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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
F6rt Collins
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
Aislinn Kottwitz, District 3
Wade Troxell, District 4 Cablecast on City Cable Channel 14
David Roy, District 6 on the Comcast cable system
Darin Atteberry, City Manager
Steve Roy, City Attorney
Wanda Krajicek, City Clerk
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WORK SESSION
March 23, 2010
6 p.m.
1. Call Meeting to Order.
2. "Plan Fort Collins: Innovate, Sustain, Connect" - Phase 1. (staff: Joe Frank, Kathleen
Bracke, Scott Weeks; 90 minute discussion)
"Plan Fort Collins: Innovate, Sustain, Connect" is the name given to the planning
process to review and revise City Plan, the City's Comprehensive Plan, and the
Transportation Master Plan. This project will result in new long-range plans that will
address short-term goals and shape the future of the City for the long-term.
Phase 1: "Understanding of Plan Fort Collins" is currently underway. The important
components of this phase include: reviewing existing City goals and policies; researching
and examining key trends; conducting community dialogue about future challenges and
opportunities; beginning to research best practices in other communities; and beginning
to identify topics for future phases of the planning process.
3. Resourcing Our Future. (staff: Darin Atteberry, Mike Freeman; 2 hour discussion)
The City of Fort Collins has pressing, immediate needs and a long-term vision for a
stronger, sustainable community. Over the last five years, the City has eliminated lower-
priority services and aggressively pursued ways to make our local government more
efficient. We have cut nearly $24 million of planned and existing expenses, including
eliminating more than 140 jobs.
The City has implemented ongoing systems and tools to ensure that our local government
is transparent and accountable to the taxpayers of Fort Collins for the long-term. The
commitment to cost-effective government is a permanent way of doing business. We
will systematically seek new and improved ways of delivering service with the least
amount of resources.
Despite these efforts, City revenues are not keeping pace with the demand for basic City
operations and services. Fort Collins' current City sales tax rate is the second lowest
among comparable Front Range cities and our'base sales tax rate has not been changed
for almost 30 years. Staff has identified $16.2 million in immediate needs to maintain
services in Police, Fire, streets maintenance, parks maintenance, and recreation — basic
services the City provides.
The Fort Collins community has the choice of either supporting additional resources or
continuing to face significant further reductions in services in light of stagnating City
revenues.
4. Other Business.
5. Adiournment.