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Economic Health Office
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PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: January 12, 2022
TO: Mayor and City Councilmember
THRU: Kelly DiMartino, Interim City Manager
Travis Storin, Chief Financial Officer
Kyle Stannert, Deputy City Manager
FROM: SeonAh Kendall, City Recovery Manager and Sr Economic Manager
Sarah Meline, Recovery Policy and Engagement Specialist
RE: JANUARY 11, 2022, WORK SESSION SUMMARY:
RECOVERY PLAN OVERVIEW
This memorandum provides a summary of the discussion related to the January 11, 2022, Work Session
Item – Recovery Plan Overview.
Councilmembers Present: Mayor Pro Tem Francis, Gutowsky, Pignataro, Canonico, Peel,
Ohlson
Presenting Staff: Travis Storin, SeonAh Kendall and Sarah Meline
DIRECTION SOUGHT:
1. Does Council agree with the proposed recovery themes and outcomes?
2. Does Council support the proposed process of allocated ARPA funds as a part of the 2023-2024
BFO?
DISCUSSION SUMMARY:
Council’s discussion covered the following points:
General agreement of the recovery themes and outcomes.
Questions on engagement with diverse groups (Attachment 1).
Support for Council on the timing of ARPA fund deployment within the 2023/2024 BFO process
while still allowing flexibility for emerging needs.
o Staff is exploring additional immediate and/or contingency needs. If brought forward, this
request would be brought to Council in April/May 2022.
Interest in expanding the environmental resilience theme section of the recovery plan, including
expanding natural areas and the rehabilitation of existing spaces.
Favor shrinking the K-shaped recovery by supporting nonprofits and community members most
impacted by the pandemic.
Language used in the recovery themes and outcomes.
o Utilities staff is providing a follow up memo in respect to references of One Water.
o Recovery staff will review additional edits and gaps, and reference these changes at the
January 25, 2022, Work Session.
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NEXT STEPS:
Staff is collecting community feedback on the recovery themes and objectives on
ourcity.fcgov.com/forfoco throughout January and early February 2022
Staff will continue to monitor the regional State ARPA funding opportunity and provide updates
to City Council
Council Work Session, Draft Recovery Plan – January 25, 2022
Consideration for Council adoption, Recovery Plan – March 1, 2022
Attachment 1: Recovery Plan Stakeholder List
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Fort Collins Recovery Plan Development: Stakeholders Engaged
Paid Engagement Partners
The following are community connectors and partners who were paid by the City to aid in public
engagement. Their efforts increased engagement by the hundreds and elevated the voices of vulnerable
groups most impacted by the pandemic.
• 301 Faith Partners: St Paul’s
Episcopal; Mary of Magdala,
Ecumenical Catholic; Trinity Lutheran
• Boys and Girls Club of Larimer County
• CARE Housing
• Community Connectors LLC
• Homeward Alliance
• Housing Catalyst
• ISAAC of Northern Colorado
• La Cocina
• The Matthew’s House
• Northern Colorado Health Network
• Peggy Lyle
• SPLASH Youth of Northern Colorado
• Teaching Tree Fort Collins
Community Organizations
The following organizations participated in stakeholder meetings and other engagement activities
throughout the plan development process.
• Adaptive Recreation Opportunities
• Alianzia Norco
• Alliance for Suicide Prevention of
Larimer County
• Art Lab
• Bohemian Foundation
• City of FC Boards & Commissions
• Coalition for the Poudre River
Watershed
• Colorado Creative Industries
• Columbine Health
• Commission on Disabilities
• Community Dreamer Fund
• Crossroads Safehouse
• CSU College of Health & Human
Services
• CSU Health Professions
• Disabled Resource Services
• Downtown Development Authority
• Family Housing Network
• FC Creative District
• FoCo Café
• Food Bank for Larimer County
• Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce
• Fort Collins Sustainability Group
• Fort Collins Symphony
• Fuerza Latina
• Habitat for Humanity
• Innosphere
• La Salud
• Larimer County
• Larimer County Economic & Workforce
Development
• Larimer County Health Department
• Level Up Business Advisory Council
• Lincoln Center
• Mental Health and Substance Use
Alliance
• Midtown BID
• Murphy Center
• Museum of Art Fort Collins
• Museum of Discovery
• Neighbor 2 Neighbor
• NOCO REDI
• Poudre Fire Authority
• Poudre River Public Library District
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• Poudre School District
• Realities for Children
• SAINT
• Sustain Music & Nature
• The Salvation Army
• United Way of Larimer County
• Utilities Key Accounts
• Visit Fort Collins
• Volunteers of America
An additional 30 respondents to Recovery Surveys indicated they were community organizations and/or
nonprofits.
Businesses
An additional 115 participants in Recovery Surveys indicated they were with a business. The City’s
Economic Health Office also held dozens of conversations with local businesses to better understand
challenges they are facing and what is needed most for them to regain stability and recovery.
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