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Fort Colfins, CO 80522
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TO: Mayor and City Councilmembers
THRU: Darin Atteberry, City Manager
Jeff Mihelich, Deputy City Manag
Jackie Kozak Thiel, Chief Sus,taina ility Officer i-W-7- ixj `b(-A�
Lucinda Smith, Environmental Services Director 4,
FROM: Cassie Archuleta, Air Quality Program Manager
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RE- May 14, 2019 or Session Summary:
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options for 24-hour complaint response. All Councilmernbers except Councilmember Goirgol were
present,
Discussion Summar
Staff requested direction regarding options for 24-hour complaint response, In summary, Council
• Supported the recommended option to leverage existing non -emergency response
resources for immediate health or safety concern related to smoke from an active fire.
• Supported promotion of alternative options available to a complainant, including! resou,ces
to support nei'lghbor-to-neighbor interactions, and resources to file a nuisance complaint
• Suggested that an outreach brochure be included with utility hills.
• Suggested further consideration of' an incentive program.
• Supported additional neigh borhood/1-10A scale engagement,
• Asked that the first season, evaluation include an assessment of the time of the curfew (e.g.,
11 pm vs. I Opm).
Staff Folloff:UR
Staff has already begun supporting compliance with the new code. For the first season of
implementation, staff will:
* Provide quarterly updates to Council,
* Explore considerations for a potential incentive program that encourages alternatives to
wood fires,
Following the first season, staff will evaluate the program and return to Council in 2020 with a
summary and further recommendations, if necessary.
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Fort Collins, CO 80524
Date: May 20, 2019
To: Mayor and City Councilmembers
Thru: Darin Atteberry, City Manager'
Tom DeMint, PFA Fire Chief
From: Kirsten Howard, Budget & Finance Supervisor
Re: May 14, 2019 Work Session Summary: Poudre Fire Authority 2D18 Annual Report
On May 14, 2019, City Council, the Poudre Valley Fire Protection District Board (PVFPD), and staff
from the Poudre Fire Authority (PFA) met in work session to discuss PFA's governance, PFA's 2018
Annual Report including 2018 performance measurements and metrics, financial position, and a focus
an issues moving forward. The 2014 Amended and Restated Intergovernmental Agreement between
the PVFPD and the City of Fort Collins, establishing the PFA, stipulates that the Authority will provide
a report to the City and District annually. Chief DeMint reflected on the progress of continuous
improvement efforts and data -informed, outcome -based decision making. The 2018 Annual Report
can be viewed at https:ltpfaannualreport.com.
Highlights of the report included:
• 300% Increase in cardiac survival rates due to updated and improved clinical protocols,
standardized equipment, training, and interoperability between northern Colorado agencies.
• Non-traditional Community Risk Reduction efforts including participation in the Hoarding Task
Force and Community Service Action Teams, PulsePoint App and teaching hands -only CPR,
as well as traditional efforts such as construction plans review, fire code adoption, and building
inspections.
96.67% of the time PFA interceded before Flashover. By containing a fire to its room of origin
through rapid response, fire sprinklers or fire containment (interceding before flashover), fire
loss and injuries can be reduced.
Funding — 96.7% of PFA's revenue is Intergovernmental, funded by PFA's "parent
organizations" (City of Fort Collins and PVFPD).
• Projected 2018 underspend of 2.7% of budget, or $910,000, which is returned to PFA's
reserves for future allocation.
i Future looking issues include community growth, regionalization of services, human services
oriented Community Risk Reduction, future funding, and right -sized response (looking at
methods that challenge traditional response models to emergencies).
Discussion at the Council work session centered on major challenges over the next 20 years; how the
Authority provides services that are regionally beneficial to Moth "parent organizations"; the Roving
Alternative Medical (RAM) Unit and right -sized response; how the train that runs through the center of
the City affects PFA response, why multiple emergency vehicles respond to incidents; PFA's low
firefighter per capita ration and PFA's volunteer firefighter program; and, that the Office of Emergency
Management has transitioned from PFA to the City Manager's Office.
Planning, Development & Transportation
281 North College Avenue
P.O. Box 584
Fort Collins. CO B0522.0580
970.221.6376
970.224.6134 - fax
DATE: May 17, 2019
TO: Mayor Troxell and City Councilmembers
TNRU: Darin Atteberry, City Manager q -_
Jeff Mihelieh, Deputy City Manager9,%
Dean Klingner, Deputy Director of PDT
FROM: Tom Leeson, CDNS Director
Cameron Gloss, Long -Range Planning Manager
RE: May 14, 2019 Work Session Summary-- Harmony Gateway Update
At the May 14th Council Work Session, Cameron Gloss and Tom Leeson presented
draft concepts for an update to the Harmony 'Gateway Area', which is a component of
the Harmony Corridor Plan.
Councilmembers present at the Work Session were Mayor Wade Troxell, Ross Cunniff,
Susan Gutowsky, Julie Pignataro, Mayor Pro Tern Kristin Stephens and Ken Summers.
Council Comments and General Direction:
Staff will incorporate the following additional comments into the public process and
future drafts of the Harmony Corridor Plan Update for the 'Gateway Area:
Land Use Intensity. Staff is being requested to further explore alternative land
use and development pattern scenarios with lesser intensity. Each of the
alternatives should consider impacts to transportation and natural features. The
majority of Council expressed pursuit of a'middle pathway' that would make the
Gateway Area more inviting, but not too developed. Some members suggested
that the proposed DRAFT changes were tantamount to an up -zoning.
® Design Character: While there was acknowledgement that proposed design
standards include naturalistic elements based on the Poudre River valley
character, it was suggested by some members that the design parameters do not
fully take into account the existing open character of the area and that Natural
Areas and Nature in the City concepts could be incorporated more clearly. Some
elements of the design standards, particularly the 1-25 and Harmony landscaped
edges, regional trail, and sign limits, were viewed positively.
w Review Process: General support was expressed for the Gateway Plan Update
community engagement process used to date. It was suggested that more time
and public discussion is needed to examine alternative scenarios, vet the ideas,
and to receive comments from the Transportation Advisory Board and the Land
Conservation and Stewardship Board,
Next Steps_& Adoption Schedule:
Overall, Council expressed reservations about the project schedule and requested that
staff work through the community engagement process and delay Council adoption.
Staff will prepare a land use and design alternatives analysis that will be shared with the
community, Planning and Zoning Board, Natural Resource Advisory Board, Land
Conservation and Stewardship Board, and the Transportation Advisory Board prior to
returning to City Council for its consideration at an undetermined future date.
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