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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - SUMMARY AGENDA - 12/15/2015 - SUMMARY AGENDACity of Fort Collins Page 1 Wade Troxell, Mayor City Council Chambers Gerry Horak, District 6, Mayor Pro Tem City Hall West Bob Overbeck, District 1 300 LaPorte Avenue Ray Martinez, District 2 Fort Collins, Colorado Gino Campana, District 3 Kristin Stephens, District 4 Cablecast on City Cable Channel 14 Ross Cunniff, District 5 on the Comcast cable system Carrie Daggett Darin Atteberry Wanda Winkelmann 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. Regular Meeting December 15, 2015 Proclamations and Presentations 5:30 p.m. None. Regular Meeting 6:00 p.m.  PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  CALL MEETING TO ORDER  ROLL CALL  AGENDA REVIEW: CITY MANAGER  City Manager Review of Agenda. City of Fort Collins Page 2  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. o Council-pulled Consent Calendar items will be considered before Discussion Items. o Citizen-pulled Consent Calendar items will be considered after Discussion Items.  CITIZEN PARTICIPATION Individuals may comment regarding items scheduled on the Consent Calendar and items not specifically scheduled on the agenda. Comments regarding land use projects for which a development application has been filed should be submitted in the development review process** and not to the Council.  Those who wish to speak are asked to sign in at the table in the lobby (for recordkeeping purposes).  All speakers will be asked by the presiding officer to identify themselves by raising their hand, and then will be asked to move to one of the two lines of speakers (or to a seat nearby, for those who are not able to stand while waiting).  The presiding officer will determine and announce the length of time allowed for each speaker.  Each speaker will be asked to state his or her name and general address for the record, and to keep comments brief. Any written comments or materials intended for the Council should be provided to the City Clerk.  A timer will buzz once and the timer light will turn yellow to indicate that 30 seconds of speaking time remain, and will buzz again and turn red when a speaker’s time to speak has ended. [**For questions about the development review process or the status of any particular development, citizens should consult the Development Review Center page on the City’s website at fcgov.com/developmentreview, or contact the Development Review Center at 221-6750.]  CITIZEN PARTICIPATION FOLLOW-UP Consent Calendar The Consent 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. Anyone may request an item on this calendar to be "pulled" off the Consent Calendar and considered separately. Agenda items pulled from the Consent Calendar will be considered separately under Pulled Consent Items. Items remaining on the Consent Calendar will be approved by City Council with one vote. The Consent Calendar consists of: ● Ordinances on First Reading that are routine; ● Ordinances on Second Reading that are routine; ● Those of no perceived controversy; ● Routine administrative actions. City of Fort Collins Page 3 1. Consideration and Approval of the Minutes of the November 3, November 17 and December 1 Regular Council Meetings and the November 10, 2015 Adjourned Meeting. The purpose of this item is to approve the minutes from the November 3, November 17 and December 1, 2015 Regular Council meetings and the November 10, 2015 Adjourned Council meeting. 2. Postponement of Second Reading of Ordinance No. 149, 2015, Authorizing the Conveyance of an Easement on Maxwell Natural Area to the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System to January 5, 2016. Staff requests postponement of Second Reading of Ordinance No. 149, 2015 until January 5, 2016, so that Colorado State University staff can provide information on the University’s concerns regarding termination language in the revised ordinance approved on First Reading on November 17, 2015. 3. Items Relating to Locker Renovations at Edora Pool Ice Center (EPIC) and an Intergovernmental Agreement with CSU Department of Campus Recreation A. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 150, 2015, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue for Locker Renovation at EPIC. B. Resolution 2015-103 Authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement with Colorado State University Regarding the Construction of a Locker Room at the EPIC Ice Area. Ordinance No. 150, 2015, unanimously adopted on First Reading on December 1, 2015, appropriates $57,012 for the construction cost of a locker room at EPIC. The funding for the locker room construction was raised by the CSU club hockey team. Resolution 2015-103 provides an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) between the City of Fort Collins and Colorado State University (CSU) Department of Campus Recreation. The IGA provides for a renewable 10-year agreement to provide a dedicated locker room for the hockey team. Because CSU is funding the improvements, staff has proposed waiving certain maintenance costs for the new EPIC locker room during the initial term of the IGA. However, it is expected that the University will continue to pay all standard rental and user fees associated with reservation and use of ice time at EPIC. 4. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 152, 2015, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the Street Oversizing Fund for the Reimbursement of the Construction of Roadway Improvements. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on December 1, 2015, appropriates $1,250,000 from the Street Oversizing Fund Prior Year Reserves to cover anticipated reimbursements for the construction by developers of oversized portions of arterial and collector roadway improvements for 2015. 5. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 153, 2015, Adopting the 2016 Classified Employees Pay Plan. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on December 1, 2015, changes the City's Classified Employee Pay Plan based on results of the annual market analysis. The City of Fort Collins utilizes a common compensation methodology to assess jobs, combine them into occupational groups and establish pay range structures. The result of this work is a Classified Employee Pay Plan which sets the minimum, midpoint and maximum of pay ranges within each occupational group. A detailed analysis of benchmark data is conducted each year to determine if the market is moving sufficiently to recommend structure adjustments. Actual employee pay increases are awarded through a separate administrative process in accordance with the budgeted amount approved by Council. City of Fort Collins Page 4 6. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 154, 2015, Adopting the 2015 Larimer County Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Schedule. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on December 1, 2015, adopts the 2015 Larimer County Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Schedule (Regional Road Fee) as determined by the Intergovernmental Agreement with Larimer County. 7. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 155, 2015, Making Various Amendments to the Land Use Code. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on December 1, 2015, adopts a variety of revisions, clarifications and additions to the Land Use Code that are housekeeping and routine in nature that have been identified since the last update in July 2015. 8. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 156, 2015, Conditionally Vacating Certain Rights-of-Way Consisting of Portions of Prospect Court and the Alley as Dedicated on G.F. Wiard’s Additional Plat at Reception No. 231427 of the Larimer County Records and Flinn’s Resubdivision Plat of Lots 11, 12 and 13 in Block 1 of G.F. Wiard’s Addition at Reception No. 665972 of the Larimer County Records. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on December 1, 2015, vacates portions of the alley and Prospect Court in the block south of Lake Street and north of Prospect Road that are no longer needed. 9. Items Relating to the Compensation and Employment Agreement of the Municipal Judge. A. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 160, 2015 Amending Section 2-606 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins and Setting the Compensation of the Municipal Judge. B. Resolution 2015-108 Authorizing the Twelfth Addendum to the Municipal Judge’s Employment Agreement. City Council met in executive session on November 10, 2015, to conduct the performance review of Municipal Judge Kathleen Lane. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on December 1, 2015, establishes the 2015 salary of the Municipal Judge at $113,740. Resolution 2015-108 approves and authorizes the Mayor to sign an addendum to the Judge's contract to increase annual vacation leave to from 30 to 32 days per year. 10. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 161, 2015, Amending Section 2-581 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins and Setting the Compensation of the City Attorney. City Council met in executive session on November 10, 2015, to conduct the performance review of City Attorney Carrie Daggett. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on December 1, 2015, establishes the 2015 salary of the City Attorney at $180,841. The Ordinance has been edited for Second Reading to also state the total annual compensation for the City Attorney, consistent with the ordinances regarding the City Manager and Municipal Judge. 11. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 162, 2015, Amending Section 2-596 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins and Setting the Compensation of the City Manager. City Council met in executive session on November 10, 2015, to conduct the performance review of City Manager Darin Atteberry. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on December 1, 2015, establishes the 2015 salary of the City Manager at $249,841. 12. Items Relating to the Lodgepole Investments LLC Annexation and Zoning A. Resolution 2015-109 Setting Forth Findings of Fact and Determinations Regarding the Lodgepole Investments LLC Annexation. City of Fort Collins Page 5 B. Public Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance No. 163, 2015, Annexing Property Known as the Lodgepole Investments LLC Annexation to the City of Fort Collins. C. Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance No. 164, 2015, Amending the Zoning Map of the City of Fort Collins and Classifying for Zoning Purposes the Property Included in the Lodgepole Investments LLC Annexation to the City of Fort Collins. The purpose of this item is to annex and zone 39.7 acres platted and approved in Larimer County as Fossil Creek Farm M.L.D., Tracts A and B. The initiating resolution was adopted on November 3, 2015. There are two tracts of land included in this annexation, located southwest of the intersection of I-25 and State Highway 392. The requested zoning for this annexation is G-C, General Commercial (10.0 acres) on Tracts A and (29.77 acres) on Tract B. The property is located within the Fossil Creek Reservoir Area Plan boundary. 13. First Reading of Ordinance No. 165, 2015, Authorizing the Acquisition by Eminent Domain of Certain Lands Necessary to Construct Public Improvements in Connection with the Lincoln Corridor Improvements Project – Phase I. The purpose of this item is to obtain authorization from City Council to use eminent domain, if deemed necessary, to acquire property interests needed to construct improvements to Lincoln Avenue between the Poudre River Bridge and Lemay Avenue. Lincoln Corridor Improvements Project - Phase I will construct road and intersection improvements, multimodal enhancements, utility improvements, and access control improvements in accordance with the Lincoln Corridor Plan. The project is planned to begin construction in the summer of 2016 and be completed in 2017. To construct these improvements, the City will need to acquire certain property interests adjacent to the project area. The acquisitions include right-of-way, permanent easements, and temporary easements from eleven property owners. Timely acquisition of the property is necessary to meet the anticipated construction schedule. Staff fully intends to negotiate in good faith with the affected owners and is optimistic that all property negotiations can be completed prior to the start of the Project. Staff is requesting authorization of eminent domain for all property acquisitions for the Project only if such action is deemed necessary. 14. First Reading of Ordinance No. 166, 2015, Adopting Updates to the Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards. The purpose of this item is to bring forward a set of updates to the Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards (LCUASS). These updates include both technical/text updates, and correction of inconsistencies identified by staff since the last major update, as well as updates to the street cross- sections implementing recommendations from the 2014 Bicycle Master Plan. Additionally language was added aligning the City's policy towards "complete streets", as identified in City Plan and the Transportation Master Plan. This item corresponds to Strategic Plan Objectives; Safe Community 5.6 and Transportation 6.1, 6.3, 6.4. Once the City approves these updates the changes must also be approved by City of Loveland and Larimer County before they are incorporated into LCUASS, as these are a shared set of standards between the three jurisdictions. 15. Resolution 2015-110 Finding Substantial Compliance and Initiating Annexation Proceedings for the Maverik First Annexation. The purpose of this item is to annex the Maverik First Annexation. The applicant, Hanna DUL, Inc., has submitted a written petition requesting annexation of 1.26 acres located at 4333 East Mulberry Street which is the existing hotel and property located at the southeast quadrant of I-25 and East Mulberry Street. The site gains access from the Southeast Frontage Road. The requested zoning for this annexation is C-G, General Commercial. The property is located within the East Mulberry Corridor and I-25 Corridor Plans. In accordance with the Intergovernmental Agreement for the Fort Collins Growth Management Area with Larimer County, the City of Fort Collins agrees to annex land that meets the minimum contiguity requirement, and based on a voluntary petition to annex for the purpose of redeveloping the subject parcel. The subject parcel is part of a larger parcel which is bordered on three sides by the Interchange Business Park which was annexed in 2005. City of Fort Collins Page 6 16. Resolution 2015-111 Approving an Art Project for the Utilities Administration Building and Approving Expenditures from the Electric Utility Account to Commission an Artist to Create the Art Project Pursuant to the Art in Public Places Program. The purpose of this item is it to approve expenditures from the Art in Public Places Electric Utility Account to commission an artist to create art for the Utility Administration Building Project. The expenditures of $64,000 will be for design, materials, fabrication, and contingency for Andy Dufford of Chevo Studios to create a series of wall reliefs for the new Utility Administration Building. 17. Resolution 2015-112 Supporting the Improvement of Interstate 25 (I-25) as Proposed by the I-25 Coalition. The purpose of this item is to provide a Resolution of support for the I-25 Coalition’s efforts to seek timely improvements to the I-25 Corridor in Northern Colorado. This item supports Council Priority for I-25 funding; Strategic Plan Objectives: Transportation 6.1, 6.4; and Council legislative priority re: I- 25 funding. 18. Resolution 2015-113 Adopting the 2015 Update to the Three-Mile Plan for the City of Fort Collins. The purpose of this item is to adopt the 2015 update to the Three-Mile Plan for the City of Fort Collins (the Plan). The Plan is a policy document for coordinating future annexations and provision of services and describes the general location, character, utilities, and infrastructure for areas within three-miles of the municipal boundary. Colorado Revised Statues requires municipalities to update their Three-Mile Plans annually. 19. Resolution 2015-114 Adopting the City's 2016 Legislative Policy Agenda. The purpose of this item is to consider and adopt the City's 2016 Legislative Policy Agenda. Each year the Legislative Review Committee (LRC) develops a legislative agenda to assist in the analysis of pending legislation and regulation. The Legislative Policy Agenda is used as a guide by Council and staff to determine positions on legislation and regulation pending at the state and federal levels and as a general reference for the City's state legislators and congressional delegation. 20. Resolution 2015-115 Approving and Adopting an Updated Energy Policy. The purpose of this item is to adopt the 2015 Energy Policy (Policy), presented to Council at the September 22, 2015 work session. The Policy will replace the existing 2009 Energy Policy. In alignment with Ordinance No. 098, 2011, the scope of the Policy has expanded from past versions to include various types of energy sources and end-uses delivered within the community, which include electricity, natural gas and transportation fuels. The Policy update was timed to allow for coordination with the Climate Action Plan Framework (CAP) and associated goals adopted by Council earlier in 2015. The Policy provides goals for the prioritization of decision making, programs and services related to the quantity of use and the energy sources for electricity, thermal end-uses and transportation. The Policy uses a systems approach to energy production and consumption, as well as triple bottom line metrics (economy, society, and environment) guiding City government in the development of plans promoting policy outcomes for residents, businesses and other type of organizations. This item was withdrawn from consideration on November 3, 2015 in order to make minor changes to one section of the policy, incorporating recommendations of the Energy Board. These changes are highlighted below and were approved for inclusion in the draft Policy by the Energy Board at its November 5 meeting. 21. Resolution 2015-116 Making Appointments to Various Boards, Commissions and Authorities of the City of Fort Collins. The purpose of this item is to appoint individuals to fill vacancies that currently exist on various boards, commissions, and authorities due to resignations of board members and vacancies to be created upon the expiration of terms of current members. Applications were solicited during City of Fort Collins Page 7 September and October. Council teams interviewed applicants during November and December. This Resolution appoints individuals to fill current vacancies and expiring terms. This Resolution does not fill all vacancies. Interviews are continuing, and any remaining vacancies will be advertised as needed. 22. Resolution 2015-117 Extending by One Year the Work-Completion Deadline Established in Resolution 2014-005 Regarding Cooperation and a Partnership with Larimer County on the Use of Tax Increment Financing. The purpose of this item is to extend City staff’s work-completion deadline in Resolution 2014-103 from December 15, 2015, to December 15, 2016. Resolution 2013-045 was originally adopted by City Council on May 7, 2013. Section 4 of that Resolution directs staff to work with Larimer County and other northern Colorado municipalities and affected property tax levying entities to develop an appropriate fiscal impact analysis model for evaluating financial impacts associated with the formation of tax increment financing districts and the use of tax increment financing. Resolution 2014-005 extended the work-completion deadline set in Resolution 2013-045 from December 15, 2013, to December 15, 2014, and Resolution 2014-103 extended the work-completion deadline to December 15, 2015. A team made up of representatives from various municipalities and tax levying entities within the County contracted with Economic Planning & Systems (EPS) to develop a “fiscal impact analysis model”. Work has taken longer than anticipated and while a new quantitative direct cost impact model and a qualitative indirect impact factors model have been developed, additional work is required to finalize the assumptions and gain agreement across the team. The current timeline anticipates completion summer/fall of 2016. As such, an extension to December 15, 2016 is requested for the work-completion deadline established in Resolution 2014-103. END CONSENT  CONSENT CALENDAR FOLLOW-UP This is an opportunity for Councilmembers to comment on items adopted or approved on the Consent Calendar.  STAFF REPORTS  COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS  CONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL-PULLED CONSENT ITEMS City of Fort Collins Page 8 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 (three 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. 23. Items Relating to the Wood Street Second Annexation and Zoning. (staff: Clay Frickey; no staff presentation; 3 minute discussion) A. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 157, 2015, Annexing Property Known as the Wood Street Second Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado. B. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 158, 2015, Amending the Zoning Map of the City of Fort Collins and Classifying for Zoning Purposes the Property Included in the Wood Street Second Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado. These Ordinances, adopted on First Reading on December 1, 2015 by a vote of 6-0 (Campana recused), annex and zone a parcel in an enclave at 832 Wood Street. This is a City-initiated request to annex 16.267 acres that became an enclave with the annexation of the Pateros Creek subdivision on September 18, 2012. As of September 18, 2015, the City is authorized to initiate and annex the enclave in accordance with Colorado Revised Statute 31-12-106. The Wood Street Second Annexation abuts the City of Fort Collins Utilities building to the north. The requested zoning for this annexation is the Urban Estate (U-E) zone district. The surrounding properties are existing residential, office, park, and light industrial land uses in the City of Fort Collins.  CONSIDERATION OF CITIZEN-PULLED CONSENT ITEMS  OTHER BUSINESS A. Possible consideration of the initiation of new ordinances and/or resolutions by Councilmembers (Three or more individual Councilmembers may direct the City Manager and City Attorney to initiate and move forward with development and preparation of resolutions and ordinances not originating from the Council's Policy Agenda or initiated by staff.)  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 the Council, will be continued to the next regular Council meeting and will be placed first on the discussion agenda for such meeting. City of Fort Collins Page 1 urban renewal authority Wade Troxell, Chairperson City Council Chambers Gerry Horak, Vice-Chairperson City Hall West Bob Overbeck 300 LaPorte Avenue Ray Martinez Fort Collins, Colorado Gino Campana Kristin Stephens Ross Cunniff Cablecast on City Cable Channel 14 on the Comcast cable system Carrie Daggett Darin Atteberry Wanda Winkelmann City Attorney Executive Director Secretary 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. URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY BOARD FORMAL MEETING December 15, 2015 After the Regular Council Meeting  CALL MEETING TO ORDER  ROLL CALL  AGENDA REVIEW  Executive Director’s Review of Agenda. • CITIZEN PARTICIPATION Individuals who wish to make comments regarding items remaining on the Consent Calendar or wish to address the Board on items not specifically scheduled on the agenda must first be recognized by the Chairperson or Vice Chair. 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 Chairperson 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 Secretary  Address your comments to Council, not the audience City of Fort Collins Page 2  CITIZEN PARTICIPATION FOLLOW-UP  STAFF REPORTS  COMMISSIONER REPORTS Discussion Items The method of debate for discussion items is as follows: ● Chairperson introduces the item number and subject; asks if formal presentation will be made by staff ● Staff and/or Applicant presentation (optional) ● Chairperson requests citizen comment on the item (five-minute limit for each citizen) ● Board questions of staff on the item ● Board motion on the item ● Board discussion ● Final Board comments ● Board vote on the item Note: Time limits for individual agenda items may be revised, at the discretion of the Chairperson, 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. 1. Consideration and Approval of the Minutes of the September 8 and November 17, 2015 Urban Renewal Authority Meetings. The purpose of this item is to approve the minutes from the September 8 and November 17, 2015 Urban Renewal Authority Board meetings. 2. Resolution No. 079 Approving a Redevelopment Agreement Between the Fort Collins Urban Renewal Authority and Hickory Commons, LLC. (staff: Patrick Rowe, Josh Birks; 10 minute staff presentation; 15 minute discussion) The purpose of this item is to consider a Redevelopment Agreement between the URA and Hickory Commons, LLC for $136,072 of tax increment financing assistance. This tax increment financing (TIF) assistance is proposed as reimbursement for stormwater facility costs, including a neighborhood drainage outfall, associated with a proposed development consisting of two (2) 11,000 square foot industrial buildings and one (1) 7-unit live/work condo building.  OTHER BUSINESS  ADJOURNMENT