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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWORK SESSION SUMMARY-08/14/2012-Work SessionCity Manager’s Office PO Box 580 300 LaPorte Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6505 970.224.6107 - fax fcgov.com MEMORANDUM Date: August 15, 2012 To: Mayor and City Councilmembers From: Dan Weinheimer, Policy and Project Manager Through: Darin Atteberry, City Manager Wendy Williams, Assistant City Manager Re: Work Session Summary: August 14, 2012 re: Oil and Gas Extraction Regulation Update Staff proposed non-regulatory and regulatory options governing oil and gas development in Fort Collins. This presentation summarized staff activities from June through August and offered numerous options to address community and Council concerns about possible oil and gas exploration and extraction in Fort Collins. Non-regulatory options presented include:  Aggressively using the powers of the Local Government Designee to share information between industry, regulators and the community.  Petition the COGCC to protect Fort Collins parks and natural area assets as Designated Outside Activity Areas.  Secure local well site inspection authority through an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the COGCC.  Negotiate contractual agreements with local oil and gas operators. Regulatory options presented include:  Create subsection 3.8.29 of the Land Use Code entitled “Oil and Gas Development.” o Review the Land Use Code to address oil and gas development in the context of other regulations.  Revise the submittal application requirements to include additional items not regulated by the Land Use Code  Create a local permit process in the Municipal Code that would provide the City some control to ensure an operator’s compliance with COGCC rules and local regulations.  Provide operators with a dual track option in the permit process. o The operator could voluntarily choose a more stringent set of operating conditions in exchange for a more expeditious permitting process. Councilmembers directed staff to pursue all options and to consider all regulatory areas that other communities have enacted to govern oil and gas operations. Councilmembers supported an “all of the above” approach to the benchmarking matrix of communities that was provided in their briefing materials. Staff will draft regulations as directed and plan to bring them to Planning and Zoning Board for consideration. The Oil and Gas Advisory Board will assist staff in providing feedback on regulations during the months of September and October. Staff will present the final regulations to City Council for adoption at the November 20th meeting. 215 N Mason Street 2nd Floor PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6795 970.221.6782 - fax fcgov.com Date: August 17, 2012 To: Mayor and City Councilmembers Through: Darin Atteberry, City Manager From: Mike Beckstead, Chief Financial Officer Topic: Work Session Summary – August 14th 2013-14 Budget Preview The Council Work Session included a preview of the 2013-14 City Manager’s Recommended Budget. The presentation included a high-level review of the process, financial assumptions for revenue and expenses, as well as the major themes that are emerging. Councilmembers asked questions and requested follow-up at the upcoming Council Work Sessions that will be focused on the 2013-14 budget including: - Changes in the drilling platforms between what the Result Teams originally submitted and what was ultimately included in the City Manager’s Recommended Budget - Comments citizens provided during the two public open houses in June, as well as the online tool. - Proposed use of reserves - More detailed revenue data including clarifications on the materials presented (i.e. what are the primary components in Other Revenue) - Summarized recap of the four tax payer approved Building Community Choices including a list of projects funded by them In an effort to provide more transparency, all the details of the budget requests can be viewed online at www.fcgov.com/budget. Lastly, a non-budget suggestion was made that letters of general appreciation be sent to local businesses (existing as well as new) from Council. Transportation Planning & Special Projects 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 970.224.6058 970.221.6239 - fax fcgov.com/transportation Planning, Development & Transportation MEMORANDUM DATE: September 18, 2012 TO: Mayor and City Councilmembers THROUGH: Darin Atteberry, City Manager Diane Jones, Deputy City Manager/Policy, Planning, and Transportation Karen Cumbo, Director of Planning, Development, and Transportation Jon Haukaas, Water Engineering & Field Operations Manager FROM: Aaron Iverson, Interim Transportation Planning Director Basil Hamdan, Stormwater Quality Engineer Amy Lewin, Transportation Planner Pete Wray, Senior City Planner RE: AUGUST 14, 2012 WORK SESSION SUMMARY – 2012 STREETS AND STORMWATER SITE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES This memorandum provides a summary of the City Council Work Session discussion from August 14, 2012 regarding the 2012 Streets and Stormwater Site Development Initiatives. Attendees: City Council: Mayor Pro-Tem Kelly Ohlson, Councilmember Ben Manvel, Councilmember Lisa Poppaw, Councilmember Wade Troxell City Staff: Darin Atteberry, Diane Jones, Bruce Hendee, Karen Cumbo, John Haukaas, Ken Sampley, Mark Jackson, Basil Hamdan, Aaron Iverson, Pete Wray, Amy Lewin Discussion Summary  City Council asked a number of questions and provided feedback on the Low Impact Development (LID) project, including: o That stormwater fees are a function of impervious area and by using LID technologies stormwater fees would be reduced in effect. o LID technologies are geared toward treatment of smaller storms and their impact on regional stormwater infrastructure is limited due to Fort Collins' prevailing climate, vegetation cover and soils. o Initial investment costs for LID are typically higher by a factor of 2 to 3; however, looking at life-cycle costs, the use of sustainable infrastructure has been proven to be the more economical alternative. o Council doubted that using incentive based LID policies would yield a significant implementation. Staff noted that research has shown that incentive based LID policies rarely see wide application. o Requiring a 50% minimum treatment of stormwater runoff using LID technologies as a starting point is the recommended option by staff. o Council asked staff to elaborate on the City's collaborative efforts with CSU regarding this project and others.  There was discussion about being thoughtful in any updates to street standards or classifications by learning from examples from around the City that for one reason or another are currently problematic.  Council gave staff several suggestions as to where demonstration projects for green streets would be beneficial, and urged staff to continue towards implementing a demonstration project.  Staff noted that the funding for a demonstration project is currently a BFO budget offer, and that staff will be looking for grant or other funding opportunities as they become available.  Council expressed strong support for the approach adopted by staff so far for all four projects. Follow-up Items:  Council asked staff to come back with an LID policy based on a minimum of 50% requirement combined with an incentive based for going beyond 50% by December. This would include a discussion of why 50% is an appropriate requirement. Staff appreciates the opportunity to discuss these four projects with the City Council and received valuable feedback and direction. Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 970.416.2740 970.224.6134- fax fcgov.com Planning, Development & Transportation MEMORANDUM Date: August 17, 2012 To: Mayor and City Councilmembers Through: Darin Atteberry, City Manager Diane Jones, Deputy City Manager - Policy, Planning and Transportation Karen Cumbo, Planning, Development and Transportation Director From: Laurie Kadrich, Community Development and Neighborhood Services Director Re: August 14, 2012 Work Session Summary Student Housing Action Item Summary City Council in Attendance: Mayor Pro Tem Ohlson, Councilpersons Horak (by phone), Manvel, Poppaw and Troxell. Presenting Staff: Laurie Kadrich, Ted Shepard and Seth Lorson City council reviewed a three-phase approach to resolving citizen concerns about multi-family and student housing developments. Council agreed with the approach and directed staff to move ahead with the implementation of Phase 1. Council also provided feedback as follows:  Develop a broad-base strategy for multi-family not just student housing.  Provide visual examples of how the Medium Density Mixed-use Neighborhoods (MMN) standards would change what has been developed.  Consider a lower dwelling unit limit for applying operational, management and security study.  Include information about how the “rent by the bedroom” is being addressed in future phases and evaluate how or if student housing is different than multi-family.  Provide an assessment of whether it is more difficult for the applicant if more multi- family projects are reviewed in a Type II hearing rather than Type I.  Consider whether new standards should apply to single family developments that are more “intense” similar to what is being considered for multi-family developments that may have more intensity; i.e. more than 3 bedroom units.  Phase 3 is still very important and contains important issues that need to be focused on related to parking, traffic and input through the Student Housing Action Plan.