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Adjourned Meeting
March 28, 2017
6:00 p.m.
CALL MEETING TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
1. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 035, 2017, Amending Chapter 26 of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins to Revise Electric Rates, Fees and Charges for Customers Participating in Community Solar
Projects. (staff: John Phelan; no staff presentation; 5 minute discussion)
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on February 21, 2017, expands the definition
of “community solar projects” in Chapter 26 of the City Code to include both “subscriber-based” and
“program-managed” community solar projects, and to establish a net metering rate applicable to the
Solar Affordability Program (SAP), a new program-managed community solar project. In addition,
this item provides background on the income qualified SAP which will provide participating Fort
Collins electric customers with direct bill credits for a one year period. During that time, SAP
households will participate in efficiency and conservation installations customized to each household,
drawing on resources from Utility Services, Larimer County and the State of Colorado. Program
households will also participate in energy saving education and complete efficiency upgrades.
Combined, the efficiency and education opportunities will enable program households to
permanently reduce their electric expenses and usage. Over the life of the SAP, hundreds of
qualifying households will benefit from a reduced energy burden as individual participants in the
program, and the benefits of additional renewable energy generation will be realized across the
residential rate class. The proposed credit rate for SAP and other dedicated program-managed
community solar project customers is the same rate as that currently available to customers of
subscriber-owned community solar projects, like the Riverside Community Solar project.
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2. First Reading of Ordinance No. 039, 2017, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the Transportation
Fund for Regional Contribution to Larimer County for North I-25 Improvements. (staff: Mark
Jackson; no staff presentation; 5 minute discussion)
The purpose of this item is to appropriate Transportation Reserve funds in the amount of $445,947,
to be remitted to Larimer County as part of an annual regional contribution of local matching funds
for the Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) North I-25 Improvements Project. With
Resolution 2016-077, adopted on October 4, 2016, Council authorized the Mayor to enter into an
intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with Larimer County and participating local agencies, including
the City, to contribute local matching funds for this purpose. This is the first of five annual
installments of these payments to Larimer County under the IGA. Local matching fund commitments
accelerate the improvements to I-25 in Northern Colorado.
3. Resolution 2017-026 Authorizing the Mayor to Execute an Intergovernmental Agreement Between
the City of Fort Collins and the Colorado Department of Transportation for the City's Contribution of
Funds for the North Interstate 25 Improvements. (staff: Mark Jackson; no staff presentation; 5
minute discussion)
The purpose of this item is to enter into an intergovernmental agreement/contract with CDOT to remit
$2.25 million in budgeted City funds ($1.125M each year 2017-18), for the purpose of providing local
matching funds for the North I-25 Improvements project. Local match funding contributions from Fort
Collins and other regional agencies allow the I-25 improvements to be accelerated by as many as
fifteen years. Funds were identified and appropriated as part of the 2017-2018 Budget.
4. First Reading of Ordinance No. 052, 2017, Amending Chapter 19 of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins to Adopt the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure to Govern the Procedures for Civil Actions
Filed in Municipal Court and to Add City Code Section 1-24 to Clarify that Civil Actions Arising Under
the City's Ordinances are not Intended to Create by Implication Claims for Monetary Damages for
the Benefit of Third Parties. (staff: Judge Kathleen Lane, Carrie Daggett; no staff presentation; 5
minute discussion)
The purpose of this item is to adopt for Municipal Court the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure to be
used to govern the procedures for civil actions filed in Municipal Court that do not arise from
violations of the City Charter or Code.
OTHER BUSINESS
A. Council will consider a motion to adjourn into executive session.
B. Motion to cancel the April 4, 2017 Regular Council meeting. (Municipal Election)
C. Call of Special Meeting for 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (Organizational Meeting)
ADJOURNMENT