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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 04/21/2020 - RESOLUTION 2020-038 APPROVING EMERGENCY RULES ANDAgenda Item 19 Item # 19 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY April 21, 2020 City Council STAFF Darin Atteberry, City Manager Jim Byrne, Office of Emergency Management Carrie Daggett, City Attorney SUBJECT Resolution 2020-038 Approving Emergency Rules and Regulations Enacted by the City Manager Pursuant to the Local COVID-19 Emergency Between April 6 and April 1617, 2020. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to approve emergency rules and regulations enacted by the City Manager between April 6 and April 167, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 emergency. Section 2-671(a)(6)(a) of the City Code provides that the emergency rules and regulations must be confirmed at the earliest practical time by the City Council. This Resolution seeks Council’s approval and ratification of the emergency measures. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The City of Fort Collins continues to be threatened with serious injury and damage, consisting of widespread human and economic impact caused by the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). On March 13, 2020, in order to undertake emergency measures to protect the life, health, safety and property of the citizens of the City and persons conducting business therein, and in order to attempt to minimize the loss of human life and the preservation of property, the City Manager, as the Director of the City’s Office of Emergency Management, proclaimed a “local emergency” in accordance with Section 2-671(a)(1) of the City Code and activated the Emergency Operations Plan established pursuant to Section 2-673 of the City Code. The City Council extended the local emergency until such time as the City Manager determines in writing that the conditions justifying the local emergency no longer exist, with the adoption of Resolution 2020-030 on March 20, 2020. Council has since adopted Resolution 2020-032 and Resolution 2020-036, approving Emergency Rules and Regulations Nos. 2020-01 through 2020-08. Subsequently, the City Manager has issued the following additional emergency rules and regulations in order to protect the health and safety of City residents and visitors, as follows: • Emergency Regulation No. 2020-09, designates an outdoor emergency shelter area at the Northside Aztlan Community Center and adopts Temporary Outdoor Shelter Regulations that will govern the use of the outdoor emergency shelter area, including a prohibition on the open carrying of firearms within the designated outdoor shelter area; and • Emergency Regulation No. 2020-010, waiving the requirements of the City Land Use Code, Building Code and Fire Code for the property at 1125 West Myrtle Street (the former Elderhaus property off of Shields Street owned by CSURF) so that it can be used to shelter people experiencing homelessness who test positive or are presumed to have COVID-19; and Agenda Item 19 Item # 19 Page 2 • Emergency Regulation No. 2020-011, suspending the City Code requirement that solid waste collectors make curbside pickup of residential yard trimmings available at least weekly from April 1 to November of each year, so no residential yard trimming pickup is required from April 1 to June 30, 2020, while allowing the haulers to offer this service if they are willing and able to. • Emergency Regulation No. 2020-012 authorizing scheduled route reductions for Transfort to respond to the pandemic as needed. RESOLUTION 2020-038 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING EMERGENCY RULES AND REGULATIONS ENACTED BY THE CITY MANAGER PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL COVID-19 EMERGENCY BETWEEN APRIL 6 AND APRIL 1716, 2020 WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins is threatened with serious injury and damage, consisting of widespread human and economic impact caused by the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19); and WHEREAS, in early March declarations of emergency regarding COVID-19 were issued by President Trump, Governor Polis and the Larimer County Department of Public Health and Environment; and WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, in order to undertake emergency measures to protect the life, health, safety and property of the citizens of the City and persons conducting business therein, and in order to attempt to minimize the loss of human life and the preservation of property, the City Manager, as the Director of the City’s Office of Emergency Management, proclaimed a “local emergency” in accordance with Section 2-671(a)(1) of the City Code and activated the Emergency Operations Plan established pursuant to Section 2-673 of the City Code; and WHEREAS, the City Council extended the local emergency until such time as the City Manager determines in writing that the conditions justifying the local emergency no longer exist, with the adoption of Resolution 2020-030 on March 20, 2020; and WHEREAS, having proclaimed a local emergency, the City Manager has issued emergency rules and regulations in order to protect the health and safety of City residents and visitors; and WHEREAS, at its adjourned meeting on March 31, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution 2020-032, approving the Emergency Rules and Regulations that had as of that date been issued by the City Manager, including the following: a. Emergency Regulation No. 2020-01, Authorizing Emergency Purchases pursuant to City Code Section 8-161(b)(1), dated March 17, 2020; and b. Emergency Regulation No. 2020-02, suspending certain legal requirements to allow the operation of a day shelter, homeless shelter, and/or seasonal overflow shelter at the Northside Aztlan Community Center, dated March 19, 2020; and c. Emergency Regulation No. 2020-03, suspending fares for all Transfort bus routes within the City, including FLEX and MAX routes and Dial-a-Ride trips, dated March 19, 2020; and d. Emergency Regulation No. 2020-04, suspending the operation of the requirements of City Code Chapter 26 related to disconnecting City non- telecommunication utility services to a premise upon non- or late payment of utility service fees during the pendency of the local emergency or other applicable order, dated March 20, 2020; and e. First Amended Emergency Regulation No. 2020-05A, suspending the prohibition on occupying recreational vehicles on private property, with written permission from the property owner, for working, living, or sleeping purposes in order to use that recreational vehicle to promote physical distancing and/or quarantine, dated March 30, 2020; and and WHEREAS, at its regular meeting on April 7, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution 2020-036, approving the Emergency Rules and Regulations that had as of that date been issued by the City Manager, including the following: a. Emergency Regulation No. 2020-06, authorizing places of worship or assembly to conduct live religious services on their property so long as attendance is viewed remotely from on the property in vehicles provided physical distancing requirements are met and provided the arrangement is permitted by State and County “stay-at-home” orders, dated April 1, 2020; and b. Emergency Regulation No. 2020-07, limiting enforcement for certain types of parking violations (block face restrictions, overtime, expired tags, and residential parking permit violations) and easing certain requirements related to parking tickets, dated April 1, 2020; and c. Emergency Regulation No. 2020-08, authorizing certain temporary sign, banner and pennant encroachments by essential businesses during the local emergency, dated April 4, 2020; and WHEREAS, the City Manager has since issued additional Emergency Rules and Regulations (collectively referred to as the “Emergency Rules and Regulations”), as follows: a. Emergency Regulation No. 2020-09, designates an outdoor emergency shelter area at the Northside Aztlan Community Center and adopts Temporary Outdoor Shelter Regulations that will govern the use of the outdoor emergency shelter area, including a prohibition on the open carrying of firearms within the designated outdoor shelter area; and b. Emergency Regulation No. 2020-010, waiving the requirements of the City Land Use Code, Building Code and Fire Code for the property at 1125 W. Myrtle Street (the former Elderhaus property off of Shields Street owned by CSURF) so that it can be used to shelter people experiencing homelessness who test positive or are presumed to have COVID-19; and c. Emergency Regulation No. 2020-011, suspending the City Code requirement that solid waste collectors make curbside pickup of residential yard trimmings available at least weekly from April 1 to November of each year, so no residential yard trimming pickup is required from April 1 to June 30, 2020, while allowing the haulers to offer this service if they are willing and able to; and d. Emergency Regulation No. 2020-012 authorizing scheduled route reductions for Transfort to respond to the pandemic as needed; and WHEREAS, Section 2-671(a)(6)(a) of the City Code provides that the emergency rules and regulations must be confirmed at the earliest practical time by the City Council; and WHEREAS, the Council has determined that Emergency Regulations No. 2020-01 through No. 2020-011 are reasonably necessary to the protection of life, health, safety and property of the residents of and visitors to Fort Collins. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes any and all determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. Section 2. That the City Council hereby finds that the City Manager’s establishment of the Emergency Rules and Regulations, attached hereto as Exhibit A, Exhibit B, and Exhibit C and Exhibit D and incorporated herein by this reference, was necessary in the interest of protecting the life, health, safety and property of the citizens of Fort Collins. Section 3. That the City Council hereby confirms, ratifies and approves Emergency Rules and Regulations No. 2020-09, No. 2020-010, and No. 2020-011 and No. 2020-012, as of the date of their establishment by the City Manager. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 21st day of April, A.D. 2020. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: ___________________________________ City Clerk        &LW\0DQDJHU¶V2IILFH /DSRUWH$YHQXH 32%R[ )RUW&ROOLQV&2    fcgov.com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¶VFXUUHQWKHDOWKVWDWXV SHUVRQVZLWK&29,'V\PSWRPVVKRXOGEH XUJHGWRFRQVLGHULVRODWLRQDWWKH1$&& City Manager’s Office 300 Laporte Avenue PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6505 970.224.6107 fcgov.com EMERGENCY RULES AND REGULATIONS No. 2020-10 To all persons take notice: That for the protection of life, health, safety and property as affected by reason of the COVID-19 Event, which resulted in my declaration of a “local emergency” under the authority of Chapter 2, Article IX of the Code of the City of Fort Collins, (the “City”) and which declaration of local emergency was filed with the City Clerk and with the Colorado Division of Emergency Management on March 13, 2020, and extended by City Council adoption of Resolution 2020- 030 on March 20, 2020, I have hereby established, under the authority of Sec. 2-671(a)(6)a, the following rules and regulations: 1. Commencing on April 10, 2020, and until further notice, the requirements of the Fort Collins Land Use Code, Building Code and Fire Code related to the permitting and use of property as a day shelter, homeless shelter, and/or seasonal overflow shelter, shall not apply to the use of the property owned by the Colorado State University Research Foundation located at 1105 W. Myrtle Street, Fort Collins, Colorado as a temporary shelter for persons experiencing homelessness. 2. Nothing in this emergency regulation shall prevent the City from utilizing such other legal mechanisms as are available to it, including, without limitation, Chapter 20, Article I of the City Code and/or the Uniform Code for abatement of dangerous buildings in cases of emergency. Pursuant to Section 2-671(e) of the City Code, the rules and regulations set forth herein shall be disseminated to local radio and television stations and to a newspaper having a general circulation within the City. DATED this 10th day of April, A.D. 2020. __________________________________ Darin A. Atteberry, City Manager  City Manager’s Office 300 Laporte Avenue PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6505 970.224.6107 fcgov.com EMERGENCY RULES AND REGULATIONS No. 2020-11 To all persons take notice: That for the protection of life, health, safety and property as affected by reason of the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), which resulted in my declaration of a “local emergency” under the authority of Chapter 2, Article IX of the Code of the City of Fort Collins, (City) and which declaration of local emergency was filed with the City Clerk and with the Colorado Division of Emergency Management on March 13, 2020 and extended by City Council adoption of Resolution 2020-030 on March 20, 2020 (Local Emergency), I have hereby established, under the authority of City Code Sec. 2-671(a)(6)a, the following emergency rules and regulations (Emergency Regulation): 1. Commencing on April 1, 2020, and continuing through May 31, 2020 (Suspension Period), I am suspending the application of City Code Section 14-414(a) that requires curbside collection of residential yard trimmings at least once per week from April 1 through November of each year upon a customer’s request. During the Suspension Period, each solid waste collector licensed by the City shall collect residential yard trimmings on a service frequency determined by the collector (including not providing the service at all). Commencing on June 1, 2020 and thereafter, each solid waste collector licensed by the City shall collect residential yard trimmings on the schedule set forth in City Code Section 14-414(a), unless I extend this Emergency Regulation in writing. 2. I find that this Emergency Regulation is reasonable and necessary to promote the health, safety and welfare of the public as it will allow licensed solid waste collectors to continue essential functions in an economically viable manner and reduce adverse economic impact for all such collectors during the Local Emergency. 3. Nothing in this Emergency Regulation shall suspend or prevent the City from enforcing any other provision of the City Code, including but not limited to those related to licensing requirements applicable to solid waste collectors set forth in Chapter 15, Article 15 and those regarding collection and disposal of refuse and rubbish set forth in Chapter 12, Article 12 of the City Code. 4. Pursuant to Section 2-671(e) of the City Code, the rules and regulations set forth herein shall be disseminated to local radio and television stations and to a newspaper having a general   circulation within the City. A knowing violation of these rules and regulations shall be a misdemeanor punishable under Section 1-15 of the City Code. This Emergency Regulation shall remain in effect as expressly set forth above or until superseded, rescinded or extended by a subsequent emergency regulation, whichever first occurs. DATED this _____ day of April, A.D. 2020. __________________________________ Darin A. 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