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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
The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services, programs, and activities
and will make special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities. Please call 221-6515 JDD 224-
6001)for assistance.
WORK SESSION
March 9, 2010
6 p.m.
1. Call Meeting to Order.
2. Update on the Fort Collins Museum/Discovery Science Center Capital Project. (staff:
Cheryl Donaldson; 1 hour discussion)
The Fort Collins Museum, owned and operated by the City of Fort Collins, and the
Discovery Science Center, a private non-profit corporation, have joined forces to create a
new world-class museum experience and facility. The 2005 voter approved Building on
Basics capital tax renewal provided $6 million towards the project, with the non-profit
agreeing to raise no less than $3.6 million. Operation and maintenance funding
($200,000 annually for seven years) is also provided from the tax. General Fund support
for the new museum beyond current levels is not anticipated. The partnership is reaching
for a $23 million goal to build the approximately 40,000 sq. ft. Museum at the east end of
Lee Martinez Park, at Cherry and College Streets.
In October 2009, Oz Architects and Hensel Phelps Construction were selected for the
project through the City's competitive design/build process. At this work session, the
architects will share initial concepts with City Council for its feedback.
March 9, 2010
3. Land Use Code Review Relating To Natural Resources Protection. (staff. Dana Leavitt,
Mark Sears; 30 minute discussion)
Council has raised concerns regarding the protection of natural resources found within
the city. Protecting natural resources in the city is highly valued by the community,
which translates into being a driver during the design process for many new
developments. Protection measures for natural resources can be found in Section 3.4.1 of
the Land Use Code (LUC). Within Section 3.4.1, there are two specific standards that
pertain to protection measures, which are at the heart of protecting natural resources.
The Land Use Code contains four more standards found in Section 2.9.4 Text & Map
Amendment Procedures, Section 3.2.4 Sight Lighting, and Section 3.5.1 Building and
Project Compatibility that provide direction for the protection of natural resources.
Staff has identified one area that can be improved to ensure the integration of protection
measures for natural resources into a project development plan (PDP) in a more timely
fashion. An Ecological Characterization Study (ECS) can be required to be submitted at
the time of a development submittal per Section 2.2.3(C) Development Application
Contents, but at this time staff cannot require it to be submitted prior to the official
.submittal. Establishing a chronology for a submittal would ensure that the findings and
recommendations of the ECS form the basis of a development plan that is responsive to
and protects the natural resources found on or in vicinity to the proposed development.
Note that this would not be a new regulation but a shift in the timing of submitting a
report.
4. Other Business.
5. Adjournment.
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Doug Hutchinson, Mayor Council Chambers
Kelly Ohlson, District 5, Mayor Pro Tern 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
The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services, programs, and activities
and will make special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities. Please call 221-6515 (TDD 224-
6001)for assistance.
ADJOURNED MEETING
March 9, 2010
After the Work Session
1. Call Meetin¢to Order.
2. Roll Call.
3. The March 2, 2010, Council meeting was adjourned to this time and date to provide an
opportunity for the City Council to consider a possible executive session for the purpose
of discussing pending litigation and related legal issues with the attorneys for the City as
permitted under Section 2-31(a)(2) of the City Code.
4. Other Business.
5. Adjournment.