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MEMORANDUM
DATE: August 28, 2023
TO: Mayor and Councilmembers
FROM: Anissa Hollingshead, City Clerk
Heather Walls, Deputy City Clerk
RE: Leadership Planning Team (LPT) Meeting
Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis, Councilmember Julie Pignataro, City Manager Kelly DiMartino, City
Attorney Carrie Daggett, Assistant City Manager Rupa Venkatesh, City Clerk Anissa Hollingshead, and
Deputy City Clerk Heather Walls met in person on Monday, August 28, 2023. The following summarizes
the discussions that began at 8:00 a.m.
09/05/2023 Council and Electric Utility Enterprise Board Meetings:
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 at 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.
• The consent calendar was reviewed. There are 6 second readings, 7 first readings and 5 resolutions
planned for the consent calendar along with two sets of minutes for approval.
• Item #13 - Amending Various Sections of the Code of the City of Fort Collins to Correct
References to the Building Review Board and to Correct References to Meeting Minutes
Requirements, corrects cross references in the Code to match Code changes made in 2021. The
need for the amendments was realized while working on the current Board and Commissions
updates.
• It was noted that item #10 was listed twice on the draft agenda. The duplicate item is replaced as
item #12 with Items Related to the Implementation of a Smart Grid Electric Vehicle Charge
Management Solution.
• For item #22 on the initial draft, Amending the Land Use Code to include Regulations for Making
Water Adequacy Determinations, it was noted that Council direction was for Planning and Zoning
Commission to review again and make a recommendation on the remaining outstanding question
regarding whether new potable water supply entities within the service area of an established existing
provider would need to be excluded from the service area or to receive the consent of the existing
provider to operate. The Commission voted 4-2 to recommend Council adopt the proposed
regulations as presented by staff.
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August 28, 2023
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• The order of discussion items was reviewed and determined that the order should be:
o Occupancy Ballot Issue
o Oil and Gas/Land Use Code Amendment
o Ad Hoc Committee Board and Commission recommendations
o Water Adequacy/Land Use Code Amendment
• For item #21 on the initial draft, Amending the Land Use Code Regarding Buffering Between
Buildings with Occupiable Space and Oil and Gas Facilities, it was noted that all Boards &
Commission recommendations should be included on the Agenda Item Summary.
• For item #20, Recommendations from the Ad Hoc Committee on Boards and Commissions, it
was noted that the presentation would include redline language related to Code of Conduct revisions
and Women’s Advisory Board updates. City Attorney Carrie Daggett also noted that sections of the
Rules of Ethical Conduct have been renumbered and reorganized to make it easier to follow, and
there has been other renumbering to incorporate the new Code of Conduct review process.
6-Month Calendar:
Upcoming meetings were reviewed with particular attention to any shifts.
• The PRPA Community Report scheduled for September 26 will move to October 10 and shift to a
work session item rather than a Community Report. The Larimer County Public Health Update will
tentatively shift to September 26 pending confirmation from Tom Gonzales. It was also noted that
staff would be available to answer Council questions in connection with the PRPA Report, including
questions on solar.
• The staff report from the Equity Office on Native American Work and Land Acknowledgement
scheduled for November 14 will be removed and a memo will be sent to Council in place of the report.
• The Hunger Action Month proclamation will move to September 19.
Deputy City Clerk Heather Walls
• No additional items.
City Clerk Anissa Hollingshead
• It was noted that today is the last day to file candidate nomination petitions. The website will be
updated as soon as any new information has been submitted. There was also discussion related to
potential election page updates to be more intuitive to voters. Completed is the addition of a new
quick link on the main page to the content of the November 2023 ballot.
Assistant City Manager Rupa Venkatesh
• No additional items.
City Attorney Carrie Daggett
• No additional items.
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City Manager Kelly DiMartino
• There was a significant water main break over the weekend at Drake and Lemay . Two on-call crews
were required due to the time involved in repairing the water main in two places. The road will need
to be repaved and lined and is expected to re-open on Tuesday. Kudos to the crews that coordinated
the repair to bring the road back online so quickly.
• Innosphere Ventures has partnered with CSU to submit a National Science Foundation Regional
Innovation Engines Program Grant. This proposal is in the top 16 finalists for the $160 million grant
over ten years for the Colorado-Wyoming region for cutting edge climate research. The National
Science Foundation will visit October 10-12 to determine the region’s suitability for the grant.
Councilmember Julie Pignataro
• Noted attendance was lower than expected for the Volunteer Services Engagement Summit that took
place on August 26 which had to compete with Tour de Fat and ComiCon and offered feedback to
the organizers.
• Requested a process be put in place for when the public would like to hand Council information during
public comment at Council meetings.
• Noted that a time limit to speak at meetings of boards and commissions should also be included with
the Board and Commission updates being presented on September 5.
Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis
• Noted there has been frustration from surrounding residents related to website updates and
communication on certain construction projects.
• Noted that she continues to hear concern from residents about City staff not answering their phones
and emails. The City Manager will follow up to get more information about specific examples.
Meeting adjourned at 8:56 a.m.