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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 03/15/2016 - RESOLUTION 2016-025 APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THEAgenda Item 14 Item # 14 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY March 15, 2016 City Council STAFF Jason Licon, Airport Director SUBJECT Resolution 2016-025 Approving an Amendment to the Bylaws of the Northern Colorado Regional Airport Commission. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to consider a resolution approving an amendment to the Northern Colorado Regional Airport Commission Bylaws. The amendment will allow formation of subcommittees or work groups to provide research assistance or recommendations to the Commission. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption the Resolution. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION On January 22, 2015 the City of Loveland and the City of Fort Collins approved an Amended and Restated Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) for the Joint Operation of the Fort Collins-Loveland Airport. Under section 3 of the IGA, the Northern Colorado Regional Airport Commission is authorized to adopt Bylaws governing the responsibilities and duties of the Commission consistent with the Agreement, subject to approval of the City Councils. City Council approved the Commission Bylaws on November 3, 2015, by adoption of Resolution 2015-095. On February 18, 2016, the Northern Colorado Regional Airport Commissioners at a regularly scheduled meeting and public hearing adopted Commission Resolution 1-2016 (Exhibit A to Resolution 2016-025) amending the Bylaws to allow the formation of subcommittees, comprised of Commission members, and work groups comprised of individuals who are not Commission members (with a Commission member liaison), to provide research assistance or recommendations to the Commission. This amendment to the Commission Bylaws is subject to approval of both City Councils. -1- RESOLUTION 2016-025 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS OF THE NORTHERN COLORADO REGIONAL AIRPORT COMMISSION WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins (“Fort Collins”) and the City of Loveland (“Loveland”) jointly own, operate and maintain a regional general aviation facility known as the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport (the “Airport”); and WHEREAS, Fort Collins and Loveland entered into to that certain Amended and Restated Intergovernmental Agreement for the Joint Operation of the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport dated January 22, 2015 (the “2015 IGA”), to effectuate changes to the governance structure of the Airport to be in the nature of a “commission” that pursues the development of the Fort Collins-Loveland Airport as a regional airport in Northern Colorado and named that commission the “Northern Colorado Regional Airport Commission” (the “Commission”); and WHEREAS, the Fort Collins City Council approved the 2015 IGA by adoption of Resolution 2015-003 on January 6, 2015; and WHEREAS, the 2015 IGA requires that the Commission adopt bylaws governing the responsibilities of the Commission consistent with the terms of the 2015 IGA and that such bylaws be approved by the Loveland City Council and Fort Collins City Council (jointly, the “Councils”) before going into effect; and WHEREAS, on October 15, 2015, the Commission members, at a duly noticed meeting and pursuant to the 2015 IGA, unanimously adopted the Northern Colorado Regional Airport Commission Bylaws (the “Commission Bylaws”), subject to approval by the Councils; and WHEREAS, on November 3, 2015, the Fort Collins City Council adopted Resolution 2015-095 finding that the Commission Bylaws are consistent with the terms of the 2015 IGA, provide for the orderly operation of the Commission, and are in the best interests of Fort Collins and the Commission and approving the Commission Bylaws; and WHEREAS, on February 18, 2016, the Commission members, at a duly notice meeting adopted Commission Resolution 1-2016, a copy of which it attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by reference, amending the Commission Bylaws as set forth therein, subject to the approval of the Councils. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. -2- Section 2. That the amendment of the Commission Bylaws by the addition of a Section 12 to read as set forth in Commission Resolution 1-206 attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by reference is hereby approved and shall become effective as of the date on which such Bylaws are approved by both the Fort Collins City Council and by the Loveland City Council. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 15th day of March, 2016. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk &9)*#*5"