Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - SUMMARY AGENDA - 03/06/2012 - SUMMARY AGENDAKaren Weitkunat, Mayor Kelly Ohlson, District 5, Mayor Pro Tem Council Chambers Ben Manvel, District 1 City Hall West Lisa Poppaw, District 2 300 LaPorte Avenue 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 Rita Harris, Interim 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. Assisted hearing devices are available to the public for Council meetings. Please call 221-6515 (TDD 224-6001) for assistance. REGULAR MEETING March 6, 2012 Proclamations and Presentations 5:30 p.m. A. Proclamation Declaring March 8, 2012 as Women’s Day and March 2012 as Women’s History Month. B. Proclamation Declaring March 12-18, 2012 as Fix-A-Leak Week. C. Proclamation Declaring March 10, 2012 as KRFC-Fort Collins 9th Birthday Bash. D. Proclamation Declaring March 18-24, 2012 as National FIRST Robotics Week. Regular Meeting 6:00 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER. 2. ROLL CALL. Page 2 3. AGENDA REVIEW: • City Manager Review of Agenda. • Consent Calendar Review. This Review provides an opportunity for Council and citizens to pull items from the Consent Calendar. Anyone may request an item on this Calendar be “pulled” off the Consent Calendar and considered separately. N Council opportunity to pull Consent Calendar items. (will be considered under Item No. 19) N Citizen opportunity to pull Consent Calendar items. (will be considered under Item. No. 21) 4. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 5. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION FOLLOW-UP This is an opportunity for the Mayor or Councilmembers to follow-up on issues raised during Citizen Participation. CONSENT CALENDAR The Consent Calendar consists of Items 6 through 15. This Calendar is intended to allow the City Council to spend its time and energy on the important items on a lengthy agenda. Staff recommends approval of the Consent Calendar. The Consent Calendar consists of: ! Ordinance on First Reading that are routine ! Ordinances on Second Reading that are routine ! Those of no perceived controversy ! Routine administrative actions. Individuals who wish to make comments regarding items remaining on the Consent Calendar or wish to address the Council on items not specifically scheduled on the agenda must first be recognized by the Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem. Before speaking, please sign in at the table in the back of the room. The timer will buzz once when there are 30 seconds left and the light will turn yellow. The timer will buzz again at the end of the speaker’s time. Each speaker is allowed 5 minutes. If there are more than 6 individuals who wish to speak, the Mayor may reduce the time allowed for each individual. ! State your name and address for the record. ! Applause, outbursts or other demonstrations by the audience are not allowed ! Keep comments brief; if available, provide a written copy of statement to City Clerk Page 3 6. Consideration and Approval of the Minutes of the February 7, 2012, Regular Meeting. 7. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 015, 2012, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the Transportation Services Fund for the Acquisition of New Traffic Signal System Software. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on February 21, 2012, appropriates a $248,000 Federal Congestion Mitigation Air Quality grant awarded to the City’s Traffic Operations Department to procure and install new traffic signal system software to replace existing software in the City’s Traffic Operations Center and in traffic signal controllers at intersections throughout the City. The current software is aging and the vendor has discontinued support. Updating the system software provides the ability to utilize new technologies that were not available previously. The installation process will be done in phases and the old software will be retired, once full conversion is completed. 8. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 016, 2012, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the Capital Projects Fund and Appropriating Prior Year Reserves and Authorizing the Transfer of Existing Appropriations in the Keep Fort Collins Great Fund for the North College Improvements Project - Conifer Street to Willox Lane. The North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization has awarded the City of Fort Collins $2,039,000 in federal funds to design improvements, and begin rights-of-way acquisition along North College Avenue between Conifer Street and Willox Lane. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on February 21, 2012, appropriates fiscal year 2012 federal funds into the Capital Project Fund for use on the North College Improvements Project – Conifer to Willox. Keep Fort Collins Great funds are intended to be used as the local funds required for the project as per the intergovernmental agreement with CDOT. This project is one of the highest ranked roadway projects in the City’s Capital Improvements Plan. 9. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 017, 2012, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the Capital Projects Fund for the City Bridge Program Project. The City has been awarded a grant in the amount of $552,000 in federal funds from the Colorado Off- System Bridge Program. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on February 21, 2012, appropriates funds for the replacement of the structurally deficient Bryan Avenue Bridge over the Larimer County Canal No. 2, located just north of Poudre Fire Authority Fire (PFA) Station 2 by City Park. 10. First Reading of Ordinance No. 018, 2012, Establishing Rental Rates and Delivery Charges for the City’s Raw Water for the 2012 Irrigation Season. This Ordinance approves rates for the rental and delivery of the City’s raw water supplies. The Water Utility uses these rates to assess charges for agricultural use, for various contractual raw water obligations and for raw water deliveries to other City departments. The proposed rate for each type of water is based on several factors including market conditions and assessments charged by irrigation companies. 11. First Reading of Ordinance No. 019, 2012, Amending Chapter 26 of the City Code to Revise the Manner in Which Carriage Houses May Obtain Water and Sewer Service. The City’s Land Use Code allows carriage houses to be constructed at the rear of lots in certain zoning districts. The City Code currently requires that such buildings have separate water and sewer services connecting to City water mains and sanitary sewers. This requirement frequently stops the carriage house projects due to construction constraints and cost considerations. The proposed change in the City Code would provide an option to connect the water and sewer services to the primary residence at the front of the lot with certain limitations. Page 4 12. First Reading of Ordinance No. 020, 2012, Authorizing the Conveyance of City Property to PS Poudre River, LLC. In 2005, the City constructed the Oxbow Levee on the Cache La Poudre River to reduce flooding risk and damages to a section of the City of Fort Collins located north and east of the river known as the Buckingham neighborhood. The Oxbow Levee is located between Linden Street and Lincoln Avenue. The City of Fort Collins Stormwater Master Planning and Floodplain Administration Division completed (in conjunction with its engineering consultants) and submitted a levee certification analysis to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). FEMA determined that the levee certification documentation was in order and accredited the levee and associated flood insurance rate maps that depict the floodplain areas as protected from the base regulatory (100-Year) flood. The City then pursued inclusion of the levee into the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) levee maintenance program. The benefits of inclusion in this program are: 1. the USACE can assist with flood fighting efforts during flood events; and, 2. qualifying damages will be repaired by the federal government at 80 percent federal / 20 percent local cost share. The levee has been reviewed by the USACE and it has been determined that additional land in the form of an access and maintenance easement is needed from the adjacent property owner PS Poudre River, LLC. During discussions regarding the needed easement, PS Poudre River, LLC voiced concerns regarding granting the maintenance and access easement since this reduces the developable portion of its property. In an effort to reach a mutually satisfactory solution, the property owner proposed the City grant a small remnant parcel located adjacent to and east of the Oxbow Levee in exchange for the needed access and maintenance easement. The Stormwater Master Planning and Floodplain Administration Division has identified that the proposed remnant parcel is no longer needed for flood control purposes. The property owner has agreed to a provision that the City remnant parcel property will be conveyed subject to a deed restriction limiting the property to natural landscape or trail uses only. 13. First Reading of Ordinance No. 021, 2012, Authorizing the Lease of City-Owned Property at 1506B West Horsetooth Road for Up to Five Years. The City acquired the property located at 1506 West Horsetooth Road as part of the Affordable Housing Land Bank Program in 2003. Total acreage of this property is 8.3 acres of development land. Currently, this site has one single-family residence, one building with an efficiency apartment and garage, and horse facilities. The lease for 1506B West Horsetooth Road will be for the efficiency apartment. 14. Resolution 2012-014 Ratifying the Reappointment of Michael Liggett and the Appointments of John Frey and Kipp Lyons to the Poudre River Public Library District Board of Trustees. Resolution 2007-026 ratified the initial appointments to the Library Board of Trustees on March 6, 2007. Seven Trustees were appointed to the Board with initial terms ranging from 1 to 5 years. The initial term of Trustee Michael Liggett expires on March 6, 2012, and he has expressed a desire to serve another term. The initial term of Mary Robertson (Atchison) also expires March 6, 2012 and she has not expressed a desire to be reappointed. John Knezovich’s initial term expired on March 6, 2008 and Resolution 2008-027 reappointed Trustee Knezovich for a second term which expires on March 6, 2012. According to the Bylaws of the Library Board of Trustees Boardmembers are limited to two terms so Trustee Knezovich is not eligible to reapply. The Library Trustee Selection Committee, comprised of Mayor Karen Weitkunat and Councilmember Lisa Poppaw and Larimer County Commissioners Lew Gaiter and Steve Johnson, unanimously recommends the reappointment of Michael Liggett to the Library Board of Trustees for a four-year term and the appointments of John Frey and Kipp Lyons for four-year terms. Page 5 15. Resolution 2012-015 Approving the Appointment of Rita Harris as Interim City Clerk. This Resolution appoints Chief Deputy City Clerk Rita Harris as Interim City Clerk, following the resignation of City Clerk Wanda Krajicek. END CONSENT 16. Consent Calendar Follow-up. This is an opportunity for Councilmembers to comment on items adopted or approved on the Consent Calendar. 17. Staff Reports. - North College Improvements Project 18. Councilmember Reports. 19. Consideration of Council -Pulled Consent Items. DISCUSSION ITEMS The method of debate for discussion items is as follows: ! Mayor introduces the item number and subject; asks if formal presentation will be made by staff ! Staff presentation (optional) ! Mayor requests citizen comment on the item (five-minute limit for each citizen) ! Council questions of staff on the item ! Council motion on the item ! Council discussion ! Final Council comments ! Council vote on the item Note: Time limits for individual agenda items may be revised, at the discretion of the Mayor, to ensure all citizens have an opportunity to speak. Please sign in at the table in the back of the room. The timer will buzz when there are 30 seconds left and the light will turn yellow. It will buzz again at the end of the speaker’s time. 20. First Reading of Ordinance No. 022, 2012, Amending Section 26-464 of the City Code to Establish a Medical Discount Program for Electric Customers. (staff: Lance Smith, Patty Bigner; 5 minute staff presentation; 20 minute discussion) The medical life support discount program is a new program which is targeted at customers who are in the tiered residential electric rate class and who have electric medical equipment in their homes. There are three eligibility requirements for participation in the program: (1) a household income ceiling, (2) an affidavit from a physician that affirms the listed equipment is approved by Medicare and medically necessary, and (3) a lawful presence affidavit. Page 6 21. Consideration of Citizen-Pulled Consent Items. 22. Other Business. 23. Adjournment. Every Council meeting will end no later than 10:30 p.m., except that: (1) any item of business commenced before 10:30 p.m. may be concluded before the meeting is adjourned and (2) the City Council may, by majority vote, extend a meeting until no later than 12:00 a.m. for the purpose of considering additional items of business. Any matter which has been commenced and is still pending at the conclusion of the Council meeting, and all matters scheduled for consideration at the meeting which have not yet been considered by Council, will be continued to the next regular Council meeting and will be placed first on the discussion agenda for such meeting.