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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Read Before Packet - 4/18/2023 - Memorandum From Anissa Hollingshead Re: Leadership Planning Team Meeting Minutes – April 17, 2023 City Clerk 300 LaPorte Avenue PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6515 970.221-6295 - fax fcgov.com/cityclerk MEMORANDUM DATE: April 17, 2023 TO: Mayor and Councilmembers FROM: Anissa Hollingshead, City Clerk RE: Leadership Planning Team (LPT) Meeting Mayor Jeni Arndt, Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis, City Manager Kelly DiMartino, City Attorney Carrie Daggett, Deputy City Manager Tyler Marr, and City Clerk Anissa Hollingshead met via a Teams online conference on Monday, April 17, 2023. The following summarizes the discussions that began at 8:00 a.m. 4/18/2023 Council Meeting: The published agenda for this meeting was reviewed. • This Council meeting will be conducted in person with hybrid remote participation options. Councilmembers will be present in person in Council Chambers. Public participation for the meeting will be available in three ways: in person, via Zoom, and by phone. The meeting will be broadcast on FCTV on cable television and via livestream. • Six proclamations are planned for this meeting to be presented at 5 p.m. in Council Chambers. • The consent calendar was reviewed. There are 12 second readings of ordinances, three first readings, and one resolution planned for the consent calendar along with approval of one set of minutes. • Following the consent calendar, there will be a staff report from the Poudre Fire Authority in order to present their annual report to the Council. The PFA board has been invited to join Council for a social dinner prior to the meeting. • The discussion agenda includes two items, each with two ordinances for second reading. The first of these items are the two ordinances relating to the rental housing program, and the second includes the ordinances that repeal and replace ordinances enacted at the March 7 meeting on split votes that were not properly published. • It was noted there is a significant amount of discussion anticipated for the rental housing program item. There was a question about what options the Council might have if they wished to delay or remove proactive inspections based on continuing community feedback. Based on this request, staff will be prepared to provide options to modify what was originally presented if Council wishes to amend before Leadership Planning Team Meeting April 17, 2023 Page 2 of 4 adopting on second reading. Another path forward if Council were to not pass the existing or an amended ordinance on second reading would be to bring forward a revised ordinance focused on registration only at the May 2 meeting. 6-Month Calendar: • Upcoming meetings were reviewed with particular attention to any shifts. • It was noted at next week’s work session, the sustainable revenue update will include the use of a dynamic tool that allows for real time adjusting of different revenue packages and other variables. • For June 20, it is being recommended to add a work session to the regular meeting that night. There is a planned discussion item on that meeting for an ordinance amending the Land Use Code that updates reverse setbacks relating to oil and gas facilities. The proposed work session would then discuss potential operational standards for oil and gas that evening as well. • Sustainable funding is being discussed at next week’s work session, on April 25. If necessary after this discussion, a one hour placeholder has been added to the planning calendar for June 13 to allow for further discussion on this topic. • Also discussed was ensuring adequate time for full consideration of potential ballot questions and issues ahead of the deadline for their adoption. There is time scheduled for these discussions on the May 9 work session. If additional time is needed after that work session, options will need to be identified prior to the final deadline to set any ballot language. The last regular meeting currently scheduled prior to the deadline to submit ballot language to the County the first week of September is August 15. A suggestion was discussed to remove the land use code topic from the 7-25 work session to free up time on that night and instead move that conversation to a special work session, potentially to be scheduled the week of Aug 1 on a different night than the normal Tuesday night meeting. It was noted if more time is needed to discuss potential Charter amendments, that would need to occur earlier than 7-25, as Charter amendment ballot questions must be placed on the ballot via ordinance and require two readings. City Clerk Anissa Hollingshead • Shared a notice of intent to circulate an initiative petition was submitted via email to the City Clerk’s Office late Friday afternoon. The subject matter of the proposed initiative is to amend Land Use Code § 3.8.16 (A), commonly referred to as U+2, and it is being submitted in attempt to be placed on the November regular election ballot. The notice of intent is being examined to determine it meets the requirements of the Charter. The City Clerk’s Office will be following up with the petition representatives on this. It is anticipated at some point in the next several days it is likely the form of petition will be approved. Once the petition form is approved, the representatives will have 60 days to circulate the petition. A successful petition requires valid signatures from registered voters equal to at Leadership Planning Team Meeting April 17, 2023 Page 3 of 4 least 10% of the voters participating in the last regular municipal election. This is just under 4,300 signatures total. Deputy City Manager Tyler Marr • No additional items. City Attorney Carrie Daggett • John Duval will be acting City Attorney next week. City Manager Kelly DiMartino • Shared a good news item regarding the digital inclusion space, noting she is getting ready to sign three different grant awards, one for Cache la Poudre, one for the Larimer County Digital Roots Workforce Center, and one for the Poudre School District underwriting a staff person supporting digital literacy. Being able to support these sorts of efforts continues to be an undercelebrated part of Connexion and a real benefit of Connexion in our community. Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis • Noted she walked on Linden Street this weekend and the patios on the east side of the street are difficult to navigate, including raising concerns around if it is wheelchair accessible. She asked if how this space is operating matches the intent of how it was designed and how people are expected to navigate the space. Tyler will take this as a follow up item with the engineering team, starting with developing a timeline for an expected response. Mayor Jeni Arndt • Both Mayor Pro Tem Francis and Mayor Arndt were able to participate in the Horse Tooth Half Marathon this weekend. Noted it was a great event and marked its 50th running. Offered a big thank you Fort Collins for that really nice run, noting it was a beautiful day that showed off Fort Collins well. • The City Summit of the Americas is coming up in Denver and is quite an event. It’s like the Summit of the Americas at the municipal level, recognizing the power of cities. Fort Collins has been invited to participate in a panel by the Department of Energy. Mayor Arndt has also been invited to the opening luncheon panel, participating with the mayors of Bogotá and Calgary. Also noted this is another example that reinforces the value of the connections the City has made through participating in the Bloomberg Leadership Planning Team Meeting April 17, 2023 Page 4 of 4 program, as she has had an opportunity to build an existing relationship with the mayor of Bogotá through that program. • Attended the last DDA meeting as the alternate. The parking study was presented and was really interesting. There is a will from the DDA to really look at parking. In a follow up discussion with a business owner, while support was expressed thoughts were also shared around not going too fast or people will stop shopping in Old Town. A suggestion was offered to look at perhaps 30 minutes of free parking to still allow quick pick-ups. Noted it was a good meeting with a lot of good discussion. LPT noted that the work session discussion scheduled this fall will be productive in this space. Meeting adjourned at 8:51 a.m.