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HomeMy WebLinkAboutACTION SUMMARY-09/16/2025-RegularCity of Fort Collins Page 1 of 7 City Council Action Agenda City Council Regular Meeting Agenda September 16, 2025 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 5 300 Laporte Avenue, Fort Collins & via Zoom at Cablecast on FCTV Channel 14 on Connexion Channel 14 and 881 on Xfinity The action agenda provides a brief overview of actions taken by Council shortly after a Council meeting. Council minutes are the official record of the meeting and are prepared to be approved by Council generally at its next meeting. Following approval, minutes are posted at this link: Council Minutes. PROCLAMATIONS & PRESENTATIONS 5:00 PM A) PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS PP 1. Declaring the Day of October 9, 2025, as The Hand That Feeds Day. PP 2. Declaring the Week of September 17-23, 2025, as Constitution Week. PP 3. Declaring September 15 - October 15, 2025, as Hispanic/Latiné Heritage Month. PP 4. Declaring the Month of September 2025 as Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month. REGULAR MEETING 6:00 PM B) CALL MEETING TO ORDER C) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE D) ROLL CALL 7-0. E) CITY MANAGER'S AGENDA REVIEW F) COMMUNITY REPORTS – None. G) PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY TOPICS OR ITEMS OR COMMUNITY EVENTS H) PUBLIC COMMENT FOLLOW-UP I) COUNCILMEMBER REMOVAL OF ITEMS FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION City of Fort Collins Page 2 of 7 CONSENT CALENDAR 1. Consideration and Approval of the Minutes of the September 2, 2025, Regular meeting. The purpose of this item is to approve the minutes of the September 2, 2025, Regular meeting. Approved. 2. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 142, 2025, Appropriating Philanthropic Revenue Received through City Give for The Gardens on Spring Creek as Designated by the Donor. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 2, 2025, appropriates $326,351 in philanthropic revenue received through City Give to benefit the Gardens on Spring Creek (the “Gardens”). These estate gifts to the Gardens align 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 appropriation of charitable gifts. Adopted on Second Reading. 3. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 143, 2025, Vacating a Portion of the Right-of-Way of Giddings Road. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 2, 2025, vacates a portion of the public right-of-way (ROW) at Giddings Road between Mountain Vista Drive and Richards Lake Road. The outside 8-ft of ROW on either side of the existing road can be vacated, and the road will still meet the minimum Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards for a 2-lane arterial street. Adopted on Second Reading. 4. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 144, 2025, Annexing the Property Known as the Moor Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 2, 2025, annexes a 3.368- acre property located northeast of the intersection of North Taft Hill Road and Laporte Avenue. The Initiating Resolution was adopted July 15, 2025. A related item to zone the annexed property is presented 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. Adopted on Second Reading. 5. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 145, 2025, Amending the Zoning Map of the City of Fort Collins and Classifying for Zoning Purposes the Property Included in the Moor 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 September 2, 2025, zones the property included in the Moor Annexation into the Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood District (LMN) and place the property into the Residential Sign District and the LC1 Lighting Context Area. City of Fort Collins Page 3 of 7 Adopted on Second Reading. 6. First Reading of Ordinance No. 146, 2025, Appropriating Unanticipated Philanthropic Revenue Received Through City Give for Various Programs and Services as Designated by the Donors. The purpose of this item is to request an appropriation of $152,669.11 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 First Reading. 7. First Reading of Ordinance No. 147, 2025, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves and Authorizing Transfers of Appropriations for the William Neal and Ziegler Intersection Improvements Project and Related Art in Public Places. The purpose of this item is to appropriate and transfer additional funds for the William Neal and Ziegler Intersection Improvements project (Project). The funds will be used for construction services. If approved, this item will: 1) appropriate $388,773 in Transportation Capital Expansion Fee (TCEF) funds to the Project; 2) appropriate $77 in Transportation Services funds to the Project; 3) transfer $85,000 in Conservation Trust funds to the Project; 4) transfer $45,000 in Community Capital Improvement Program (CCIP) Pedestrian Sidewalk funds to the Project; and transfer $3,850 of Project funds to the Art in Public Places (APP) program. Adopted on First Reading. 8. First Reading of Ordinance No. 148, 2025, Making Supplemental Appropriation of Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade for the Colorado CHIPS Community Support Program Marketing Grant Funds in the General Fund. The purpose of this item is to appropriate $25,000 of unanticipated revenue from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade for the Colorado Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Community Support Program Marketing grant. This grant provides funding to the Economic Health Office for marketing and promotional activities targeted at semiconductor ecosystem companies and advanced industries. Adopted on First Reading. 9. Items Related to Appropriating Additional Funds for 2025. A. First Reading of Ordinance No. 149, 2025, Making Supplemental Appropriations in Various City Funds. B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 150, 2025, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves and Authorizing Transfers of Appropriations in Various City Funds. The purpose of these items is to combine dedicated and unanticipated revenues or reserves that need to be appropriated before the end of the year to cover the related expenses that were not anticipated and therefore not included in the 2025 annual budget appropriation. The unanticipated City of Fort Collins Page 4 of 7 revenue is primarily from fees, charges, rents, contributions and grants that have been paid to City departments to offset specific expenses. Both Ordinances Adopted on First Reading. 10. First Reading of Ordinance No. 151, 2025, Amending Sections 26-148 and 26-149 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins Regarding Water Supply Requirement Credits for Water Services. The purpose of this item is to ensure that City Code (Code) more comprehensively addresses how Fort Collins Utilities (Utilities) credits existing water services when they are changed, typically during redevelopment. Code currently addresses how Utilities credits nonresidential services when they are redeveloped and replaced with a new nonresidential service. However, Code does not currently address how Utilities should credit residential services that are redeveloped into nonresidential services, or when nonresidential services are redeveloped into residential services. This item would fill those gaps. Adopted on First Reading. 11. First Reading of Ordinance No. 152, 2025, Amending Chapter 24 Article IV of the Code of the City of Fort Collins Relating to Portable Signs. The purpose of this item is to update the City Code (Code) pertaining to portable signs. This ordinance updates the areas where portable signs are allowed to more accurately reflect the designated downtown areas as well as the timeframe of when a portable sign permit is valid and the requirements to obtain a permit. Adopted on First Reading. 12. First Reading of Ordinance No. 153, 2025, Creating a New Article VI in Chapter 24 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins Relating to Electric Vehicle Charging by Temporary Cord Draping. The purpose of this item is to secure and promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of persons using City sidewalks by regulating the placement, covering over, use, and removal of electric vehicle charging cords located upon certain public sidewalks within the City. To expand charging opportunities for electric vehicles for persons without dedicated off-street parking at their residence, this proposed new City Code (Code) regulates the safe draping of an electric vehicle charging cord across a sidewalk or other public right-of-way at the person’s residence for the purpose of providing a charge to a curbside vehicle at the person’s residence. Adopted on First Reading. 13. First Reading of Ordinance No. 154, 2025, Expanding the Boundaries of the Fort Collins, Colorado Downtown Development Authority and Amending the Plan of Development of the Authority. The purpose of this item is to expand the boundaries of the Fort Collins Downtown Development Authority (the “DDA”) and amend the Plan of Development of the Authority to include a property at 313 North Meldrum Street and adjacent street right-of-way on North Meldrum Street. The property is a commercially zoned lot in the Old Town District and is the location of the historic Emma Malaby Grocery building. The right-of-way is being added as a housekeeping step to more efficiently describe the overall DDA boundary. There is no impact to the City from the inclusion of this right-of-way. City of Fort Collins Page 5 of 7 Adopted on First Reading. 14. Items Relating to Platte River Power Authority Organic Contract and Power Supply Contract. A. First Reading of Ordinance No. 155, 2025, Authorizing an Amended and Restated Organic Contract for Platte River Power Authority. B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 156, 2025, Authorizing an Amended and Restated Contract with Platte River Power Authority for the Supply of Electric Power and Energy. The purpose of this item is to extend and amend the Organic Contract between Estes Park, Longmont and Loveland (the member cities) that is the basis for Platte River Power Authority’s (“Platte River”) existence and purpose and to extend and make modifications to the Power Supply Agreement (“PSA”) with Platte River. Withdrawn from Consent. 15. Resolution 2025-083 Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with the Colorado Water Conservation Board for Protected Mitigation Releases from the Halligan Water Supply Project. This purpose of this item is to seek authorization for the City Manager to execute an agreement with the Colorado Water Conservation Board. Pursuant to the Halligan Water Supply Project: Fish and Wildlife Mitigation and Enhancement Plan, the City will seek a Water Court decree to protect the City’s reservoir releases from diversion by others. These are called “protected mitigation releases” under the applicable statute. Once completed and operational, this will create legally protected stream flows in the approximately 22 miles of the North Fork of the Cache la Poudre River between Halligan Dam and Milton Seaman Reservoir. An agreement with the Colorado Water Conservation Board is required to begin this effort. Resolution Adopted. 16. Resolution 2025-084 Approving an Exception to the Competitive Purchasing Process for the Purchase of Animal Control Services from NOCO County Humane for 2025. The purpose of this item is to request an exception to the competitive bid process for the purchase of services for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2026, from NOCO Humane for the operation and management of the animal shelter. Approval of this exception may be used as authorized in City Code Section 8-161(d)(4) as the basis for the City Manager and the Purchasing Agent to negotiate and agree to the additional purchase of animal control services from NOCO Humane through December 2030 without further Council approval. Exception to Competitive Bidding Rationale: Code Section 8-161(d)(1)(a). There exists only one (1) responsible source. Resolution Adopted. 17. Resolution 2025-085 Approving Participation in the Settlement with Additional Opioid Defendants, Alvogen, Apotex, Amneal, Hikma, Indivior, Viatris, Sun, and Zydus, and a Related Waiver of Claims. The purpose of this item is to consider a resolution to allow the City to participate in the Colorado Opioids Settlement with Alvogen, Apotex, Amneal, Hikma, Indivior, Viatris, Sun, and Zydus by City of Fort Collins Page 6 of 7 granting approval to sign an additional participation agreement and waiver of claims for opioid- related damages. This is in follow-up to prior approvals of settlements with multiple other opioid defendants, negotiated through national settlement efforts coordinated through the State of Colorado. Resolution Adopted. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR J) ADOPTION OF CONSENT CALENDAR Adopted 7-0. 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 INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION 14. Items Relating to Platte River Power Authority Organic Contract and Power Supply Contract. A. First Reading of Ordinance No. 155, 2025, Authorizing an Amended and Restated Organic Contract for Platte River Power Authority. B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 156, 2025, Authorizing an Amended and Restated Contract with Platte River Power Authority for the Supply of Electric Power and Energy. The purpose of this item is to extend and amend the Organic Contract between Estes Park, Longmont and Loveland (the member cities) that is the basis for Platte River Power Authority’s (“Platte River”) existence and purpose and to extend and make modifications to the Power Supply Agreement (“PSA”) with Platte River. Both Ordinances Adopted on First Reading. O) CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS PLANNED FOR DISCUSSION 18. First Reading of Ordinance No. 157, 2025, Amending Chapter 2, Article VII, Division 2 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins Relating to the Gift Acceptance Restrictions and the Definitions Section of the City’s Ethics Rules. The purpose of this item is to consider amendments to the City’s ethics rules related to gift acceptance restrictions recommended by the Ethics Review Board. Corresponding changes to the definitions section of the ethics rules will also be considered. City of Fort Collins Page 7 of 7 Adopted on First Reading. 19. First Reading of Ordinance No. 158, 2025, Amending Chapter 2, Article VIII, Division 2 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins Relating to Financial Disclosure Requirements. The purpose of this item is to consider amendments to the City’s ethics rules related to financial disclosure requirements recommended by the Ethics Review Board. Adopted on First Reading. 20. First Reading of Ordinance No. 159, 2025, Amending Chapter 2, Article VIII, Division 3 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins Relating to Gift Reporting Requirements of the City’s Financial Disclosure Rules. The purpose of this item is to consider amendments to the City’s ethics rules related to gift reporting requirements recommended by the Ethics Review Board. Adopted on First Reading. P) RESUMED PUBLIC COMMENT (if applicable) Q) OTHER BUSINESS OB 1. Possible consideration of the initiation of new ordinances and/or resolutions by Councilmembers. (Three or more individual Councilmembers may direct the City Manager and City Attorney to initiate and move forward with development and preparation of resolutions and ordinances not originating from the Council's Policy Agenda or initiated by staff.) OB 2. Consideration of a motion to 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." Motion Approved. R) ADJOURNMENT – 7:38 p.m.