HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - SUMMARY AGENDA - 03/12/2013 - SUMMARY AGENDA (WORK SESSION)Karen Weitkunat, Mayor Council Information Center
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WORK SESSION
March 12, 2013
6 p.m.
1. Call Meeting to Order.
2. Keep Fort Collins Great Tax 2012 Annual Report. (staff: Mike Beckstead, Lawrence
Pollack; 30 minute discussion)
On the November 2, 2010, the voters approved a 0.85% increase in the City’s sales and
use tax rate which has been identified as the Keep Fort Collins Great (KFCG) tax. The
tax increase includes provisions stating (1) how the dollars will be allocated to specific
programs; (2) the tax will sunset after 10 years; and (3) a requirement that the City
Manager report annually to City Council on how the KFCG revenues and any KFCG
fund balance were used, as well as the overall cost saving measures that were undertaken
by the City in the previous year. This work session is to fulfill the third requirement by
giving the 2012 annual report to City Council in three parts:
• A comprehensive list of all 2012 KFCG Offers, including the expenses associated
with each program or service, as well as information on how that money was
spent
• A collection of 2012 cost saving measures and efficiencies implemented by the
City
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• A presentation to Council with a 2012 KFCG financial summary including fund
balances and a summary of each KFCG allocation highlighting the programs and
services provided to the citizens of Fort Collins as supported by KFCG revenues.
3. Exterior Property Maintenance Codes. (staff: Beth Sowder, Mike Gebo, Polly Lauridsen;
1 hour discussion)
In response to citizen inquiries and discussions about on-going exterior property
maintenance issues that create a negative impact on neighboring residential properties,
staff researched existing deficiencies in current City Codes and what other communities
use to address these challenging issues. Staff will present options to City Council to
address the identified exterior property maintenance issues.
4. West Nile Virus Management Policy and Response Plan Review. (staff: Mike Calhoon,
Kim Newcomer; 1 hour discussion)
In December 2007, the Technical Advisory Committee was formed per the City
Manager’s direction. This Committee provided review of and recommendation for the
current West Nile Virus Management Policy, adopted July 1, 2008. A portion of that
policy requires periodic review of the processes used to mitigate the threat of West Nile
virus in the community.
The latter part of the summer of 2012 was a challenging and quickly evolving period for
West Nile virus activity. Despite larval control efforts, the risk of West Nile virus was
deemed extremely high and the Larimer County Department of Health and Environment
made a formal recommendation to perform adult mosquito control (adulticiding). The
recommendation was considered per the Policy and Program Response Guidelines, and
adulticiding occurred on August 30 and September 4.
This was the first time that the City adulticided since the adoption of the 2008 West Nile
Virus Policy. The purpose of this update is to discuss the Program Response Guidelines
specifically related to adulticiding and to consider the recommendations of the Technical
Advisory Committee following the last summer’s application. The City of Fort Collins
adulticided in 2003, 2004 and 2007, before the West Nile Virus Policy was adopted in
2008.
5. Other Business.
6. Adjournment.