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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - SUMMARY AGENDA - 01/27/2015 - SUMMARY AGENDA (WORK SESSION)City of Fort Collins Page 1 Karen Weitkunat, Mayor Council Information Center (CIC) Gerry Horak, District 6, Mayor Pro Tem City Hall West Bob Overbeck, District 1 300 LaPorte Avenue Lisa Poppaw, District 2 Fort Collins, Colorado Gino Campana, District 3 Wade Troxell, District 4 Cablecast on City Cable Channel 14 Ross Cunniff, District 5 on the Comcast cable system Carrie Daggett Darin Atteberry Wanda Nelson Interim City Attorney City Manager 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. City Council Work Session January 27, 2015 6:00 PM  CALL TO ORDER. 1. Update from the Colorado Department of Transportation Regarding I-25 and Bustang. (staff: Rick Richter; 15 minute presentation; 30 minute discussion) Johnny Olson,Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) Director and Myron Hora, Region 4 Planning and Environmental Manager, will provide Council an update regarding I-25. The update will include plans and ideas for future projects and funding options and opportunities. Michael Timlin, CDOT Bus Operations Manager, will provide an introduction to Bustang, a state- owned and operated bus system that will connect Colorado cites along I-25 and I-70 to downtown Denver, starting this spring. 2. Time of Use Pilot Project. (staff: Lance Smith, Lisa Rosintoski; 15 minute staff presentation; 45 minute discussion) The purpose of this item is to continue discussions with City Council regarding a time-of-use (TOU) pilot for residential customers, which was last discussed at the May 13, 2014 City Council work session. Staff has included attachments, which summarizes the past discussions and future timelines. As part of evaluating the TOU pilot staff managed a comprehensive review of our existing low income program support, which included understanding modifications to support the low income segment as optimally as possible. Therefore, staff will be proposing a low-income rate be implemented for those qualifying at certain average median income levels. While a low-income rate would not be a part of the proposed TOU pilot study, it is recommended that such a rate be adopted for 2016. City of Fort Collins Page 2 Also, an internal memo is included to highlight residential fixed charges to facilitate a discussion of staff’s recommendation for moving towards recovering more of the fixed costs of maintaining distribution facilities and associated overhead in the monthly charge in the future. The adjustment to the fixed charge is proposed to be a part of the pilot study. 3. Status of the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance. (Staff: Karen Cumbo, Rick Richter; 5 minute staff presentation; 30 minute discussion) The purpose of this item is to discuss the status of Land Use Code (LUC) Section 3.7.3 - Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (APF) in order to review the APF requirements and identify the next steps in exploring revisions to the ordinance. 4. Regional Training Facility for Police Services. (staff: Cory Christensen, John Hutto; 10 minute staff presentation; 30 minute discussion) The purpose of this item is to discuss the regional training campus for Police Services. Police Services training facilities are currently inadequate for the current need to meet the necessary skill training of driving and weapons training. The current gun range facility was built in 1984 and purchased by the City in 1990. At the time that facility was purchased Police Services had 105 sworn officers. Today Police Services has grown to 203 sworn officers and have outgrown the current indoor facility. Weapons training is split between two facilities due to the disrepair of the indoor firing range. Police Services is forced to travel a great distance to an adequate outdoor range for much of the weapons related training necessary for maintain adequate skill levels. The indoor range also is in need of tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of repair in order to maintain a safe training environment for officers. If those repairs are made the facility is still inadequate for the current firearms needs of Police Services. There is no training location in Larimer County for Police Services to conduct driver’s training. The closest driving training facility is located in Adams County and requires officers to travel over one hour each way to use the facility. The demand on this facility is considerable and Police Services routinely is unable to train due to schedule conflicts imposed by the owners of the facility. Police Services has been in engaged in a cooperative partnership with the City of Loveland in determining current needs for each agency, locating a mutually agreeable location, plans for usage by other public safety agencies, estimates on annual operation and maintenance, strategies on how to partially offset some of the O & M costs, and preliminary designs on a facility that would meet our current needs as well as future growth for both police agencies.  OTHER BUSINESS.  ADJOURNMENT.