HomeMy WebLinkAboutWORK SESSION SUMMARY-03/24/2009-Work SessionPOUDRE RIVER
PUBLIC LIBRARY
DISTRICT
. 201 Peterson Street Fort Collins, CO 80524
Date: March 25, 2009
To: Mayor and City Council Members
Through: Darin Atteberry, City Manager \A61 k.
Ken Draves, Interim Library District Director
From: Jeff Barnes, Library District Finance Officer
Re: Work Session Summary — March 24, 2009 re: Update from
Poudre River Public Library District, Including Current
Funding, Strategic Planning, Facility Planning and Impact
Fee Continuation.
Attendees:
City of Fort Collins — City Manager Darin Atteberry, Mayor Doug Hutchinson,
Councilors Ben Manvel, Wade Troxell, Kelly Ohlson and David Roy .
Library District — Interim Director Ken Draves, Board President Mary Atchison,
Board Vice-president Mike Liggett and Finance Officer Jeff Barnes
General discussion included how technology is changing the role and function of libraries
and how the District is addressing literacy issues for children. Council was specifically
asked to provide feedback on the District draft of a Facilities Master Plan and to discuss and
give direction on the continuation of the City's Impact Fee for library facilities now that
Council Tree Library has been completed. '
Discussion on the Facilities Master Plan included the effect on library park, improving the
pedestrian traffic flow from.downtown by moving the entrance of the library to the west side
and adding a plaza area between the library and the Carnegie Building, locations considered
for the next library, the time frame of the facility plan and the working relationship with our
consultant. District responses informed Council that the north side of Fort Collins (such as
Mountain Vista area) was a likely location for the next library. The next library was
anticipated in the 5-10 year time frame and it could be another 10 years after that before an
additional library might be added. The consultants have worked well with us and gained a
good understanding of the uniqueness of the District's circumstances. Council reacted
positively to the draft of the plan and no concerns were raised on the overall direction of our
planning efforts.
Discussion on the continuation of the impact fee centered around a fee also being put in place
for development outside of Fort Collins. Council was willing to keep the City fee in
existence but only if similar fee was added by other jurisdictions on their residential
development. District response included agreement on the fairness of this opinion. Council
was informed that District representatives had met with the County Manager and will be
meeting on March 30`h with the County Commissioners on this topic.
'Fort Collins F
,' Finance
To: Mayor and City Council
Thru: Darin Atteberry, City Manager��
From: Mike Freeman, CFO
Date: March 27, 2009
Re: Work Session Summary — Community Scorecard Presentation
On March 24, 2009, staff presented the first Community Scorecard to City Council. The
Scorecard is a compilation of performance indicators that were indentified for each key
outcome in the City's Budgeting for Outcomes process. These indicators were identified
as being important in assessing performance related to the seven key outcomes which
include:
1. Economic Health
2. Environmental Health
3. Neighborhood Livability
4. Community Safety
5. Cultural and Recreational Opportunities
6. Transportation
7. High Performing Government
There were several follow-up items that were requested of staff as a result of the
presentation:
l . City Council requested more information on the performance indicator "Natural Area
Restoration" — Natural Resources staff will respond under separate cover.
2. City Council requested more information on the performance indicator "Ozone
Readings" — Natural Resources staff will respond under a separate cover.
3. There was discussion regarding how much community survey information to include
in the Scorecard. The community survey information has been indentified as key
information for monitoring community satisfaction. Since the community survey is
done every other year, the 2009 Community Scorecard will not include the
community survey data.
4. Staff collected a significant amount of data for the Scorecard, and not all was able to
be used in the document. City Council requested that they be provided information
on all data collected. This will be provided under separate cover.
5. Staff discussed the schedule for the Scorecard for 2009. The Scorecard development
will be pushed up a month to ensure time for City Council presentation closer to the
end of the fiscal year.
Cc: John Stokes, Natural Resources Director
Amy Bass, Budget Analyst