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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - Mail Packet - 4/13/2021 - Legislative Review Committee Meeting Agenda - April 15, 2021 City Manager’s Office City Hall 300 LaPorte Ave. PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6505 970.224.6107 - fax fcgov.com Legislative Review Committee Agenda April 15, 2021 3:00-4:00 PM Zoom - https://fcgov.zoom.us/j/93795173215 1. Approval of minutes from March 3, 2021 Meeting • Attached: March 3, 2021 Minutes 2. Bill Review: Bills of note, CML Municipal Caucus debrief o Bill tracker can be found here: https://www.statebillinfo.com/SBI/index.cfm?fuseaction=P ublic.Dossier&id=29295&pk=583 a. Bills for LRC Review: o HB 21-1222: Regulation Of Family Child Care Homes o HB 21-1162: Management of Plastic Products o SB 21-062: Jail Population Management Tools o Other bills of note b. Strategy/Priorities for Remainder of Session o Transportation funding o Budget (long-bill) 3. Other Business a. Wildfire advocacy update City Manager’s Office City Hall 300 LaPorte Ave. PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6505 970.224.6107 - fax fcgov.com Legislative Review Committee Minutes March 3rd, 2021 8:00-9:00 AM Zoom Webinar - https://zoom.us/j/92427208875 Approval of minutes from October 30, 2020 Meeting • Minutes approved unanimously. Bill Review: Bills of note, CML Municipal Caucus debrief, what’s on the horizon Note: Staff will populate dossier and bill tracker in conjunction with CML Municipal Caucus meeting prior to LRC meeting. • HB21-1025 – Nonsubstantive emails and open meeting laws, waiting to be assigned to a Senate Committee. • Police bill – keeping an eye out for the bill. Police connection • HB21-1110 – indicate municipalizes are out of regulation if they are not up to date to the most recent standards. Does not a have timeline/deadline. CML is optimistic that a deadline will be added (currently oppose, but will move to monitored) • SB21-031 – restricts ability to permit local events. Requires multiple violent offenders before police can engage. CML opposing and will propose amendments. • SB 34 (died) – fee levied on all water providers. Concern there is no guarantee the money comes back to the utility. Additional fee would be levied on everyone and would likely be distributed inequitably. Does not seem like the best way to finance water (Oppose). • Cunniff – stated lack of control is the main concern with HB1034 (local authorities ability to required (preemption) to use natural gas). • Marr – CML expects HB1034 to die. • Cunniff – questioned if committee members have any concern with him testifying and opposing HB1034 in an upcoming session. • Cunniff – natural gas for cooking is a safety and air pollution concern. Home installations do not have the necessary ventilation. • Marr – CML is expecting a bill with modification to the gas tax or vehicle miles traveled. Significant portion to go to five NPOs. Heads up that when this gets introduced, it may be something the City will want to support. • Summers – raised interest in discussing plastics. • Summers – the proposed State bill would place a fee of 10 cents on plastic bags for all retailers. It would give retailers two years to make the adjustment before going into a plastic bag ban. State preemption will also be discussed. • Summers – City rule would charge 12 cents for grocers. • Summers – Suggestion to find alignment between the state bill and the potential of the City’s plastic bag policy. • Cunniff – questioned if the City’s policy could be adjusted for unity across the different retailers. • Summers – yes, Council can adjust the local ordinance to align with the state law. This would be the best thing to do. • Cunniff – agreed that if the state bill passes, the City should plan to align with the state law. • Summers – current proposal splits the fee: 4 cents to go to the retailer and 6 cents to the local government. Interesting that the fee is not split evenly. This could change easily. • Gutowsky – question the timing of this bill and how it is aligned, or not, with the City’s. Questioned if it is likely the bill will pass. • Summers – stated there is a majority of democrats in the house, a significant portion of democrats in the senate, and a democratic governor. State preemption piece is the most contested item in the bill. • Summers – if the bill passes for the entire state, it may not make sense for communities to have their own policy. • Summers – a lot of negotiations going on so it will be interesting to see when it does show up. It is past the deadline for when bills should be submitted at their final form. Anticipate it coming on the calendar within the next week or two. Colorado Communities for Climate Action (CC4CA) Update • Ex – City is a founding member with now 35 members for stronger state and federal climate policy. • Finchum – positions that CC4CA has right now. Next meeting tomorrow with the legislative group o Hazard Mitigation and Resilience bill – was introduced last year. Looking to set up a fund for hazard mitigation to address the hazards in Colorado. Will be introduced this week or next week. • Summers – questioned the source of hazard, source of funding, and who gets the money. • Finchum – funding will come from the real estate and insurance industry. The money would go to local governments and would support infrastructure. Very open at this point. • Summers – questioned if there would be an extra fee for those purchasing homes. Thought the money would be going toward specific hazards like cleaning up a gas leak site instead of nebulous approach to support climate infrastructure. • Finchum – stated insurance companies are also involved as a funding source. • Summers – questioned if 1052 Hydroelectricity is opposed due to the pump issue. • Finchum – yes, the use of the word pump and other amendments are being proposed. • Cunniff – questioned if there were any concern raised about methane impacts of the new hydroelectric project. Particularly about the vegetation producing methane. • Ex – stated the bill is written very simply. The bill is trying to remove the pump hydroelectric from the exclusion list. • Marr – staff will consolidate the CC4A tracker as they impact the City. • Cunniff – questioned if Plate River Power Authority was discussed regarding SB72. • Cunniff – will plan to ask the Plate River staff if they have any challenges with the bill Other Business 1. Wildfire advocacy update • Work is ongoing and coalition is working hard to get Governor Polis on a tour of the burn area. Will keep council in the loop. • Cunniff – support for plan • Marr – working to open the water protection program. 2. Future meetings during 2021 legislative session • Link sent out last night, the tracker will be updating live. • Seeking feedback on how frequently the committee would like to meet. • Gutowsky – satisfied with the monthly meeting. • Summers – support for monthly • Pignatora – questioned when the session ends. • Marr – CML has municipal caucus meetings scheduled until the end of April. Scheduling a meeting for early April can help inform if a third meeting is needed. • Cunniff – earliest date of swearing in if no challenge is heard is April 26th. • Marr – plan to look at the municipal caucus schedule and schedule this meeting shortly after