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MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 2, 2025
TO: Mayor and Councilmembers
FROM: Delynn Coldiron, City Clerk
RE: Leadership Planning Team (LPT) Meeting
Mayor Jeni Arndt, Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis, Assistant City Manager Denzel Maxwell, Senior Policy
and Project Manager Ginny Sawyer, City Attorney Carrie Daggett, and City Clerk Delynn Coldiron met in
person on Monday, June 2, 2025. The following summarizes the discussions that began at 8:00 a.m.
June 3, 2025 Regular Meeting
• There is expected to be a lot of public comment. Affordable Housing on the Remington parking lot
and land back to the Indigenous community related to the Hughes property are items expected to get
the most comment. According to Council Rules, public comment at the beginning of the meeting is
limited to 90 minutes. If there are speakers remaining who have been unable to address Council
during that time, another opportunity for public comment will be given prior to Other Business towards
the end of the meeting.
• Item 10 – Amending City Code to discontinue the Art in Public Places Boad and the Cultural
Resources Board and Merge their functions into the Arts and Culture Board – There was a question
about related Council liaison assignments. City Attorney Daggett noted this change won’t be effective
until 2026 and will not interfere with current liaison assignments.
• Item 18 – Intergovernmental Agreement between the cities of Fort Collins, Loveland and Greeley for
the exchange of judicial services – This was highlighted as just one area of many, where regional
collaboration occurs.
June 3, 2025 Work Session
• There will be a 15 minute break between the Regular Meeting and the Work Session to enable staff
to get things set up. The meeting will move into the CIC Room.
June 5, 2025 Work Session
• No comments.
June 10, 2025 Adjourned Meeting
• No comments.
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Six-Month Calendar
• June 17 – There was question about whether the Youth Advisory Commission would be presenting.
This was confirmed after the meeting. The Youth Advisory Commission members will also be joining
Council for dinner on this date.
• July 8 – Discussion on Civic Assembly Recommendation will be added. A draft resolution about the
Civic Assembly recommendation will be prepared and discussed at the Work Session. If Council
then desires to move a ballot item forward related to this it is expected to be scheduled for the Regular
Meeting on July 15th or on August 12th if a Special Meeting is called to consider any remaining ballot
items.
• September 23 – Future of Parking – there was a question about whether the parking optimization
study would be available. It was noted that the item should be postponed if this is not ready.
• Updates to the “Organic Contract” that is the basis for Platte River Power Authority (PRPA) is
expected to move forward to Council soon. PRPA has organized a meeting of the four PRPA owner
cities for June 20th to further discuss.
City Clerk Delynn Coldiron
• Staff provided education to over 500 people about ranked voting at the weekend Farmers Market and
Pride event.
Senior Policy and Project Manager Ginny Sawyer
• No items.
City Attorney Carrie Daggett
• Today is an Ethic’s Review Board meeting. Topics for discussion include Gift reporting and Financial
Disclosure. Related Code changes are expected to move forward to the Board for review in July and
then would move forward to the Council if recommended. The Mayor noted she would be attending
remotely.
Assistant City Manager Denzel Maxwell
• No items.
Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis
• Offered a shout out for the Pride event. She stated it was a great event, and that Library Park was
an excellent location. She added it was a well-run event that was busy, energetic and fun.
• Mentioned the horrific event that occurred in Boulder over the weekend. Both she and Mayor Arndt
expressed sympathy for the Boulder Community and wanted them to know that Fort Collins is sending
our love.
Mayor Jeni Arndt
• Asked about the recent Building Review Commission (BRC) meeting and what occurred related to
the Poudre Fire Authority (PFA) item. City Attorney Daggett reported that the Commission’s
recommendation was that they remain the appeal body. The item will be presented on second
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reading so Council can consider three options and will have a choice on which appeal method it
prefers.
• Asked about elections for special districts and noted the need for more transparency and regulation.
Adding term limits for members was one thing mentioned that would be helpful.
Meeting adjourned at 8:45 am.