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City Council Work Session
February 26, 2019
(After the Adjourned Council Meeting, which begins at 6:00 PM)
Amended February 25, 2019
CALL TO ORDER.
1. Platte River Power Authority Organic Contract and Power Supply Agreement. (staff: Tim
McCollough, Kevin Gertig; 10 minute presentation; 20 minute discussion)
The purpose of this item is to seek direction from Council on the request by Platte River Power
Authority (Platte River) to extend and amend the Organic Contract between Fort Collins, Loveland,
Longmont, and Estes Park (the “member cities”), along with amending and extending the Power
Supply Agreement between Fort Collins and Platte River.
2. Digital Billboard Regulations. (staff: Noah Beals, Tom Leeson; 10 minute presentation, 20 minute
discussion)
The purpose of this item is to further discuss the replacement of static billboards with digital billboards.
3. Utilities and Innosphere Laboratory Partnership Project. (staff; Carol Webb, Lance Smith, Jill
Oropeza; 20 minute presentation; 20 minute discussion)
The purpose of this work session is to discuss the terms of a Partnership with the Innosphere on the
construction of a new combined laboratory facility.
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The City proposes to construct a new facility that will house the Utilities Water Quality Laboratory,
Pollution Control Laboratory, and the Watershed Program (collectively the Water Quality Services
Division). Utilities currently operates two separate laboratories which are in separate buildings and
which have not been significantly renovated since the 1980s. Costs associated with construction of
the new facility would be split evenly between the Water Fund and the Wastewater Fund.
The proposal for a new facility stems from the completion of a laboratory master plan funded in the
2017/2018 Budgeting for Outcomes (BFO) process. Construction of a new facility is currently included
in the Utilities Capital Improvement Plan at a cost of $20 million. Preliminary design of the facility is
included in the 2019/2020 City Council adopted budget.
The Master Plan considered several potential locations for the new facility, ultimately identifying the
Drake Water Reclamation Facility (DWRF) as the preferred location. Separately, the City received a
proposal to construct a new facility in partnership with the Rocky Mountain Innosphere (a high-tech
incubator) on a parcel adjacent to and west of the Innosphere’s current facility, located at 320 E. Vine.
A subsequent cost-benefit evaluation of these two alternatives indicated that the partnership with
Innosphere offers the highest cost-benefit to the City, and also benefits the Innosphere.
The expected cost of a laboratory in partnership with Innosphere based on conceptual design is
$13.5M. Prior appropriations reduce the necessary future appropriations to $10.5M, with $4.25M from
the Water Fund and $6.25M from the Wastewater Fund.
This proposal was presented to Council Finance Committee on January 28.
4. Occupancy Limit Enforcement and Chronic Nuisance Properties Update. (staff: Justin Moore, Eric
Keselburg, Tom Leeson, Ginny Sawyer; 15 minute presentation, 45 minute discussion)
The purpose of this is to provide an update on the current occupancy enforcement program, including
process, approach, proactive efforts, outreach and education, and improvements over time; current
processes for increasing occupancy limits; and an update on chronic nuisance properties.
OTHER BUSINESS.
ADJOURNMENT.