HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - SUMMARY AGENDA - 09/27/2011 - 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
September 27, 2011
6 p.m.
1. Call Meeting to Order.
2. Update on Lease Agreement Negotiations with Colorado State University Research
Foundation for the Old Power Plant, 430 North College. (staff: Bruce Hendee, Ken
Mannon, Helen Matson, Carol Webb, Josh Birks; 45 minute discussion)
Colorado State University (CSU) has leased the City-owned property known as the Old
Power Plant at 430 North College Avenue for the past 17 years. CSU has used this site
as the Engines and Energy Conversion Lab (EECL). This program has grown over the
years and it is CSURF’s desire to construct a new building that will be used to house
additional labs, office and incubator companies sharing the vision of the EECL. In order
for these changes to occur on the City’s site, a new lease agreement needed to be
negotiated.
The new lease agreement will be with Colorado State University Research Foundation
(CSURF) and CSU will relinquish all rights, title and interest in the original Lease
Agreement dated February 15, 1994 and the First Amendment to Lease Agreement dated
January 13, 2005. The terms of the new lease being negotiated will be discussed.
September 27, 2011
3. Great Outdoors Colorado Rivers Corridor Initiative. (staff: John Stokes; 30 minute
discussion)
Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) recently announced a Colorado Rivers Corridor
Initiative grant opportunity. Its purpose is to: “provide more places and facilities for
Colorado’s citizens and visitors to enjoy the state’s vast river resources while
maintaining the important river ecosystems and natural values they provide.” Interested
entities are required to submit a concept paper by October 14th. GOCO will review the
papers and determine who is eligible to apply for grant funding with a final proposal due
sometime in late 2011 or early 2012.
The purpose of this work session is to provide Council an opportunity to review and
provide input to two grant concepts. One of the concepts will be submitted by the City,
the other will be submitted by Larimer County with the City as a partner. The City
concept encompasses the downtown Poudre River reach from Shields to Linden and
consists of a series of improvements to create a “River trail”, as well as a “River park”, or
focal recreation area, in the vicinity of Legacy Park. Many of the improvements
associated with the downtown project will help maintain or enhance natural attributes of
the River. The County proposal is designed to make significant progress towards
completing the Fort Collins-to-Greeley Poudre River recreation trail. The project will
begin at Arapaho Bend Natural Area and extend east nearly to Windsor. The proposal
includes trail easement acquisition as well as trail and parking lot construction, including
an underpass at I-25.
4. Transportation Updates and Transfort Discussion Items. (staff: Karen Cumbo, Mark
Jackson, Helen Migchelbrink, Marlys Sittner; 2 hour discussion)
Transportation Update Items:
• 2011 Transportation Capital Projects Update, including a MAX Bus Rapid
Transit (BRT) Project Update
• Keep Fort Collins Great (KFCG) Transportation Project Update
Transfort Discussion Items:
• Transfort/Dial-A-Ride Service Expansion
• Transfort Advertising Policy and Practice
5. Other Business.
6. Adjournment.