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MEMORANDUM
Date: February 27, 2024
To: Mayor and City Councilmembers
Through: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
From: Rupa Venkatesh, Assistant City Manager
Subject: Feb. 27, 2024 Adjourned Meeting Item #1
Please see attached for the updated PowerPoint presentation which contains the following
updates:
• Slide 21 (Priority Setting timeline) was moved to Slide 2
• Slide 4 – “advancing” under Economic Health and “advancing” under Transportation &
Mobility were both corrected to “advance” to match the verbiage in the resolution
• Slide 10 – “advancing” was corrected to “advance” to match the verbiage in the
resolution
• Slide 17 – “advancing” was corrected to “advance” to match the verbiage in the
resolution
ATTACHMENT
1. Presentation
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Chief Sustainability Officer
Jacob Castillo
Assistant City Manager
Rupa Venkatesh
Council Priorities
Session #3
02-27-24
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Priority setting timeline
APR MAY JUNJANFEBMARDEC
JANUARY 23
Work Session: Ground
Setting for Priority Setting
MARCH TBD
Council Finance
Committee: 2024 Mini
BFO for 2050 tax
JUNE 25
Start of 2024-2026
Budget Work Sessions
FEBRUARY 13
Work Session: Priority
Setting Session 2 with
Staff Feedback
MARCH 19
Consideration to Adopt
Strategic Plan
JANUARY 27
Retreat: Priority Setting
Session 1
DECEMBER 12
Work Session: Council
End of Term Report
FEBRUARY 27
Consideration to Adopt
Council Priorities and Work
Session re: Strategic Plan
Updates
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Process
•At the Jan. 27 retreat, Council discussed:
•What are the things that are important to each Councilmember?
•What are the common themes/outcomes among those individual inputs?
•From the common themes, what does success look like if the priority was achieved?
•Feb. 13 Work Session, staff brought back to Council information including:
•What are we already doing toward the proposed priority?
•What are the challenges/barriers in achieving these outcomes? This was used to craft each
problem/definition statement.
•What are some example tasks/short-term goals?
•Feb. 27: Council consideration to adopt 2024-2026 priorities and their definition statements
•Following the Feb. 27 adoption of Council priorities:
•Work sessions with staff and Council to align work underway and opportunities to inform how to best achieve
the priorities.
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Neighborhood Livability & Social Health
•Operationalize City Resources to Build
and Preserve Affordable Housing
•Improve Human and Social Health for
Vulnerable Populations
•Improve Animal Welfare through Public
Education and Policy
Economic Health
•Advance a 15-minute City by Igniting
our Neighborhood Centers
•Pursue an Integrated, Intentional
Approach to Economic Health
Environmental Health
•Create Pathways for Zero Waste
Infrastructure and Policies
•Reduce Climate Pollution and Air
Pollution Through Electrification
•Protect Community Water Systems in
an Integrated Way to Ensure Resilient
Water Resources and Healthy
Watersheds
Transportation & Mobility
•Advance a 15-minute City by
Accelerating Our Shift to Active Modes
High Performing Government
•Develop a Hughes Site Master Plan
•Make Government More Accessible,
Approachable and Fun
•Continue Stewardship of Our Civic
Institution
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Operationalize City Resources to Build and Preserve Affordable
Housing
Not everyone in our community has access to healthy, stable housing, and we are
currently not meeting our affordable housing production goal. Limited highly
competitive funding, rapidly increasing costs, long development timelines, and
historic under-production of housing units have led to severe housing availability
and affordability issues in Fort Collins and many areas around the State of
Colorado.
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Improve Human and Social Health for Vulnerable Populations
Obstacles and barriers exist that impede access to services for our underserved
community members.We need to work with our regional partners and invest in a
robust and accessible safety net to create conditions where one is not needed.
Existing oil and gas wells in and around Fort Collins cause harmful pollution and
have negative environmental and human health impacts.
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Improve Animal Welfare through Public Education and Policy
Fort Collins is a place that loves its animals, both wild and domesticated, and its
policies should reflect that.
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10
Advance a 15-Minute City by Igniting Neighborhood Centers
Market factors, limited tools and programs, ownership patterns and rising
development costs hinder us from accelerating our goal for everyone to have daily
goods, services and transit within a 15-minute walk or bike ride from their home.
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Pursue an Integrated, Intentional Approach to Economic Health
Good jobs and opportunities for economic mobility are missing for many in our
community, particularly those from underserved and underrepresented populations.
Processes related to doing business in the City of Fort Collins can be unclear,
unnecessarily complex, and unfriendly to business customers.
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Create Pathways for Zero Waste Infrastructure and Policies
Fort Collins is currently missing the nearby infrastructure needed to meet its
commitments to becoming a Zero Waste and Carbon Neutral community. Policies
and programs for diverting material away from landfills are dependent upon viable,
community-scale facilities for recycling, composting, and other waste diversion
actions.
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Reduce Climate Pollution and Air Pollution Through Electrification
Building energy use accounts for over 2/3 of the community emissions inventory;
vehicle transportation emissions account for 25%; small engines (such as lawn and
garden equipment) contribute to both local Greenhouse Gas emissions and air
pollution; and the North Front Range is in a severe non-attainment zone for air
quality under the Clean Air Act. Without significantly reducing emissions from these
sectors, it will be impossible to improve air quality and meet Council-adopted climate
goals.
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15
Protect Community Water Systems in an Integrated Way to Ensure
Resilient Water Resources and Healthy Watersheds
Resilient water resources and healthy watersheds depend on complex systems and
a diverse network of relationships and regional partners. The water utility of the
future must incorporate a One Water approach to deliver equitable solutions to meet
the future challenges of water scarcity, quality, and affordability.
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17
Advance a 15-Minute City by Accelerating Our Shift to Active
Modes
Multiple departments and funding sources are necessary to implement the Active
Modes and Vision Zero Plans, which can create inefficiency and missed
opportunities. Community support and behavior change is also critical. Both
challenges need focus in order to accelerate achieving our goal of 50% active mode
share by 2032.
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Develop a Hughes Site Master Plan
In accordance with the voter-approved ballot measure, the City acquired the 164-
acre Hughes site in summer 2023.After conducting initial general public outreach
and identifying conflicting interests and desires, Council will engage in an inclusive
process to develop a site plan for future use.
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Make Government More Accessible, Approachable and Fun.
Our evolving community and ever-changing media/communications landscape
requires an innovative approach to reduce barriers and ensure everyone has access
to timely, relevant and accurate information and opportunities to connect with their
local government and community in meaningful ways.
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Continue Stewardship of Our Civic Institution
Although small parts of the Charter get reviewed and updated on a regular basis,
due to changes in state laws and elections procedures, there is a need to modernize
and update the City Charter which has not been done in a comprehensive way in
over 25 years.
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