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Futures Committee Agenda
Monday, August 21, 10am-12:00pm
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Call meeting to order
10:00am- 10:05am Facilitated by Tricia Canonico
Roll Call, Approval of June 12, 2023, Minutes and Overview of Futures Committee Participation:
10:05- 10:15 Facilitated by Caryn Champine
Think Tank Item 3-2023
10:15-11:15 The Future of Energy Transitions, Rushad Nanavatty, Managing Director of the Urban
Transformation and the Third Derivative programs at the Rocky Mountain Institute
• Q&A facilitated by Caryn Champine
• Summary provided by Caryn Champine (graphic recording by Carrie Van Horn)
Additional Committee Updates- Facilitated by Caryn Champine
Committee Members
Councilmember Emily Francis
Councilmember Susan Gutowsky
Councilmember Tricia Canonico
Staff Liaison: Caryn Champine, Director Planning, Development and Transportation
Staff Support: Megan DeMasters, Environmental Services; Melina Dempsey, FCMoves
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CITY OF FORT COLLINS
FUTURES COMMITTEE MEETING
Date: June 12, 2023
Location: Zoom
Time: 04:00pm-06:00pm
Committee Members present:
Councilmember Tricia Canonico
Councilmember Susan Gutowsky
Additional Council members present:
City Staff:
Caryn Champine
Presenters:
Caryn Champine
Additional Staff present:
Kelly DiMartino, City Manager’s Office
Megan DeMasters, Environmental Services
Melina Dempsey, FC Moves
Ginny Sawyer, City Manager’s Office
Carrie Daggett City Attorney’s Office
Amanda King, CPIO
Greg Yeager, Police Services
Kristina Vencill, Human Resources
Karen Burke, Human Resources
Lockie Woods, City Manager’s Office
Jacob Castillo, Sustainability Services Area
Terri Runyan, City Manager’s Office
Claudia Menendez, City Manager’s Office
Others present:
Kevin Jones, Fort Collins Chamber
Meeting called to order at 4:05pm
Approval of Minutes:
Councilmember Gutowsky moved to approve the November 14 minutes. Councilmember Canonico
seconded. Motion passed 2-0-1
Chairperson Comments:
N/A
Summary
Think Tank Item 2-2023: Portraits of Democracy for the Future, Jake Dunagan Director of Institute
for the Future (IFTF) Governance Futures Lab
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Section 1: Why Futurist Thinking –
Imagine we live in a divided city- develop a saying related to taxes
• Better to be surprised by a scenario then blindsided by the Future
• Where do we go for probabilities?
• Where do we go for preferences for future?
• Where do we go for possibilities for the future? – are there structures in place?
o Space where we end up being blindsided because we don’t see the possibility
• Where do we look for signals?
o Art, media, religion- we have institutions to look at probabilities and projections- few
things formally in place for possibilities
Look for non-linear connections
• Consider how to institutionalize possibilities/signals scanning
o Consider how to do signal scanning in the work
Section 2: Visions for Democracy
• Democracy is on the defensive- what are magnetic pulling visions of the future that can generate
energy towards creating democracy
• Signals of democracy’s decline
o Voting restrictions
o Low trust in government
o Violent rhetoric and authoritarian leaders and styles
o Hollowing out of civil-society institutions
• Signals of hope for the future
o Rise of worker movements
o High profile celebrity activism
o Republicanism in Barbados
o Stronger voter access laws in many states
o Grassroots initiatives like Boston Public Kitchen
o Polls showing people are not antigovernment
• Causal Layered Analysis- thought tool to help understand different dimensions that influence the
future
• What are the compelling images/metaphors that are compelling for democracy
o Image of tree and root system with organization and how we get work done, nurture
community.
o An image with youth and children…. What is the civic imagination of Fort Collins
o Open Space- Open minds
o Be kind, open space, open minds
• Space and imagination can be therapies- gives you some breathing room and moves out of the
spaces of politics
Additional Items
N/A
Meeting adjourned by Councilmember Canonico at 5:31pm
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