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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Read Before Packet - 10/01/2024 - Memorandum from Delynn Coldiron re: Leadership Planning Team Meeting Minutes – September 30, 2024 City Clerk 300 Laporte Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6515 970.221-6295 - fax fcgov.com/cityclerk MEMORANDUM DATE: September 30, 2024 TO: Mayor and Councilmembers FROM: Delynn Coldiron, City Clerk RE: Leadership Planning Team (LPT) Meeting Mayor Jeni Arndt, Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis, City Attorney Carrie Daggett, City Manager Kelly DiMartino, Deputy City Manager Tyler Marr, and City Clerk Delynn Coldiron, met remotely Monday, September 30, 2024. The following summarizes the discussions that began at 8:02 a.m. October 1st Regular Council Meeting • College and Trilby Multifamily Appeal – it was clarified that the original hearing was an administrative hearing not a Planning & Zoning hearing. October 8 Work Session • Staff is working on responses for all questions and concerns identified or asked by Council. All budgets offers that were flagged will be clearly identified and brought back to Council for further discussion and prioritization. Six-Month Calendar • Urban Forestry Plan: o Request to get this document more than one week prior to the agenda packet for the adoption meeting since there is not a work session planned for this item. o Staff was asked to provide the following information related to this item and related budget conversations:  How many employees are currently working on urban forestry;  Comparisons of similar efforts in other communities; and  What the overall maintenance costs are expected to be once the full canopy gets built out? • Airport: o An item related to an updated lease is expected on October 15. City Clerk Delynn Coldiron • Appeals: o Rescue Mission appeal:  Asked about whether November 6 could work at 6 pm – yes. • This would be after the Council Finance Committee meeting which is expected to be finished by 5:30 pm. Will provide Council with dinner at 5:30 pm and start the hearing at 6:00 pm. Leadership Planning Team Meeting September 30, 2024 Page 2 of 3 o Linden Street appeal:  Appeal will stay as currently scheduled on November 19th. o Appeal reform:  As part of the coming changes, staff was asked to look at its approach to scheduling appeals and find a more structured way to do this. It is preferred that dates are chosen around existing Council schedules and that there not be a lot of extra efforts to accommodate dates outside of this. Deputy City Manager Tyler Marr • Noted that Nicole Poncelet-Johnson starts today as the One Water Director. He wanted to give special thanks to Jill Oropeza for acting in the interim capacity and stated she has done a great job! • Noted the NoCo Trade Mission recently attended by himself, Mayor Arndt and SeonAh Kendall in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. He stated it was a productive trip focused on regional issues shared by the Research Triangle and Northern Colorado and congratulated the Mayor for her role in a panel discussion. City Attorney Carrie Daggett • Noted three new traffic safety initiative prosecutors are starting today. She added that there should be enough time to get them up to speed before tickets start coming to court in about a month. City Manager Kelly DiMartino • Noted that at a previous Council meeting Kevin Flowers asked about parking on E. Vine Drive. She added that the team has looked into this, and 2-hour parking is not feasible in that location since it is outside of the enforcement boundary for turn-over parking. She stated that the team will install new no overnight parking signs from 8 pm to 6 am and that this will be enforced by the Police. • Noted that the marijuana team is planning to bring some code clean up items forward in an effort to align with the State. These items are expected to be brought forward on the consent calendar. • Noted that the residential trash collection contract is officially underway. Kudos to the team that has been working on this. • Noted the ICMA conference in Pittsburgh was good and focused heavily on AI. She stated that she had a joint presentation with Kyle Stannert on using a facilitator for Council evaluations which went well. Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis • Asked if Council could get more explanation of the status of the City’s subarea plans and how these relate to the planning decisions that have been made. Staff would like to revisit this topic in the near future for possible changes. Leadership Planning Team Meeting September 30, 2024 Page 3 of 3 Mayor Jeni Arndt • Echoed the comments made about the Trade Mission trip to North Carolina. She was grateful for the opportunities the City had to share and participate and thought it helped with regional efforts and connections. o Noted that she hoped to be able to meet with Greeley and Cheyenne and talk about airport items. She wanted the focus to be on developing complimentary plans. Meeting adjourned at 8:36 am.