HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - SUMMARY AGENDA - 03/25/2008 - SUMMARY AGENDA (WORK SESSION) WORK SESSION AGENDA
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
City of Fort Collins March 25, 2008
Doug Hutchinson, Mayor Council Information Center
Kelly Ohlson, District 5, Mayor Pro Tem City Hall West
Ben Manvel, District 1 300 LaPorte Avenue
Lisa Poppaw, District 2 Fort Collins, Colorado
Diggs Brown, District 3 After Adjourned Meeting
Wade Troxell, District 4 Cablecast on City Cable Channel 14
David Roy, District 6 on the Comcast cable system
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1. Call Meeting to Order.
2. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal for Fort Collins. (1 hour discussion)
In 1999,Fort Collins City Council adopted a community-wide greenhouse gas reduction goal
and a plan to meet it. Biennial progress reports have shown that good progress is being made
but that Fort Collins is not on track to meet the goal "to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
30% below predicted 2010 levels, by 2010". In March 2007, City Council authorized a
citizen task force to develop an updated plan for the 2010 goal and to recommend a future
direction for climate protection. The Climate Task Force (CTF) developed an interim
package of measures that were designed aggressively to meet the 2010 goal. At a February
26, 2008 work session, Council reviewed the interim Short-Term Provisional Package and
raised questions about the appropriateness of the 2010 goal. They decided to step back and
revisit the community's greenhouse gas goal in hopes of finding an approach that reflects
longer-term thinking yet be appropriately aggressive in the short-term.
The purpose of this work session is to offer City Council alternatives to the existing 2010
greenhouse gas goal and learn their preference for a future goal direction.
3. Proposed Amendment of the Harmony Corridor Plan regarding the I-25 Gateway Area and
related items. (I hour discussion)
This item is a staff-proposed amendment to the 1991 Harmony Corridor Plan (Plan). The
item involves the west side of I-25, including properties on the north and south sides of
Harmony Road. The Plan identifies this area as a special "Gateway Area." The area has
special significance as a major interchange entrance to Fort Collins, with significance due
to the major interchange entrance to Fort Collins,combined with the setting of the Cache La
Poudre River valley.
The Plan currently describes "Alternative Concepts" for the area, but does not specify or
further define a preferred concept or vision,calling for"additional work to develop a strategy
for this important segment of the community." The proposed amendment would represent
completion of the original Plan's"transitional"effort,by providing a strategy in the form of
a stated vision, along with updated goals and policies.
4. Other Business,
5. Adiournment.