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City Council Work Session
August 11, 2015
After Special Meeting, which begins at 6:00 PM
• CALL TO ORDER.
1. Draft 2015 Railroad Crossing Study for the Riverside Corridor. (staff: Dan Coldiron, Dan
Weinheimer, Laurie Kadrich, Rick Richter; 30 minute staff presentation; 45 minute discussion)
The purpose of this item is to discuss and receive Council feedback on the draft report from the 2015
Railroad Crossing Study for the Riverside Corridor (Union Pacific and Great Western Railway) which
identifies potential solutions to vehicular traffic congestion due to train switching activities. Council
will also receive an update on the City’s Quiet Zone waiver request of the Federal Rail Administration
(FRA), the City’s OpenCity (Hackathon for train-related app) event in which software developers
collaborate on ways to utilize City traffic data to avoid train caused delays and congestion, and
information about the Greeley Connection railroad capital improvement project in Greeley and
LaSalle that may affect switching activities in Fort Collins.
2. Old Town Planning Projects. (staff: Cameron Gloss, Pete Wray, Josh Weinberg; 20 minute staff
presentation; 30 minute discussion)
The purpose of this item is to provide an update on the progress of three long-range planning
projects that are taking place simultaneously in the city’s historic core. Updates will be provided for
the 1989 Downtown Plan, Old Town Neighborhoods Plan, and the Old Town Neighborhood Design
Guidelines & Pattern Book.
• OTHER BUSINESS.
• ADJOURNMENT.