Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - SUMMARY AGENDA - 05/07/2019 - REGULAR MEETINGCity of Fort Collins Page 1 Wade Troxell, Mayor City Council Chambers Kristin Stephens, District 4, Mayor Pro Tem City Hall West Susan Gutowsky, District 1 300 LaPorte Avenue Julie Pignataro, District 2 Fort Collins, Colorado Ken Summers, District 3 Ross Cunniff, District 5 Cablecast on FCTV Channel 14 Emily Gorgol, District 6 and Channel 881 on the Comcast cable system Carrie Daggett Darin Atteberry Delynn Coldiron City Attorney City Manager City Clerk Regular Meeting May 7, 2019 Persons wishing to display presentation materials using the City’s display equipment under the Citizen Participation portion of a meeting or during discussion of any Council item must provide any such materials to the City Clerk in a form or format readily usable on the City’s display technology no later than two (2) hours prior to the beginning of the meeting at which the materials are to be presented. NOTE: All presentation materials for appeals, addition of permitted use applications or protests related to election matters must be provided to the City Clerk no later than noon on the day of the meeting at which the item will be considered. See Council Rules of Conduct in Meetings for details. 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 (V/TDD: Dial 711 for Relay Colorado) for assistance. Proclamations and Presentations 5:05 p.m. A. Proclamation Declaring May 5-11, 2019, as the 50th Anniversary of Municipal Clerks Week. B. Proclamation Declaring May 5-11, 2019, as Drinking Water Week. C. Proclamation Declaring May 5-11, 2019, as Public Service Recognition Week. D. Proclamation Declaring May 7, 2019, as Katie Ko Day. E. Proclamation Declaring May 18, 2019, as Kids to Parks Day. F. Proclamation Declaring May 2019 as Historic Preservation Month. G. Proclamation Declaring May as Museum of Discovery Month. City of Fort Collins Page 2 Regular Meeting 6:00 p.m.  PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK - RECOGNITION OF 2019 CITY EMPLOYEE AWARDS  CALL MEETING TO ORDER  ROLL CALL  AGENDA REVIEW: CITY MANAGER  City Manager Review of Agenda.  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.  PUBLIC COMMENT 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 beep once and the timer light will turn yellow to indicate that 30 seconds of speaking time remain, and will beep 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.]  PUBLIC COMMENT FOLLOW-UP City of Fort Collins Page 3 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. 1. Consideration and Approval of the Minutes from the March 5, March 19 and April 16, 2019 Regular Council Meetings, the March 26, 2019 Adjourned Council Meeting and the April 23, 2019 Special Council Meeting. The purpose of this item is to approve the minutes from the March 5, March 19, and April 16, 2019 Regular Council meetings, the March 26, 2019 Adjourned Council meeting and the April 23, 2019 Special Council meeting. 2. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 059, 2019, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves and Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund for Cultural Development and Programming Activities, Tourism Programming, and Convention and Visitor Program Services. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on April 16, 2019, appropriates $667,926, of which $240,792 is proposed for 2019 Cultural Development and Programming Activities (Fort Fund), $28,558 is proposed for 2019 Tourism Programming (Fort Fund), and $398,576 is proposed for 2019 Convention and Visitors Program activities, from a combination of Unanticipated Revenue (Lodging Tax) and Prior Year Reserves (unspent appropriations) in the General Fund Lodging Tax Reserves. Lodging taxes are annually collected by the City of Fort Collins for Cultural Development and Tourism programming activities. Anticipated revenue is projected through each Budgeting for Outcomes (BFO) cycle and then adjusted annually as needed based on actual collections. Lodging tax revenue collected in 2018 was $569,394 above projected collections. 3. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 060, 2019, Making Appropriations and Authorizing Transfers of Appropriations for the Suniga Road Improvements Project and Related Art in Public Places. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on April 16, 2019, appropriates $170,550 into the Capital Project Fund for the Suniga Road Improvements Project. The City collected these funds as payment in lieu for a development’s local street frontage improvements associated with Suniga Road. In addition, this item will authorize the transfer of $1,705, one percent of the appropriated funds, from the Capital Project Fund to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for Art in Public Places. This project will construct Suniga Road to the City’s four-lane arterial roadway standards between North College Avenue and Blondel Street as identified on the City’s Master Street Plan. Improvements include raised, protected bike lanes, pedestrian facilities, transit facilities, utility infrastructure, roadway improvements, and landscaped medians and parkways. The project will complement the existing section of Suniga Road, providing connectivity for surrounding developments from North College Avenue to Redwood Street. This project was approved during the 2017/2018 Budgeting for Outcomes (BFO) process and will be constructed this year. City of Fort Collins Page 4 4. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 061, 2019, Making Appropriations and Authorizing Transfers of Appropriations for the Willow Street Improvements Project and Related Art in Public Places. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on April 16, 2019, appropriates $435,000 of Downtown Development Authority (DDA) funds, $40,364 of Transportation Capital Expansion Fee (TCEF) funds, and $4,439 of Transportation Reserves into the Capital Project Fund for the Willow Street Improvements Project. In addition, this item will authorize the transfer of $4,755, from the Capital Project Fund to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for Art in Public Places. This project will design and construct roadway and urban design improvements along Willow Street between North College Avenue and Linden Street, including a pedestrian plaza at the northern corner of Willow Street and Linden Street. The overall project budget is $4.3 million, and construction is scheduled to begin in the summer 2019. This project was approved through the Community Capital Improvements Program (CCIP) tax initiative. 5. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 062, 2019, Amending Chapter 2 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins to Establish Council Expectations Regarding Action by Boards and Commissions and Member Participation. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on April 16, 2019, amends City Code to provide guidelines on board or commission member participation that require members not to abstain in items they are participating in; an abstain vote will be treated as a yes vote. Conflict of Interest guidelines continue as they currently exist. 6. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 063, 2019 Amending the Code of the City of Fort Collins to Direct Mixed Construction and Demolition Materials to the Future Larimer County Construction and Demolition Waste Processing Facility, Upon Its Completion. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on April 16, 2019, amends City Code to direct all mixed loads of construction and demolition waste to a future County-owned sorting facility, once that facility is built. Adopting the recommended building code changes would cause Larimer County to begin development of a sorting/recycling facility for construction and demolition waste. 7. First Reading of Ordinance No. 064, 2019, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves for Natural Areas Programming Not Included in the 2019 Adopted City Budget. The purpose of this item is to appropriate $10,215,000 in prior year reserves and unanticipated revenues in the Natural Areas Fund. These appropriations are for land conservation and restoration of wildlife habitat, as well as other Natural Areas Department programs to benefit the citizens of Fort Collins. 8. First Reading of Ordinance No. 065, 2019, Vacating Portions of Hobbit Street Right-of-Way East of Shields Street. The purpose of this item is to vacate a portion of the Hobbit Street right-of-way that was originally intended to be built in connection with the Young’s Creek development plan (Young’s Creek). Young’s Creek would have extended Hobbit Street from its current termination north into its development but was never constructed and has since expired. With the approval of the Landmark Apartments Expansion project in place of Young’s Creek, the constructed portion of Hobbit Street (which is not being vacated) will be terminated into a cul-de-sac at its current location. 9. Resolution 2019-055 Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement Between the City of Fort Collins, the East Larimer County Water District, the Fort Collins-Loveland Water District, and the North Weld County Water District Regarding a Study Related to a Temporary Shutdown of the Horsetooth Reservoir Soldier Canyon Outlet. The purpose of this item is to execute an intergovernmental agreement between the City of Fort Collins and the Tri-Districts (Fort-Collins Loveland, East Larimer County, and North Weld County water districts) to evaluate alternate water supplies and risk mitigation strategies during an October 2020 City of Fort Collins Page 5 planned 45-day shutdown of the Soldier Canyon Dam water supply line from Horsetooth Reservoir to the two drinking water treatment plants serving the City of Fort Collins and surrounding areas. 10. Resolution 2019-056 Supporting the Grant Application by Fort Collins Utilities for the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation’s WaterSMART Grant and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Agreements Regarding Such a Grant. The purpose of this item is to request City Council support to pursue a United States Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART Grant: Small Scale Water Efficiency Projects for Fiscal Year 2019. If awarded, Fort Collins Utilities, through its Water Conservation Division, would use the funds to support commercial-scale waterwise transformations in partnership with homeowners’ associations (“HOAs”) and commercial customers. Reclamation requires a resolution of City Council support be submitted as part of the grant application package. The Resolution demonstrates that the applicant has support from its governing board to carry out the grant agreement, if awarded. 11. Resolution 2019-057 Making Appointments to the Citizen Review Board, the Natural Resources Advisory Board, the Senior Advisory Board and the Women's Commission of the City of Fort Collins. The purpose of this item is to appoint individuals to fill vacancies that currently exist on the Citizen Review Board, the Natural Resources Advisory Board, the Senior Advisory Board, and the Women’s Commission. The vacancy on the Citizen Review Board is due to the election of Julie Pignataro as the Councilmember for District 2 who served on the Commission until being sworn in on April 23, 2019. The vacancy on the Natural Resources Board is due to the resignation of Luke Caldwell. The vacancy on the Senior Advisory Board is due to the resignation of Alan Beatty. The vacancy on the Women’s Commission is due to the election of Emily Gorgol as the Councilmember for District 6 who served on the Women’s Commission until being sworn in on April 23, 2019. 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 A. Community Dashboard Metric: Electric System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) (staff: Tim MCollough, Neal May) B. Community Dashboard Metric: Affordable Housing Inventory (staff: Tyler Marr, Sue Beck-Ferkiss)  COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS  CONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL-PULLED CONSENT ITEMS City of Fort Collins Page 6 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. 12. Resolution 2019-058 Naming Three Downtown Alleys Within the Block Bounded by South College Avenue, West Oak Street, South Mason Street and West Mountain Avenue and Renaming a Local Street. (staff: Ted Shepard; 5 minute staff presentation; 15 minute discussion) The purpose of this item is to name three downtown alleys that have recently been improved by the Downtown Development Authority. The three alleys are located within the block bounded by South College Avenue, West Oak Street, South Mason Street and West Mountain Avenue. Additionally, staff requests that Pinon Street, a local street, be renamed to West Suniga Road. The proposed alley names are Beardmore Alley, Godinez Alley and Reidhead Alley. 13. Resolution 2019-059 Revising the List of Names for Arterial and Collector Streets. (staff: Ted Shepard; 5 minute staff presentation: 15 minute discussion) The purpose of this item is to update the list of names for arterial and collector streets as required by City Code Section 24-91.  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.