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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - SUMMARY AGENDA - 06/14/2011 - SUMMARY AGENDA (WORK SESSION)Karen Weitkunat, 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 Gerry Horak, 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. WORK SESSION June 14, 2011 6 p.m. 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Development Review Overview; Land Use Code Changes; Sustainable, Flexible, Predictable (SFP) - Zoning Tool. (staff: Karen Cumbo, Steve Dush, Ginny Sawyer, Ted Shepard, Megan Bolin; 90 minute discussion) The purpose of this work session is to address issues and concerns regarding the development review process. A number of concerns relate to perceptions and roles of City Planning Staff, and the outreach associated with the development review process. In an effort to ground the discussion, an overview of the development process and appeals is provided. This overview is followed by a discussion of the Land Use Code (LUC) and the proposed Sustainable, Flexible, Predictable (SFP) zoning tool, which is in its formative stages. The LUC discussion focuses on proposed changes to the development application processes resulting from concerns identified by staff and citizens. The SFP discussion is both a City Plan action item and a Planning and Zoning Board Work Plan item. The SFP tool is designed to address the unique needs of a more compact, urban, and infill development pattern by creating a zoning tool that is more responsive to adjacent development and to context sensitive designs. 3. System for Appealing Land Use and Other Board and Commission Decisions to the City Council. (staff: Steve Roy, Karen Cumbo; 30 minute discussion) Questions have recently been raised by members of the public about the Council’s process for hearing appeals in quasi-judicial matters such as land use decisions. The purpose of this work session item is to determine whether that appeal system should be changed. There are two basic kinds of appeal systems used by Colorado municipalities. Under the first kind of system, Council’s decision is based solely on the record of the proceedings before the original decision maker. Under the second kind of system, participants may present new evidence that was not presented to the original decision maker. The systems also differ in other respects, for example, some limit the parties who may file appeals or participate in appeal hearings, some specify the grounds upon which an appeal may be filed, some allow the City Manager or the City Council to appeal a decision, etc. Staff is seeking Council direction as to whether and how Council wishes to change the appeal process that the City currently uses. 4. 2011 Fee Study Recommendations. (staff: Ann Turnquist, Steve Dush; 45 minute discussion) On March 22, 2011, the Council Finance Committee and staff met to discuss a proposed change to the City’s cost recovery philosophy for Building Permit and Plan Check Fees and an increase to these fees. The Committee reviewed the detailed proposal and directed staff to bring the proposal to the full Council for review at a work session. This change of philosophy would move from a goal of collecting 80% of the cost of the Development Review Center through fees, toward recovering 100% of the cost of fee- related services. This approach would result in an increase of 0.5% to 6.5% in Building Permit and Plan Check fees, and yield an additional $714,098 in fee revenue to support the Development Review Center. 5. Other Business. 6. Adjournment. urban renewal authority Karen Weitkunat, President City Council Chambers Kelly Ohlson, Vice-President City Hall West Ben Manvel 300 LaPorte Avenue Lisa Poppaw Fort Collins, Colorado Aislinn Kottwitz Wade Troxell Gerry Horak Cablecast on City Cable Channel 14 on the Comcast cable system Darin Atteberry, Executive Director Steve Roy, City Attorney Wanda Krajicek, Secretary 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. URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY WORK SESSION June 14, 2011 (after the Council Work Session) 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Revisions to the Urban Renewal Authority Policies and Procedures. (staff: Mike Freeman, Christina Vincent; 45 minute staff discussion) In May 2010, the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) Board approved a thorough revision to the Policies and Procedures (Policies) from the original policies created in 2006. At the May 17, 2011 URA Board meeting, it was discussed that the Policies should have more detail regarding green building practices and therefore should come back to the URA Board for more revisions. Staff has prepared the requested revisions to the Policies. These Policies are intended to give guidance to the eligible developments and objectives of the URA to applicants, staff, citizens and the URA Board for decision making purposes. 3. Other Business. 4. Adjournment.