Map
of the City of Fort Collins and Classifying for Zoning Purposes the Property Included in
the I-25 & Mulberry Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, and Approving
Corresponding Changes to the Residential Neighborhood Sign District Map and Lighting
Context Area Map.
The purpose of this item is to zone the property included in the I-25 & Mulberry Annexation into
the Industrial (I), and General Commercial (CG) zone districts and place the property into the LC2
Lighting Context Area and Non-residential Sign District.
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.
Hearing held. Adopted on First Reading.
17. Resolution 2024-070 Authorizing the Execution of an Amendment to the Intergovernmental
Agreement for Solid Waste Programming and Infrastructure Improvements.
The purpose of this item is to make an amendment to the 2019 Intergovernmental Agreement for
Solid Waste Programming and Infrastructure Improvements (the “IGA”) to place the agreement
into abeyance until the parties agree on further amendments to address the changed
circumstances and updated timelines. The new amended agreement will supersede the existing
one.
Pulled from consent for discussion.
18. Resolution 2024-071 Adopting Findings of Fact in Support of the City Council’s Decision
on Appeal to Uphold the Planning and Zoning Commission Approval of the Mason Street
Infrastructure Overall Development Plan ODP230001.
The purpose of this item is to make findings of fact and conclusions regarding Council’s decision
at the May 7, 2024, Mason Street Infrastructure Overall Development Plan appeal hearing that
the Planning and Zoning Commission held a fair hearing and dismissing the failure to properly
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interpret and apply allegations and thereby upholding the Planning and Zoning Commissions’
approval of the Mason Street Infrastructure Overall Development Plan.
Adopted.
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
Mayor Pro Tem Francis moved, seconded by Councilmember Potyondy, to approve the
recommended actions on items 1-18, minus items 1 and 17, on the consent calendar.
The motion carried 5-0.
Ayes: Mayor Arndt, Mayor Pro Tem Francis, Councilmembers Gutowsky, Potyondy, and
Ohlson
Nays: None.
Absent: Councilmembers Canonico and Pignataro
K) CONSENT CALENDAR FOLLOW-UP (This is an opportunity for Councilmembers to comment on
items adopted or approved on the Consent Calendar.)
None.
L) STAFF REPORTS
None.
M) COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS
Mayor Arndt reported on presenting at the CoMotion conference about the future of transportation.
Councilmember Potyondy reported on attending the Beattie Elementary School annual bike parade,
a dedication of a LEED gold certified parks facility, and the City Works 101 graduation.
N) CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR INDIVIDUAL
DISCUSSION
1. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 058, 2024, Making Supplemental Appropriation of the
2050 Tax for Various Programs and Services Related to Parks, Recreation, Transit and Our
Climate Future.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 7, 2024, appropriates the 2024
funding of the new 2050 Tax. In November 2023, Fort Collins voters approved this 0.5% Sales
and Use Tax increase, which is dedicated to the areas of Parks, Recreation, Transit and Climate.
This tax begins in 2024 and expires at the end of 2050.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
COUNCIL COMMENT
Councilmember Ohlson expressed frustration about the City’s commitment to climate action. He
questioned why 2024 dollars were left unspent and suggested those funds could have been used
to expand the energy assistance program or for additional solar installations on City buildings. He
questioned why community experts were not involved and why Denver and Los Angeles Water
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and Power were not consulted. He questioned the use of the tax funds for converting lights in
recreation and parks facilities to night sky friendly fixtures. He stated it is unlikely the 2026 and
2030 climate goals will be reached.
Travis Storin, Chief Financial Officer, stated the 2024 proposals are largely based on shovel
readiness and empirically tested programming that can be activated. He stated the forthcoming
funding will be able to utilize more criteria-driven recommendations, engagement, and learning
from other communities.
Jacob Castillo, Chief Sustainability Director, stated all projects surfaced through staff and were
informed by community engagement on multiple fronts and focused on human centeredness and
equity focus of Our Climate Future. He noted staff are looking at projects that could be
implemented over the next six months for the 2024 dollars. Additionally, he stated staff is looking
at other communities for best practices and more long-term investments and proposals will be
forthcoming in the 2025-2026 budgeting for outcomes process.
Mayor Pro Tem Francis stated she is comfortable with the current situation and noted the Council
Finance Committee was supportive. She supported using Our Climate Future as a base point and
acknowledged the complexity of getting a grant program off the ground.
Councilmember Ohlson asked if these tax dollars are adding staff members to increase the
capacity for quickly managing more projects. Castillo replied there are budget offers for 2025-
2026 for additional personnel and stated there are several staff members across the organization
working on the climate crisis.
Councilmember Gutowsky stated the tax dollar expenditures can benefit each other and she
urged the use of funds to not be in silos.
Mayor Arndt expressed support for the item.
Mayor Pro Tem Francis moved, seconded by Councilmember Potyondy, to adopt
Ordinance No. 058, 2024, on Second Reading.
The motion carried 4-1.
Ayes: Mayor Arndt, Mayor Pro Tem Francis, Councilmembers Gutowsky, and Potyondy
Nays: Councilmember Ohlson.
Absent: Councilmembers Pignataro and Canonico.
17. Resolution 2024-070 Authorizing the Execution of an Amendment to the Intergovernmental
Agreement for Solid Waste Programming and Infrastructure Improvements.
The purpose of this item is to make an amendment to the 2019 Intergovernmental Agreement for
Solid Waste Programming and Infrastructure Improvements (the “IGA”) to place the agreement
into abeyance until the parties agree on further amendments to address the changed
circumstances and updated timelines. The new amended agreement will supersede the existing
one.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
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COUNCIL COMMENT
Councilmember Ohlson asked about flow control and whether this agreement lays the
groundwork to act on flow control.
Jacob Castillo, Chief Sustainability Director, replied flow control dictates specific waste streams
going to certain facilities and stated the current agreement does not allow the City to enable flow
control.
Councilmember Ohlson expressed support for the public landfill being controlled by the County
but opposed the proposed solutions.
Castillo commented on the top priority projects that were identified in the Solid Waste
Infrastructure Master Plan and noted the City is moving forward with exploring construction and
demolition and food scraps composting infrastructure. Additionally, he noted the County has
pursued a grant for construction and demolition infrastructure and is open to a food scrap
composting pilot program.
Councilmember Potyondy supported additional exploration of waste to energy.
Mayor Pro Tem Francis expressed support for the resolution.
Mayor Arndt concurred and stated it would be valuable to have an agreement in place that better
aligns with the City’s goals.
Councilmember Ohlson stated he understands why Council would support both of these items.
Mayor Pro Tem Francis moved, seconded by Councilmember Gutowsky, to adopt
Resolution 2024-070.
The motion carried 4-1.
Ayes: Mayor Arndt, Mayor Pro Tem Francis, Councilmembers Gutowsky, and Potyondy
Nays: Councilmember Ohlson.
Absent: Councilmembers Pignataro and Canonico.
O) CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS PLANNED FOR DISCUSSION
None.
P) OTHER BUSINESS
OB 1. Possible consideration of the initiation of new ordinances and/or resolutions by
Councilmembers.
None.
OB 2. Consideration of a motion to adjourn this meeting until after the completion of the
Electric Utility Enterprise Board business:
"I move that Council adjourn this meeting until after the completion of the Electric Utility
Enterprise Board business."
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Mayor Pro Tem Francis moved, seconded by Councilmember Ohlson, that Council
adjourn this meeting until after the completion of the Electric Utility Enterprise Board
business.
The motion carried 5-0.
Ayes: Mayor Arndt, Mayor Pro Tem Francis, Councilmembers Gutowsky, Potyondy,
and Ohlson.
Nays: None.
Absent: Councilmembers Pignataro, and Canonico.
(**Clerks Note: The regular Council meeting adjourned at 7:26 p.m. to conduct the business of the
Electric Utility Enterprise board. The regular Council meeting reconvened at 7:30 p.m.)
OB 3. Consideration of a motion to go into Executive Session for Mid-Year Reviews of Chief
Judge, City Manager, and City Attorney:
Chief Judge 60 minutes
City Manager 60 minutes
City Attorney 60 minutes
Note: Times are approximate with breaks, as necessary.
“I move that the City Council go into executive session, as permitted under Article Two,
Section Eleven of the City Charter, Section 2-31(a)(1) of the City Code and Colorado Revised
Statutes Section 24-6-402(4)(f)(roman numeral one), for the purpose of conducting mid-year
performance reviews of the Chief Judge, City Attorney and City Manager.”
Mayor Pro Tem Francis moved, seconded by Councilmember Potyondy, that the City
Council go into executive session, as permitted under Article Two, Section Eleven of
the City Charter, Section 2-31(a)(1) of the City Code and Colorado Revised Statutes
Section 24-6-402(4)(f)(roman numeral one), for the purpose of conducting mid-year
performance reviews of the Chief Judge, City Manager and City Attorney.
COUNCILMEMBER COMMENT
Councilmember Potyondy recused herself from the discussion involving the City Attorney because
her husband is an employee of the City Attorney’s Office.
The motion carried 4-0.
Ayes: Mayor Arndt, Mayor Pro Tem Francis, Councilmembers Gutowsky, and Ohlson.
Nays: None.
Absent: Councilmembers Pignataro, and Canonico.
(**Clerk’s Note: Councilmember Potyondy did not vote however her recusal was not required for
the vote on the motion for executive session.)
The meeting recessed at 7:32 p.m. and reconvened at 7:45 p.m. in the Council Conference Room.
Present at this executive session were:
Mayor Jeni Arndt
Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis
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Councilmember Susan Gutowsky
Councilmember Kelly Ohlson
Councilmember Melanie Potyondy
Chief Judge Jill Hueser entered the executive session at 7:45 p.m. and left at 8:13 p.m. City
Manager Kelly DiMartino entered at 8:15 p.m. At 8:20 p.m., City Attorney Carrie Daggett entered.
Councilmember Potyondy left due to her recusal from the City Attorney’s evaluation because her
spouse is employed by the City Attorney’s office.
The executive session concluded at 9:20 p.m. and Council returned to the open meeting in
Council Chambers.
Q) ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 9:24 p.m.
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Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
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Interim City Clerk
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June 4, 2024
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
Council-Manager Form of Government
Regular Meeting – 6:00 PM
PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
5:00 PM
A) PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
PP 1. Declaring June 2024 as LGBTQ+ Pride Month.
Mayor Jeni Arndt presented the above proclamations at 5:00 p.m.
REGULAR MEETING
6:00 PM
B) CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Mayor Jeni Arndt called the regular meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at 300
Laporte Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado, with hybrid participation available via the City’s Zoom
platform.
C) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Jeni Arndt led the Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag.
D) ROLL CALL
PRESENT
Mayor Jeni Arndt
Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis
Councilmember Susan Gutowsky
Councilmember Tricia Canonico
Councilmember Melanie Potyondy
Councilmember Kelly Ohlson
ABSENT
Councilmember Julie Pignataro (Excused/Remote)
STAFF PRESENT
City Manager Kelly DiMartino
City Attorney Carrie Daggett
Interim City Clerk Heather Walls
E) CITY MANAGER'S AGENDA REVIEW
City Manager Kelly DiMartino provided an overview of the agenda, including:
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Item #9, Second Reading of Ordinance No. 073, 2024, Amending the Zoning Map of the City of
Fort Collins and Classifying for Zoning Purposes the Property Included in the I -25 & Mulberry
Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, and Approving Corresponding Changes to the
Residential Neighborhood Sign District Map and Lighting Context Area Map, now includes the
Planning and Zoning Commission’s recommendation of approval.
All items on the consent agenda were recommended for approval with no changes.
The items on the discussion agenda were reviewed.
F) COMMUNITY REPORTS
None.
G) PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY TOPICS OR ITEMS OR COMMUNITY EVENTS
(Including requests for removal of items from Consent Calendar for individual discussion.)
August-Carter Nelson, speaking on his own behalf, urged Council to adopt a ceasefire resolution.
Adam Hirschhorn commented on propaganda and ensuring the safety of those living north of the
Poudre River.
Will Risheill stated the Hughes Stadium site should be returned to indigenous people.
Alex Scott urged Council to adopt a ceasefire resolution.
Kimberly Connor urged Council to adopt a ceasefire resolution.
JP Hurst commented on being involved in a minor bus accident and stated there was no choice but to
file legal action which was refused to be received by the City Attorney’s Office. Hurst also urged
Council to require City staff to register under DOLA.
Paul Herman opposed the adoption of a ceasefire resolution.
H) PUBLIC COMMENT FOLLOW-UP
Councilmember Potyondy thanked the speakers.
I) COUNCILMEMBER REMOVAL OF ITEMS FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION
Councilmember Ohlson withdrew Item #8, Second Reading of Ordinance No. 072, 2024, Annexing
the Property Known as the I-25 & Mulberry Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, and Item
#9, Second Reading of Ordinance No. 073, 2024, Amending the Zoning Map of the City of Fort Collins
and Classifying for Zoning Purposes the Property Included in the I -25 & Mulberry Annexation to the
City of Fort Collins, Colorado, and Approving Corresponding Changes to the Residential
Neighborhood Sign District Map and Lighting Context Area Map, from the Consent Calendar due to
concerns with metro district policies and concerns that the items should not have been on the Consent
Calendar.
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J) CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Consideration and Approval of the Minutes of the April 16, 2024, and May 7, 2024, Regular
Meetings.
The purpose of this item is to approve the minutes of the April 16, 2024, and May 7, 2024, regular
meetings.
Approved.
2. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 066, 2024, Making a Supplemental Appropriation and
Appropriating Prior Year Reserves to Develop a Digital Accessibility Roadmap.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 21, 2024, requests an
appropriation of $150,000 in General Funds in order to work with a consultant to develop a
comprehensive and actionable Digital Accessibility Roadmap. The purpose of this roadmap is to
provide a strategy for compliance with both Colorado and federal laws and regulations pertaining
to digital accessibility requirements, including both the Americans with Disabilities Act and
Colorado House Bill 21-1110.
Adopted on Second Reading.
3. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 067, 2024, Making a Supplemental Appropriation from
the Colorado Department of Transportation Colorado Highway Safety Office Click It or
Ticket Grant for the Fort Collins Police Services Traffic Enforcement Unit.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 21, 2024, appropriates $16,529
of unanticipated federal grant revenue from the Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado
Highway Safety Office (HSO), to support Fort Collins Police Services’ Traffic Enforcement Unit
work toward traffic safety and reducing serious injuries and fatal crashes through the enforcement
of traffic laws and specifically those related to driver and passenger restraint system use.
Adopted on Second Reading.
4. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 068, 2024, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the
Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Fund for Eligible Reimbursement to the Waters
Edge Second Filing Developer for Construction of Turnberry Road, Brightwater Drive, and
Morningstar Way Improvements.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 21, 2024, appropriates $612,027
of Transportation Capital Expansion Fee (TCEF) Funds for expenditure from the Transportation
Capital Expansion Fee Program Budget to reimburse the Waters Edge Second Filing developer,
Waters Edge Development Inc. (Developer), for its oversizing construction of Turnberry Road,
Brightwater Drive, and Morningstar Way. As part of the development plans and development
agreement for Waters Edge Second Filing and permitted for construction under the Waters Edge
Third Filing Development Construction Permit, the Developer has constructed to City standards
Turnberry Road as a two-lane arterial, and Brightwater Drive and Morningstar Way as collectors
as part of its development requirements. Per Section 24-112 of the City Code, the Developer is
eligible for reimbursement from TCEF funds for the oversized, non-local portion of Turnberry
Road, Brightwater Drive, and Morningstar Way not attributed to the local portion obligation.
Adopted on Second Reading.
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5. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 069, 2024, Making a Supplemental Appropriation from
the Colorado Department of Early Childhood in Support of Licensed City Childcare
Programs.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 21, 2024, supports licensed City
childcare programs by appropriating $21,069 of unanticipated grant revenue awarded by the
Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC).
Through the CDEC’s Childcare Stabilization Grants program the City was awarded $21,069 in
federal pass-through funds to provide enhancements in licensed City Childcare programs.
Adopted on Second Reading.
6. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 070, 2024, Correcting Ordinance No. 003, 2024,
Authorizing Transfers and Reappropriating Funds Previously Approved for the Utilities’
Grid Flexibility Programs.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 21, 2024, appropriates $200,000
of prior year reserves in the Light and Power Fund to support Ordinance No. 003, 2024, which
authorized transfers and reappropriation of funds previously appropriated for the Utilities’ Grid
Flexibility Programs. The ordinance, as adopted, omitted the need for $200,000 of prior year
reserves to fully fund the requested appropriation, since those funds had technically lapsed at the
end of fiscal year 2023.
Adopted on Second Reading.
7. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 071, 2024, Approving the First Amendment to the
Hangar Ground Lease Agreement with IC Loveland, LLC, for the Aero FNL Hangar
Development at the Northern Colorado Regional Airport.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 21, 2024, approves an
amendment to an existing hangar ground lease between the City of Fort Collins, the City of
Loveland, and IC Loveland, LLC, to allow for subleasing and fractional ownership of multi-unit
aircraft hangar buildings.
Adopted on Second Reading.
8. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 072, 2024, Annexing the Property Known as the I-25 &
Mulberry Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 21, 2024, annexes a 46.92-acre
property located at the NE Corner of the I-25 and East Mulberry interchange. A specific project
development plan proposal is not included with the annexation application. The Initiating
Resolution was adopted on April 16, 2024. A related item to zone 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.
Pulled from Consent for Discussion.
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9. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 073, 2024, Amending the Zoning Map of the City of Fort
Collins and Classifying for Zoning Purposes the Property Included in the I-25 & Mulberry
Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, and Approving Corresponding Changes
to the Residential Neighborhood Sign District Map and Lighting Context Area Map.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 21, 2024, zones the property
included in the I-25 & Mulberry Annexation into the Industrial (I), and General Commercial (CG)
zone districts and place the property into the LC2 Lighting Context Area and Non-residential Sign
District.
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.
Because the Planning and Zoning Commission did not make a recommendation on the
annexation zoning until after the agenda materials were available for first reading, the information
in the ordinance was subsequently updated with the Commission’s recommendation for second
reading.
Pulled from Consent for Discussion.
10. Items Relating to the Appropriation of Federal Funds in the Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) Program Funds.
A. First Reading of Ordinance No. 074, 2024, Making Supplemental Appropriations in the
Community Development Block Grant Fund.
B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 075, 2024, Making Supplemental Appropriations in the HOME
Investments Partnerships Grant Fund.
The purpose of this item is to appropriate the City's FY2024 Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) Entitlement Grant and FY2024 Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME)
Participating Jurisdiction Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD),
and CDBG program income from FY2022 and FY2023 and HOME Program Income from FY2022
and FY2023.
Adopted on First Reading.
11. First Reading of Ordinance No. 076, 2024, Making Supplemental Appropriation for the
Charter Review Council Priority from General Fund Reserves.
The purpose of this item is to appropriate funds to allow work to begin on the City Charter review
process included in the Council-adopted Council priorities. The amount appropriated, $25,000,
will be used to fund special legal counsel with municipal charter expertise to take the lead on the
review and drafting of Charter provisions to update and modernize the City Charter.
Adopted on First Reading.
12. First Reading of Ordinance No. 077, 2024, Appropriating Philanthropic Revenue Received
Through City Give for the Cultural Community Program Through Cultural Services.
The purpose of this item is to request an appropriation of $30,000 in philanthropic revenue
received through City Give for Cultural Community Program, a department within the City’s
Cultural Services area, for live music as designated by the grant award.
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In 2019, the City of Fort Collins launched City Give, a formalized enterprise-wide initiative to create
a transparent, non-partisan governance structure for accepting and appropriating charitable gifts.
Adopted on First Reading.
13. First Reading of Ordinance No. 078, 2024, Appropriating Prior Year Philanthropic Revenue
Reserves Received by City Give for the 9/11 Memorial at Spring Park.
The purpose of this item is to request an appropriation of $12,500 in philanthropic revenue
received by City Give for the construction of the 9/11 Memorial at Spring Park, 2100 Mathews
Steet, Fort Collins, CO.
A partnership between the City of Fort Collins and Poudre Fire Authority (PFA), the 9/11 Memorial
will be located in midtown Fort Collins, and will honor firefighters, emergency medical technicians,
law enforcement officers, and nearly 3,000 others who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.
Adopted on First Reading.
14. First Reading of Ordinance No. 079, 2024, Making a Supplemental Appropriation and
Authorizing Transfer of Appropriations for The Gardens on Spring Creek Internship
Program.
The purpose of this item is to support The Gardens on Spring Creek internship program by:
● Appropriating $4,200 of unanticipated grant revenue awarded by the Colorado Department of
Agriculture (CDA)) and
● Utilizing matching funds in the amount of $4,200 from existing 2024 appropriations into to this
new grant project.
In May 2024 the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) awarded the City of Fort Collins (City)
$4,200 under the CDA’s Agricultural Workforce Development Grant Program (Attachment 2). The
City will be providing an additional $4,200 in required matching funds. The award funds and City’s
matching funds will support hiring an intern for The Gardens’ summer 2024 internship program.
The $4,200 in funds through the CDA’s Agricultural Workforce Development Grant Program are
federal pass-through funds.
As presented per Attachment 2, the $4,200 is provided pursuant to a State of Colorado Purchase
Order, with corresponding terms and conditions. There is no requirement that the City sign an
agreement. Rather upon the City submitting the first request for reimbursement to CDA, the Ci ty
agrees to all terms and conditions of the award.
Adopted on First Reading.
15. Resolution 2024-072 Authorizing the Mayor to Execute City-sponsored 401(a) Restated
Adoption Agreements.
The purpose of this item is to authorize the Mayor to execute restated adoption agreements for
City-sponsored 401(a) and Police 401(a) plans to designate a new Special Trustee.
Adopted.
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16. Resolution 2024-073 Authorizing the Assignment of the City’s Private Activity Bond
Allocation for 2024 to Housing Catalyst to Finance the Construction and Rehabilitation of
Affordable Housing Units.
The purpose of this item is to support the new construction of affordable housing at several
locations in the City by assigning the City’s 2024 Allocation of Private Activity Bond (PAB)
capacity. PAB capacity is required for development projects using four percent (4%) Low-Income
Housing Tax Credit financing.
Adopted.
17. Resolution 2024-074 Authorizing the Execution of a Discretionary Aviation Grant
Resolution (CDAG No. 24-FNL-01) with the City of Loveland to Accept Grant Funds from
the State for the Construction of the New Terminal and the Rehabilitation of Certain
Taxiways at the Northern Colorado Regional Airport.
The purpose of this item is for Council to authorize the Mayor or City Manager to execute a
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)-provided resolution to secure state grant funding
for the construction of the new terminal at the Northern Colorado Regional Airport and for the
rehabilitation of pavement for Taxiways B and D.
Adopted.
18. Resolution 2024-075 Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Grant Agreement (AIG
Project No. 3-08-0023-045-2024) Between the City of Fort Collins, the City of Loveland, and
the Federal Aviation Administration for the Construction of the New Terminal at the
Northern Colorado Regional Airport.
The purpose of this item is for Council to authorize the City Manager to execute a grant agreement
with the City of Loveland and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to secure federal funding
for the construction of the new terminal at the Northern Colorado Regional Airport. These funds
were budgeted as part of the initial project funding and came available for application in 2024 as
part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Airport Improvement Grant program and were
appropriated in the 2024 Airport budget for expenditure in this project.
Adopted.
19. Resolution 2024-076 Making Appointments to the Youth Advisory Board.
The purpose of this item is to fill existing vacancies on the Youth Advisory Board.
Pursuant to Council policy, the recommended appointees have completed or will complete the
required acknowledgement and acceptance of the Code of Conduct and the applicable laws and
policies that govern service on City of Fort Collins boards and commissions.
Adopted.
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
Mayor Pro Tem Francis moved, seconded by Councilmember Potyondy, to approve the
recommended actions on items 1-19, minus items 8 and 9, on the consent calendar.
The motion carried 6-0.
Ayes: Mayor Arndt, Mayor Pro Tem Francis, Councilmembers Gutowsky, Potyondy, Ohlson,
and Canonico.
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Nays: None.
Absent: Councilmember Pignataro.
K) CONSENT CALENDAR FOLLOW-UP (This is an opportunity for Councilmembers to comment on
items adopted or approved on the Consent Calendar.)
None.
L) STAFF REPORTS
None.
M) COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS
Councilmember Potyondy announced a listening session Saturday at the Harmony Library.
Councilmember Gutowsky reported on the Poudre Fire Authority’s EMS survivors’ event and
graduation. Additionally, she reported on the FoCo EcoFest, the FoCo Kindness Expo, and the
Recycle Summit.
Councilmember Canonico reported on the Lincoln Center’s season announcement and on attending
the EPA’s local government advisory committee meeting in Washington, D.C.
Mayor Arndt reported on the U.S. Climate Mayors western mayors’ meeting regarding water.
Councilmember Potyondy reported on the opening of the Origami Exhibit at the Gardens on Spring
Creek.
Councilmember Gutowsky reported on the Emma Malaby Grocery building being restored into a
grocery museum by Historic Larimer County.
N) CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR INDIVIDUAL
DISCUSSION
8. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 072, 2024, Annexing the Property Known as the I -25 &
Mulberry Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 21, 2024, annexes a 46.92-acre
property located at the NE Corner of the I-25 and East Mulberry interchange. A specific project
development plan proposal is not included with the annexation application. The Initiating
Resolution was adopted on April 16, 2024. A related item to zone 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.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Carolynne White, land use counsel for the landowner, stated the team is available for questions.
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COUNCIL COMMENT
Councilmember Ohlson stated this item should not have been on the Consent Calendar and
should first have gone to the Council Finance Committee. He requested the County be urged to
develop or improve their metro district policy and expressed concern about the questions raised
in the Agenda Item Summary (AIS) that have yet to be discussed.
Kai Kleer, City Planner, stated the applicant team was opposed to presenting to the Council
Finance Committee and it was assumed Council would pull the item off Consent if there were
concerns about the difference between the County and City metro district policies.
Councilmember Ohlson stated staff could choose to bring the issue before the Council Finance
Committee.
Kleer stated internal policy shifts could be made regarding the Finance Committee and noted this
is the first metro district the City could annex. He stated there is a gap in the intergovernmental
agreement with the County and County staff has shown support for amending the IGA.
Councilmember Ohlson suggested annexation should not occur unless the metro district policies
align.
Josh Birks, Deputy Sustainability Director, stated staff does want to be able to talk to the County
about working more closely on metro districts within the growth management area and on
updating their metro district policy. Additionally, he concurred these types of issues should be
brought to the Council Finance Committee. He noted the zoning for this property would be
commercial and industrial which has a different set of standards within the metro district policy.
Mayor Arndt thanked Councilmember Ohlson for bringing forth the questions and comments and
concurred staff should make the decision to bring an item to Council Finance Committee.
Mayor Pro Tem Francis asked if it would be possible to postpone consideration of this item on
Second Reading to bring it before the Finance Committee. City Attorney Daggett replied there
would be an issue with postponing the item as the annexation statute governs the process and it
does not allow for continuation of the hearing unless there has first been one hour of testimony.
She stated staff could vote the item down.
Birks reviewed the metro district process which requires that the governing jurisdiction in which
the metro district is created review and evaluate it for consistency with the statute and any policy
it may have. In this case, the County Commissioners reviewed and approved the metro district
and service plan as it exists.
City Attorney Daggett stated there is a process through which the metro district can request that
Council become the approving authority rather than the County Commissioners as an existing
metro district that has been annexed. However, that is an action that the district needs to take,
and it is not a party to the annexation; the property owner is the requesting party for the
annexation.
Councilmember Gutowsky stated she would like to get more information and suggested the item
be voted down to allow it to go before Council Finance.
Mayor Arndt stated she is willing to move forward with this item with the knowledge the process
will change in the future.
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Councilmember Ohlson stated he is not requesting the item be voted down by others, though he
will be voting in the negative due to his concerns.
Birks stated any of the suggested actions within the staff report will require a willing partner on
the other side of the table. He noted metro districts are subsections of government, and once
created, have their own sovereignty.
Councilmember Ohlson noted the application of the metro district policy, even in a commercial
setting, could have valuable implications.
Mayor Pro Tem Francis stated she is comfortable moving forward with the knowledge that policy
changes will be made.
Mayor Pro Tem Francis moved, seconded by Councilmember Canonico, to adopt
Ordinance No. 072, 2024, on Second Reading.
The motion carried 5-1.
Ayes: Mayor Arndt, Mayor Pro Tem Francis, Councilmembers Gutowsky, Potyondy, and
Canonico.
Nay: Councilmember Ohlson.
Absent: Councilmember Pignataro.
9. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 073, 2024, Amending the Zoning Map of the City of Fort
Collins and Classifying for Zoning Purposes the Property Included in the I-25 & Mulberry
Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, and Approving Corresponding Changes
to the Residential Neighborhood Sign District Map and Lighting Context Area Map.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 21, 2024, zones the property
included in the I-25 & Mulberry Annexation into the Industrial (I), and General Commercial (CG)
zone districts and place the property into the LC2 Lighting Context Area and Non-residential Sign
District.
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.
Because the Planning and Zoning Commission did not make a recommendation on the
annexation zoning until after the agenda materials were available for first reading, the information
in the ordinance was subsequently updated with the Commission’s recommendation for second
reading.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
COUNCIL COMMENT
Councilmember Ohlson asked if the Planning and Zoning Commission suggested any changes
to this item. Kai Kleer, City Planner, replied there were no changes recommended by the
Commission and its recommendation of approval was not part of the First Reading staff report
due to a scheduling issue.
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Mayor Pro Tem Francis moved, seconded by Councilmember Gutowsky, to adopt
Ordinance No. 073, 2024, on Second Reading.
The motion carried 6-0.
Ayes: Mayor Arndt, Mayor Pro Tem Francis, Councilmembers Gutowsky, Potyondy,
Canonico, and Ohlson.
Nays: None.
Absent: Councilmember Pignataro.
(**Clerk’s Note: Mayor Arndt called for a brief recess at this point in the meeting. The meeting
resumed at 7:15 p.m.)
O) CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS PLANNED FOR DISCUSSION
20. Appeal of the Historical Preservation Commission’s Decision Finding 2601 South
College Avenue Eligible for Landmark Designation.
The purpose of this quasi-judicial item is to consider an appeal of the decision of the Historic
Preservation Commission (“HPC”) on April 17, 2024, determining that the property at 2601 South
College Avenue (the "Property," historically, the Ghent Auto Dealership) is eligible for designation
as a Fort Collins Landmark.
The Appellant, Dracol, LLC, the owner of the Property, raises one issue on appeal: that the HPC
failed to properly interpret and apply provisions of City Code Section 14-22, which establishes
standards for determining the eligibility of structures for designation as landmarks or landmark
districts. Specifically, Appellant alleges that the HPC failed to properly establish historic
significance under either Standard 1 (Events/Trends) or Standard 3 (Design/Construction), and
further failed to establish clear historic integrity; before making a ruling on whether the Property
met the standards for significance and integrity required for Landmark designation under the
Code.
City Attorney Daggett provided an overview of the appeal process and outlined Council’s role.
Paul Sizemore, Community, Development and Neighborhood Services Director, outlined the
various steps in the finding of eligibility for the property and discussed how a determination of
eligibility would affect the larger process of development. Sizemore discussed the process utilized
by the Historic Preservation Commission to determine eligibility and outlined the Commission’s
decision. Sizemore noted the decision maker on any redevelopment of the property moving
forward would be the Planning and Zoning Commission, and a finding of eligibility being upheld
for the property would necessitate adaptive reuse and limit exterior changes that could be made
to the building moving forward.
Sizemore outlined the notice of appeal which alleges that the Historic Preservation Commission
did not properly interpret and apply applicable Codes as there is no evidence to show historic
significance under standards one or three and the property lacks integrity to show any
significance.
Mayor Arndt noted she knows the Ghent family but does not believe that is a reason for recusal.
Councilmember Potyondy and Mayor Arndt stated they are familiar with the appearance of the
property.
Carolynne White, counsel for the appellant, introduced herself.
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Meg Dunn introduced herself as a party-in-interest opposed to the appeal.
Mayor Arndt outlined the time allotments for presentations and rebuttals.
APPELLANT PRESENTATION
White introduced Kris Spradley and Bill Barr, the property owners, and Natalie Feinberg Lopez,
historic preservation expert with Built Environment Evolution. She discussed the 2017
determination of eligibility for the property, which was then appealed to the former Landmark
Preservation Commission and Council, which found in April of 2018 that the property was not
eligible for landmark designation. She noted that determination expired in April of 2023 and the
development application for the site then triggered the need for staff’s subsequent review. White
requested Council adopt a resolution overturning the Historic Preservation Commission’s
determination of eligibility.
Kris Spradley, property owner, discussed his history with the property and noted it is no longer
feasible to operate the property as a new car dealership. Additionally, he stated the building is
quite inefficient and he is hoping to move forward with the development proposal that aligns with
City Plan and the Midtown Plan.
White stated the criteria for significance and integrity have not fundamentally changed since the
determination of ineligibility was made by Council in 2018. She noted Natalie Feinberg Lopez’
Colorado Cultural Resource Survey found that the property did not meet the Code standards for
significance and integrity and is therefore not eligible for landmark designation.
Natalie Feinberg Lopez discussed her background and employment in historic preservation. She
detailed her findings that the property is not eligible for landmark designation.
White stated the Structure Plan for this area discusses moving away from auto-oriented uses and
toward vertical, high-density development. She outlined comments made by the Commissioners
during the HPC hearing that demonstrate there is some question in their minds about the degree
to which the policies and purposes of the Code are advanced by historic designation of the site.
OPPONENT PRESENTATION
Meg Dunn discussed her history on the HPC and noted Fort Collins is a certified local government;
therefore, the HPC is required to have members with certain areas of expertise, including
architects, builders, historians, and preservationists. She stated the proposed development
project has been supported by the Commission and historic preservation staff and the section of
the Code requiring retaining the historic buildings does not negatively impact the developers’
ability to construct substantial amounts of housing on what is now a vast parking lot behind the
structures.
Dunn discussed the requirement for adaptive reuse and stated the buildings could be used for a
proposed bank or gas station, or for more housing. She stated the buildings have been properly
found to be significant and to have the integrity to convey that significance.
APPELLANT REBUTTAL
Feinberg Lopez stated she is considered one of the specialists in the United States on conserving
materials, specifically from mid-century modern structures, and reiterated the materials on these
buildings are at the end of their life and there would be an extreme expense associated with
reusing the materials. Additionally, replacing the materials would result in a loss of integrity.
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White noted potential future adaptive reuse is not one of the criteria for eligibility and stated the
buildings are located right in the center of the property which would make development around it
costly and difficult. She stated there is not sufficient evidence in the record to support the
conclusions reached by the HPC for eligibility under significance and integrity; therefore, the
Commission did not properly apply the Code.
OPPONENT REBUTTAL
Dunn commented on the Lucky’s Market adaptive reuse of the Safeway building at Mulberry and
College and stated the landmarking of the buildings would provide significant credits for
redevelopment. Additionally, she stated the buildings could be improved from an energy
standpoint and noted the primary role of the Historic Preservation Commission is to apply this
Code, which she stated was done appropriately in this instance.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS
Councilmember Gutowsky requested clarification regarding the aspects of integrity. Maren Bzdek,
Historic Preservation Manager, replied it is not a requirement for all seven aspects of integrity to
be met for eligibility, though the evaluation process considers all seven aspects.
Councilmember Gutowsky requested additional information regarding the Commission’s finding
on workmanship. Bzdek replied workmanship is typically considered in terms of how the building
is constructed, what types of techniques are applied to the construction, and evidence of a
particular style.
Councilmember Gutowsky asked if a modification to materials could cause a building to lose
historic integrity. Bzdek replied that can occur and materials are examined with a focus on
character-defining features.
Jim Bertolini, Senior Historic Preservation Planner, stated the character-defining features in this
case include the large open windows, stone veneer, and roof framing. He acknowledged some of
the materials are deteriorating, but noted historic integrity is not the same as building condition.
He stated the deteriorating materials may need to be repaired or replaced in kind. In terms of
detractions of materials itself, the main issues were the loss of the overhead garage doors in the
service bays and the replacement of the original roof material.
Councilmember Gutowsky asked if the building can be demolished if it is considered eligible for
designation. Bzdek replied there is special consideration for retention of the historic resources as
part of the development review process if a property is found to be eligible. She noted the
development applicant can request a modification of standard for an eligible property and that
could allow modification up to demolition.
Councilmember Gutowsky asked why other car dealerships have not been found to be eligible.
Bertolini replied a comparative study was conducted as part of the survey and it was found that
at least four of the car dealerships that reflected the shift to a car-centric Fort Collins were either
demolished or heavily modified.
Mayor Pro Tem Francis asked if landmark designation is possible if Council upholds the decision
of the HPC. Bzdek replied in the affirmative.
Councilmember Potyondy clarified the property owners would have had the latitude to modify or
demolish the property during the five years after it was determined ineligible. She asked if anything
has changed with the property since the 2018 decision. Bzdek replied nothing has changed
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although the reevaluation process is in place to address any changes to the property or available
information that might have happened during that five-year period.
COUNCIL DISCUSSION
Councilmember Potyondy stated she loves mid-century modern architecture; however, she does
not see the historic significance or architectural uniqueness in this property.
Mayor Pro Tem Francis concurred with Councilmember Potyondy and stated the standards for
significance for events were not met given the movement toward a car-centric society is not
unique to Fort Collins. Additionally, she stated the building is not a good example of mid-century
modern architecture.
Councilmember Canonico also concurred and stated the property owner should not be penalized
due to the five-year period lapsing, particularly given the unique circumstances of the last five
years.
Councilmember Gutowsky supported upholding the decision of the Commission noting it is
composed of highly qualified individuals in historic preservation. She stated she believes it is
possible to both provide housing and preserve the building.
Councilmember Ohlson also concurred with the staff recommendation and HPC finding of
eligibility. He stated he could support finding only the main showroom building eligible. He
commented on the successful adaptive reuse of what is now Taco Bell at Prospect and College.
Mayor Arndt supported adaptive reuse; however, she stated she does not believe this property
meets the test of significance under the standards for events or design.
Councilmember Ohlson noted the Lucky’s Market building is not landmarked. Bzdek replied the
building was determined to be eligible more than five years ago but is not landmarked.
Mayor Pro Tem Francis made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Potyondy, that
Council overturn the Historic Preservation Commission’s decision that 2601 South College
Avenue is eligible for historic landmark designation because the Historic Preservation
Commission failed to properly interpret and apply City Code Section 14-22(a) in finding
that 2601 South College Avenue possesses significance in that it did not properly
individually contribute significantly to Fort Collins history and does not embody mid-
century modern architecture and lacks artistic value. Further, except as so stated, based
on the evidence in the record and presented at this hearing, any other issues raised in the
appeal are hereby found to be without merit and are denied.
The motion carried 4-2.
Ayes: Mayor Arndt, Mayor Pro Tem Francis, Councilmembers Potyondy, and Canonico.
Nays: Councilmembers Gutowsky, and Ohlson.
Absent: Councilmember Pignataro.
P) OTHER BUSINESS
OB 1. Possible consideration of the initiation of new ordinances and/or resolutions by
Councilmembers.
None.
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OB 2. Consideration of a motion to adjourn this meeting until after the completion of the
Electric Utility Enterprise Board business:
"I move that Council adjourn this meeting until after the completion of the Electric Utility
Enterprise Board business."
(**Clerks Note: The Mayor adjourned the meeting to go into the EUE meeting at 8:30 p.m. and
reconvened at 8:36 p.m.)
Q) ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 8:37 p.m.
______________________________
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Interim City Clerk
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June 18, 2024
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
City Council
STAFF
Beth Rosen, Grants Compliance and Policy Manager
SUBJECT
Items Relating to the Appropriation of Federal Funds in the Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) Program Funds.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 074, 2024, Making Supplemental Appropriations in the Community
Development Block Grant Fund.
B. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 075, 2024, Making Supplemental Appropriations in the HOME
Investments Partnerships Grant Fund.
These Ordinances, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 4, 2024, appropriate the City's FY2024
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement Grant and FY2024 Home Investment
Partnerships Program (HOME) Participating Jurisdiction Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), and CDBG program income from FY2022 and FY2023 and HOME Program Income
from FY2022 and FY2023.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinances on Second Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement Program provides annual grants on a
formula basis to eligible cities and counties to improve the living conditions for low and moderate - income
persons. Recipient communities develop their own programs and funding priorities. In the 2020-2024
Consolidated Plan submitted to HUD, the City prioritized the use of these funds to further its affordable
housing goals and provide public services for persons experiencing homelessness and persons most at
risk of homelessness.
The HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) provides annual grants on a formula basis to
Participating Jurisdictions to implement local housing strategies designed to increase homeownership and
housing opportunity for low and very low-income residents. These funds are used annually to further the
affordable housing goals outlined in the Housing Strategic Plan.
On May 7, 2024, HUD published formula allocations for both the CDBG and HOME programs. This
appropriation includes $1,107,934 for CDBG and $602,015 for HOME. Additionally, the City receives
annual repayments into the CDBG and HOME programs, referred to as Program Income (Pl), through the
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payoffs of Home Buyer Assistance (HBA) loans and loan payments on affordable housing projects. These
payments go back to their respective programs for re-allocation to eligible projects. Since April 1, 2023, the
CDBG program has received $103,659 in Program Income and the HOME Program has received $83,688
in Program Income.
Ordinance No. 074, 2024, appropriates a total of $1,211,593 into the CDBG Program, which includes the
Entitlement Award of $1,107,934 and $103,659 from Program Income.
Ordinance No. 075, 2024, appropriates a total of $685,703 into the HOME Program, which includes the
Entitlement Award of $602,015 and $83,688 from Program Income.
These funds are allocated through an annual Competitive Process, with funding recommendations being
made to Council by the Human Services and Housing Funding Board. Recommendations for the use of
these funds will be presented to Council at its regular meeting on June 18, 2024.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
This item will appropriate $1,897,296 in federal funding to the City of Fort Collins which will be allocated to
housing and community development related programs and projects, and the administration of the funds,
thereby reducing the demand on the City’s General Fund budget to address such needs.
BOARD / COMMISSION / COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
None.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
None.
ATTACHMENTS
First Reading attachments not included.
1. Ordinance A for Consideration
2. Ordinance B for Consideration
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ORDINANCE NO. 074, 2024
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS IN THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND
A. The City estimates it will receive in federal fiscal year 2024-2025
unanticipated revenue in the form of federal Community Development Block Grant
(“CDBG”) funds from Housing and Urban Development (HUD) totaling $1,107,934.
B. The City received unanticipated CDBG Program income in the amount of
$103,659.
C. Recommendations for the use of these funds will be prese nted to City
Council at its regular meeting on June 18, 2024.
D. This appropriation benefits the public health, safety and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of providing affordable housing
and human services for city residents.
E. Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon
recommendation of the City Manager, to make a supplemental appropriation by ordinance
at any time during the fiscal year, provided that the total amount of such supplemental
appropriation, in combination with all previous appropriations for that fiscal year, do not
exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be
received during the fiscal year.
F. The City Manager has recommended the approp riation described herein
and determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from
the Community Development Block Grant Fund and will not cause the total amount
appropriated in the Community Development Block Grant Fund to exc eed the current
estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received in this Fund
during this fiscal year.
G. Article V, Section 11 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
designate in the ordinance when appropriating fun ds for a federal grant, that such
appropriation shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year in which the appropriation is
made, but continue until the earlier of the expiration of the federal grant or the City’s
expenditure of all funds received from such grant.
H. The City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the
Community Development Block Grant Entitlement Program as an appropriation that shall
not lapse until the earlier of the expiration of the grant or the City’s expenditure of all funds
received from such grant.
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In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from new revenue or other funds from
HUD in the Community Development Block Grant Fund, the sum of ONE MILLION ONE
HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR DOLLARS
($1,107,934), to be expended in the Community Development Block Grant Fund upon
receipt thereof for federal fiscal year 2024-2025 Community Development Block Grant
projects.
Section 2. There is hereby appropriated from new revenue or other funds from
program income in the Community Development Block Grant Fund, the sum of ONE
HUNDRED THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE DOLLARS ($103,659), to
be expended in the Community Development Block Grant Fund for approved Community
Development Block Grant projects.
Section 3. The appropriation herein for the Community Development Block
Grant Entitlement Program is hereby designated, as authorized in Article V, Section 11
of the City Charter, as an appropriation that shall not lapse at the end of this fiscal year
but continue until the earlier of the expiration of the grant or the City’s expendi ture of all
funds received from such grant.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading on June 4, 2024, and approved
on second reading for final passage on June 18, 2024.
______________________________
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
______________________________
Interim City Clerk
Effective Date: June 28, 2024
Approving Attorney: Jenny Lopez Filkins
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ORDINANCE NO. 075, 2024
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS IN THE HOME
INVESTMENTS PARTNERSHIPS GRANT FUND
A. The Home Investment Partnerships Program (the “HOME Program”) was
authorized by the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 to provide funds in the form of
Participating Jurisdiction Grants for a variety of housing-related activities that would
increase the supply of decent, safe, and affordable housing.
B. On March 1, 1994, the City Council adopted Resolution 1994-092
authorizing the Mayor to submit to the Department of Housing and Urban Development
(“HUD”) a notification of intent to participate in the HOME Program .
C. On May 26, 1994, HUD designated the City as a Participating Jurisdiction
in the HOME Program, allowing the City to receive an allocation of HOME Program funds
as long as Congress re-authorizes and continues to fund the program .
D. The City estimates it will receive in federal fiscal year 2024-2025
unanticipated revenue in the form of Home Investment Partnership Program (“HOME”)
funds from Housing and Urban Development (HUD) totaling $602,015.
E. The City received unanticipated HOME Program income in the amount of
$83,688.
F. Recommendations for the use of these funds will be presented to City
Council at its regular meeting on June 18, 2024.
G. This appropriation benefits the public health, safety and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of providing affordable housing
for city residents.
H. Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon
recommendation of the City Manager, to make a supplemental appropriation by ordinance
at any time during the fiscal year, provided that the total amount of such supplemental
appropriation, in combination with all previous appropriations for that fiscal year, do not
exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be
received during the fiscal year.
I. The City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein
and determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from
the Home Investment Partnerships Grant Fund and will not cause the total amount
appropriated in the Home Investment Partnerships Grant Fund to exceed the current
estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received in this Fund
during this fiscal year.
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J. Article V, Section 11 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds for a federal grant, that such
appropriation shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year in which the appropriation is
made but continue until the earlier of the expiration of the federal grant or the City’s
expenditure of all funds received from such grant.
K. The City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the Home
Investment Partnerships Program as an appropriation that shall not lapse until the earlier
of the expiration of the grant or the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such
grant.
In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from new revenue or other funds from
HUD in the HOME Investment Partnerships Grant Fund the sum of SIX HUNDRED TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN DOLLARS ($602,015), to be expended in the HOME Investment
Partnerships Grant Fund upon receipt from federal fiscal year 202 4-2025 HOME
Participating Jurisdiction Grant Funds.
Section 2. There is hereby appropriated from new revenue or other funds from
program income in the HOME Investment Partnerships Grant Fund the sum of EIGHTY-
THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT DOLLARS ($83,688), to be
expended in the HOME Investment Partnerships Grant Fund for approved HOME
Program projects.
Section 3. The appropriation herein for HOME Investment Partnerships Grant
Entitlement Program is hereby designated, as authorized in Article V, Section 11 of the
City Charter, as an appropriation that shall not lapse at the end of this fiscal year but
continue until the earlier of the expiration of the grant or the City’s expenditure of all funds
received from such grant.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading on June 4, 2024, and approved
on second reading for final passage on June 18, 2024.
______________________________
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
______________________________
Interim City Clerk
Effective Date: June 28, 2024
Approving Attorney: Jenny Lopez Filkins
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
City Council
STAFF
Carrie Daggett, City Attorney
Heather Walls, Interim City Clerk
Rupa Venkatesh, Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 076, 2024, Making Supplemental Appropriation for the Charter
Review Council Priority from General Fund Reserves.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 4, 2024, appropriates funds to allow work
to begin on the City Charter review process included in the Council-adopted Council priorities. The amount
appropriated, $25,000, will be used to fund special legal counsel with municipal charter expertise to take
the lead on the review and drafting of Charter provisions to update and modernize the City Charter.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
On February 27, 2024, the Council adopted Resolution 2024-024, adopting a 2024-2026 Council Priority
to modernize and update the City Charter, describing the goal of this work as follows:
Modernize and Update the City Charter:
Although small parts of the Charter get reviewed and updated on a regular basis, due to
changes in state laws and election procedures, there is a need to modernize and update
the City Charter, which has not been done in a comprehensive way in over 25 years.
The Council discussed this priority at the May 14 Work Session, and the following objectives were identified
for this work:
1. Comprehensive review of City Charter to align with state law and legal developments;
2. Update language in Charter to be inclusive;
3. Focus on cleanup and modernization rather than policy changes;
4. Evaluate form and timing options for presenting updates to voters; and
5. Fresh look at how Charter language is presented for ease of reading and clarity.
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While staff continues to monitor for legal developments that impact Charter language and identify changes
that may be needed or beneficial, retaining a special legal counsel with expertise and experience working
with municipal charters throughout Colorado will add a new perspective to the review and focus resources
more intentionally and systematically. This review work is expected to take four to six months and initiating
the work this summer will assure that any appropriate public outreach and consideration of potential Charter
amendments by Council can be completed on a schedule that would allow for referral of Charter
amendments to the November 2025 ballot.
The City Attorney will take the lead in arranging the outside legal resources and coordinating the work. City
Clerk and City Manager staff will also be actively involved in the work. With this appropriation it is expected
that initial work on the review would begin in July 2024.
Election-related Charter amendments have been considered and recommended by the Council Election
Code Committee and are expected to be presented to Council for consideration and referred to the voters
at a special election to be called for November 2024. Updating and modernizing the language of the
provisions coming forward as part of that effort will be part of those proposed amendments.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
This appropriation will utilize $25,000 in General Fund Reserves.
BOARD / COMMISSION / COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
None.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
None.
ATTACHMENTS
First Reading attachments not included.
1. Ordinance for Consideration
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ORDINANCE NO. 076, 2024
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE CHARTER
REVIEW COUNCIL PRIORITY FROM GENERAL FUND RESERVES
A. On February 27, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution 2024 -024,
adopting a 2024-2026 Council Priority to modernize and update the City Charter.
B. The Resolution sets out the goals of this work as follows:
Modernize and Update the City Charter: Although small parts of the
Charter get reviewed and updated on a regular basis, due to changes in
state laws and election procedures, there is a need to modernize and
update the City Charter, which has not been done in a comprehensive way
in over 25 years.
C. The Council further discussed this Priority at the May 14 Council Work
Session, identifying as the objectives for this work:
1. Comprehensive review of City Charter to align with state law and legal
developments;
2. Update language in Charter to be inclusive;
3. Focus on cleanup and modernization rather than policy changes;
4. Evaluate form and timing options for presenting updates to voters; and
5. Fresh look at how Charter language is presented for ease of reading and clarity.
D. While staff continues to monitor for legal developments that impact Charter
language and identify changes that may be needed or beneficial, retaining a special legal
counsel with expertise and experience working with municipal charters throughout
Colorado will add a new perspective to the review and focus resources more intentionally
and systematically.
E. With this appropriation it is expected that initial work on the review would
begin in July 2024.
F. Election-related Charter amendments have been considered by the Council
Election Code Committee and are expected to be presented to Council for consideration
and referred to the voters at a special election to be called for November 2024. Updating
and modernizing the language of the provisions coming forward as part of that effort will
be part of those proposed amendments.
G. This appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens
of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of improving and updating the City’s Charter.
H. Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon the
recommendation of the City Manager, to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance
at any time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as may be available from
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reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were not
previously appropriated.
I. The City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein
and determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated the
General Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the General Fund, as
applicable, to exceed the current estimate of actual and antic ipated revenues and all other
funds to be received in these funds during this fiscal year.
In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the General
Fund the sum of TW ENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000) to be expended in the
General Fund for the Charter Review Council Priority.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading on June 4, 2024, and approved
on second reading for final passage on June 18, 2024.
______________________________
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
______________________________
Interim City Clerk
Effective Date: June 28, 2024
Approving Attorney: Carrie Daggett
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
City Council
STAFF
Nina Bodenhamer, City Give Director
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 077, 2024, Appropriating Philanthropic Revenue Received
Through City Give for the Cultural Community Program Through Cultural Services.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 4, 2024, requests an appropriation of
$30,000 in philanthropic revenue received through City Give for Cultural Community Program, a
department within the City’s Cultural Services area, for live music as designated by the grant award.
In 2019, the City of Fort Collins launched City Give, a formalized enterprise-wide initiative to create a
transparent, non-partisan governance structure for accepting and appropriating charitable gifts.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The City was awarded $30,000 from the Bohemian Foundation to underwrite live music as an aspect of
the Cultural Community Program which works to equitably integrate arts and culture into the Fort Collins
community, especially in locations not typically programmed and beyond conventional cultural facilities.
The Program is part of the City of Fort Collins’ Cultural Service Department, and since 2022, both staff and
programming have been funded from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars.
Cultural Community Program is committed to equitable opportunities for artists to reach and engage with
diverse and often underserved community segments. The Program integrates art and culture across the
community via pop-up performances, community co-creation, and supporting community initiatives by
hiring local creatives to augment planned events. The work is guided by a range of objectives, including:
Equitable opportunities for diverse artists to reach and engage with diverse and often underserved
community segments.
Diverse, proactive programming into the community that highlights all art forms and disciplines,
designed in ways that facilitate learning, capacity building, and engagement when feasible.
Collaboration and co-creation with partners internal and external to the City and across and within
artistic disciplines.
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The grant is awarded by Bohemian Foundation, a Fort Collins-based private family foundation that supports
local, national, and global efforts to build strong communities.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
Upon adoption, this Ordinance will appropriate $30,000 in philanthropic revenue. The funds have been
received and accepted per City Give Administrative and Financial Policy.
The City Manager has also determined that these appropriations are available and previously
unappropriated and will not cause the total amount appropriated to exceed the current estimate of actual
and anticipated revenues and all other funds during fiscal year 2024.
BOARD / COMMISSION / COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
None.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
None.
ATTACHMENTS
First Reading attachments not included.
1. Ordinance for Consideration
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ORDINANCE NO. 077, 2024
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED
THROUGH CITY GIVE FOR THE CULTURAL COMMUNITY
PROGRAM THROUGH CULTURAL SERVICES
A. The City was awarded $30,000 from the Bohemian Foundation to
underwrite live music as an aspect of the Cultural Community Program (the “Program”)
which works to equitably integrate arts and culture into the Fort Collins community,
especially in locations not typically programmed and beyond conventional cultural
facilities.
B. The Program is part of the City’s Cultural Services Department, and since
2022, both staff wages and programming have been supported by funding from American
Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars.
C. The Program is committed to equitable opportunities for artists to reach and
engage with diverse and often underserved community segments. The Program
integrates art and culture across the community via pop-up performances, community co-
creation, and supporting community initiatives by hiring local creatives to augment
planned events.
D. This appropriation benefits the public health and welfare of the citizens and
serves the public purpose of contributing to the vibrancy of Fort Collins and making live
music fun and accessible for all.
E. Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon the
recommendation of the City Manager, to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance
at any time during the fiscal year from such revenues and funds for expenditure as may
be available from reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves
were not previously appropriated.
F. The City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein
and determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from
the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated
in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and
anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received in this Fund during this fi scal year.
D. Article V, Section 11 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds for a federal, state or private grant
or donation, that such appropriation shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year in which
the appropriation is made, but continue until the earlier of the expiration of the federal,
state or private grant or donation or the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such
grant or donation.
E. The City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for Bohemian
Foundation to underwrite live music donation as an appropriation that shall not lapse until
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the earlier of the expiration of the grant or donation or the City’s expenditure of all funds
received from such grant or donation.
In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from new philanthropic revenue in the
Cultural Services and Facilities Fund the sum of THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
($30,000) to be expended in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for the Bohemian
Foundation to underwrite live music.
Section 2. The appropriation herein for the Cultural Community Program is
hereby designated, as authorized in Article V, Section 11 of the City Charter, as an
appropriation that shall not lapse at the end of this fiscal year but continue until the earlier
of the expiration of the grant or donation or the City’s expenditure of all funds received
from such grant or donation.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading on June 4, 2024, and approved
on second reading for final passage on June 18, 2024.
______________________________
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
______________________________
Interim City Clerk
Effective Date: June 28, 2024
Approving Attorney: Jenny Lopez-Filkins
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June 18, 2024
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
City Council
STAFF
Nina Bodenhamer, City Give Director
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 078, 2024, Appropriating Prior Year Philanthropic Revenue
Reserves Received by City Give for the 9/11 Memorial at Spring Park.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 4, 2024, requests an appropriation of
$12,500 in philanthropic revenue received by City Give for the construction of the 9/11 Memorial at Spring
Park, 2100 Mathews Steet, Fort Collins, CO.
A partnership between the City of Fort Collins and Poudre Fire Authority (PFA), the 9/11 Memorial will be
located in midtown Fort Collins, and will honor firefighters, emergency medical technicians, law
enforcement officers, and nearly 3,000 others who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
Adjacent to PFA Station 3, abutting Spring Park, the park will serve as the permanent home to the steel
World Trade Center (WTC) I-Beam, moved to Fort Collins in 2015. A symbol of resilience, this WTC artifact
will draw visitors to reflect on the collective loss and incredible acts of bravery of September 11.
Colorado Task Force 1 – Urban Search and Rescue, a federal disaster response team, deployed 64
Coloradoans – including nine firefighters from the Poudre Fire Authority – to New York City to assist with
urban search and recovery. By telling their story, we acknowledge that the response to tragedy defines a
community more than the tragedy itself.
Funding for the memorial is the culmination of generous community donors, Poudre Fire Authority and the
City of Fort Collins. This item appropriates $12,500 in a philanthropic gift from UC Health and charitable
proceeds from Canvas Credit Union’s HeroFest. These gifts are designated for the sole purpose of the
9/11 Memorial at Spring Park.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
Upon adoption, this Ordinance will appropriate $12,500 in philanthropic revenue received in 2023 being
appropriated from prior year reserves. The funds have been received and accepted per City Give
Administrative and Financial Policy.
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The City Manager has also determined that these appropriations are available and previously
unappropriated from their designated City Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated to exceed
the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received during fiscal year
2024.
BOARD / COMMISSION / COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
None.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
None.
ATTACHMENTS
First Reading attachments not included.
1. Ordinance for Consideration
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ORDINANCE NO. 078, 2024
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR PHILANTHROPIC
REVENUE RESERVES RECEIVED BY CITY GIVE FOR
THE 9/11 MEMORIAL AT SPRING PARK
A. The City of Fort Collins and Poudre Fire Authority have collaborated to
construct a memorial to the events of September 11, 2001, at Spring Creek Park, adjacent
to Poudre Fire Authority Station 3 (the “Memorial”).
B. The Memorial will serve as the permanent home for a Steel World Trade
Center I-beam and will honor firefighters, emergency medical technicians, law
enforcement officers, and nearly 3,000 others who lost their lives on September 11, 2011 .
C. Funding for the memorial is made possible by donations from generous
community donors and efforts by Poudre Fire Authority and the City of Fort Collins staff
members. This item appropriates $12,500 in philanthropic gift s from UC Health and
charitable proceeds from Canvas Credit Union’s HeroFest. These gifts are appropriated
for the sole purpose of the 9/11 Memorial at Spring Park.
D. This appropriation benefits the public health, safety and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of facilitating the construction of a
public memorial to the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
E. Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon the
recommendation of the City Manager, to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance
at any time during the fiscal year from such revenues and funds for expenditure as may
be available from reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves
were not previously appropriated.
F. The City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein
and determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from
the Capital Project Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Capital
Project Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all
other funds to be received in this Fund during this fiscal year.
D. Article V, Section 11 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds for a federal, state or private grant
or donation, that such appropriation shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year in which
the appropriation is made, but continue until the earlier of the expiration of the federal,
state or private grant or donation or the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such
grant or donation.
E. The City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for 9/11
Memorial at Spring Park donation as an appropriation that shall not lapse until the earlier
of the expiration of the grant or donation or the City’s expenditure of all funds received
from such grant or donation.
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In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Capital
Project Fund the sum of TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($12,500) to
be expended in the Capital Project Fund for the 9/11 Memorial at Spring Park.
Section 2. The appropriation herein for the 9/11 Memorial at Spring Creek is
hereby designated, as authorized in Article V, Section 11 of the City Charter, as an
appropriation that shall not lapse at the end of this fiscal year but continue until the earlier
of the expiration of the grant or donation or the City’s expenditure of all funds received
from such grant or donation.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading on June 4, 2024, and approved
on second reading for final passage on June 18, 2024.
______________________________
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
______________________________
Interim City Clerk
Effective Date: June 28, 2024
Approving Attorney: Jenny Lopez Filkins
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June 18, 2024
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
City Council
STAFF
Hannah Krikorian, The Gardens on Spring Creek
Kerri Ishmael, Grants Administration
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 079, 2024, Making a Supplemental Appropriation and Authorizing
Transfer of Appropriations for The Gardens on Spring Creek Internship Program.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 4, 2024, supports The Gardens on Spring
Creek internship program by:
● Appropriating $4,200 of unanticipated grant revenue awarded by the Colorado Department of Agriculture
(CDA)) and
● Utilizing matching funds in the amount of $4,200 from existing 2024 appropriations into to this new grant
project.
In May 2024 the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) awarded the City of Fort Collins (City) $4,200
under the CDA’s Agricultural Workforce Development Grant Program (Attachment 2). The City will be
providing an additional $4,200 in required matching funds. The award funds and City’s matching funds will
support hiring an intern for The Gardens’ summer 2024 internship program.
The $4,200 in funds through the CDA’s Agricultural Workforce Development Grant Program are federal
pass-through funds.
As presented per Attachment 2, the $4,200 is provided pursuant to a State of Colorado Purchase Order,
with corresponding terms and conditions. There is no requirement that the City sign an agreement. Rather
upon the City submitting the first request for reimbursement to CDA, the City agrees to all terms and
conditions of the award.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The Colorado Department of Agriculture’s (CDA) Agricultural Workforce Development Program (AWDP)
provides financial incentives to farms, ranches, and agricultural businesses to hire interns and provide
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them with hands-on training needed to begin a career in agriculture. Qualified businesses may be
reimbursed for up to 50 percent of the actual cost of hiring an intern, not to exceed $5,000 per internship.
The AWDP is the result of legislation introduced during the 2018 session of the Colorado General Assembly
by the Young and Beginning Farmers Interim Study Committee. In its first five years, the AWDP has
supported 130 internships at 107 different Colorado agricultural businesses.
As many City internships are unpaid, The Gardens on Spring Creek applied for funding to continue to
provide paid internship opportunities for learners. By creating paid opportunities for students to support
career readiness, we expect to increase students’ skillsets to better prepare them for quality jobs, while
decreasing the financial burden an unpaid internship can cause.
The Gardens was awarded one horticulture internship of $4,200 for the summer of 2024. This in ternship
will work directly in the Garden of Eatin’, an acre garden dedicated to food production where all produce is
donated to the Food Bank of Larimer County, as well as with the Community Gardens Program , which
allows residents to grow their own fruits, vegetables, herbs and annual flowers in one of the City’s eight
community gardens.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
This item appropriates $4,200 in unanticipated revenue from the CDA in support of The Garden’s internship
program.
This grant is a reimbursement type grant, meaning Cultural Services and Facilities Fund expenses will be
reimbursed up to $4,200.
Required matching funds in the amount of $4,200 have already been appropriated in the Cultural Services
and Facilities Fund, specifically in the 2024 operating budget for The Gardens. Up to $4,200 in required
match will be transferred from The Gardens’ 2024 operating budget to the grant project.
BOARD / COMMISSION / COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
None.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
None.
ATTACHMENTS
First Reading attachments not included.
1. Ordinance for Consideration
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ORDINANCE NO. 079, 2024
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION AND
AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
GARDENS ON SPRING CREEK INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
A. The Colorado Department of Agriculture’s (CDA) Agricultural Workforce
Development Program (AWDP) provides financial incentives to farms, ranches, and
agricultural businesses to hire interns and provide them with hands -on training needed to
begin a career in agriculture.
B. The Gardens on Spring Creek applied for funding to continue to provide
paid internship opportunities for learners. By creating paid opportunities for students to
support career readiness, the City expects to increase students’ skillsets to better prepare
them for quality jobs, while decreasing the financial burden an unpaid internship can
cause.
C. The Gardens was awarded one horticulture internship of $4,200 for the
summer of 2024. This internship will work directly in the Garden of Eatin’, an acre garden
dedicated to food production where all produce is donated to the Food Bank of Larimer
County, as well as with the Community Gardens Program, which allows residents to grow
their own fruits, vegetables, herbs and annual flowers in one of the City’s eight community
gardens.
D. This appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens
of Fort Collins and the intern’s work serves the public purpose of improving a public
cultural facility.
E. Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon
recommendation of the City Manager, to make a supplemental appropriation by ordinance
at any time during the fiscal year, provided that the total amount of such supplemental
appropriation, in combination with all previous appropriations for that fiscal year, do not
exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be
received during the fiscal year.
F. The City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein
and determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from
the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated
in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and
anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received in this Fund during this fiscal year.
D. Article V, Section 10 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council, upon
recommendation by the City Manager, to transfer by ordinance any unexpended and
unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof from one fund or capital project to
another fund or capital project, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds
are to be expended remains unchanged, the purpose for which the funds were initially
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appropriated no longer exists, or the proposed transfer is from a fund or capital project in
which the amount appropriated exceeds the amount needed to accomplish the purpose
specified in the appropriation ordinance; and
E. The City Manager has recommended the transfer of $4,200 from the
Cultural Services and Facilities Fund Operating Budget to Cultural Services and Facilities
Fund Grant Project Budget and determined that the purpose for which the transferred
funds are to be expended remains unchanged.
F. Article V, Section 11 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds for a federal, state or private grant
or donation, that such appropriation shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year in which
the appropriation is made, but continue until the earlier of the expiration of the federal,
state or private grant or the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such grant.
G. The City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the
Gardens on Spring Creek Internship Program Grant as an appropriation that shall not
lapse until the earlier of the expiration of the grant or the City’s expenditure of all funds
received from such grant.
In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from new revenue or other funds in the
Cultural Services and Facilities Fund the sum of FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($4,200) to be expended in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for
Gardens on Spring Creek Internship Program.
Section 2. The unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of FOUR
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($4,200) is authorized for transfer from the
Cultural Services and Facilities Fund Operating Budget to Cultural Services and Facilities
Fund Grant Project Budget and appropriated therein to be expended for Gardens on
Spring Creek Internship Program.
Section 3. The appropriation herein for the Gardens on Spring Creek Internship
Program Grant is hereby designated, as authorized in Article V, Section 11 of the City
Charter, as an appropriation that shall not lapse at the end of this fiscal year but continue
until the earlier of the expiration of the grant or the City’s expenditure of all funds received
from such grant.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading on June 4, 2024, and approved
on second reading for final passage on June 18, 2024.
______________________________
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
______________________________
Interim City Clerk
Effective Date: June 28, 2024
Approving Attorney: Jenny Lopez Filkins
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June 18, 2024
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
City Council
STAFF
Tyler Marr, Deputy City Manager
Derek Bergsten, Poudre Fire Authority Fire Chief
Kirsten Howard, Poudre Fire Authority Budget and Administration Manager
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 080, 2024, Amending Ordinance No. 107, 2023, and Appropriating
Prior Year Reserves Designated for Fire Services in the Fire Protection Capital Expansion Fund
for Payment to the Poudre Fire Authority to be Used to Pay for a New Headquarters Building.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appropriate and reappropriate funds from the Fire Protection Capital
Expansion Fund and transfer funds to Poudre Fire Authority (PFA) for purchase of a new Headquarters
Building.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
Replacement or expansion of the PFA Administrative Building (102 Remington Street) has been included
in PFA’s Long-Range Financial Plan since 2016 and has been on the unfunded priorities list within PFA
budget documents since 2014. PFA staff have been in discussions with the PFA Board during the past
year and a half regarding several options including a rental option at a separate location that required a
lease of several years prior to purchase as well as tenant finish expenses, and the purchase a new facility
to house all PFA administrative and support staff. PFA made an offer to purchase a new facility located at
301 Remington Street; however, that offer fell through. The current option to purchase a new Headquarters
Facility has been identified and an offer has been accepted.
PFA staff have been working on options for additional administrative office space with City of Fort Collins
Real Estate Services, and the property located in the Old Town area meets the criteria for PFA needs. The
Property is 55,888 square feet on an entire block consisting of 1.28 acres and will provide sufficient space
for PFA Administrative and Support staff for the long-term future. The property is in Old Town on the
southwest corner of Oak and Howes Streets, near PFA’s current location and convenient for collaboration
with City and County partners. The facility features on-site parking, an outside courtyard, generator,
computer server room, kitchen and eating area, one garage bay, several conference rooms, entry vestibule,
and plenty of space for current and future PFA staff. An offer of $9,750,000 has been made by PFA staff
and accepted by the seller.
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In anticipation of the purchase of 301 Remington Street, PFA requested that Council appropriate funds
from the City’s Fire Protection Capital Expansion Fee Account in Capital Expansion Fee Fund. Council
appropriated $3,511,575 by adopting Ordinance No. 107, 2023 (the “2023 Ordinance”). The 2023
Ordinance specifically stated that $3,500,000 was appropriated for the purchase of a new facility located
at 301 Remington Street. After adoption of the 2023 Ordinance and after the City transferred $3 ,500,000
to PFA, the purchase of 301 Remington fell through. Rather than the City and PFA incur the administrative
burden of returning the $3,500,000, PFA staff and City staff propose that Council amend the 2023
Ordinance to remove reference to 301 Remington. Doing so would be consistent with Council’s original
intent of funding PFA’s new facility while also removing any restriction on which building PFA may choose
to purchase. While PFA has identified a new location and is under contract to purchase it, this amendment
would allow PFA the flexibility to pursue another location if this most recent one were also to fall through.
The City has majority representation on the PFA Board of Directors, which provides a level of oversight on
the property that PFA decides to purchase.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
City Code Section 7.5-30(a) requires that capital expansion fees for fire services be used only for capital
improvements related to the provision of fire services, as such improvements may be identified in the capital
improvements plan for fire protection services.
The amount of $986,763 will be appropriated from reserves in this Ordinance.
The amount of $3,511,575 will be reappropriated from the Fire Protection Capital Expansion Fee Account
in the Capital Expansion Fee Fund, and which funds have already been transferred to PFA.
BOARD / COMMISSION / COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
None.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
None.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Ordinance for Consideration
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ORDINANCE NO. 080, 2024
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 107, 2023, AND APPROPRIATING
PRIOR YEAR RESERVES DESIGNATED FOR FIRE SERVICES
IN THE FIRE PROTECTION CAPITAL EXPANSION FUND FOR
PAYMENT TO THE POUDRE FIRE AUTHORITY TO BE USED
FOR A NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
A. The City of Fort Collins has recognized and addressed the issue of requiring
future growth and new development to contribute its proportionate share of the cost of
providing new capital facilities and infrastructure required to maintain the City's level of
services to its residents.
B. The City Council adopted Ordinance No. 051, 1996, on May 21, 1996,
amending the City Code by adding a new article pertaining to the imposition of capital
expansion fees to be used to fund capital improvements for the library, community parks,
police services, fire services, and general government facilities.
C. The City Council adopted Ordinance No. 166, 2018, on December 18, 2018,
amending Chapters 7.5, 8 and 24 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins to implement
phase II increases of the capital expansion fees.
D. The capital expansion fees imposed under the provisions of the
aforementioned article of the City Code, including a Fire Protection Capital Expansion
Fee, went into effect on January 1, 2019, and the City has since been receiving such fees
as a condition of the issuance of building permits in the City.
E. The administrative headquarters of the Poudre Fire Authority (the
"Authority''), located at 102 Remington Street, house Fire Prevention and Community Risk
Reduction as well as Operations and those administrative personnel of the Authority
whose duties include the management and coordination of public education and
emergency services.
F. Additional space or a new, larger building to house administrative
headquarters (the "Project") has been a priority of the Authority since 2014 due to
shortages of space in meeting both current and future needs at the facility.
G. City Code Section 7.5-30(a) requires that capital expansion fees for fire
services be used only for capital improvements related to the provision of fire services,
as such improvements may be identified in the capital improvements plan for fire
protection services.
H. Such “capital improvements” are defined in Code Section 7.5 -17 to include
“the purchase or long-term lease or lease-purchase of real property.”
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I. The Project is included in the Poudre Fire Authority 2023 PFA Long-Range
Financial Plan, adopted by the Board of Directors of the Authority on November 15, 2022.
J. On September 5, 2023, City Council adopted on second reading Ordinance
No. 107, 2023 (the “2023 Ordinance”), appropriating $3,511,575 from prior year reserves
in the Fire Protection Capital Expansion Fee Account in the Capital Expansion Fee Fund
for the Authority to use to purchase a new facility located at 301 Remington Street.
K. After Council adopted the 2023 Ordinance and the City transferred the
funds to PFA, the purchase and sale of the facility at 301 Remington Street fell through
and PFA found a different facility to purchase. Accordingly, this Ordinance amends the
2023 Ordinance to clarify Council’s intent that the $3,511,575 is appropriated not just for
PFA to purchase 301 Remington Street, but for PFA to use to purchase a facility it
chooses.
L. The estimated cost to purchase the Project is $9,750,000, with $4,550,000
due at closing and seller financing interest free loan amount of $5,000,000 with a term of
two years from the closing date. Costs to remodel and furnish the new Headquarters will
come from a combination of Poudre Fire Authority Reserve and the Capital Expansion
Fees requested. The sale of the current Headquarters Facility and the sale of Poudre
Fire Authority’s Station 7 in LaPorte will contribute to the outstanding loan payment.
Funding sources for the purchase and associated costs are identified as follows:
City of Fort Collins Fire Protection Capital
Expansion Fees (received in 2023 per the 2023 Ordinance) $3,511,575
City of Fort Collins Fire Protection Capital
Expansion Fees (current request) 986,763
Poudre Fire Authority Existing Appropriations 200,000
Total $4,698,338
M. The aforementioned request for appropriation of said fees is consistent with
the uses of the fees set forth in Chapter 7.5 of the City Code.
N. Funds are available in the Fire Protection Capital Improvement Expansion
Fund from prior year reserves in the amount of $986,763.
O. Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon the
recommendation of the City Manager, to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance
at any time during the fiscal year from such revenues and funds for expenditure as may
be available from reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves
were not previously appropriated.
P. The City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein
and determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated fro m
the Fire Protection Capital Expansion Account in the Capital Expansion Fund and will not
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cause the total amount appropriated in the Capital Expansion Fund to exceed the current
estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be receive d in this Fund
during this fiscal year.
In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. The ninth Whereas clause of Ordinance No. 107, 2023, is hereby
replaced in its entirety to read as follows:
WHEREAS, the Authority’s staff has been working with the City’s Real
Estate Services on options to acquire additional office space and has identified a
property and building (the “New Facility”). The Authority has made an offer to
purchase the property and the owner has accepted the offer.
Section 2. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 107, 2023, is hereby replaced in its
entirety to read as follows:
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in
the Fire Protection Capital Expansion Fee Account in the Capital Expansion Fee
Fund, the sum of THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($3,511,575), to be expended fro m the
CEF Fund for payment to the Authority for it to use in its purchase of the New
Facility, or such other real property that the Authority deems to be suitable for its
needs, provided such acquisition is consistent with the purposes and intent of this
Ordinance.
Section 3. There is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Fire
Protection Capital Expansion Fee Account in the Capital Expansion Fee Fund the sum of
NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE
DOLLARS ($986,763) to be expended from the Capital Expansion Fund for payment to
the Poudre Fire Authority to be used for the purchase of a new administrative
headquarters.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading on June 18, 2024, and approved
on second reading for final passage on July 2, 2024.
______________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________________
City Clerk
Effective Date: July 12, 2024
Approving Attorney: Ryan Malarky
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June 18, 2024
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
City Council
STAFF
Adam Molzer, Human Services Program Manager
SUBJECT
Public Hearing and Resolution 2024-077 Approving the Programs and Projects that will Receive
Funds from the Federal Community Development Block Grant Program, the HOME Investment
Partnerships Program, the City’s Affordable Housing Fund, and the City’s Human Services
Program.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to approve funding recommendations of the 2024 Spring Cycle of the
Competitive Process. This Resolution will complete the 2024 Spring Cycle of the Competitive Process for
allocating $3,772,510 in City financial resources to affordable housing and public facility projects, human
service programs, and administration of the programs.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
This Resolution establishes which programs and projects will receive funding with the Federal Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME, Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) and Human Services Program
(HSP) funds for the 2024 program year. CDBG and HOME are federal dollars allocated through HUD. AHF
and HSP funds are allocated from the General Fund (GF) and the General Fund 0.25% Other Community
Priorities (OCP). In 2024, the total dollar amount available and being allocated to fulfill the FY2024 project
requests, as well as the planning and administration needs, is $3,772,510. The following table shows
available dollars in each funding category:
FY2024 FUNDING CATEGORIES
Funding Source Amount
FY2024 Housing $2,370,715
FY2024 Human Service $920,287
FY2024 CDBG Public Service $181,684
FY2024 Planning and Administration $299,824
Total $3,772,510
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Federal funds available for allocation total $2,271,176. These funds are sourced from eight categories
designated by HUD, including: FY2024 Entitlement Grants (CDBG and HOME - new funding), FY2023 and
FY2022 Unanticipated Program Revenue (CDBG and HOME - new funding), and Prior Year Funds (CDBG
and HOME - re-appropriated).
Unanticipated Revenue Funds include repayments from loans issued for rehabilitation, homebuyer
assistance, acquisition and development. Fifteen percent (15%) of CDBG funds received in the current
program year (FY2023) can be allocated towards public services. The remaining CDBG and HOME
Unanticipated Revenue is available for allocation to housing activities.
Prior Year Funds (CDBG FY2023, HOME FY2022) represent previously appropriated funds that were
unexpended and available for re-allocation in the housing category only.
Total federal contribution to the Housing category is $1,807,705.
The maximum limit allowed by HUD regulations in the Public Service category for the CDBG Entitlement
grant and current year CDBG Program Income is 15%.
Total federal contribution to the Public Service category is $181,684: $166,189 from the FY2024 CDBG
Entitlement grant and $15,495 from CDBG FY2023 Unanticipated Program Income.
HUD regulations allow a maximum of 20% of the CDBG Entitlement grant ($221,586) to be used for CDBG
planning and program administration costs.
HUD regulations allow a maximum of 10% of HOME Entitlement grant ($60,201) to be used for HOME
planning and program administration.
Total federal contribution to the Planning and Program Administration category is $281,787.
The following table provides a summary of 2024 federal funding sources for Housing, Public Service and
Planning/Program Administration:
FEDERAL FUNDS
Funding Source Total Funds Housing Public Service Planning / Admin
FY2024 CDBG
Entitlement Grant
$ 1,107,934 $ 720,159 $ 166,189 $ 221,586
FY2023
Unanticipated
Revenue CDBG
$ 103,301 $ 87,806 $ 15,495
FY2022
Unanticipated
Revenue CDBG
$ 358 $ 358
Prior Year CDBG
Funds (previously
appropriated and
available)
$ 293,711 $ 293,711
FY2024 HOME
Entitlement Grant
$ 602,015 $ 541,814 $ 60,201
FY2023
Unanticipated
Revenue HOME
$ 35,709 $ 35,709
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FY2022
Unanticipated
Revenue HOME
$ 47,979 $ 47,979
Prior Year HOME
Funds FY2022
(previously
appropriated and
available)
$ 80,169 $ 80,169
TOTAL
Federal Funds
$ 2,271,176 $ 1,807,705 $ 181,684 $ 281,787
The City’s contribution to the Housing category is $563,010.
The City’s contribution to the Human Service category is $920,287 ($918,282 new allocation for FY24,
$2,005 reappropriated from prior year).
A portion of City funds assigned to the Human Services Program is used for planning and program
administration costs ($18,037).
The following table provides a summary of 2024 City Funding for Housing and Human Service, including
differentiation between General Fund (GF) and the General Fund 0.25% Other Community Priorities (OCP)
sources for each:
CITY FUNDS
Funding Source Total Funds Housing Human Service Planning / Admin
Human Services
Program (GF)
$ 537,982 $ 519,945 $ 18,037
Affordable Housing
Fund (GF)
$ 345,091 $ 345,091
General Fund OCP $ 616,256 $ 217,919 $ 398,337
Prior Year Human
Services Program
Funds (previously
appropriated and
available)
$ 2,005 $ 2,005
TOTAL City Funds $ 1,501,334 $ 563,010 $ 920,287 $ 18,037
COMBINED FUNDING TOTALS
Total Funds Housing Human Service &
Public Service
Planning / Admin
$ 3,772,510 $ 2,370,715 $ 1,101,971 $299,824
The City received 58 housing, human service and public service applications totaling $7,021,284. In the
housing category, eight proposals were received totaling $4,810,000. The available funding in the Housing
category equals $2,370,715, and therefore the amount requested from Housing applicants is $2,439,285
greater than the funding available. In the Human Service category, 46 applications were received totaling
$2,029,600. The total unfunded amount of Human Service requests is $1,109,313. The CDBG Public
Service funds offer the 4 grant recipients multi-year funding support and FY24 was a renewal cycle, which
delivers $181,684 to those programs. The following table summarizes the amount of funding requests
compared to the amount of funding available for each of the categories:
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FY2024 FUNDING REQUESTS BY CATEGORY
Category Number of
Applications
Available
Funding
Requested
Funding
Available
Request
Difference
Administration –
CDBG
* $ 221,586 $ 221,586 $ 0
Administration –
HOME
* $ 60,201 $ 60,201 $ 0
Administration –
Human Services
* $ 18,037 $ 18,037 $ 0
Housing 8 $ 2,370,715 $ 4,810,000 - $ 2,439,285
Human Service 46 $ 920,287 $ 2,029,600 - $ 1,109,313
Public Service 4 $ 181,684 $ 181,684 $ 0
Totals 58 $ 5,596,742 $ 5,041,721 + $ 555,021
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
The CDBG and HOME programs provide federal funds from HUD to the City of Fort Collins which can be
allocated to housing and community development related programs and projects and administration of the
funds, thereby, reducing the demand on the City’s General Fund budget to address such needs. In FY2024,
the total amount of federal funds available for allocation is $2,271,176 and the City’s contribution is
$1,501,334. These dollars allow applicants to leverage other funding sources to provide needed services
in our community.
Through the provision of affordable housing, more of Fort Collins’ workforce can reside within the
community. This means there is an available labor pool within the city, which is a positive benefit to
economic sustainability.
Human Service and Public Service programs contribute to economic sustainability and homelessness
prevention by providing such programs as education, childcare, counseling, and rent assistance, so
workers can maintain their employment and housing.
BOARD / COMMISSION / COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Human Services and Housing Funding Board recommends adoption of their affordable housing,
CDBG public service and human service funding recommendations made on April 30, 2024, and May 1,
2024. The Board read all project applications, viewed presentations by each housing applicant, and asked
clarifying questions. Additionally, in the Housing category, they reviewed the priority rankings of the
Affordable Housing Board, the goals of the Affordable Housing Strategic Plan and the priorities of the HUD
required Five-Year Consolidated Plan.
In the Human Service categories, they considered the performance of current grantees, the priority areas
of the Social Sustainability Strategic Plan, community needs and the program’s potential to address
community needs. Each Board member then completed a scorecard to reflect their evaluations of the
Human Service proposals relative to a series of weighted criteria. The proposals were then placed in
descending ranked order based on the average scores of the participating Board members who submitted
scores. The Board proceeded to deliberate funding recommendations following a rules-based protocol that
they had predetermined.
In the CDBG Public Service category, they considered the performance of current grantees, the goals of
the HUD required Five-Year Consolidated Plan, and the program’s potential to address the HUD goals.
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The Board was presented with the percentage of CDBG Public Service funding assigned in FY2022 to
each program. The City’s FY2024 CDBG Entitlement Grant award amount was not published by HUD at
the time of deliberations, and therefore the Board did not have the equivalent dollar amount calculations.
The Board voted to adopt the recommended funding formula without any changes to the funding
distribution.
The evaluation process for the Housing, Human Service and CDBG Public Service categories addresses
deeply rooted community needs that pre-date the COVID-19 pandemic and have continued beyond the
public health emergency passing. COVID-19 was not a leading determinant in the funding
recommendations. Many applicants were supported in 2020-2024 with federal CARES-CVRF and
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grants administered by the Social Sustainability Department.
The Human Services and Housing Funding Board members are subject to certain rules of ethical conduct
established by the City Charter and Code, including refraining from voting on or attempting to influence any
decision in which they have a financial or personal conflict of interest. Board members have been presented
with information detailing the City Charter and Code provisions regarding conflict of interest and the
disclosure process.
The following tables present the project-specific allocations recommended by the Board to Council within
the housing, CDBG public service and human service categories, as well as the accompanying planning
and administrative costs:
PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION CATEGORY
Applicant
Project/Program
Funding
Request
Recommended
Funding
Unfunded
Balance
Percent of
Request
Funded
City of Fort Collins: CDBG
Planning/Administration
$ 221,586 $ 221,586 $ 0 100%
City of Fort Collins: HOME
Planning/Administration
$ 60,201 $ 60,201 $ 0 100%
City of Fort Collins: Human
Services Program
Planning/Administration
$ 18,037 $ 18,037 $ 0 100%
Planning/Administration
Total
$ 299,824 $ 299,824 $ 0 100%
HOUSING CATEGORY
In the Housing category, the Human Services and Housing Funding Board determined six of the eight
housing proposals were projects that would benefit from receiving funding, with each of those six proposals
recommended for full funding. The two proposals that were not recommended were not placed in ranked
order for funding consideration. Those recommendations and the board’s ranked order prioritization are
listed in the table below:
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Applicant
Project/Program
Funding
Request
HS&HF
Board’s
Prioritized
Ranking
Recommended
Funding
Unfunded
Balance
Percent
of
Request
Funded
CARE Housing:
Greenbriar-Windtrail
Rehab
$ 1,000,000 # 4 $ 520,715 $ 479,285 52%
City of Fort Collins
Forestry Division:
Homeowner Hazard
Tree Removal
Assistance Program
$ 100,000 # 5 $ 0 $ 100,000 0%
Fort Collins Habitat
for Humanity:
Harmony Cottages
$ 200,000 # 3 $ 200,000 $ 0 100%
Housing Catalyst:
Remington Parking
Lot
$ 750,000 # 6 $ 0 $750,000 0%
Housing Catalyst:
Village on Eastbrook
$ 1,500,000 # 1 $1,500,000 $ 0 100%
L’Arche Fort Collins:
L’Arche Homes at
Heartside Hill
$ 300,000 Not
Advanced
For
Ranking
$ 0 $ 300,000 0%
Loveland Housing
Development Corp:
Larimer Home
Improvement
Program
$ 150,000 # 2 $ 150,000 $ 0 100%
The Szanton
Company: 302
Conifer
$810,000 Not
Advanced
For
Ranking
$ 0 $ 810,000 0%
Housing Total $ 4,810,000 $ 2,370,715 $ 2,439,285
There are no unallocated funds remaining after all applications received full or partial funding
recommendations.
CDBG PUBLIC SERVICE CATEGORY
In the CDBG Public Service category, 4 eligible programs are recommended to receive a proportional share
of the CDBG Public Service funds. These programs were selected by the HSHF Board in 2022 and are
considered for renewal annually until the City’s current HUD Consolidated Plan expires in September 2025.
The FY24 recommendations were recognized as a renewal cycle. All recommendations are listed in the
table below:
Applicant
Project/Program
Funding Renewal HS&HF Board’s
Recommended
Funding
Unfunded
Balance
Percent of
CDBG Public
Service Funds
Catholic Charities:
Samaritan House Shelter
$ 56,322 $ 56,322 $ 0 31%
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Crossroads Safehouse:
Domestic Violence
Emergency Shelter
Advocacy
$47,238 $47,238 $ 0 26%
Family Housing Network:
Shelter Program
$19,985 $19,985 $ 0 11%
Neighbor to Neighbor:
Housing Solutions –
Direct Rental Assistance
$ 58,139 $ 58,139 $ 0 32%
Public Service Total $ 181,684 $ 181,684 $ 0
HUMAN SERVICE CATEGORY
In the Human Service category, 46 proposals were received and 39 are being recommended for funding,
ranging from 23% to 100% of requests. Seven proposals are not being recommended for funding. The total
unfunded amount of requests is $1,109,313. All recommendations are listed in the table below:
Applicant Project/Program Funding
Request
HS&HF Board’s
Recommended
Funding
Unfunded
Balance
Percent
of
Request
Funded
A Little Help: A Little Help for Older
Adults in Fort Collins
$45,000 $20,000 $25,000 44%
Alianza NORCO: Navigation
Programming for Immigrants by
Immigrants
$75,000 $32,000 $43,000 43%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County:
Boys & Girls Clubs - Fort Collins
$50,000 $25,000 $25,000 50%
CASA of Larimer County: Court
Appointed Special Advocates
$52,500 $30,000 $22,500 57%
CASA of Larimer County: Family
Connections
$75,500 $30,000 $45,500 40%
Catholic Charities: Senior Support
Services
$60,000 $27,000 $33,000 45%
Children's Speech and Reading Center:
Scholarships, Screens & Early Literacy
$20,000 $15,000 $5,000 75%
ChildSafe Colorado: Child Abuse
Treatment Program
$83,000 $35,000 $48,000 42%
Colorado Health Network: CHN
Connection Point - Integrative Care &
Supportive Services
$40,500 $0 $40,500 0%
Crossroads Safehouse: Bilingual &
Bicultural Victim Advocacy
$40,000 $28,000 $12,000 70%
Disabled Resource Services: Disability
Services for Independence
$40,000 $20,000 $20,000 50%
Elderhaus Adult Day Program: Direct
Care for Fort Collins Residents Living
with Disabilities
$66,000 $27,000 $39,000 41%
Ensight Skills Center: Low Vision
Rehabilitation Care and Support
Program
$25,000 $15,000 $10,000 60%
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Family Housing Network: Sherwood
House - Bridge Housing
$25,000 $16,000 $9,000 64%
Feeding Our Community Ourselves:
Meal Exchange Program
$15,000 $0 $15,000 0%
Food Bank for Larimer County: Fort
Collins Kids Café
$40,000 $22,000 $18,000 55%
Fort Collins Rescue Mission: Nutritious
Meal Program
$50,000 $0 $50,000 0%
Homeward Alliance: Family Services $45,000 $30,000 $15,000 67%
Homeward Alliance: Murphy Center $45,000 $30,000 $15,000 67%
ISAAC of Northern Colorado: Housing in
the Gaps: Safety Net for Unhoused
Immigrant & Refugee Families
$40,000 $20,000 $20,000 50%
L'Arche Fort Collins: I/DD Emergency
Services Identification
$35,000 $0 $35,000 0%
Larimer County Partners: Youth
Mentoring and Prevention
$28,300 $15,000 $13,300 53%
Lutheran Campus Ministry at CSU:
Student Housing Security Initiative
$45,000 $0 $45,000 0%
McBackpack: Working to Alleviate Food
Insecurity in Fort Collins
$20,000 $15,000 $5,000 75%
Meals on Wheels for Fort Collins: Meal
Delivery Program
$50,000 $25,000 $25,000 50%
Neighbor to Neighbor: N2N Rent
Assistance Coordination
$70,000 $32,500 $37,500 46%
Outreach Fort Collins: Street-Based
Homelessness Services Program
Support
$90,000 $39,000 $51,000 43%
Poudre River Public Library District:
Social Service Interventions for
Unhoused Library Customers
$15,000 $15,000 $0 100%
Project Self-Sufficiency: Career
Pathways for Low-Income Single
Parents
$45,000 $22,000 $23,000 49%
Respite Care: Career Pathways for Low-
Income Single Parents
$40,000 $19,000 $21,000 48%
Sexual Assault Victim Advocate Center:
Sexual Assault Intervention & Prevention
Services
$43,000 $21,500 $21,500 50%
Teaching Tree Early Childhood Learning
Center: Childcare Scholarships for Low
Income Families
$85,000 $40,000 $45,000 47%
The Crawford Child Advocacy Center:
Fighting Child Sexual Abuse &
Maltreatment
$29,700 $15,000 $14,700 51%
The Family Center/La Familia: Childcare
Scholarships & Family Support Services
$75,000 $41,287 $33,713 55%
The Lotus Effect: Fit to Fight $32,000 $0 $32,000 0%
The Matthews House: Family to Family
Program at the Community Life Center
$26,000 $15,000 $11,000 58%
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The Matthews House: Youth & Young
Adults Transitioning to Independence
$52,000 $30,000 $22,000 58%
The Quarter Project: GEMS - Girls in
Engineering, Math & Science
$28,200 $15,000 $13,200 53%
The Salvation Army: Rent and Utilities
Program
$35,000 $18,000 $17,000 51%
The Vegetable Connection: Feeding the
Families
$15,000 $0 $15,000 0%
Turning Point Center for Youth & Family
Development: Connections Program
$65,900 $15,000 $50,900 23%
United Way of Larimer County: Larimer
Child Care Fund
$25,000 $15,000 $10,000 60%
United Way of Weld County:
Coordinated Assessment and Housing
Placement System
$40,000 $30,000 $10,000 75%
Vindeket Foods: Vindeket Market $30,000 $16,000 $14,000 53%
Volunteers of America: Handyperson
Program
$22,000 $16,000 $6,000 73%
Volunteers of America: Home Delivered
Meals Program
$55,000 $28,000 $27,000 51%
Human Service Total $ 2,029,600 $ 920,287 $ 1,109,313 45%
FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS BY CATEGORY
A summary of the funding recommendations by category is presented in the following table:
Category Recommended Funding % of Total
Planning and Administration $ 299,824 8%
Housing $ 2,370,715 63%
Public Service $ 181,684 5%
Human Service $ 920,287 24%
Total $ 3,772,510 100%
The justifications for the Human Services and Housing Funding Board’s recommendations can be found in
the approved minutes of the April 30, 2024 meeting and draft minutes of the May 1, 2024, meeting.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
A meeting that combined the Human Services and Housing Funding Board and the Affordable Housing
Board was held on March 27, 2024, to discuss the merits of the housing proposals, without any funding
discussion. Housing applicants also had the opportunity to create video presentations that were viewed by
members of both boards in advance. Housing applicants were provided the opportunity to respond to
questions directly from board members at their joint meeting. The Affordable Housing Board met on April
4, 2024, and created their own project ranking list, which was then made available to the Human Services
and Housing Funding Board as a resource to consider during funding deliberations. The Human Services
and Housing Funding Board met on April 3, 2024, to discuss the merits of the human services proposals
and identify follow-up questions for the applicants, without any funding discussion. The Human Services
and Housing Funding Board held a meeting on April 30, 2024, to deliberate the housing proposals and
CDBG public service proposals, and again on May 1, 2024, to deliberate the human service proposals,
and make funding recommendations. All meetings were open to the public and added to the City calendar.
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The City of Fort Collins Citizen Participation Plan for HUD funds requires a Public Hearing to review the
Competitive Process, funding sources, applications and funding requests for all projects. Announcements
were published in the Coloradoan newspaper, posted on the Social Sustainability website and the Events
Calendar, and emailed to community organizations. The Public Hearing occurred on March 26, 2024.
The City of Fort Collins Citizen Participation Plan for HUD funds also requires a 30-day public comment
period on the proposed allocation of CDBG and HOME funds prior to Council’s final decision. Staff placed
an ad in the Coloradoan newspaper on May 14, 2024, presenting the list of recommended funding for
programs/projects and indicated the public comment period would start on May 15, 2024, and end on June
18, 2024. The Council meeting on June 18, 2024, will serve as a Public Hearing and comments will be
recorded and reported to HUD in August. The public notice of funding recommendations was placed on
the Social Sustainability Department’s website. It was also distributed to applicants and entities serving a
majority of clients in legally protected classes-including those in a racial/ethnic minority, those with a
disability, or female heads of households-or serving those community members who might otherwise have
barriers to public participation in the City’s civic engagement processes. To date, the public comments
received have largely been statements of gratitude from the applying agencies.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Resolution for Consideration
2. Summary of Organizations Requesting Funding and Recommendations
3. Affordable Housing Board Priority Rankings
4. Funds Distributed Based on Human Services Priorities
5. Scorecard Rankings
6. Human Services and Housing Funding Board Minutes, April 30, 2024
7. Human Services and Housing Funding Board Minutes DRAFT, May 1, 2024
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RESOLUTION 2024-077
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING THE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT WILL
RECEIVE FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, THE HOME
INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM,
THE CITY’S AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND, AND THE
CITY’S HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM
A. The Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) Program and the
Home Investment Partnerships (“HOME”) Program are ongoing grant administration
programs funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”).
B. The City has received CDBG Program funds since 1975 and HOME
program funds since 1994.
C. The City Council has budgeted Affordable Housing Fund (“AHF”) and the
Human Services Program (“HSP”) monies from the General Fund and the General Fund
0.25% Other Community Priorities for use in assisting affordable housing programs and
projects and community development activities.
D. On January 18, 2000, the City Council adopted Resolution 2000-013,
formally adopting a competitive process for the allocation of City financial resources to
affordable housing programs and projects and community development activities.
E. On January 20, 2015, the City Council adopted Resolution 2015-009,
adopting a revised competitive process that changed the process from two annual funding
cycles, in the spring and fall, to one funding cycle in the spring, with the fall funding cycle
being optional and used only when funds are available that were not allocated in the
spring or were returned to the City.
F. The Human Services and Housing Funding (“HSHF”) Board reviewed
applications for the 2024 funding cycle, listened to presentations by applicants, and asked
clarifying questions.
G. In the Housing category the HSHF Board also reviewed priority rankings
from the Affordable Housing Board, the goals of the Affordable Housing Strategic Plan,
and the priorities of the HUD-required Five-Year Consolidated Plan.
H. In the Human Service categories, the HSHF Board also considered the
performance of current grantees, community needs, and the program’s potential to
address those needs.
I. The HSHF Board met on April 30 and May 1, 2024, to deliberate and
prepare a recommendation to the City Council as to which programs and projects should
be funded.
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J. As required by HUD regulations and the City’s Citizen Participation Plan, a
30-day comment period began on May 15, 2024, and any comments will be recorded and
reported to HUD in August, 2024.
K. The City Council has considered the recommendations of the HSHF Board
and has determined that the City’s 202 4 allocation should be made as set out in this
Resolution.
In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. The City Council hereby authorizes City staff to submit an application
to HUD based on the following recommended funding allocations:
Planning and Administration Category
Applicant Project/Program Funding
Request
Recommended
Funding
Unfunded
Balance
Percent of
Request
Funded
City of Fort Collins: CDBG
Planning/Administration
$ 221,586 $ 221,586 $ 0 100%
City of Fort Collins: HOME
Planning/Administration
$ 60,201 $ 60,201 $ 0 100%
City of Fort Collins: Human
Services Program
Planning/Administration
$ 18,037 $ 18,037 $ 0 100%
Planning/Administration Total $ 299,824 $ 299,824 $ 0 100%
Housing Category
Applicant
Project/Program
Funding
Request
HS&HF
Board’s
Prioritized
Ranking
Recommended
Funding
Unfunded
Balance
Percent of
Request
Funded
CARE Housing:
Greenbriar-
Windtrail Rehab
$ 1,000,000 # 4 $ 520,715 $ 479,285 52%
City of Fort Collins
Forestry Division:
Homeowner
Hazard Tree
Removal
Assistance
Program
$ 100,000 # 5 $ 0 $ 100,000 0%
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Fort Collins Habitat
for Humanity:
Harmony Cottages
$ 200,000 # 3 $ 200,000 $ 0 100%
Housing Catalyst:
Remington Parking
Lot
$ 750,000 # 6 $ 0 $750,000 0%
Housing Catalyst:
Village on
Eastbrook
$ 1,500,000 # 1 $1,500,000 $ 0 100%
L’Arche Fort
Collins: L’Arche
Homes at
Heartside Hill
$ 300,000 Not
Advanced
For
Ranking
$ 0 $ 300,000 0%
Loveland Housing
Development Corp:
Larimer Home
Improvement
Program
$ 150,000 # 2 $ 150,000 $ 0 100%
The Szanton
Company: 302
Conifer
$810,000 Not
Advanced
For
Ranking
$ 0 $ 810,000 0%
Housing Total $ 4,810,000 $ 2,370,715 $ 2,439,285
CDBG Public Service Category
[Note: These programs are eligible to receive a proportional share of the CDBG Public
Service (“CDBG/PS”) funds, which will be renewed annually until the City’s current HUD
Consolidated Plan expires in September 2025.]
Applicant
Project/Program
Funding
Renewal
HS&HF Board’s
Recommended
Funding
Unfunded
Balance
Percent of CDBG
Public Service
Funds
Catholic Charities:
Samaritan House
Shelter
$ 56,322 $ 56,322 $ 0 31%
Crossroads Safehouse:
Domestic Violence
Emergency Shelter
Advocacy
$47,238 $47,238 $ 0 26%
Family Housing
Network: Shelter
Program
$19,985 $19,985 $ 0 11%
Neighbor to Neighbor:
Housing Solutions –
Direct Rental
Assistance
$ 58,139 $ 58,139 $ 0 32%
Public Service Total $ 181,684 $ 181,684 $ 0
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Human Service Category
Applicant Project/Program Funding
Request
HS&HF Board’s
Recommended
Funding
Unfunded
Balance
Percent
of
Request
Funded
A Little Help: A Little Help for
Older Adults in Fort Collins
$45,000 $20,000 $25,000 44%
Alianza NORCO: Navigation
Programming for Immigrants by
Immigrants
$75,000 $32,000 $43,000 43%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer
County: Boys & Girls Clubs - Fort
Collins
$50,000 $25,000 $25,000 50%
CASA of Larimer County: Court
Appointed Special Advocates
$52,500 $30,000 $22,500 57%
CASA of Larimer County: Family
Connections
$75,500 $30,000 $45,500 40%
Catholic Charities: Senior Support
Services
$60,000 $27,000 $33,000 45%
Children's Speech and Reading
Center: Scholarships, Screens &
Early Literacy
$20,000 $15,000 $5,000 75%
ChildSafe Colorado: Child Abuse
Treatment Program
$83,000 $35,000 $48,000 42%
Colorado Health Network: CHN
Connection Point - Integrative
Care & Supportive Services
$40,500 $0 $40,500 0%
Crossroads Safehouse: Bilingual
& Bicultural Victim Advocacy
$40,000 $28,000 $12,000 70%
Disabled Resource Services:
Disability Services for
Independence
$40,000 $20,000 $20,000 50%
Elderhaus Adult Day Program:
Direct Care for Fort Collins
Residents Living with Disabilities
$66,000 $27,000 $39,000 41%
Ensight Skills Center: Low Vision
Rehabilitation Care and Support
Program
$25,000 $15,000 $10,000 60%
Family Housing Network:
Sherwood House - Bridge
Housing
$25,000 $16,000 $9,000 64%
Feeding Our Community
Ourselves: Meal Exchange
Program
$15,000 $0 $15,000 0%
Food Bank for Larimer County:
Fort Collins Kids Café
$40,000 $22,000 $18,000 55%
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Fort Collins Rescue Mission:
Nutritious Meal Program
$50,000 $0 $50,000 0%
Homeward Alliance: Family
Services
$45,000 $30,000 $15,000 67%
Homeward Alliance: Murphy
Center
$45,000 $30,000 $15,000 67%
ISAAC of Northern Colorado:
Housing in the Gaps: Safety Net
for Unhoused Immigrant &
Refugee Families
$40,000 $20,000 $20,000 50%
L'Arche Fort Collins: I/DD
Emergency Services Identification
$35,000 $0 $35,000 0%
Larimer County Partners: Youth
Mentoring and Prevention
$28,300 $15,000 $13,300 53%
Lutheran Campus Ministry at
CSU: Student Housing Security
Initiative
$45,000 $0 $45,000 0%
McBackpack: Working to Alleviate
Food Insecurity in Fort Collins
$20,000 $15,000 $5,000 75%
Meals on Wheels for Fort Collins:
Meal Delivery Program
$50,000 $25,000 $25,000 50%
Neighbor to Neighbor: N2N Rent
Assistance Coordination
$70,000 $32,500 $37,500 46%
Outreach Fort Collins: Street-
Based Homelessness Services
Program Support
$90,000 $39,000 $51,000 43%
Poudre River Public Library
District: Social Service
Interventions for Unhoused
Library Customers
$15,000 $15,000 $0 100%
Project Self-Sufficiency: Career
Pathways for Low-Income Single
Parents
$45,000 $22,000 $23,000 49%
Respite Care: Career Pathways
for Low-Income Single Parents
$40,000 $19,000 $21,000 48%
Sexual Assault Victim Advocate
Center: Sexual Assault
Intervention & Prevention
Services
$43,000 $21,500 $21,500 50%
Teaching Tree Early Childhood
Learning Center: Childcare
Scholarships for Low Income
Families
$85,000 $40,000 $45,000 47%
The Crawford Child Advocacy
Center: Fighting Child Sexual
Abuse & Maltreatment
$29,700 $15,000 $14,700 51%
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The Family Center/La Familia:
Childcare Scholarships & Family
Support Services
$75,000 $41,287 $33,713 55%
The Lotus Effect: Fit to Fight $32,000 $0 $32,000 0%
The Matthews House: Family to
Family Program at the Community
Life Center
$26,000 $15,000 $11,000 58%
The Matthews House: Youth &
Young Adults Transitioning to
Independence
$52,000 $30,000 $22,000 58%
The Quarter Project: GEMS -
Girls in Engineering, Math &
Science
$28,200 $15,000 $13,200 53%
The Salvation Army: Rent and
Utilities Program
$35,000 $18,000 $17,000 51%
The Vegetable Connection:
Feeding the Families
$15,000 $0 $15,000 0%
Turning Point Center for Youth &
Family Development:
Connections Program
$65,900 $15,000 $50,900 23%
United Way of Larimer County:
Larimer Child Care Fund
$25,000 $15,000 $10,000 60%
United Way of Weld County:
Coordinated Assessment and
Housing Placement System
$40,000 $30,000 $10,000 75%
Vindeket Foods: Vindeket Market $30,000 $16,000 $14,000 53%
Volunteers of America:
Handyperson Program
$22,000 $16,000 $6,000 73%
Volunteers of America: Home
Delivered Meals Program
$55,000 $28,000 $27,000 51%
Human Service Total $ 2,029,600 $ 920,287 $ 1,109,313 45%
Section 2. Subject to the appropriation of funds by the City Council, the City
Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute any agreements necessary to
implement the funding allocations described herein on terms and conditions consistent
with this Resolution, along with such additional terms and conditions as the City Manager,
in consultation with the City Attorney, deems necessary or appropriate to protect the
interests of the City.
Section 3. This Resolution shall not be construed as constituting City Council
approval, support for approval, or waiver of any City regulatory requirement, including any
development application process whether in administrative or quasi -judicial review, for
any project referenced herein.
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Passed and adopted on June 18, 2024.
______________________________
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
______________________________
Interim City Clerk
Effective Date: June 18, 2024
Approving Attorney: Ted Hewitt
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HS&HF Board Competitive Funding Process FY24
Summary of Organizations Requesting Funding & Recommendations
HOUSING
CARE Housing - Greenbriar-Windtrail Rehab
Request: $1,000,000 Recommendation: $520,715 Percentage: 52%
CARE Housing provides affordable housing, advocacy and supportive services to empower
working families in Northern Colorado. This proposal supports the costs associated with the
rehabilitation of 90 multi-family rental units that serve low-income households between 30%-
60% of the Area Median Income.
City of Fort Collins Forestry Division - Homeowner Hazard Tree Removal Assistance
Request: $100,000 Recommendation: $0 Percentage: 0%
The City of Fort Collins Forestry Division’s objective is to sustain a safe, healthy and resilient
urban forest through frequent and sound management practices. This proposal supports a pilot
program to assist 20+ low-income homeowners with the cost of emergency tree removal at their
primary owner-occupied homes.
Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity - Harmony Cottages
Request: $200,000 Recommendation: $200,000 Percentage: 100%
Habitat for Humanity helps low-income families realize home-ownership by offering 0% interest
loans that don’t exceed 28% of a family’s income. This proposal supports the building costs of 4
homes (2 duplexes) in Harmony Cottages.
Housing Catalyst - Remington Parking Lot
Request: $750,000 Recommendation: $0 Percentage: 0%
Housing Catalyst is a Fort Collins, mission-driven real estate developer that designs, builds and
serves communities with homes that are affordable in Northern Colorado. This proposal
supports the development costs associated with the construction of 75 new multi-family rental
units that will serve low-income households between 30%-80% of the Area Median Income.
Housing Catalyst - Village on Eastbrook
Request: $1,500,000 Recommendation: $1,500,000 Percentage: 100%
Housing Catalyst is a Fort Collins, mission-driven real estate developer that designs, builds and
serves communities with homes that are affordable in Northern Colorado. This proposal
supports the development costs associated with the construction of 73 new multi-family rental
units that will serve low-income households between 30%-60% of the Area Median Income.
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L’Arche Fort Collins - L’Arche Housing
Request: $300,000 Recommendation: $0 Percentage: 0%
L’Arche Fort Collins is a nonprofit organization that provides support for adults with intellectual
and development disabilities through an inclusive community of volunteers, bound together by
intentionally mutual relationships. This proposal supports development costs associated with the
development of two “group homes” serving persons with developmental disabilities at Heartside
Hill. The project consists of the construction of two six-bedroom single family homes, each
occupied by 3 persons with disabilities and 3 staff.
Loveland Housing Authority - Larimer Home Improvement Program
Request: $150,000 Recommendation: $150,000 Percentage: 100%
Loveland Housing Authority administers the LHIP funding for all of Larimer County, including
residents within For Collins City Limits. This proposal supports low- to no-interest loans for
homeowners in Fort Collins to address health, safety, and energy efficient repairs to their
homes. The program is available to families earning no more than 80% of the Area Median
Income (AMI). The Emergency Funds Program provides a one-time-only grant of up to $1,000
to very low-income families who have emergency repair needs.
The Szanton Company – 302 Conifer
Request: $810,000 Recommendation: $0 Percentage: 0%
The Szanton Company is a real estate developer with a local office in Denver that has
developed several LIHTC properties in New England. This proposal supports the development
costs associated with the construction of 81 new multi-family rental units in Fort Collins that will
serve low-income households below 80% of the Area Median Income.
CDBG PUBLIC SERVICE
Catholic Charities - Samaritan House Shelter
Renewal: $56,322 Recommendation: $56,322 Percentage: 100%
31% of Available CDBG PS $
Catholic Charities provides shelter, food, case management, resource navigation, benefits
application assistance, and transitional housing help in support of the homeless and near
homeless.
Crossroads Safehouse - Emergency Shelter Advocacy
Renewal: $47,238 Recommendation: $47,238 Percentage: 100%
26% of Available CDBG PS $
Crossroads Safehouse operates a domestic violence shelter providing emergency housing,
crisis intervention and other services and outreach.
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Family Housing Network - Shelter Programs
Renewal: $19,985 Recommendation: $19,985 Percentage: 100%
11% of Available CDBG PS $
Family Housing Network supports families experiencing homelessness with a full range of emergency
and stabilizing services, including overnight shelter, day center support and case management.
Neighbor to Neighbor - Homelessness Prevention Assistance
Renewal: $58,139 Recommendation: $58,139 Percentage: 100%
32% of Available CDBG PS $
Neighbor to Neighbor provides short-term and mid-term rent assistance with supportive services
and case management to assists people in housing crises to identify, secure, and maintain
affordable, sustainable rental housing. This proposal supports the direct client (rent) assistance.
HUMAN SERVICES
A Little Help – A Little Help for Older Adults in Fort Collins
Request: $45,000 Recommendation: $20,000 Percentage: 44%
A Little Help helps older adults age in place by providing connections to important resources and
services necessary for them to maintain independence in their homes. Program provides volunteer-
driven delivery of diverse essential services and multi-generational connections.
Alianza NORCO – Navigation Programming for Immigrants
Request: $75,000 Recommendation: $32,000 Percentage: 43%
Alianza NORCO supports bilingual, culturally informed navigation services that include guidance
for obtaining driver’s licenses for immigrants, notary services, passport appointments, rent
assistance, and ITIN/tax preparation.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County - Fort Collins Clubs
Request: $50,000 Recommendation: $25,000 Percentage: 50%
B&G Clubs provides after-school and school-break youth development programs at their Fort
Collins location to kids 6-18 years. Programs allow members to have access to meals, diverse
positive youth development programming, mentoring, behavioral health services, and more.
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CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) - CASA Program
Request: $52,500 Recommendation: $30,000 Percentage: 57%
CASA provides a voice in court for children who have been physically or sexually abused or
neglected. Trained community advocates, or CASAs, work with each child they are assigned to
and provide neutral recommendations regarding the best interests of the child.
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) - Family Connections
Request: $75,500 Recommendation: $30,000 Percentage: 40%
The Family Connections program at Harmony House is a specialized visitation center that
serves as a safe, conflict-free public place for family interactions. Harmony House staff are
responsible for documenting information used in deciding the child’s permanent placement.
Catholic Charities - Senior Services
Request: $60,000 Recommendation: $27,000 Percentage: 45%
Catholic Charities in Fort Collins provides supportive services to vulnerable populations,
including services that allow low-income seniors age 60 and over to maintain self-sufficiency.
Program provides case management, referrals to community providers, assessments, and
application assistance for durable medical equipment and dental, vision, and hearing needs.
Children’s Speech & Reading Center - Scholarships, Screens & Early Literacy
Request: $20,000 Recommendation: $15,000 Percentage: 75%
CSRC provides children that suffer from speech-language and reading delays with high quality
therapy on a sliding fee scale. Program provides free screenings to assess early literacy skills,
speech and language disorders, and reading delays, individual speech-language and reading
therapy on a sliding scale fee structure that goes to zero so no child is ever turned away.
ChildSafe Colorado - Child Abuse Treatment Program
Request: $83,000 Recommendation: $35,000 Percentage: 42%
ChildSafe provides comprehensive outpatient treatment to victims of childhood abuse, primarily
sexual abuse, and their non-offending family members. Program provides individual, group, and
family therapy; coaching to parents and caregivers; and engagement in outreach by providing
in-service training for professionals and education to the community.
Colorado Health Network - Integrative Care & Supportive Services
Request: $40,500 Recommendation: $0 Percentage: 0%
CHN strives to meet the needs of people affected by HIV and other health conditions through
prevention, care and advocacy. Program provides behavioral health clinicians available during
drop-in hours for clients who are interested in discussing and/or engaging integrative care and
behavioral health services.
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Crossroads Safehouse - Bilingual & Bicultural Victim Advocacy
Request: $40,000 Recommendation: $28,000 Percentage: 70%
Crossroads Safehouse operates a domestic violence shelter providing emergency housing,
crisis intervention and other services and outreach. This proposal supports victims from the
local Hispanic/Latinx community.
Disabled Resource Services - Disability Services for Independence
Request: $40,000 Recommendation: $20,000 Percentage: 50%
DRS is the only Center for Independent Living in Larimer County for people with disabilities
(physical, cognitive, mental, neurological, deaf, blind, etc.). It is consumer-driven allowing
participants to choose the goals they want to pursue to help them live in the community with
independence, dignity and equality.
Elderhaus Adult Day Program – Direct Care for Residents Living with Disabilities
Request: $66,000 Recommendation: $27,000 Percentage: 41%
Elderhaus provides therapeutic daytime programs for adults with disabilities: Down syndrome,
Cerebral Palsy, dementia, traumatic brain injuries, etc.
Ensight Skills Center - Low Vision Rehabilitation Care & Support Services
Request: $25,000 Recommendation: $15,000 Percentage: 60%
Ensight Skills Center provides quality healthcare services to residents who are visually impaired.
Program provides low vision and blindness rehabilitation across the community that works to
enhance independence, productivity, and safety.
Family Housing Network - Bridge Housing / Sherwood House
Request: $25,000 Recommendation: $16,000 Percentage: 64%
Family Housing Network supports families experiencing homelessness with a full range of emergency
and stabilizing services, including overnight shelter, day center support and case management. This
proposal supports the residential sheltering efforts for families at the Sherwood House.
FOCO Café - Meal Exchange Program
Request: $15,000 Recommendation: $0 Percentage: 0%
FOCO Café provides nutritious and delicious meals to the people of Fort Collins regardless of their
ability to pay while using mostly local, organic, and sustainably grown ingredients. Program provides
meals in exchange for volunteering.
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Food Bank for Larimer County - Kids Café
Request: $40,000 Recommendation: $22,000 Percentage: 55%
Kids Café is the largest of the Child Nutrition programs offered by the Food Bank. Free, healthy
meals and snacks are provided to kids after school and during school breaks at multiple
locations, many in schools with high numbers of free and reduced lunch eligible families.
Fort Collins Rescue Mission - Nutritious Meal Program
Request: $50,000 Recommendation: $0 Percentage: 0%
Fort Collins Rescue Mission (FCRM) is an outreach of Denver Rescue Mission that helps
people experiencing homelessness with shelter and nutritious meals (breakfast, lunch and
dinner). Program would provide clients more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and dairy.
Homeward Alliance – Family Services
Request: $45,000 Recommendation: $30,000 Percentage: 67%
Homeward Alliance provides multiple programs that offer a continuum of services to individuals
and families who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless. This proposal provides
bilingual resource navigation, financial assistance, basic need items, and quarterly Family
Resource Fairs to families experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity.
Homeward Alliance – Murphy Center
Request: $45,000 Recommendation: $30,000 Percentage: 67%
Homeward Alliance manages and operates the Sister Mary Alice Murphy Center for Hope. In
addition to the programs of Homeward Alliance, they provide oversight of the facility and the
programs that provide services to people who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless.
ISAAC of Northern Colorado - Housing in the Gaps Program
Request: $40,000 Recommendation: $20,000 Percentage: 50%
ISAAC is a coalition of individuals, community partners and faith communities working in
support of immigrant, asylum-seeking and refugee families in Fort Collins. Program provides
flex emergency funding for move-in assistance, interpretation services, and coordination.
L’Arche Fort Collins - I/DD Emergency Services Identification
Request: $35,000 Recommendation: $0 Percentage: 0%
L’Arche Fort Collins is a nonprofit organization that provides support for adults with intellectual
and development disabilities through an inclusive community of volunteers, bound together by
intentionally mutual relationships. Program would partner with Fort Collins EMS to help find Fort
Collins residents with I/DD, and their caregivers, and inform them of opportunities to increase
their own safety and that of their loved ones by registering their contact info and any specific
needs they might anticipate in an emergency.
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Larimer County Partners - Youth Mentoring & Prevention
Request: $28,300 Recommendation: $15,000 Percentage: 53%
Partners Mentoring Youth supports mentoring relationships between positive adult role models
and youth facing challenges in their personal, social and academic lives. Program supports
school based mentoring and prevention education programs.
Lutheran Campus Ministry at CSU – Housing Security Initiative
Request: $28,300 Recommendation: $0 Percentage: 0%
LuMin’s Housing Security Initiative helps subsidize rent to an affordable level for college
students and helps pay all or a portion of security deposits for those unable to pay. The program
also offers students free access to laundry, snacks, showers, Wi-Fi, and space for storage of
personal property during housing transitions.
McBackpack - Nutritional Food Program
Request: $20,000 Recommendation: $15,000 Percentage: 75%
McBackpack provides nutritional food to children and families within the Poudre School District
who may otherwise go without food over the weekend. Program is in collaboration with PSD to
deliver food bags to referred students so they have take-home meal/snack options.
Meals on Wheels for Fort Collins - Meal Delivery Program
Request: $50,000 Recommendation: $25,000 Percentage: 50%
Meals on Wheels provides hot, noontime meals delivered to homebound seniors and persons with
disabilities unable to safely prepare their own meals.
Neighbor to Neighbor - Rent Assistance Coordination
Request: $70,000 Recommendation: $32,500 Percentage: 46%
Neighbor to Neighbor provides short-term and mid-term rent assistance with supportive services
and case management to assists people in housing crises to identify, secure, and maintain
affordable, sustainable rental housing. This proposal supports the staffing needs to run the
homelessness prevention programming.
Outreach Fort Collins - Street-Based Homelessness Services
Request: $90,000 Recommendation: $39,000 Percentage: 43%
Outreach Fort Collins (OFC) is a street-based outreach organization providing situational
response for issues of disruptive behavior, physical and mental health concerns, and general
resource inquiry. OFC primarily serves the unhoused community and connects those in need to
services and supportive networks.
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Poudre River Public Library District - Social Service Interventions for Unhoused Customers
Request: $15,000 Recommendation: $15,000 Percentage: 100%
Pilot program that utilizes a partnership with SummitStone to provide a part-time social worker
housed at the Old Town Library to connect unhoused individuals to local resources, conduct
needs assessments, and help support library staff.
Project Self-Sufficiency - Career Pathways for Low -Income Single Parents
Request: $45,000 Recommendation: $22,000 Percentage: 49%
Project Self-Sufficiency assists single parent families to become self-sufficient through career
planning, wrap around services and support that removes barriers and empowers parents to
complete education and training goals. Program helps to break the cycle of generational poverty.
Respite Care - Childcare Scholarship for Low -Income Families
Request: $40,000 Recommendation: $19,000 Percentage: 48%
Respite Care provides short-term care for children with developmental disabilities and other
supportive services that provide respite for families. Support is available 24/7 all year for
children from infancy to age 21. Scholarship program allows families pay on a sliding fee scale
based on income and family size.
Sexual Assault Victim Advocate Center - Victim Services & Prevention
Request: $43,000 Recommendation: $21,500 Percentage: 50%
SAVA provides crisis intervention, advocacy and counseling to all those affected by sexual violence,
as well as prevention education programming in Fort Collins schools.
Teaching Tree Early Childhood Learning Center - Childcare Scholarships
Request: $85,000 Recommendation: $40,000 Percentage: 47%
Teaching Tree provides accessible and affordable early childhood care and education programs
that teach children skills to lower their risk factors and begin kindergarten with social, emotional
and academic skills to allow them to learn. Scholarship program significantly reduces the out-of-
pocket costs for families.
The Crawford Child Advocacy Center - Fighting Child Sexual Abuse & Maltreatment
Request: $29,700 Recommendation: $15,000 Percentage: 51%
The Crawford Child Advocacy Center provides comprehensive response to child abuse working
with law enforcement, child protection, prosecution, mental health, medical and victim advocacy
to investigate abuse, help children heal from abuse and hold offenders accountable. Program
includes direct forensic interviews with children and non-offending family support.
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The Family Center / La Familia - Childcare Scholarships & Family Support Services
Request: $75,000 Recommendation: $41,287 Percentage: 55%
The Family Center / La Familia provides services to help strengthen and stabilize low-income
families through affordable child care for infants, toddlers and preschool-aged children, parent
and community enrichment programs and adult education. Program offers childcare tuition
discounts for families, as well as bilingual resource and referral support.
The Lotus Effect - Fit to Fight
Request: $32,000 Recommendation: $0 Percentage: 0%
The Lotus Effect supports low-income Fort Collins youth struggling with legal issues and adults
transitioning out of the legal system. The Fit to Fight program is a 6-week program that has 2
components: boxing and life coaching, with strong ties to the value of taking care of one’s mental
health, physical health, and relationships.
The Matthews House – Family to Family Program
Request: $26,000 Recommendation: $15,000 Percentage: 58%
The Matthews House empowers young adults and families in transition to navigate difficulties on
the road to self-sufficiency; many have been in foster care, justice system, generational poverty, etc.
The Family to Family Program is a holistic intergenerational case management program serving
lower-income families and offering peer-to-peer support for parents and children ages 0-18.
The Matthews House – Youth & Young Adults Transitioning to Independence
Request: $52,000 Recommendation: $30,000 Percentage: 58%
The Matthews House empowers young adults and families in transition to navigate difficulties on
the road to self-sufficiency; many have been in foster care, justice system, generational poverty, etc.
Youth and Young Adult Services program aids the transition to adulthood by building connections,
fostering belonging, and developing self-efficacy skills.
The Quarter Project - Girls in Engineering, Math & Science
Request: $28,200 Recommendation: $15,000 Percentage: 53%
The Quarter Project offers a weekly afterschool hands-on program for girls from low-income and
minority populations to become more confident and comfortable working in a STEM arena. GEMS
program is for girls K-5 and teaches foundational concepts through interactive experiments and fun
STEM activities.
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The Salvation Army - Rent and Utilities Program
Request: $35,000 Recommendation: $18,000 Percentage: 51%
The Salvation Army in Fort Collins offers a variety of programs to support human service needs
of vulnerable populations in the community, including rent and utility assistance, food boxes,
clothing and hygiene items, meals, back-to-school items, disaster relief and more. Case
management and other support services are offered in addition to rent/utility assistance.
The Vegetable Connection - Feeding the Families
Request: $15,000 Recommendation: $0 Percentage: 0%
The Vegetable Connection is a local, nonprofit Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm
that operates a ‘Feeding the Families’ program to assist low-income families in becoming
members of the CSA for an entire growing season by subsidizing their market-priced shares.
Turning Point Center for Youth & Family Development – Connections Program
Request: $65,900 Recommendation: $15,000 Percentage: 23%
Turning Point provides mental health, behavioral health and substance abuse treatment
services to children and families. Program offers families an individualized continuum of
services, from prevention to behavior coaching to wraparound intervention supports.
United Way of Larimer County - Larimer Child Care Fund
Request: $25,000 Recommendation: $15,000 Percentage: 60%
UWLC is a community impact organization addressing systems-level change for health and
human services. The Childcare Scholarship Fund provides sliding scale scholarships to income-
eligible families who receive care through providers of their choice.
United Way of Weld County - Coordinated Assessment & Housing Placement System
Request: $40,000 Recommendation: $30,000 Percentage: 75%
UWWC develops and supports programs that improve lives and catalyze social change and
serves as the fiscal agent for Coordinated Assessment and Housing Placement System
(CAHPS) efforts in Fort Collins, which prioritizes housing options community-wide for people
experiencing homelessness.
Vindeket Foods - Vindeket Market
Request: $30,000 Recommendation: $16,000 Percentage: 53%
Vindeket Foods partners with grocery stores, restaurants, & farms to reduce wasted food and
ensure all individuals and families feel empowered and dignified in accessing nutritious food and
participating in the food system. The program offers a no-cost market that is open to anyone.
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Volunteers of America - Handyperson Program
Request: $22,000 Recommendation: $16,000 Percentage: 73%
The Fort Collins VOA provides services to seniors (60+) who are frail and/or home-bound to
help them remain healthy, safe, socially connected and independent. The Handyperson
program offers VOA clientele safety-related home modifications and repairs utilizing volunteers.
Volunteers of America - Home Delivered Meal Service
Request: $55,000 Recommendation: $28,000 Percentage: 51%
The Fort Collins VOA provides services to seniors (60+) who are frail and/or home-bound to
help them remain healthy, safe, socially connected and independent. The meal delivery
program offers weekly boxed meals or frozen meals and nutrition risk assessments, nutrition
education/counseling, information/referral to community resources, etc.
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The Human Services priorities are identified within the Social Sustainability Strategic Plan.
Each priority is further defined with demographic or strategy concentrations to clarify the
targeted needs of underserved groups and low-income residents. For example, Care-Giving
Services identifies Seniors and People with Disabilities as vulnerable populations to support.
Applicants were required to clearly demonstrate in their funding proposal how the program
directly addresses and advances 1-2 of the priorities and concentrations. The distribution of
funds shown in the chart above reflects the primary priority of the program, however; many
programs also support a secondary priority. For example, a senior meal delivery program is
foremost a Care-Giving (Senior) priority, with Healthy Food as its secondary priority.
Further, there are four FY24 programs receiving federal CDBG Public Service funds ($181,684)
and they are all aligned with the Housing Opportunity & Stability priority above.
Human Services Priorities
Distribution of FY24 Funding
Total Available: $ 1,101,971
Human Services + CDBG Public Service
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2024 Competitive Process Recommendations - Human Services
RANKING SCORE - 102 Total
1 92.57 United Way of Weld County
Coordinated Assessment and
Housing Placement System $40,000 $30,000
2 91.63 Homeward Alliance Murphy Center $45,000 $30,000
2 91.63 The Family Center/La Familia
Childcare Scholarships & Family
Support Services $75,000 $41,287
4 91.25 Homeward Alliance Family Services $45,000 $30,000
5 90.00 Crossroads Safehouse
Bilingual & Bicultural Victim
Advocacy $40,000 $28,000
5 90.00 Neighbor to Neighbor N2N Rent Assistance Coordination $70,000 $32,500
5 90.00 The Matthews House
Youth & Young Adults Transitioning
to Independence $52,000 $30,000
8 89.75 Outreach Fort Collins
Street-Based Homelessness
Services Program Support $90,000 $39,000
9 89.63 Teaching Tree Early
Childhood Learning Center
Childcare Scholarships for Low
Income Families $85,000 $40,000
10 89.50 Volunteers of America Handyperson Program $22,000 $16,000
11 88.88 Food Bank for Larimer County Fort Collins Kids Cafe $40,000 $22,000
12 88.75 CASA of Larimer County Court Appointed Special Advocates $52,500 $30,000
12 88.75 The Matthews House
Family to Family Program at the
Community Life Center $26,000 $15,000
14 88.13 Volunteers of America Home Delivered Meals Program $55,000 $28,000
15 88.00 Disabled Resource Services Disability Services for Independence $40,000 $20,000
16 87.63 Project Self-Sufficiency
Career Pathways for Low-Income
Single Parents $45,000 $22,000
17 87.38 ChildSafe Colorado Child Abuse Treatment Program $83,000 $35,000
17 87.38 The Crawford Child Advocacy
Center
Fighting Child Sexual Abuse &
Maltreatment $29,700 $15,000
19 87.13 CASA of Larimer County Family Connections $75,500 $30,000
20 86.88 Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer
County Boys & Girls Clubs - Fort Collins $50,000 $25,000
21 86.75 Meals on Wheels for Fort
Collins Meal Delivery Program $50,000 $25,000
22 86.63 The Salvation Army Rent and Utilities Program $35,000 $18,000
23 85.50 Family Housing Network Sherwood House - Bridge Housing $25,000 $16,000
24 84.88 Larimer County Partners Youth Mentoring and Prevention $28,300 $15,000
25 84.75 Catholic Charities
Senior Support Services - Samaritan
House Ft Collins $60,000 $27,000
26 83.88 A Little Help
A Little Help for Older Adults in Fort
Collins $45,000 $20,000
27 83.50 McBackpack
Working to Alleviate Food Insecurity
in Fort Collins $20,000 $15,000
28 83.00 Vindeket Foods Vindeket Market $30,000 $16,000
29 82.75 Sexual Assault Victim
Advocate Center
Sexual Assault Intervention &
Prevention Services $43,000 $21,500
30 82.63 ISAAC of Northern Colorado
Housing in the Gaps: Safety Net for
Unhoused Immigrant & Refugee
Families $40,000 $20,000
31 82.25 Alianza NORCO
Navigation Programming for
Immigrants by Immigrants $75,000 $32,000
32 81.13 Elderhaus Adult Day Program
Direct Care for Fort Collins
Residents Living with Disabilities $66,000 $27,000
33 80.00 Respite Care
Childcare Scholarships for Low-
Income Families $40,000 $19,000
34 79.88 The Quarter Project
GEMS - Girls in Engineering, Math &
Science $28,200 $15,000
35 79.50 United Way of Larimer County Larimer Child Care Fund $25,000 $15,000
36 78.63 Children's Speech and
Reading Center
Scholarships, Screens & Early
Literacy $20,000 $15,000
37 74.38 Fort Collins Rescue Mission Nutritious Meal Program $50,000 $0
38 72.63 Colorado Health Network
CHN Connection Point - Integrative
Care & Supportive Services $40,500 $0
39 72.25 Ensight Skills Center
Low Vision Rehabilitaion Care and
Support Program $25,000 $15,000
40 71.13 Turning Point Center for
Youth & Family Development Connections Program $65,900 $15,000
41 68.63 Poudre River Public Library
District
Social Service Interventions for
Unhoused Library Customers $15,000 $15,000
42 62.38 Feeding Our Community
Ourselves Meal Exchange Program $15,000 $0
43 61.50 The Vegetable Connection Feeding the Familes $15,000 $0
44 61.00 Lutheran Campus Ministry at
CSU Student Housing Security Initiative $45,000 $0
45 57.88 The Lotus Effect Fit to Fight $32,000 $0
46 47.63 L'Arche Fort Collins
I/DD Emergency Services
Identification $35,000 $0
TOTAL: $2,029,600
$920,287
RECOMMENDED
FUNDINGAgency Program Request
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SPECIAL MEETING
April 30, 2024 at 5:30 PM
222 Laporte Ave, Fort Collins – Colorado River Room
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1. CALL TO ORDER
At 5:42 PM the meeting was called to order by Pat Hastings.
2. ROLL CALL
Board Members Present
o Pat Hastings, Chair
o Olga Duvall, Vice Chair
o Erma Woodfin
o Lori Kempter
o Michaela Ruppert
o Mike Kulisheck
o Mike Nielsen
Board Members Excused
o Christine Koepnick
Staff Members Present
o Adam Molzer, Staff Liaison, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins
o Beth Rosen, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins
o Sue Beck-Ferkiss, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins
o Megan Gallagher, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins
o Tamra Leavenworth, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins
Community Members in Attendance
o Kim Iwanski, CARE Housing
o Tatiana Zentner, CARE Housing
o Alex Statham-Lardner, Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity
o Mara Johnson, Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity
o Kristin Fritz, Housing Catalyst
o Linda Wright, Loveland Housing Authority
o Nathan Szanton, The Szanton Company
Due to the duration and extent of the housing preliminary grant review, the summary of the meeting
reflected in the minutes below may not include all details of the HSHF-Board’s discussion. For further
information, details and insight, and audio recording, resources are available by contacting the HSHF-Board
staff liaison.
3. AGENDA REVIEW
Adam Molzer reviewed the agenda. The Board accepted the agenda without modification.
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4. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
Guests from the public introduced themselves. No additional public comments.
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – March 27, 2024 Special Meeting & April 3, 2024 Regular Meeting
Erma Woodfin motioned to approve the March 27, 2024 meeting minutes as presented. Michaela Ruppert
seconded. Approved 7-0.
Olga Duvall motioned to approve the April 3, 2024 meeting minutes as presented. Michaela Ruppert
seconded. Approved 7-0.
6. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
None.
7. STAFF REPORTS
Adam Molzer informed the Board that next week’s meeting on Wednesday, May 8, would be held in-person
at the Foothills Activity Center.
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None.
9. NEW BUSINESS
a. Deliberations to Formulate Funding Recommendations – CDBG Public Services (renewal funding)
Beth Rosen provided a brief overview of the CDBG Public Service funds to the Board, explaining that
since these awards were originally allocated in FY22, FY24 is the second and final year the Board must
consider and vote on renewal funding. CDBG Public Service funds are distributed to organizations that
provide emergency sheltering and services or provide housing stabilization services. The funds are
distributed in percentages (of the eligible CDBG funding total for Public Service) over a multi-year period.
Beth Rosen gave an overview of each organization’s funding request, what the funds will be used for,
how many clients will be served, and the organization’s progress over the last year. Several board
members followed up with clarifying questions for Beth.
Olga Duvall motioned to approve the 2024 CDBG Public Service funding recommendations at the
percentages presented. Erma Woodfin seconded. Approved 6-0-1. Lori Kempter abstained.
The CDBG Public Service funds will be renewed for FY24 as follows:
o Catholic Charities – Samaritan House Fort Collins Shelter – Funding TBD (31% of available funding)
o Crossroads Safehouse – Domestic Violence Emergency Shelter Advocacy – Funding TBD (26% of
available funding)
o Family Housing Network of Fort Collins, Inc. – Family Housing Network Shelter Program – Funding
TBD (11% of available funding)
o Neighbor to Neighbor, Inc. – N2N Housing Solutions – Direct Rental Assistance – Funding TBD (32%
of available funding)
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b. Deliberations to Formulate Project Ranked Order for Funding – Affordable Housing
The Affordable Housing Board’s rankings of the housing proposals were presented.
A total of 8 proposals were submitted, requesting $4.8 million total for housing projects and programs.
Adam Molzer explained that the Board would first vote to support funding for each project, then rank
each project in order of priority.
Beth Rosen provided an overview of the funding considerations and reviewed the Housing Strategic
Plan goals, encouraging Board members to consider how each project relates to these goals when
making their decisions.
Pat Hastings motioned to support funding for HO-1 CARE Housing. Olga Duvall seconded. Approved 7-0.
Pat Hastings motioned to support funding for HO-2 City of Fort Collins Forestry Division. Lori Kempter
seconded. Approved 5-2. Opposed by Olga Duvall and Mike Kulisheck.
Opposing Board members explained that they did not think affordable housing funds were the
appropriate funding source for HO-2 City of Fort Collins Forestry Division.
Olga Duvall motioned to support funding for HO-3 Habitat for Humanity. Lori Kempter seconded.
Approved 7-0.
Olga Duvall motioned to support funding for HO-4 Housing Catalyst Remington Parking Lot. Lori
Kempter seconded. Approved 4-3. Opposed by Michaela Ruppert, Erma Woodfin, and Pat Hastings.
Opposing Board members expressed concern that HO-4 Housing Catalyst Remington Parking Lot
anticipates needing to return to the Competitive Process in 2025 and that they need more time to
refine their funding request.
Olga Duvall motioned to support funding for HO-5 Housing Catalyst Village on Eastbrook. Mike Nielsen
seconded. Approved 7-0.
Olga Duvall motioned to approve funding for HO-6 L’Arche Fort Collins. Seconded by Mike Kulisheck. The
motion fails 4-3. Opposed by Mike Nielsen, Lori Kempter, Michaela Ruppert, and Erma Woodfin.
The Board engaged in discussion about HO-6 L’Arche Fort Collins – expressing concern about the small
number of people served in relation to the cost of the project and the unintended consequences of the
caretakers’ housing and occupation being interconnected. Board members also discussed that this
project would move forward regardless of funding from the Competitive Process, since the funding
request serves to fully eliminate project debt.
Mike Nielsen motioned to support funding for HO-7 Loveland Housing Development. Erma Woodfin
seconded. Approved 7-0.
Erma Woodfin motioned to not support funding for HO-8 The Szanton Company. Lori Kempter
seconded. Approved 7-0.
The Board engaged in discussion about HO-8 The Szanton Company – expressing that the project seems
too early in the process to support funding at this time. It was also unclear if they were targeting
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households earning no more than 80% Area Median Income. The Board encourages the applicant to
return next year if appropriate based on the final details of the project.
Board members asked Beth Rosen what would happen if a project ranked in such a way that it would
only receive partial funding. Beth explained that the project would get a conditional commitment for the
balance of the funds remaining, with the expectation that they would take the partial funding to secure
tax credits and other required funding and return to the Competitive Process later to fill their remaining
funding gap.
Erma Woodfin motioned to recommend allocating funding to all supported projects in rank order until
the funds are exhausted. If a project later withdraws their proposal, funding would be made available to
the next eligible prioritized project. Mike Nielsen seconded. Mike Kulisheck proposed a friendly
amendment to move HO-2 City of Fort Collins Forestry Division to Priority #5 and HO-4 Housing Catalyst
Remington Parking Lot to Priority #6. Erma Woodfin and Mike Nielsen accepted the friendly
amendment. The final priority ranking list was presented as follows:
Priority #1 – HO-5: Housing Catalyst – Village on Eastbrook
Priority #2 – HO-7: Loveland Housing Development – Larimer Home Improvement Program
Priority #3 – HO-3: Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity – Harmony Cottages
Priority #4 – HO-1: CARE Housing – Greenbriar-Windtrail Rehab
Priority #5 – HO-2: City of Fort Collins Forestry Division – Tree Removal Assistance Program
Priority #6 – HO-4: Housing Catalyst – Remington Parking Lot
Motion to pass the FY24 prioritization as presented passed 7-0.
Housing projects are ranked in priority order. If a project receives funding through the City from
another source and/or withdraws their proposal, the funding recommendation will be withdrawn, and
funds will be made available to the next eligible, prioritized project.
10. OTHER BUSINESS
Adam Molzer shared that he went through the process of standardizing the Board’s scoring of the Human
Service grant proposals. He presented the results to the Board to see if they would like to use the
standardized scores or raw scores for tomorrow’s deliberations. The Board decided they would like to use
the raw scores.
11. NEXT MEETINGS
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 4:00pm | Location: 222 Laporte Avenue – Colorado River Room
Funding Deliberation Special Meeting – Human Services
13. ADJOURNMENT
Pat Hastings adjourned meeting at 8:15 PM.
Minutes were finalized and approved by the Human Services & Housing Funding Board on May 8, 2024.
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May 1, 2024 at 4:00 PM
222 Laporte Ave, Fort Collins – Colorado River Room
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1. CALL TO ORDER
At 4:10 PM the meeting was called to order by Pat Hastings.
2. ROLL CALL
Board Members Present
o Pat Hastings, Chair
o Olga Duvall, Vice Chair
o Erma Woodfin
o Lori Kempter
o Michaela Ruppert
o Mike Kulisheck
o Mike Nielsen
o Pat Hastings
Board Members Excused
o Christine Koepnick
Staff Members Present
o Adam Molzer, Staff Liaison, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins
o Halley Pucker, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins
o Tamra Leavenworth, Social Sustainability – City of Fort Collins
Community Members in Attendance
o Donna Lopez, Lutheran Campus Ministry at CSU
o Brad Rhoda, Outreach Fort Collins
o Michelle Gerard, Outreach Fort Collins
o Kyla Pfeif, Colorado Health Network (online)
o Runeela Taskeen, The Quarter Project (online)
o Dustin Barrington, L’Arche Fort Collins (online)
o Paula Ordaz, Fort Collins Rescue Mission (online)
o Mindy Vallejos, Denver Rescue Mission (online)
o Sharlene Johnson, Food Bank for Larimer County (online)
o Ann Lindgren, Turning Point & The Lotus Effect (online)
o Tim Pierz, Catholic Charities (online)
o Shayna Kefalas, Larimer County Partners (online)
o Annette Zacharias, Family Housing Network (online)
Due to the duration and extent of the human services preliminary grant review, the summary of the
meeting reflected in the minutes below may not include all details of the HSHF Board’s discussion. For
further information, details and insight, and video recording, resources are available by contacting the HSHF
Board staff liaison.
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3. AGENDA REVIEW
Adam Molzer reviewed the agenda. The Board accepted the agenda without modification.
4. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
Guests from the public introduced themselves. No additional public comments.
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
None.
6. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
None.
7. STAFF REPORTS
None.
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None.
9. NEW BUSINESS
a. Deliberations to Formulate Funding Recommendations – Human Services
Adam Molzer provided a review of the deliberations protocol and funding available ($920,287). Adam
reviewed the scorecard criteria and ranking spreadsheet. He noted that funding recommendations will
go before City Council in June and the grant cycle will begin October 2024.
Deliberations protocol has Board members begin at the top of the ranking list, with each proposal open
to further discussion. Funding recommendations will be made with a first and second motion, and
friendly amendments are permitted.
HS-43: United Way of Weld County – Coordinated Assessment and Housing Placement System
Motion by Pat Hastings to fund at $30,000. Seconded by Michaela Ruppert. Approved 7-0.
HS-19: Homeward Alliance – Murphy Center
Motion by Olga Duvall to fund at $30,000. Seconded by Mike Nielsen. Approved 7-0.
HS-34: The Family Center/La Familia – Childcare Scholarships & Family Support Services
Motion by Mike Kulisheck to fund at $40,000. Seconded by Erma Woodfin. Approved 7-0.
HS-18: Homeward Alliance – Family Services
Motion by Lori Kempter to fund at $30,000. Seconded by Olga Duvall. Approved 7-0.
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HS-10: Crossroads Safehouse – Bilingual & Bicultural Victim Advocacy
Motion by Pat Hastings to fund at $28,000. Seconded by Olga Duvall. Friendly amendment by Erma
Woodfin to fund at $25,000 was declined. Approved 6-0. Lori Kempter recused herself from the vote.
Adam Molzer provided an update of funds: remaining balance is ~$762,000.
HS-26: Neighbor to Neighbor – N2N Rent Assistance Coordination
Motion by Mike Kulisheck to fund at $32,500. Seconded by Lori Kempter. Approved 7-0.
HS-37: The Matthews House – Youth & Young Adults Transitioning to Independence
Motion by Mike Kulisheck to fund at $30,000. Seconded by Lori Kempter. Approved 7-0.
HS-27: Outreach Fort Collins – Street-Based Homelessness Services Program Support
Motion by Pat Hastings to fund at $39,000. Seconded by Michaela Ruppert. Approved 7-0.
HS-32: Teaching Tree Early Childhood Learning Center – Childcare Scholarships for Low Income
Families
Motion by Olga Duvall to fund at $40,000. Seconded by Mike Kulisheck. Approved 7-0.
HS-45: Volunteers of America – Handyperson Program
Motion by Pat Hastings to fund at $16,000. Seconded by Mike Kulisheck. Approved 7-0.
Discussion: The Board discussed the importance of this program and the volunteer coordination
involved.
HS-16: Food Bank of Larimer County – Fort Collins Kids Cafe
Motion by Olga Duvall at $22,000. Seconded by Michaela Ruppert. Approved 7-0.
HS-4: CASA of Larimer County – Court Appointed Special Advocates
Motion by Erma Woodfin to fund at $30,000. Seconded by Lori Kempter. Approved 7-0.
HS-36: The Matthews House – Family to Family Programming at the Community Life Center
Motion by Mike Nielsen to fund at $15,000. Seconded by Olga Duvall. Approved 7-0.
HS-46: Volunteers of America – Home Delivered Meals Program
Motion by Michaela Ruppert to fund at $28,000. Seconded by Mike Kulisheck. Approved 7-0.
HS-11: Disabled Resource Services – Disability Services for Independence
Motion by Olga Duvall to fund at $20,000. Seconded by Michaela Ruppert. Approved 7-0.
Adam Molzer provided an update of funds: remaining balance is ~$490,000.
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HS-29: Project Self-Sufficiency – Career Pathways for Low-Income Single Parents
Motion by Mike Kulisheck to fund at $22,000. Seconded by Michaela Ruppert. Approved 7-0.
HS-8: ChildSafe Colorado – Child Abuse Treatment Program
Motion by Erma Woodfin to fund at $35,000. Seconded by Mike Nielsen. Approved 7-0.
HS-33: The Crawford Advocacy Center – Fighting Child Sexual Abuse & Maltreatment
Motion by Lori Kempter to fund at $15,000. Seconded by Michaela Ruppert. Approved 7-0.
HS-5: CASA of Larimer County – Family Connections
Motion by Pat Hastings to fund at $30,000. Seconded by Erma Woodfin. Approved 7-0.
HS-3: Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County – Boys & Girls Clubs - Fort Collins
Motion by Mike Kulisheck to fund at $25,000. Seconded by Olga Duvall. Approved 7-0.
HS-25: Meals on Wheels for Fort Collins – Meal Delivery Program
Motion by Olga Duvall to fund at $25,000. Seconded by Michaela Ruppert. Approved 7-0.
HS-39: The Salvation Army – Rent and Utilities Program
Motion by Pat Hastings to fund at $18,000. Seconded by Erma Woodfin. Approved 7-0.
Discussion: The Board expressed appreciation for the substantial portion of requested funding that
would be allocated directly towards rent and utility assistance.
HS-14: Family Housing Network – Sherwood House - Bridge Housing
Motion by Michaela Ruppert to fund at $16,000. Seconded by Olga Duvall. Approved 7-0.
Adam Molzer called for a short break at 5:21 PM and the meeting resumed at 5:39 PM.
HS-22: Larimer County Partners – Youth Mentoring and Prevention
Motion by Mike Kulisheck to fund at $15,000. Seconded by Olga Duvall. Approved 7-0.
HS-6: Catholic Charities – Senior Support Services - Samaritan House Ft Collins
Motion by Olga Duvall to fund at $27,000. Seconded by Mike Kulisheck. Approved 7-0.
HS-1: A Little Help – A Little Help for Older Adults in Fort Collins
Motion by Erma Woodfin to fund at $20,000. Seconded by Lori Kempter. Approved 7-0.
HS-24: McBackpack – Working to Alleviate Food Insecurity in Fort Collins
Motion by Mike Kulisheck to fund at $15,000. Seconded by Erma Woodfin. Approved 7-0.
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HS-44: Vindeket Foods – Vindeket Market
Motion by Pat Hastings to fund at $16,000. Seconded by Mike Kulisheck. Approved 7-0.
HS-31: Sexual Assault Victim Advocate Center – Sexual Assault Intervention & Prevention Services
Motion by Erma Woodfin to fund at $21,500. Seconded by Lori Kempter. Approved 7-0.
Adam Molzer provided an update of funds: remaining balance is ~$189,000.
HS-20: ISAAC of Northern Colorado – Housing in the Gaps: Safety Net for Unhoused Immigrant &
Refugee Families
Motion by Pat Hastings to fund at $20,000. Seconded by Olga Duvall. Approved 7-0.
HS-2: Alianza NORCO – Navigation Programming for Immigrants by Immigrants
Motion by Michaela Ruppert to fund at $32,000. Seconded by Olga Duvall. Approved 7-0.
HS-12: Elderhaus Adult Day Program – Direct Care for Fort Collins Residents Living with Disabilities
Motion by Erma Woodfin to fund at $27,000. Seconded by Michaela Ruppert. Approved 7-0.
HS-30: Respite Care – Childcare Scholarships for Low-Income Families
Motion by Olga Duvall to fund at $19,000. Seconded by Mike Nielsen. Approved 7-0.
Adam Molzer provided an update of funds: remaining balance is ~$91,287.
HS-38: The Quarter Project – GEMS - Girls in Engineering, Math & Science
Motion by Olga Duvall to fund at $15,000. Seconded by Lori Kempter. Approved 4-3. Opposed by
Michaela Ruppert, Mike Kulisheck, and Erma Woodfin.
Discussion: Some Board members felt funds could be better utilized by organizations addressing urgent
needs in the community. Other Board members advocated for the long-term investment of this
program, noting its growth and expansion over the years.
HS-42: United Way of Larimer County – Larimer Child Care Fund
Motion by Michaela Ruppert to fund at $15,000. Seconded by Olga Duvall. Approved 7-0.
HS-7: Children’s Speech and Reading Center – Scholarships, Screens & Early Literacy
Motion by Lori Kempter to fund at $15,000. Seconded by Mike Kulisheck. Approved 7-0.
HS-17: Fort Collins Rescue Mission – Nutritious Meal Program
Motion by Mike Nielsen to fund at $0. Seconded by Mike Kulisheck. Approved 7-0.
Discussion: Some Board members expressed concern that the majority of requested funds would go
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toward staff salary and benefits and would have liked to see more go toward food costs.
Adam Molzer provided an update of funds: remaining balance is ~$46,287.
HS-9: Colorado Health Network – CHN Connection Point - Integrative Care & Supportive Services
Motion by Mike Kulisheck to fund at $0. Seconded by Lori Kempter. Approved 6-0-1. Olga Duvall
abstained.
Discussion: Board members acknowledged the program’s value but voiced concerns regarding the
proportion of the program budget it sought in comparison to other applicants.
HS-13: Ensight Skills Center – Low Vision Rehabilitation Care and Support Program
Motion by Erma Woodfin to fund at $15,000. Seconded by Lori Kempter. Friendly amendment by Lori
Kempter requesting that $9,400 go toward direct client assistance, with the remaining $5,600
designated for staff salary. Accepted by Erma Woodfin. Approved 7-0.
Discussion: The Board discussed the importance of this program, especially for seniors, and how it
serves a unique role in the community.
HS-41: Turning Point Center for Youth & Family Development – Connections Program
Motion by Olga Duvall to fund at $15,000. Seconded by Mike Kulisheck. Approved 7-0.
HS-28: Poudre River Public Library District – Social Service Interventions for Unhoused Library
Customers
Motion by Olga Duvall to fund at $15,000. Seconded by Michaela Ruppert. Approved 5-2. Opposed by
Lori Kempter and Mike Kulisheck.
Discussion: Some Board members discussed that having a social worker stationed at a public library is
considered one of the best practices in the nation, and that it would be particularly helpful for Fort
Collins given past incidents at the old town library. However, there were differing perspectives among
Board members, with some viewing it as a duplication of existing services while others emphasized the
increasing community need. Concerns were raised regarding the metric used to gauge success,
specifically the reliance on incident reduction. Additionally, the Board discussed the possibility of the
library incorporating the program into its base budget if the pilot proves successful, though some
members expressed reservations about its readiness for funding.
HS-15: Feeding Our Community Ourselves – Meal Exchange Program
Motion by Pat Hastings to fund at $0. Seconded by Erma Woodfin. Approved 7-0.
HS-40: The Vegetable Connection – Feeding the Families
Motion by Pat Hastings to fund at $0. Seconded by Mike Nielsen. Approved 7-0.
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HS-23: Lutheran Campus Ministry at CSU – Student Housing Security Initiative
Motion by Pat Hastings to fund at $0. Seconded by Olga Duvall. Approved 7-0.
HS-35: The Lotus Effect – Fit to Fight
Motion by Pat Hastings to fund at $0. Seconded by Mike Kulisheck. Approved 7-0.
HS-21: L’Arche Fort Collins – I/DD Emergency Services Identification
Motion by Pat Hastings to fund at $0. Seconded by Erma Woodfin. Approved 7-0.
Adam Molzer provided an update of funds: remaining balance is $1,287.
HS-34: The Family Center/La Familia – Childcare Scholarships & Family Support Services
Motion by Mike Kulisheck to fund at $41,287. Seconded by Erma Woodfin. Approved 7-0.
Slate Proposals:
Motion by Pat Hastings to adopt the recommended funding slate for Human Services true dollars and
percentages as discussed and presented. Seconded by Erma Woodfin. Approved 6-0. Lori Kempter
recused.
Adam Molzer applauded the Board members for the work achieved in Housing and Human Services
over the last few months and weeks.
10. OTHER BUSINESS
Dianne Tjalkens will be joining the Board to share information about the HUD Consolidated Plan at the next
regular meeting on May 8, 2024.
Adam Molzer shared that a 360-review of the grant recommendation process will be presented at the next
regular meeting on May 8, 2024.
Adam Molzer mentioned that the Board may need to convene for a summer meeting to discuss the Human
Services Priorities Platform. Additionally, he noted that he would be seeking volunteers from the Board to
contribute to the project.
Pat Hastings announced that he will not be renewing his term on the Board, with his final meeting being
May 8, 2024.
11. NEXT MEETING
Wednesday, May 8, 2023 | 5:30 PM | Location: Foothills Activity Center
13. ADJOURNMENT
Pat Hastings adjourned the meeting at 6:42 PM.
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
City Council
STAFF
Rupa Venkatesh, Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT
Resolution 2024-078 Approving the Appointment of Delynn Coldiron as City Clerk Effective June
24, 2024.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to approve the appointment of Delynn Coldiron as City Clerk.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
On January 18, 2024, Anissa Hollingshead separated from her position as City Clerk. Following her
departure, an internal recruitment was initiated, and Heather Walls was appointed as Interim City Clerk,
which was approved by Council with the adoption of Resolution 2024-007.
A national recruitment for the next City Clerk was conducted in the spring of 2024. Delynn Coldiron was
selected as the successful candidate, supported by her experience as the City Clerk of Loveland, former
City Clerk for the City of Fort Collins, education, and Municipal Clerk Certification. Coldiron’s first day of
employment with the City is June 24, 2024.
Per Article II, Section 12 of the Fort Collins City Charter, the City Manager is authorized to appoint a City
Clerk to act as Clerk of Council. This Resolution grants Council’s approval of the appointment.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
None.
BOARD / COMMISSION / COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
None.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
None.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Resolution for Consideration
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RESOLUTION 2024-078
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF DELYNN COLDIRON AS
CITY CLERK EFFECTIVE JUNE 24, 2024
A. On January 18, 2024, Anissa Hollingshead separated from her position as
City Clerk. Following her departure, an internal recruitment was initiated, and Heather
Walls was appointed as Interim City Clerk, which was approved by Council with the
adoption of Resolution 2024-007.
B. A national recruitment for the next City Council was conducted in the spring
of 2024. Delynn Coldiron was selected as the successful candidate, supported by her
experience as the City Clerk of Loveland, former City Clerk for the City of Fort Collins,
education, and Municipal Clerk Certification.
C. Delynn Coldiron’s first day of employment with the City is June 24, 2024.
D. Per Article II, Section 12 of the Fort Collins City Charter, the City Manager
is authorized to appoint a City Clerk to act as Clerk of Council.
In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. The City Council hereby approves the appointment of Delynn
Coldiron as City Clerk, effective as of June 24, 2204.
Section 2. The City Council hereby expresses its appreciation for the
exceptional interim services that have been provided by Heather Walls and the staff of
the City Clerk’s office.
Passed and adopted on June 18, 2024.
______________________________
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
______________________________
Interim City Clerk
Effective Date: June 18, 2024
Approving Attorney: Carrie Daggett
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
City Council
STAFF
Paul Sizemore, Director, Community Development and Neighborhood Services
Maren Bzdek, Manager, Historic Preservation Services
Jim Bertolini, Senior Historic Preservation Planner
SUBJECT
Resolution 2024-079 Adopting Findings of Fact in Support of the City Council’s Decision to
Overturn on Appeal the Historic Preservation Commission Determination that 2601 South College
Avenue is Eligible for Fort Collins Landmark Designation.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to make findings of fact and conclusions regarding Council’s decision at the
June 4, 2024, appeal hearing about the historic landmark eligibility of 2601 South College Avenue (the
"Property”) that the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC “Commission”) failed to properly interpret and
apply City Code Section 14-22 and thereby overturned the HPC’s April 17, 2024, determination that the
Property was eligible for designation as a Fort Collins Landmark.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
On April 17, 2024, the Commission upheld the October 17, 2023, decision of the City Historic Preservation
Services Staff that 2601 South College Avenue was eligible for Fort Collins landmark designation, because
it possessed significance under City Code Section 14-22(a)(1) Events and (3) Design/Construction and
qualities of integrity were present under Section 14-22(b)(1) through (5) (Location, Design, Setting, Materials,
Workmanship).
On April 30, 2024, the Property owner timely filed a Notice of Appeal seeking to overturn the Commission’s
determination as to eligibility for the Property, alleging that the Commission failed to properly interpret and
apply City Code Section 14-22, specifically alleging that that the Property lacks sufficient significance or
integrity to convey its historic significance as required under Section 14-22.
On June 4, 2024, Council considered the record on appeal and testimony from the parties -in-interest.
Council discussed the specific assertions of the appeal. On a 4-2 vote (Nays: Councilmembers Gutowsky,
and Ohlson, Absent: Councilmember Pignataro). Council found that the Commission failed to properly
interpret and apply City Code Section 14-22. Council overturned the April 17, 2024, Commission decision
and found that 2601 South College Avenue is not eligible for designation as a Fort Collins’ landmark. This
determination of eligibility remains valid until June 18, 2029.
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CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
None.
BOARD / COMMISSION / COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
None.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
None.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Resolution for Consideration
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RESOLUTION 2024-079
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL’S
DECISION TO OVERTURN ON APPEAL THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
COMMISSION DETERMINATION THAT 2601 SOUTH COLLEGE AVENUE IS
ELIGIBLE FOR FORT COLLINS LANDMARK DESIGNATION
A. On April 17, 2024, the Historic Preservation Commission (“Commission”)
conducted a de novo hearing and upheld the October 17, 2024, decision of the City
Historic Preservation Services Staff that 2601 South College Avenue (the “Property”) is
eligible for Fort Collins landmark designation pursuant to City Code Section 14-22.
B. On April 30, 2024, Angela Hygh as counsel for the Property owner
Dracol LLC (“Appellants”) filed a Notice of Appeal (“Appeal”) of the April 17, 2024,
Commission decision, alleging the Commission failed to properly interpret and apply City
Code Section 14-22 standards for determining the eligibility of sites, structures, objects
and districts for designation as landmarks or landmark districts.
C. On June 4, 2024, the City Council, after notice given in accordance with City
Code Section 2-52, held a public hearing (“Hearing”) pursuant to City Code Section 2-54
to consider the allegations raised in the Appeal.
D. At the Hearing the Appellants and the Appellants’ historic preservation
expert appeared and addressed Council, arguing in favor of the Appeal.
E. At the Hearing, a party-in-interest under the City Code Section 2-46
definition who was a person who provided written comments to the Commis sion before
the Commission’s hearing, Meg Dunn, argued in opposition to the Appeal.
F. The City Council based its decision on the record on appeal according to
City Code Section 2-51, testimony from City staff, statements and arguments by the
Appellants and Appellants’ historic preservation expert, and statements and arguments
in opposition to the appeal.
G. The City Council overturned the Commission’s April 17, 2024, decision that
the Property is eligible for historic landmark designation, because the Commission failed
to properly interpret and apply City Code Section 14 -22(a) in finding that the Property
possesses significance, because under:
1. Subsection 14-22(a)(1) Events, the Property does not individually
contribute significantly to the history of Fort Collins; and
2. Subsection 14-22(a)(3) Design/Construction, the Property does not
embody midcentury modern architecture and lacks artistic value.
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H. City Code Section 2-56(c) provides that no later than the date of its next
regular meeting after the hearing of an appeal, City Council shall adopt, by resolution,
findings of fact in support of its decision on the Appeal.
In light of the foregoing recitals, which the City Council hereby makes and adopts
as determinations and findings, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. The April 17, 2024, Commission decision regarding the Property is
overturned, and the Property is not eligible for Fort Collins landmark designation.
Section 2. The determination that the Property is not eligible for Fort Collins
landmark designation will remain valid until June 18, 2029.
Section 3. Any other issues raised in the Appeal are without merit and are
denied and dismissed.
Section 4. The adoption of this Resolution constitutes the final action of the City
Council in accordance with City Code Section 2-56(c).
Passed and adopted on June 18, 2024.
______________________________
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
______________________________
Interim City Clerk
Effective Date: June 18, 2024
Approving Attorney: Heather N. Jarvis
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
City Council
STAFF
Davina Lau, Public Engagement Specialist
SUBJECT
Resolution 2024-080 Making Appointments to the Downtown Development Authority Board.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to fill vacancies that will exist as of June 30, 2024.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
This Resolution makes appointments to fill the three upcoming vacancies on the Downtown Development
Authority (DDA) Board. The terms of Rebecca Hill, Dwight Hall, and Angel Kwaitkowski will expire June 30,
2024, creating three vacancies.
City Code Section 2-4462 provides that the DDA Board shall consist of eleven (11) members, nine (9) of
whom are either residents, landowners or tenants within the boundaries of the Authority, one (1) of whom
shall be a Councilmember and one (1) of whom shall be a member of the Board of County Commissioners
of Larimer County, provided Larimer County continues to meet the qualifications for membership on the
Board of the Authority as either a landowner or tenant within the boundaries of the Authority, and formally
designates one (1) Commissioner to serve to serve in such a capacity. The Downtown Development
Authority statute, Section 31-25-806, Colorado Revised Statutes, requires that members of the Board,
other than members of the governing body (Council) reside, be a business lessee, or own real property in
the DDA area.
On May 30, 2024, Councilmember Susan Gutowsky and Councilmember Emily Francis interviewed
applicants for the Downtown Development Authority.
These terms will begin July 1, 2024. The names of the individuals recommended to fill these vacancies are
listed in the table below.
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Downtown Development Authority
Appointments Term Effective Date Expiration of Term
Holli McElwee (Seat D) July 1, 2024 June 30, 2028
Dwight Hall (Seat E) July 1, 2024 June 30, 2028
Rebecca Hill (Seat F) July 1, 2024 June 30, 2028
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
None.
BOARD / COMMISSION / COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
None.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
Public outreach to seek applicants for boards and commissions included a spotlight and press release on
the City of Fort Collins website, media releases for earned coverage in local media sources, and social
media promotion of opportunities.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Resolution for Consideration
2. Applications
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RESOLUTION 2024-080
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING APPOINTMENTS TO THE DOWNTOWN
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD
A. The Downtown Development Authority Board has vacancies due to the
expiration of terms of Rebecca Hill, Dwight Hall, and Angel Kwaitkowski.
B. Councilmember Susan Gutowsky and Councilmember Emily Francis
interviewed candidates for this appointment on May 30, 2024.
C. The qualifications to serve on the Board are set out in Colorado Revised
Statutes Section 31-25-806 and City Code Section 2-462, and the Council finds that the
proposed appointees below meet these qualifications.
D. The City Council desires to make appointments to fill these vacancies on
the Downtown Development Authority Board.
In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that the following named persons are hereby appointed to fill the open
vacancies on the Downtown Development Authority Board with terms to begin and expire
as noted below next to each appointee’s name:
Downtown Development Authority
Appointments Term Effective Date Expiration of Term
Holli McElwee (Seat D) July 1, 2024 June 30, 2028
Dwight Hall (Seat E) July 1, 2024 June 30, 2028
Rebecca Hill (Seat F) July 1, 2024 June 30, 2028
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Passed and adopted on June 18, 2024.
______________________________
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
______________________________
Interim City Clerk
Effective Date: June 18, 2024
Approving Attorney: Carrie Daggett
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VOLUNTEER APPLICATION
Holli McElwee
App cation:DDA -Downtown Development Authority
AppI cant Information
51512024 3:38 PM
Birthday:
Address:
Availability
Gender:Female Education Level:Bachelors degree
Phone:
Morning El ~~RI RI RI El
Afternoon El RI RI RI RI RI El
Evening El RI RI RI El El El
Volunteer Groups Applied For
Downtown Development Authority
Job Description
have read the job description
Questions
Do you reside or own property within the DDA?
Current Occupation:
Current Emp oyer
YES
I am the owner and operation of Old Town
Ice Cream &Treats,DBA Kilwins,Fort
Co lins,CO at 114 South College Avenue.
Kilwins Fort Collins
Prior work expenence pease include dates):
Volunteer experience (please nclude dates):
Are you currently serving on a City board or Commission?If so,which
one?
Why do you want to become a member of the Downtown Development
Authority’
Please see the attached resume or exact
dates and positions.
Saint Joseph’s Catholic School:
Kindergarten Class Parent Vo untee
(2023-Present)
Thompson School District’s Kids’Backpack
Food Program 2023)
Larimer County Food Bank’s &CSU’s
Rams Against Hunger Canned Food Drive
(2021-2023)
Larimer County’s ClimateSmart &Future
Ready Board (2022-2023)
Colorado Youth Outdoors Volunteer (2022
4-H Volunteering (Approximately
2015-2016;Volunteered at a Dog Show n
Boulder County and 2022 at the Larimer
County Fair for the Sensory Fair for Youth
No
I am interested in serving on the DDA
Board,as the Retailer position will be
vacant in June of 2024.As a local retailer
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Have you had any exposure to the Downtown Development Authority?If
yes,please explain:
Specify any activities which might create a serious conflict of interest if
you are appointed:
Optional:How did you learn of a vacancy on this board or commission?
List any abilities,skills,certifications,specialized training,or interests you
have which are applicable to this board.
Briefly explain what you believe are the three most important issues
facing the Downtown Development Authority (DDA),and how do you
believe the DDA should address each issue?You may also attach!upload
a separate document if additional space is required.
and business,I can be a voice for those in
this particular space and will provide first
hand experience into current trends.I have
spent several years in creating community,
connections,and have experience in policy
making,development,stakeholder
engagement and public affairs,even on
topics that are extremely controversial.
Yes;
Yes,working at Realities For Children and
helping to organize the Realities Ride &
Motorcycle Rally,featuring thousands of
attendees in Old Town Square back in the
day,serving as the Marketing Manager of
Gallegos Sanitation,and now,most
recently,the Owner of Kilwins,I have had
years of involvement with the DDA.In my
current role,my familiarity has increased
significantly due to monthly meetings and
engagement events.
In addition,I have had the pleasure of
listening to presentations from the DDA in
other roles/boards I have involved in.
None at this time.
Other (please specify);
I learned of the opportunity through the
DDA.
My background is diverse.Spanning from
event planning,to solid waste and
recycling expertise,to stakeholder
engagement,policy development and
owning a retail and confections business in
Old Town myself,I offer broad insights and
a perspective from multiple lenses.
1.I am extremely concerned for the
businesses and the Downtown area,
should Linden Street move to the concept
of being permanently closed in favor of a
pedestrian mall.Not only are there not
enough events/activations to support a
permanent closure,businesses will
certainly feel a negative impact from the
lack of parking,customers,and with the
space not being public,policing the
homelessness and/or transient related
thefts,drug use,and crime is concerning,
especially since funding for officers has
been cut.
After speaking with businesses in that
area,it would be advantageous to have
events in the area under some of the
proposed models;however,a 100%
closure offers multiple disadvantages.
2)There has been a marked decrease in
pedestrian traffic/shoppers/diners in the
Downtown Area,which is reflective in what
th~flihi rar.niv~s in SsiI~~Thw Somo nf
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this has to do with people making their
purchases outside of the City,whether it is
due to living outside the limit (housing
affordability),parking issues,or the
increase in taxes with making purchases
here.I believe there are multiple
contributors to the decline,and it is not a
one size fits all solution,but may require
discussion about more attractions,modes
of transportation,parking,business hours!
draws,and other elements.
3)The costs of doing business continue to
increase.Whether it is COGs,policy
decisions that cost business,higher
wages,higher rents and triple net rising
exponentially with property values,and
thefts on the rise,it is expense to conduct
business in Fort Collins.As it relates to the
DDA,the engagement and stakeholder
engagement involvement is important and
beneficial.As business owners are busy
running their day-to-day operations,it
helpful to have candid conversations and
presentations related to what is coming
down the pike or discussions,and to help
businesses engage with elected officials
and staffers prior to decisions being made.
The continual awareness piece and 1:1’s
make a difference.
Are you willing to complete the required training if appointed?YES
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VOLUNTEER APPLICATION
Dwight Hall
Application:DDA -Downtown Deve opment Authority
Applicant Information
412212024 1 ~AM
Birthday:
Address:
Availability
Gender:Female Education Leve:Associate degree
Phone:
Morning
S M T W T F S
~IZ I~~H
Afternoon H ~
Evening H H H H H H LI
Volunteer Groups Applied For
Downtown Development Authority
Job Description
I have read the ob description
Questions
Do you reside or own property withn the fDA?
Current Occupation:
Current Employer:
Prior work experience (please inc ude dates):
Volunteer experience (please include dates):
Are you currently serving on a City boa d or Commission?If so,which
one?
Why do you want to become a member of the Downtown Deve opment
Authority?
Have you had any exposure to the Downtown Development Authority?If
yes,please explain:
Specify any activities wh~ch might create a serious conflict of interest if
you are appointed:
Optiona:How did you learn of a vacancy on this board or commision?
List any abilities,skills,certifications,specialized training,or interests you
have which are applicable to this board.
YES
business owner
CooperSmith’s Pub &Brewing Co.
I have work in restaurants for the last 42
years.
Fort Collins DBA,Fort Co ns fDA,Fort
Collins Zoning Board of Appeals,Fort
Collins Art in Public Places
Yes;
DDA
I have been on this board for the last 4
years and find the work to be rewarding.
The staff and board are very high
functioning and accomplish a lot.
Yes;
I have worked downtown for 34 years and
been on the DDA board for the last 4
None at this pont.
Other (please specify);
I am on the board so I am looking to do a
rid term.
I am a business owner in downtown with
many years of experience and awareness
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Dwight Hall 4122/2024 11:44AM
of the challenges and opportunities it
faces.
Briefly explain what you believe are the three most important issues
facing the Downtown Development Authority (DDA),and how do you
believe the DDA should address each issue?You may also attach/upload
a separate document if additional space is required.
Are you willing to complete the required training if appointed?
1)Leveraging TIF financing to improve
downtown facades.2)Advocating for the
the social and economic health of
downtown.3)Utilizing the Business
Outreach Team to activate the area and
support downtown businesses.
YES
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VOLUNTEER PLICATION
Rebecca Hill 412212024 10:23AM
Application:DDA -Downtown Development Authority
Apprcant Information
Birthday:Gender:Female Education Level:PhD
Address:Phone.
Availability
S M T W T F S
Morning H C I~H H
Afternoon H ~H I~C H H
Evening H ~~I~I~~H
Volunteer Groups Applied For
Downtown Development Authority
Job Description
~have read the job description
Questions
Do you reside or own property within the DDA’NO
Current Occupation:Extension Professor,Agricultural
Economist
Current Employer:Colorado State University
Prior work experience (pease include dates):I received my Ph.D.from Colorado State
University in 2012 and have been ork ng
as a researcher at Co orado State
University Since then.also run two
programs at Colorado State University.The
Extension Internship Program
(intem.co ostate.edu)and the Co orado
AgrAbility Project (agrability.colostate.edu
Volunteer experience (please include dates):2019 -Present:Fort Collins Downtown
Development Authority Board Member
2011 -2018:City of Fort Collins Water
Board served as both vice chair and chair
City of Fort Collins Women’s
Commission
Are you currently serving on a City board or Commissbn?If so,which Yes;
one?Downtown Development Authority
Why do you want to become a member of the Downtown Development I have served one term on the Authority
Authority’currently and feel ke am finally at a place
where I understand and am eally able to
provide valuable feedback to the Authority
and I wou ci ke the opportunity to serve a
second term.
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4122/2024 10:23 AMRebeccaHill
Have you had any exposure to the Downtown Development Authority?If
yes,please explain:
Specify any activities which might create a serious conflict of interest if
you are appointed:
Optional:How did you learn of a vacancy on this board or commission?
List any abilities,skills,certifications,specialized training,or interests you
have which are applicable to this board.
Briefly explain what you believe are the three most important issues
facing the Downtown Development Authority (ODA),and how do you
believe the DDA should address each issue?You may also attach/upload
a separate document if additional space is required.
Yes;
I am currently a board member
None that I can think of.
Other (please specify);
Currently on the board
I have a Ph.D.in Economics and currently
am teaching a finance course,I have found
these skills to be helpful while on the
board.
I think the most valuable specialized
training though is serving one term already
on the Authority.There is a lot to learn and
I feel my term on the board has given me
that grounding.
1.Continuing to make Downtown an
enjoyable place to visit -The DDA has
several programs that they have worked
on to make Downtown a place we can all
enjoy including the Alley projects and the
Façade program.
2.The DDA is currently going through a
process to decide what investments they
want to make in currently vacant lots in the
DDA boundary -this will be very important
for the future,both the decision of a plot as
well as what they decide to do with the
property
3.The DDA recently took over some of the
functions that the DBA previously
performed.Continue with these services
(like the gift card program)will be
important going into the future.
Are you willing to complete the required training if appointed?YES
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City Council Agenda Item Summary – City of Fort Collins Page 1 of 2
June 18, 2024
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
City Council
STAFF
Sylvia Tatman-Burruss, Senior Policy and Project Manager
Ginny Sawyer, Lead Policy and Project Manager
SUBJECT
Items Relating to Residential Occupancy Ordinance.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A. First Reading of Ordinance No. 081, 2024, Amending the Land Use Code of the City of Fort Collins to
Remove Residential Occupancy Limitations.
B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 082, 2024, Amending the Code of the City of Fort Collins to Conform
with the Removal of Residential Occupancy Limitations from the Land Use Code.
The purpose of this item is to consider adoption of changes to the City’s Land Used Code and Municipal
Code to comply with House Bill 24-1007, which prohibits residential occupancy limits based on familial
relationship.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinances on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The current version of the City’s occupancy ordinance limits occupancy of residential dwellings to a family
of any size plus one additional unrelated occupant, or to no more than three unrelated occupants. Active
enforcement began in 2005 when violation of the ordinance was classified as a civil infraction.
The State legislature recently passed House Bill 24-1007, and it was signed into law by the Governor of
Colorado in April, with an effective date of July 1, 2024.
HB24-1007 Prohibits Residential Occupancy Limits Based on Familial Relationship
HB24-1007 limits the regulation of occupancy based “only on demonstrated health and safety standards,
such as International Building Code standards, fire code regulations, or Colorado Department of Public
Health and Environment Wastewater and Water Quality standards.”
In addition, the bill states that, “A local government shall not limit the number of people who may live
together in a single dwelling based on familial relationship.” The Bill states an effective date of July 1, 2024.
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City Compliance
Occupancy and related regulations are currently in both the Land Use Code and in the Municipal Code.
Staff is prepared to bring ordinances amending these in compliance with the July 1, 2024, compliance
deadline.
Proposed amendments to the Land Use Code include:
Replacing the word “family” with the word “unit” throughout the document.
Removing Occupancy section 3.8.16 and any references to that section of the document.
Removing references to Group Homes, associated requirements, and removing the definition from the
document.
Removing references to “Extra Occupancy.”
Proposed amendments to the Municipal Code include:
Section 5-264 related to Extra Occupancy in single-family, two-family or multi-family dwellings.
Section 5-265 related to disclosure and posting of maximum permissible occupancy.
Section 20-111 definition of “Dwelling unit occupancy limits” and reference to 3.8.16 in the Land Use
Code.
Sections 14-3, 14-6, and 14-8 of the Historic Preservation provisions to replace “family” with “unit” and
to update the dwelling unit definition to match the Land Use Code.
Sections 15-641, 15-644, 15-646, and 15-648 of the Short Term Rental provisions to replace “family”
with “unit” and to update the reference to the short term rental parking requirements in the Land Use
Code.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
No financial impacts to the City are anticipated as a result of these changes.
BOARD / COMMISSION / COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
Staff presented the proposed changes to the Planning and Zoning Commission at their May work session.
Staff will again present the proposed changes, seeking a recommendation, at the June hearing on June
20, 2024.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
Staff have already begun auditing fcgov.com for references to occupancy which will need to be removed
and will add updated language and FAQs. Additional awareness efforts include:
Edits to City web pages to reflect changes related to HB24-1007.
Press release, social media posts and other City communications regarding the change to the
Occupancy regulations.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Ordinance A for Consideration
2. Ordinance B for Consideration
3. Presentation
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ORDINANCE NO. 081, 2024
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING THE LAND USE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
TO REMOVE RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY LIMITATIONS
A. Pursuant to Ordinance 055, 2024, Council adopted the revised Land Use
Code by reference which went into effect on May 27, 2024.
B. The Land Use Code contains certain residential occupancy limits based
upon familial relationships.
C. Colorado House Bill 24-1007, effective July 1, 2024, prohibits the City from
limiting who may live together in a single dwelling based on familial relationship.
D. In order for the City to comply with House Bill 24-1007, the existing Land
Use Code residential occupancy limits based upon familial relationships must be
amended as set forth in this Ordinance.
E. On June 20, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission on a
unanimous/__ to __ voted to/not to recommend that Council adopt the proposed
changes set forth in this Ordinance.
F. Concurrently by separate ordinance, City Code references to residential
occupancy limits based upon familial relationships are also being amended.
G. This Ordinance amends the Land Use Code which was adopted by
reference in Ordinance 055, 2024. However, the amendments contained in this
Ordinance are set forth in their entirety herein, rather than adopted by reference.
In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. ARTICLE 2 ZONE DISTRICTS, DIVISION 2.1 RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICTS, Section 2.1.4, RL - Low Density Residential District, DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS, BUILDING ENVELOPE, Building Height Table is hereby amended to read
as follows:
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Section 2. ARTICLE 2 ZONE DISTRICTS, DIVISION 2.2 MIXED-USE
DISTRICTS, Section 2.2.1, LMN – Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood District,
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, BUILDING MASS & SCALE, BUILDING MASS table,
Variation in Massing is hereby amended to read as follows:
. . .
Variation in Massing includes:
. . .
Dividing large facades and walls into human-scaled proportions similar to the
adjacent single – or two-familyunit dwellings.
. . .
Section 3. ARTICLE 2 ZONE DISTRICTS, DIVISION 2.2 MIXED-USE
DISTRICTS, Section 2.2.2, MMN – Medium Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood District,
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, BUILDING MASS & SCALE , BUILDING MASS table,
Variation in Massing is hereby amended as follows:
. . .
Variation in Massing includes:
. . .
Dividing large facades and walls into human-scaled proportions similar to the
adjacent single – or two-familyunit dwellings.
. . .
Section 4. ARTICLE 2 ZONE DISTRICTS, DIVISION 2.2 MIXED-USE
DISTRICTS, Section 2.2.3, HMN – High Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood District,
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, BUILDING MASS & SCALE, Building Mass table,
Variation in Massing is hereby amended to read as follows:
. . .
Variation in Massing includes:
. . .
Dividing large facades and walls into human-scaled proportions similar to the
adjacent single – or two-familyunit dwellings.
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. . .
Section 5. ARTICLE 2 ZONE DISTRICTS, DIVISION 2.2 MIXED-USE
DISTRICTS, Section 2.2.4, NC – Neighborhood Commercial District, DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS, BLOCK STRUCTURE is hereby amended to read as follows:
. . .
BLOCK STRUCTURE
Each development within this District shall be developed as a series of complete blocks
bounded by public or private streets (see Section 5.3.2(E) for Multi-FamilyUnit Block
Requirements). Natural areas, irrigation ditches, high -voltage power lines, operating
railroad tracks and other similar substantial physical features may form up to two (2) sides
of a block.
. . .
Section 6. ARTICLE 2 ZONE DISTRICTS, DIVISION 2.3 COMMERCIAL
DISTRICTS, Section 2.3.1, CC - Community Commercial District, DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS, BLOCK STRUCTURE is hereby amended as follows:
. . .
BLOCK STRUCTURE
Each Community Commercial District and each development within t his District shall be
developed as a series of complete blocks bounded by public or private streets (see
Section 5.3.2(E) for Multi-FamilyUnit Block Requirements). Natural areas, irrigation
ditches, high-voltage power lines, operating railroad tracks and other similar substantial
physical features may form up to two (2) sides of a block.
. . .
Section 7. ARTICLE 2 ZONE DISTRICTS, DIVISION 2.3 COMMERCIAL
DISTRICTS, Section 2.3.6, CL - Limited Commercial District, DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS, BUILDING STANDARDS, Variation in Massing is hereby amended as
follows:
. . .
Variation in Massing includes:
. . .
Dividing large facades and walls into human-scaled proportions similar to the
adjacent single- or two-familyunit dwellings
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Section 8. ARTICLE 3 BUILDING TYPES, DIVISION 3.1 RESIDENTIAL
BUILDING TYPES, Section 3.1.2 Apartment Building, MASSING is hereby amended as
follows:
. . .
Dividing large façades and walls into human-scaled proportions similar to the
adjacent single- or two-familyunit dwellings shall not have repetitive, monotonous
undifferentiated wall planes.
. . .
Section 9. ARTICLE 4 USE STANDARDS, DIVISION 4.2 TABLE OF PRIMARY
USES is hereby amended to delete the references to Extra-Occupancy Houses and
Group Homes to read as follows:
. . .
Section 10. ARTICLE 4 USE STANDARDS, DIVISION 4.3 ADDITIONAL USE
STANDARDS, Section 4.3.1 RESIDENTIAL USES, is hereby amended by the deletion of
Subparagraphs (C) and (F) and all remaining Subparagraphs renumbered as follows:
. . .
(C) Extra Occupancy Unit
(1) One (1) occupant per three hundred fifty (350) square feet of habitable floor
space, in addition to a minimum of four hundred (400) square feet of habitable
floor space if owner-occupied.
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(a) In the LMN Zone district no more than twenty-five (25) percent of the
parcels on a block face may be approved for extra occupancy use.
(b) In the CS zone district such use shall not be allowed within two hundred (200)
feet of North College Avenue.
. . .
(D)(C) Family Care Homes consist of one or more of the following:
. . .
(E)(D) Fraternity/Sorority Houses shall mean residences housing students attending
an accredited institution of higher learning within the City.
. . .
(F) Group Home is allowed in the following zone districts:
Zone Maximum
Number of
Residents
excluding
supervisors,
for Minimum
lot size.
Additional lot
area for each
additional
resident
(square feet)
Maximum
permissible
residents,
excluding
supervisors
Minimum
separation
requirements
between any
other group
home (feet)
UE 3 2,000 8 1,500
RL, OT-A, HC, E,
RF, MH 3 1,500 8 1,500
LMN, OT-B,
RDR
6 750 15 1,000
OT-C, D, CS,
CCN, MMN,
HMN, NC, CG,
CC, CL, CCR
6
500
20
700
(1) All Group Homes are required to be setback at least 200 feet from North College Avenue.
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(2) The minimum separation distance required between group homes that are located
in different zone districts shall be the one that requires the greatest distance.
(3) The decision maker may determine a higher maximum number of residents to
be allowed to occupy the facility upon finding that the facility as so occupied
will satisfy the following criteria:
(a) The adjacent street system is sufficient to accommodate the traffic impacts
generated by the group care facility;
(b) the group care facility has made adequate, on-site accommodations for its
parking needs;
(c) the architectural design of the group care facility is compatible with the
character of the surrounding neighborhood;
(d) the architectural design of the group care facility is compatible with the
character of the surrounding neighborhood;
(e) the size and scale of the group care facility is compatible with the character of
the surrounding neighborhood; and
(f) the types of treatment activities or the rendering of services proposed to be
conducted upon the premises are substantially consistent with the activities
permitted in the zone district in which the facility is proposed to be located.
(4) Regardless of the level of review:
(a) The decision maker shall conduct such review for the purpose of approving,
denying or approving with conditions the application for a group home use in
such zone. If approved, the decision maker shall, with such approval, establish
the type of group home permitted and the maximum number of residents
allowed in such group home.
(b) A group home may be located without consideration to the minimum
separation requirements as established in the table above if the group home
is separated from other group homes within the area of the aforesaid minimum
separation requirement by a substantial natural or man-made physical barrier,
including, but not limited to, an arterial street, a state or federal highway,
railroad tracks, river or commercial/business district. Such reduction in the
separation requirement shall be allowed only after the decision maker has
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determined that the barrier and resulting separation distance are adequate to
protect the City from any detrimental impacts resulting from an excessive
concentration of group homes in any one (1) vicinity.
(c) No permanent certificate of occupancy will be issued by the City for a group
home until the person applying for the group home has submitted a valid
license, or other appropriate authorization, or copy thereof, from a
governmental agency having jurisdiction.
(d) If active and continuous operations are not carried on in a group home which
was approved pursuant to the provisions contained in this Section for a period
of twelve (12) consecutive months, the group home use shall be considered
to have been abandoned. The group home use can be reinstated only after
obtaining a new approval from the decision maker as outlined in this Section.
(e) Shelters for victims of domestic violence shall be separated from any other
group home or shelter by a minimum of one thousand five hundred (1,500)
feet.
(f) Please see Section 6.1.5 for information regarding Reasonable
Accommodations.
(G)(E) Home Occupations
. . .
(H)(F) Manufactured Housing
. . .
(I)(G) Mixed Use Dwelling Unit
. . .
(J)(H) Multi-Unit Dwelling Unit
. . .
(K)(I) Single Unit Detached Dwelling
. . .
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(L)(J) Single Unit Attached Dwelling
. . .
(M)(K) Shelter for victims of Domestic Violence
. . .
(N)(L) Short Term Rentals
. . .
(O)(M) Two Unit Dwelling
. . .
(P)(N) Secondary Uses
. . .
Section 11. ARTICLE 4 USE STANDARDS, DIVISION 4.3 ADDITIONAL USE
STANDARDS, Section 4.3.5 ACCESSORY/MISCELLANEOUS USES, subparagraph
(H)(1)(b) Wireless Communication is hereby amended to read as follows:
(H) WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
(1) Applicability and Exemptions. The provisions of this Section shall apply to
any Wireless Communications Facility (WCF) within the City. The requirements
set forth in this Section shall not apply to:
. . .
(b) Television or radio antennas. Those antennas, including over the air
reception devices, located on single unitfamily dwellings or duplexes,
not exceeding one (1) meter in diameter and less than five (5) feet
above the highest point of the existing principal structure, or for
ground mounted antennas, the requirement that the height be no more
than the distance from its base to the property line or the maximum
height specified for accessory structures for that zone district,
whichever is less. The Director has the authority to approve
modifications to the height restriction related to over the air reception
device antennas and antenna structures, if in the reasonable discretion
of the City, modifications are necessary to comply with federal law.
. . .
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Section 12. ARTICLE 5 General Development and Site Design, TABLE OF
CONTENTS, DIVISION 5.14 OCCUPANCY LIMITS is hereby amended to read as
follows:
DIVISION 5.14 OCCUPANCY LIMITSRESERVED
5.14.1 Occupancy limits; increasing the number of persons allowed
Section 13. ARTICLE 5 General Development and Site Design, DIVISION 5.2
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, Section 5.2.1 AFFORDABLE HOUSING is hereby amended
to read as follows:
5.2.1 AFFORDABLE HOUSING
. . .
(B) Applicability. This Section shall apply to the following development projects:
. . .
(3) Section 5.2 does not apply to group homes, dormitories, medical facilities, hotels,
motels, shelters, tents, short-term rentals or other structures designed or used
primarily for temporary occupancy and/or group living.
. . .
Section 14. Use Categories “Group Homes” and “Extra Occupancy” contained in
ARTICLE 5 General Development and Site Design, DIVISION 5.9 BUILDING
PLACEMENT AND SITE DESIGN, Section 5.9.1(C)(4)(c) are hereby deleted.
5.9.1 ACCESS, CIRCULATION AND PARKING
. . .
(C) Development Standards. All developments shall meet the following standards:
. . .
(4) Bicycle Facilities. Commercial, industrial, civic, employment and multi-unit
residential uses shall provide bicycle facilities to meet the following standards:
. . .
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(c) Minimum Bicycle Requirements Table:
Use Categories Bicycle Parking Space Minimums %Enclosed Bicycle Parking/ %
Fixed Bicycle Racks
Residential and Institutional Parking Requirements
. . .
Group Homes No Requirement n/a
. . .
Extra Occupancy 1 per occupant 0%/100%
. . .
. . .
Section 15. ARTICLE 5 General Development and Site Design, DIVISION 5.9
BUILDING PLACEMENT AND SITE DESIGN, Section 5.9.1(D)(2) is hereby amended to
read as follows:
5.9.1 ACCESS, CIRCULATION AND PARKING
. . .
(D) Access and Parking Lot Requirements. All vehicular use areas in any proposed
development shall be designed to be safe efficient, convenient and attractive,
considering use by all modes of transportation that will use the system, (inc luding,
without limitation, cars, trucks, buses, bicycles and emergency vehicles).
. . .
(2) Access. Unobstructed vehicular access to and from a public street shall be
provided for all off-street parking spaces. Vehicular access shall be provided in such
manner as to protect the safety of persons using such access or traveling in the public
street from which such access is obtained and, in such manner, as to protect the
traffic-carrying capacity of the public street from which such access is obtained.
Notwithstanding the forgoing required off -street parking for both an ADU and extra
occupancy use are is allowed one (1) tandem space to count towards minimum
parking requirement.
. . .
Section 16. ARTICLE 5 General Development and Site Design, DIVISION 5.9
BUILDING PLACEMENT AND SITE DESIGN, Section 5.9.1(K)(1) is hereby amended by
the deletion of subparagraph (h) Group Homes and subparagraph (l) Extra Occupancy
and all subparagraphs being renumbered accordingly:
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5.9.1 ACCESS, CIRCULATION AND PARKING
. . .
(K) Parking Lots – Required of Off-Street Spaces for Type of Use.
(1) Residential and Institutional Parking Requirements. Residential and
institutional uses shall provide a minimum number of parking spaces as defined by
the standards below:
. . .
(h) Group Homes. For each group home there shall be two (2) parking spaces for
every three (3) employees, and in addition, one (1) parking space for each four (4)
adult residents, unless residents are prohibited from owning or operating personal
automobiles.
. . .
(i)(h) Recreational Uses.
. . .
(j)(i) Schools, Places of Worship or Assembly and Child Care Centers.
. . .
(k)(j) Small Scale Reception Centers in the UE, Urban Estate District.
. . .
(l) Extra Occupancy. For each extra occupancy, there shall be 0.75 (¾) parking
space per occupant, rounded up to the nearest whole parking space. If the lot
upon which such parking spaces are to be situated has more than sixty-five (65)
feet of street frontage length on any one (1) street or abuts an alley, then each
such parking space shall have direct access to the abutting street or alley and shall
be unobstructed by any other parking space. If such lot has less than sixty -five
(65) feet of street frontage length on any one (1) street and does not abut an alley,
then one (1) of the required parking spaces may be aligned in a manner that does
not provide direct access to the abutting street.
. . .
(m)(k) Short Term non-primary rentals and short term primary rentals.
. . .
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Section 17. ARTICLE 5 General Development and Site Design, DIVISION 5.14
OCCUPANCY LIMITS is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
DIVISION 5.14 RESERVED
Section 18. ARTICLE 5 General Development and Site Design, DIVISION 5.16
SIGNS, Section 15.16.2 PERMANENT SIGNS, Section 5.16.2(D) Projecting Signs is
hereby amended to read as follows:
DIVISION 5.16 SIGNS
. . .
15.16.2 PERMANENT SIGNS
. . .
(D) Projecting Signs. Projecting signs include awning signs, marquee signs, under-
canopy signs, and fin signs. Projecting signs are allowed according to the
standards in Table (D), Projecting Signs. Projecting signs shall not extend into
the public right-of-way, except that the City may grant a revocable license to allow
projecting signs to encroach into the right-of-way.
Table (D)
Projecting Signs
Type of
Sign
Standards
Sign District
Outside of Residential Neighborhood Sign District1
Downtown Commerical/
Industrial
Mixed-Use Multi-Unit Single-Unit Within
Residential
Neighborhood
Sign District1
. . .
Fin Signs (Primary)
Max. # 1 per street
frontage per
nonresidential
mixed-use, or
multifamilyunit
building.
1 per street
frontage per
nonresidential
mixed-use, or
multifamilyunit
building.
1 per street
frontage per
nonresidential
mixed-use, or
multifamilyunit
building.
1 per street
frontage per
nonresidential
mixed-use, or
multifamilyunit
building.
1 per street
frontage per
nonresidential
mixed-use, or
multifamilyunit
building.
1 per street
frontage per
nonresidential
mixed-use, or
multifamilyunit
building.
Subject to
Sign Area
Allowance
Yes.
Yes.
Yes, but only
for
nonresidential,
mixed-use, or
multifamilyunit
buildings.
Yes, but only
for
nonresidential,
mixed-use, or
multifamilyunit
buildings.
Yes, but only
for
nonresidential,
mixed-use, or
multifamilyunit
buildings.
Yes.
. . .
. . .
Section 19. Article 5 General Development and Site Design, DIVISION 5.16
SIGNS, Section 15.16.2 PERMANENT SIGNS, Section 5.16.2(G) Freestanding
Permanent Signs is hereby amended to read as follows:
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DIVISION 5.16 SIGNS
. . .
15.16.2 PERMANENT SIGNS
. . .
(G) Freestanding Permanent Signs. Detached permanent signs are allowed according
to the standards in Table (G)(1), Freestanding Permanent Signs.
Table (G)(1)
Freestanding Permanent Signs
Sign District
Outside of Residential Neighborhood Sign District1
Type of
Sign
Standa
rds
Downtown Commercial/
Industrial
Mixed-Use Multi-Unit Single-Unit Within
Residential
Neighborhood
Sign District1
Primary Detached Signs
Max. # 1 per frontage1 1 per frontage1 1 per frontage
for
nonresidential,
mixed-use, or
multi-unit
property.1
1 per site for
nonresidential,
mixed-use, or
multi-unit
uses1; 1 per
site for single-
unit detached
or duplex if the
lot fronts on an
arterial; 2 per
public
vehicular entry
into residential
subdivision or
multifamilyunit
site (one single
face sign on
each side of
entry).
1 per site for
nonresidential,
mixed-use, or
multi-unit
uses1; 1 per
site for single-
unit detached
or duplex if the
lot fronts on an
arterial; 2 per
public
vehicular entry
into residential
subdivision or
multifamilyunit
site (one single
face sign on
each side of
entry).
1 per site for
nonresidential,
mixed-use, or
multi-unit uses1;
2 per public
vehicular entry
into residential
subdivision or
multifamilyunit
site (one single
face sign on
each side of
entry).
. . .
Secondary Detached Signs
Max. # 1 per vehicular
access point to
nonresidential,
mixed-use, or
multifamilyunit
property.
1 per vehicular
access point to
nonresidential,
mixed-use, or
multifamilyunit
property.
1 per vehicular
access point to
nonresidential,
mixed-use, or
multifamilyunit
property.
1 per vehicular
access point to
nonresidential,
mixed-use, or
multifamilyunit
property.
1 per vehicular
access point to
nonresidential,
mixed-use, or
multifamilyunit
property.
1 per vehicular
access point to
nonresidential,
mixed-use, or
multifamilyunit
property.
. . .
. . .
Section 20. Article 6, ADMINISTRATION and PROCEDURE, DIVISION 6.3
COMMON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPMENT
APPLICATIONS, Section 6.3.6 STEP 6: NOTICE, subparagraph (D) Supplemental
Notice Requirements is hereby amended to read as follows:
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DIVISION 6.3 COMMON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR
DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS
. . .
6.3.6 STEP 6: NOTICE
. . .
(D) Supplemental Notice Requirements. The following table indicates the required
notice radius for a mailed notice and posted sign size for development applications.
Development Project Minimum Notice Radius Sign Size
. . .
Developments proposing more
than fifty (50) and less than one
hundred (100) single familyunit or
two familyunit lots or dwelling
units.
800 feet 12 square feet
Developments proposing more
than twenty-five (25) and less
than one hundred (100) multi-
familyunit dwelling units.
800 feet 12 square feet
. . .
Developments proposing one
hundred (100) or more single-
familyunit or two-familyunit lots or
dwelling units.
1,000 feet 12 square feet
Developments proposing one
hundred (100) or more multi-
familyunit dwelling units.
1,000 feet 12 square feet
. . .
. . .
Section 21. Article 6, ADMINISTRATION and PROCEDURE, DIVISION 6.22
EXPANSIONS AND ENLARGEMENTS OF EXISTING BUILDINGS, Section 6.22.1(C)
Expansions and Enlargements of Single-Family Dwellings, Two-Family Dwellings and
Accessory Buildings is hereby amended to read as follows:
DIVISION 6.22 EXPANSIONS AND ENLARGEMENTS OF EXISTING BUILDINGS
6.22.1 EXPANSIONS AND ENLARGEMENTS OF EXISTING BUILDINGS
. . .
(C) Expansions and Enlargements of Single-FamilyUnit Dwellings, Two-
FamilyUnit Dwellings and Accessory Buildings. Any proposal for the
enlargement or expansion of a single-unit dwelling, two-unit dwelling or
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accessory building shall be subject to Building Permit review in a ccordance
with standards of this code.
Section 22. ARTICLE 7 RULES OF MEASUREMENT and DEFINITIONS,
DIVISION 7.2 DEFINITION, SECTION 7.2.2 DEFINITIONS is hereby amended by the
deletion of the definitions of “Extra occupancy”, “Family”, and “Group home”.
. . .
DIVISION 7.2 DEFINITION
. . .
SECTION 7.2.2. DEFINITIONS.
. . .
Extra occupancy shall mean the use of a building or portion of a building by a number of
occupants that exceeds the occupancy limits set forth in 5.14.1.
. . .
Family shall mean any number of persons who are all related by blood, marriage,
adoption, guardianship or other duly authorized custodial relationship, and who live
together as a single housekeeping unit and share
common living, sleeping, cooking and eating facilities.
. . .
Group home shall mean either of the following:
(A) Residential group home shall mean a residence operated as a single dwelling,
licensed by or operated by a governmental agency, or by an organization that is
as equally qualified as a government agency and having a demonstrated
capacity for oversight as determined by the Director, for the purpose of providing
special care or rehabilitation due to homelessness, physical condition or illness,
mental condition or illness, elderly age or socia l, behavioral or disciplinary
problems, provided that authorized supervisory personnel are present on the
premises.
(B) Large group care facility shall mean a residential facility that is planned,
organized, operated and maintained to offer facilities and services to a specified
population and is licensed by or operated by a governmental agency, or by an
organization that is as equally qualified as a government agency and having a
demonstrated capacity for oversight as determined by the Director, for the
purpose of providing special care or rehabilitation due to homelessness, physical
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condition or illness, mental condition o r illness, elderly age or social, behavioral
or disciplinary problems, provided that authorized supervisory personnel are
present on the premises.
Section 23. ARTICLE 7 RULES OF MEASUREMENT and DEFINITIONS,
DIVISION 7.2 DEFINITION, SECTION 7.2.2 DEFINITIONS is hereby amended to read
as follows:
. . .
DIVISION 7.2 DEFINITION
. . .
SECTION 7.2.2. DEFINITIONS.
. . .
Occupant, in relation to extra occupancy and in other parts of this Code, shall mean a
person who occupies habitable space in a dwelling unit or any portion thereof.
. . .
Site specific development plan shall mean and be limited to a final plan as approved
pursuant to this Land Use Code, including a plan approved pursuant to basic
development review; or, under prior law in effect on the day before the effective date of
this Land Use Code, any of the following: the final plan; the final subdivision plat; a
minor subdivision plat; cluster development plans; group home review; a PUD
Comprehensive Plan for the purpose of acquiring a veste d property right with respect to
uses, densities, development standards and engineering standards for which variances
have been granted pursuant to Section 2.6.3(K); and a development agreement in
connection with a PUD Comprehensive Plan that grants a vested property right for a
period exceeding three (3) years, in addition, a site specific development plan shall mean
a final plan or plat that was approved by Larimer County for property that, at the time of
approval, was located in the county but has been subsequently annexed into the city. All
references to districts or sections herein pertain to the law in effect on the day before the
effective date of this Land Use Code and which is repealed by the adoption of this Land
Use Code.
. . .
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on second reading for final passage on July 2, 2024.
______________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________________
City Clerk
Effective Date: July 12, 2024
Approving Attorney: Brad Yatabe
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ORDINANCE NO. 082, 2024
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS TO
CONFORM WITH THE REMOVAL OF RESIDENTIAL
OCCUPANCY LIMITATIONS FROM THE LAND USE CODE
A. Pursuant to Ordinance No. 055, 2024, Council adopted the revised Land
Use Code by reference which went into effect on May 27, 2024.
B. The Land Use Code contains certain residential occupancy limits based
upon familial relationships.
C. Colorado House Bill 24-1007, effective July 1, 2024, prohibits the City from
limiting who may live together in a single dwelling based on familial relationship.
D. In order for the City to comply with House Bill 24-1007, City Code references
to residential occupancy limits based on familial relationships must be amended as set
forth in this Ordinance.
E. Concurrently by separate ordinance, Land Use Code references to
residential occupancy limits based upon familial relationships are also being amended.
In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. Section 5-264 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby deleted
in its entirety and held in reserve.
Sec. 5-264. - Reserved.Certificate required for occupancy of dwelling units
contained in single-family or two-family dwellings in excess of limit; conditions;
revocation or suspension.
(a) No dwelling unit contained in a single-family or two-family dwelling shall be
occupied by more persons than the number of persons permitted under Section
5.14.1 of the Land Use Code unless a certificate of occupancy for an extra -
occupancy rental house has been issued for such dwelling by the Building Official.
(b) Terms and conditions imposed upon a certificate of occupancy as an extra
occupancy rental house may include, but are not limited to, compliance with all
state laws, City ordinances, rules and regulations, and court or administrative
orders.
(c) In determining whether to revoke or suspend a previously issued certificate of
occupancy, the Building Official may consider any history or pattern of Code
violations related to the use of the property, or any failure on the part of the
applicant or the applicant's property manager or tenants to abate or correct
violations at the property as ordered by an enforcement official, referee or judge.
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Section 2. Section 5-265 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby deleted
in its entirety and held in reserve.
Sec. 5-265. - Reserved.Posting; inspection of books and records; disclosure.
(a) Any certificate of occupancy for an extra occupancy rental house specifying the
number of allowable tenants must be posted on the back of the front door of the dwelling.
(b) Whenever reasonable cause exists to believe that a violation of the Code or Land
Use Code has occurred at any rental dwelling unit, the owner and property manager, if
any, of said unit shall, immediately upon request, make available to the City all lease,
rental payment and tenant information pertaining to the unit, together with the w ritten
disclosure statement required by Subsection (c) of this Section.
(c) Any person selling or leasing a dwelling unit shall forthwith provide all purchasers,
lessees or sublessees of such unit with a written disclosure statement, on a form provided
by the City, specifying the maximum permissible occupancy of such unit under Section
5.14.1 of the Land Use Code. Such disclosure statement shall be signed and dated by all
parties to the transaction immediately upon execution of any deed, contract for purch ase
and sale or lease pertaining to such unit. In the case of a lease, the following shall apply:
(1) All signatures on such disclosure statement shall be notarized by a notary
public or, as an alternative to notarization, an electronic record may be used to
verify the date that the disclosure statement was signed by the parties.
(2) The disclosure statement shall be attached to a copy of the fully executed
lease agreement and retained at the leased premises by the owner of the unit and
the property manager, if any. If an electronic record is used to verify the date that
the disclosure statement was signed, then documentation evidencing the
electronic record shall also be attached to a copy of the lease agreement.
(3) In the case of a multi-family building with an on-site manager, the lease, the
disclosure statement and any documentation evidencing electronic verification
may be retained in the office of the property manager for the unit.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a new disclosure statement need not be provided
upon renewal of a written lease agreement if all parties to such renewal agreement
executed a disclosure statement at the time of execution of the original lease agreement.
(e) It shall be a violation of this Section for any person to rent a dwelling unit, or portion
thereof, to any person who has failed or refused to sign the disclosure statement required
by Subsection (c) of this Section.
(f) It shall be a violation of this Section for any person to occupy a dwelling unit
pursuant to a lease or sublease unless such person has signed the disclosure statement
required by Subsection (c) of this Section.
Section 3. Section 14-3 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended as follows:
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Sec. 14-3. - Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in this Section:
. . .
Dwelling, single-familyunit shall mean a dwelling containing no more than one (1) dwelling
unit.
Dwelling, single-familyunit detached shall mean a single-familyunit dwelling that is not
attached to any other dwelling or building by any means, including mobile homes and
manufactured housing situated on a permanent foundation.
Dwelling unit shall mean habitable floor space intended for the exclusive use of a single
household with a single kitchen, or including a second kitchen pursuant to Land Use Code
Section 5.3.6.one (1) or more rooms and a single kitchen and at least one (1) bathroom,
designed, occupied or intended for occupancy as separate quarters for the exclusive use
of a single family for living, cooking, and sanitary purposes.
. . .
Section 4. Section 14-6 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended as follows:
Sec. 14-6. - Offenses against historic resources and potentially eligible resources.
(a) Except as may be authorized pursuant to this Chapter or the provisions of the Land
Use Code, no person shall damage, deface, destroy, or otherwise cause any alteration
to be made to any site, structure or object that is: (1) Fifty (50) years of age or older that
is not a single-familyunit detached dwelling; (2) An accessory building or structure fifty
(50) years of age or older that is not directly associated with a single-familyunit detached
dwelling; (3) A historic resource; or (4) Undergoing any of the processes provided for in
this Chapter.
(b) Except in response to a bona fide determination of imminent danger under § 14 -8
of this Article, no person shall deviate from or fail to comply with any approved plan of
protection for any historic resource that is required under this Chapter o r the Land Use
Code.
Section 5. Section 14-8 of the Code of the City of Fort Colins is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 14-8. - Remedying of dangerous conditions.
In any case where a properly authorized public official or employee orders the demol ition
of any historic resource for the purpose of remedying conditions determined by that official
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or employee to constitute an imminent danger, as such term is defined in the version of
the International Property Maintenance Code adopted and amended by the City, to life,
health or property, nothing contained herein shall be construed as making it unlawful for
any person to comply with such order. Such official or employee shall take immediate
steps to notify the Commission of the proposed issuance of such order and may include
in the order any timely received requirements or recommendations of the Commission or
staff. In the event that such official or employee has determined that the historic resource,
with the exception of single-familyunit detached dwellings, and accessory buildings or
structures associated with single-familyunit detached dwellings, that are non-designated,
is capable of being made safe by repairs and need not be demolished, the historic
resource shall be repaired, or demolished, in accordance with the provisions of this
Article.
Section 6. Section 15-641 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15-641. - Definitions.
The following definitions shall apply to this Article:
. . .
Multi-familyunit dwelling unit shall mean a dwelling unit that is located in a structure that
is zoned for multi-familyunit dwelling use.
. . .
Section 7. Section 15-644 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(a) The following are the minimum requirements that must be satisfied by the applicant
for the issuance of a short term primary rental license.
. . .
(3) The dwelling unit must comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws
including, but not limited to, the Code of the City of Fort Collins and Land Use
Code, and in particular, Land Use Code Section 5.9.1(K)(1)(km) which sets forth
applicable parking requirements.
. . .
(b) The following are the minimum requirements that must be satisfied by the applicant
for the issuance of a short term non-primary rental license.
. . .
(3) The dwelling unit must comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws
including, but not limited to, the Code of the City of Fort Collins and Land Use
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Code, and in particular, Land Use Code Section 5.9.1(K)(1)(km) which sets forth
applicable parking requirements.
. . .
Section 8. Section 15-646 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
. . .
(b) In addition to satisfying (a) above, the applicant must satisfy the requirements set
forth in § 15-644 in order to be eligible for a license. License applications submitted
pursuant to this Section on or before October 31, 2017, do not need to comply with
the parking requirements in Land Use Code Section 5.9.1(K)(1)(km).
. . .
(e) Should ownership of a dwelling unit licensed pursuant to § 15 -646 be transferred,
and such license was continuously valid until the transfer of ownership, the new
owner is eligible for a license identical in scope to the pre viously issued license
provided: (1) the new owner applies for a license within thirty (30) calendar days of
the transfer of ownership; (2) the dwelling unit complies with the parking requirements
in Land Use Code Section 5.9.1(K)(1)(km); and (3) any license issued pursuant to §
15-646 is continuously maintained. Should a license issued to the new owner under
this Section be revoked, not be renewed, or lapse for any period of time, the new
owner shall no longer be eligible for a license for such dwelling un it pursuant to this
Section.
. . .
Section 9. Section 15-647 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15-647. - Term of license and renewal.
. . .
(d) A short term primary or non-primary rental shall only operate in a multi-familyunit
dwelling unit if the entire multi-familyunit structure meets all sanitation, mechanical,
electrical, structural, and fire safety requirements applicable to an R -1 Occupancy
Building.
(e) A short term primary or non-primary rental licensed prior to September 13, 2019,
that operates in a multi-familyunit dwelling unit may continue to operate under and for the
current terms of such license if it meets the requirements in § 15 -648(4) and continues to
comply with all other applicable requirements, and if the license has not lapsed for more
than thirty (30) days.
If the owner of a short term primary or non-primary rental operating in a multifamily-unit
dwelling unit that is licensed prior to September 13, 2019, sells or otherwise transfers the
multifamily-unit dwelling unit, then the short term rental license shall expire at the time of
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sale or transfer unless the entire multi-familyunit structure where the multifamily-unit
dwelling unit is located meets the R-1 Occupancy Building requirements in this § 15-647.
Section 10. Section 15-648 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15-648. License regulations.
. . .
(3) The licensee shall comply with all applicable Code of the City of Fort Collins and
Land Use Code provisions including, but not limited to, the Code of the City of
Fort Collins Chapter 5, Buildings and Building Regulations, and the Code of the
City of Fort Collins Chapter 20, Nuisances, Chapter 25, Taxation, and Land Use
Code Section 5.9.1(K)(1)(km).
(4) The licensee shall maintain compliance with all sanitation, mechanical,
electrical, structural, and fire safety requirements described in § 15 -644. As a
condition of renewal for the year 2020 and subsequent years, a short term primary
or non-primary rental licensed in a multi-familyunit dwelling unit prior to September
13, 2019, may only continue to operate as a short term rental if the Building Official
determines that the dwelling unit meets the following alternate minimum fire
resistance and safety requirements applicable to an R-1 Occupancy, as those
terms are defined by the International Building Code:
. . .
Section 11. Section 20-111 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended by deleting Paragraph (8) in the definition of Nuisance activity and holding that
Paragraph number in reserve.
Sec. 20-111. – Definitions.
. . .
Nuisance activity means any of the following violations and nuisances occurring or
existing on a property and committed by any person, including, without limitation, by an
owner, lessee, agent, occupant, or trespasser:
. . .
(8) Reserved.Dwelling unit occupancy limits - § 3.8.16 of the Fort Collins Land
Use Code.
. . .
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading on June 18, 2024, and approved
on second reading for final passage on July 2, 2024.
______________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________________
City Clerk
Effective Date: July 12, 2024
Approving Attorney: Brad Yatabe
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June 18, 2024Sylvia Tatman-Burruss, Senior Policy and Project Manager
Ginny Sawyer, Lead Policy and Project Manager
Brad Yatabe, Managing Attorney
City Council Regular Meeting
Residential Occupancy Ordinance
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House Bill 24-1007 Residential Occupancy Limits
Purpose
The purpose of this item is to consider adoption of changes to the City’s Land Use
Code and Municipal Code to comply with House Bill 24-1007,which prohibits
residential occupancy limits based on familial relationship.
Bill language:
“A local government shall not limit the number of people who may live together in a single
dwelling based on familial relationship.Local governments retain the authority to implement
residential occupancy limits based only on:
(a)Demonstrated health and safety standards,such as international building code
standards,fire code regulations,or Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment Wastewater and Water Quality Standards,OR
(b)Local,State,Federal,or Political Subdivision Affordable Housing Program Guidelines.”
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Background
The City’s occupancy ordinance limits occupancy of residential dwellings to a family of any
size plus one additional unrelated occupant OR no more than three unrelated occupants.
Active enforcement of the ordinance (Section 3.8.16 of the Land Use Code,also called
”U+2“)began in 2005.
The State legislature recently passed House Bill 24-1007,and it was signed into law by the
Governor of Colorado in April,with an effective date of July 1,2024.
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City Compliance
Proposed amendments to the Land Use Code include:
•Replacing the word “family”with the word “unit”throughout the document.
•Removing Occupancy section 3.8.16 and any references to that section of the document.
•Removing references to Group Homes,associated requirements,and removing the definition from the
document.
•Removing references to “Extra Occupancy.”
Proposed amendments to the Municipal Code include:
•Section 5-264 related to Extra Occupancy in single-family,two-family or multi-family dwellings.
•Section 5-265 related to disclosure and posting of maximum permissible occupancy.
•Section 20-111 definition of “Dwelling unit occupancy limits”and reference to 3.8.16 in the Land Use Code.
•Sections 14-3,14-6,and 14-8 of the Historic Preservation provisions to replace “family”with “unit”and to
update the dwelling unit definition to match the Land Use Code.
•Sections 15-641,15-644,15-646,and 15-648 of the Short Term Rental provisions to replace “family”with
“unit”and to update the reference to the short term rental parking requirements in the Land Use Code.
Compliance required by July 1,2024.
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Does Council wish to adopt Ordinance Nos.081,2024,and 082,2024,
for the proposed Land Use Code updates on First Reading?
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