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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Read Before Packet - 04/15/2025 - Memorandum from Delynn Coldiron re: Leadership Planning Team Meeting Minutes – April 14, 2025 City Clerk 300 Laporte Avenue .O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6515 970.221-6295 - fax fcgov.com/cityclerk MEMORANDUM DATE: April 14, 2025 TO: Mayor and Councilmembers FROM: Delynn Coldiron, City Clerk RE: Leadership Planning Team (LPT) Meeting Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis, Councilmember Kelly Ohlson, City Manager Kelly DiMartino, Deputy City Manager Tyler Marr, City Attorney Carrie Daggett, and City Clerk Delynn Coldiron met remotely on Monday, April 14, 2025. The following summarizes the discussions that began at 8:00 a.m. April 15 Regular Meeting • Item 13 – Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the General Fund for Cultural Development and Programming Activities, Tourism Programming, and Convention and Visitor Program Services – there was a question about the last time distribution formulas were reviewed related to lodging tax revenues. Staff will follow up on when this last occurred. A Community Report is scheduled from Visit Fort Collins on May 13th and could be discussed then. April 22 Work Session • Land Use Code Update: Commercial Corridors and Centers is expected to go longer than an hour due to the depth of the information and feedback desired from Council Members. Six-Month Calendar • April 22 – there will be a dinner for Council and the PFA Board prior to the meeting. Dinner will be held at the 222 Community Room. The Work Session will be held in its usual location at City Hall (Council Information Center). • May 6 – an Executive Session will be added related to the Comcast franchise fee. • May 6 – Natural Areas Habitat Buffer Zones and Nature Based Solutions Master Plan – there was concern expressed about any efforts that would reduce these buffer zones. There was a memo from staff about a proposed planning effort to update the approach to buffer zones in last week’s Council Packet and an appropriation of grant revenues for the master planning process will be on the agenda. That item will likely get pulled from the Consent Agenda to enable more detailed discussion. • May 20 – International Fire Code – this item will be moved to a date certain by Council to allow additional time for discussion with boards and commissions and any needed follow up. Leadership Planning Team Meeting April 14, 2025 Page 2 of 3 • May 20 – Amendment to the Foothills Metropolitan District Service Plan – there was a question about the reduced amount of affordable housing that is now being proposed and the value of the land donation. These items should be included in the agenda item summary. There was also a question about when owners/developers are allowed to present to Council separate from public comment. In this case, the owner/developer is expected to present in accordance with the City’s Metro District Policy. It was suggested that agenda item summary documents explain the different protocols when special processes are being used for an item. City Clerk Delynn Coldiron • Two petitions related to the Hughes Stadium property were approved as to form on Thursday. The petitioners now have until June 11 to collect signatures. One of the petitions requested a special election and requires 7,605 signatures. The other did not request a special election and requires 5,079 signatures. If sufficient, the Charter requires both items to appear on the next November (2025) ballot. • Councilmember Tricia Canonico announced she is running for Mayor. Current election status: o Mayor:  Tricia Canonico  Emily Francis  Adam Hirschhorn  Scott VanTatenhove o District 1:  Christopher Bramhall-Conway  Daisy Montgomery o District 3:  Stephen Yurash o District 5:  Amy Hoeven Deputy City Manager Marr • No updates. City Attorney Carrie Daggett Efforts continue in the Open Investments/Open International case, including preparations for oral argument before the Tenth Circuit on May 13. City Manager Kelly DiMartino • Attended portions of the first Civic Assembly process that was held over the weekend; it went well. Leadership Planning Team Meeting April 14, 2025 Page 3 of 3 • Attended the pow-wow event at the Northside Aztlan Community Center; it went well and seemed very well attended. • Staff is pausing efforts on the Remington lot affordable housing proposal to convene with Housing Catalyst to revisit a range of options that might be available related to parking. The Downtown Development Authority and other downtown stakeholders will be consulted as well, following initial discussions with Housing Catalyst. This item is expected to be discussed at the Council Finance Committee meeting in June as opposed to May. • There was an initial discussion at the Ethics Review Board around financial disclosure statements required from Councilmembers, the City Manager, and the City Attorney. These have historically been available on the City’s website; however, it has been reported that there are issues accessing these now that the files have moved to Laserfiche. Staff will work on restoring the links. In the meantime, individuals interested in viewing this information can request copies through the CORA process at no charge unless the search for what has been requested takes more than an hour. Since the meeting, City Clerk Coldiron found out that IT staff had identified and fixed the technical problem, and the links are accessible once again. Councilmember Ohlson • Noted the difficulty of accessing Council’s emails via the existing transparency system and wondered if anything could be done to make this easier for folks. Staff was asked to follow up. Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis • Asked for clarification related to the City’s approach to requests for unionization and adherence to PROPWA. Meeting adjourned at 8:55 am.