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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Read Before Packet - 05/06/2025 - Memorandum from Delynn Coldiron re: Leadership Planning Team Meeting Minutes – May 05, 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: May 5, 2025 TO: Mayor and Councilmembers FROM: Delynn Coldiron, City Clerk RE: Leadership Planning Team (LPT) Meeting Mayor Jeni Arndt, Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis, City Manager Kelly DiMartino, Deputy City Manager Tyler Marr, City Attorney Carrie Daggett, and City Clerk Delynn Coldiron met in person on Monday, May 5, 2025. The following summarizes the discussions that began at 8:02 a.m. May 6 Regular Meeting • There will no longer be a color guard ceremony before the Pledge of Allegiance during the regular meeting since the CSU Cadet color guard is unable to attend. • A reception for Small Business Week will occur in the City Hall lobby at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow. A related proclamation will be read by the Mayor during the proclamation ceremony that begins at 5:00 p.m. An interpreter will be participating. • Item #8 – Items Relating to Nature-Based Solutions Plan and Stormwater Park Concept Plan Project – this relates to grant funding awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Nature Based Solutions master planning efforts. A related staff memo was sent by Kirk Longstein, Senior Environmental Planner, to Council on April 15. • Item #9 – Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Fort Collins and the Downtown Development Authority – this item was approved on second reading at the March 18 meeting; however, had some exhibits missing from the agreement in Council’s packet. The item was resubmitted to ensure the item is complete. • Item #12 – Urban Renewal Authority (URA) – shout out to the URA for doing such great work! • Item #14 – Grant for Front Range Passenger Rail – enables staff to apply for funding under the Colorado Department of Local Affairs Energy and Mineral Impact Assistance Fund program for efforts related to passenger rail. • Two executive sessions were planned; however, issues with Comcast have since been resolved and there is no need for an executive session related to this. The executive session related to Connexion is still needed. Mayor Pro Tem Francis will modify her motion to go into executive session referencing only the Connexion item. Leadership Planning Team Meeting May 5, 2025 Page 2 of 3 May 13 Work Session • Item #3 – Reduce Climate Pollution and Air Pollution through Best Practices – will include an update on related efforts. Staff expects that the large methane fee might come up and will be prepared to discuss this at a high level. Six-Month Calendar • May 20 – International Fire Code Adoption – this item was approved on first reading and postponed on second reading. The item is expected to be postponed again to June 17. • May 27 – Civic Assembly Recommendation and Report – 3-4 participants are expected to present to Council with others in the audience available for questions. Kudos to Rupa Venkatesh, Sylvia Tatman-Burruss, Ginny Sawyer, William Bevil and the Healthy Democracy team for their efforts related to this process. Participant satisfaction with the process, the variety in community representation, and thankfulness for having the opportunity to participate were expressed to City Manager DiMartino. People from around the world were in attendance over the weekend to see the process in action. Mayor Pro Tem Francis also commented on the event’s success and noted the number of people from out of town who were in attendance. • June 24 – Work Session will remain canceled since there are no items that will be ready for this date. Mobile home park code changes will likely come forward in September. Staff was asked to follow up related to what is extending the timeframe. • Platte River Power Authority (PRPA) organic contract – A meeting has been scheduled on June 20 with all four partner cities. Additional Council meetings may be scheduled following this as needed. City Clerk Delynn Coldiron • Shirley Peel joined the Mayor’s race. • The first round of processing campaign finance reports using the consultant went well. Only one item remains outstanding at this time. All other reports were approved. Deputy City Manager Tyler Marr • PRPA hosted the NoCo Time Trials this past Saturday, a solar and battery model car competition for middle school students. The event drew people from all across the Northern Front Range and had hundreds of people there. The event supports STEM education and introduces students to a variety of technologies PRPA is pursuing. Leadership Planning Team Meeting May 5, 2025 Page 3 of 3 City Manager Kelly DiMartino • Attended, along with Councilmember Canonico and numerous City staff, the two-day regional training exercise focused on an urban wildfire. The event was held at the Larimer County Emergency Operations Center and had participants from across the region. It was time well spent. • Harmony Road has been reopened and finished two weeks ahead of schedule. One additional intersection, Harmony and Lemay, needs to be closed and repaved which will happen this weekend. Kudos to the crews for their hard work. City Attorney Carrie Daggett • The Open Investments/Open International appeal oral argument is scheduled for a week from tomorrow. There will be audio streaming available for those interested. • Marlene Brown, the Department’s Office Manager, is back in the office today. One vacancy remains pending and once hired, the Department will be fully staffed. • The continued hearing on restitution as part of the Council Chambers repair due to the glued hands is occurring this week. An update will be provided after. Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis • Asked about employee unions and next steps. An executive session related to this will be scheduled for May 20. Mayor Jeni Arndt • Asked about Building Energy and Water Scoring (BEWS) and whether this needed to be done annually. Staff is asked to provide a follow up memo on how the program is going, including how information is being used, whether intended outcomes are being met, and whether updates are needed annually in comparison to the burden being placed on businesses for compliance. • Asked about a solar meter collar meeting that occurred and about related outcomes. Staff continues to engage with the interested industry parties and examine whether current practices remain optimal. • Appreciated the support staff is giving to the airport during this time of transition. Meeting adjourned at 9:02 am.