HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Read Before Packet - 07/08/2025 - Memorandum from Ginny Sawyer re Updated Presentation for July 8, 2025 Civic Assembly ItemCity Manager’s Office
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MEMORANDUM
Date: July 7, 2025
To: Mayor and City Councilmembers
From: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Through: Ginny Sawyer, Policy and Project Manager
Subject: Updated Presentation for July 8, 2025 Civic Assembly Item
The purpose if this memo is to provide an updated PowerPoint presentation on the Civic
Assembly with additional Hughes site photos as requested by the Leadership Planning Team.
CC: Rupa Venkatesh, Assistant City Manager
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Addressing Council Priority
to develop a Hughes Site
Master Plan
Civic Assembly
Recommendations
07-08-2025
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Questions for Council
What questions or suggestions do Councilmembers
have on the draft Resolution?
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02
03 Are Councilmembers interested in a ballot measure
supporting the Civic Assembly recommendations?
Would Councilmembers like staff to bring the
Resolution forward to a regular meeting?
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Overview
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2021 June 2023
Aug 2024
May 27, 2025 Jul/Aug 2025
Civic assembly
convenes
Civic assembly
provides
recommendation
With all inputs,
Council considers
Hughes Site Plan
Council
approves use of
Civic assembly
April – May
2025
Ballot Measure
Passes
City acquires
site from CSU
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“Informed by the diverse needs of
our community, what use of the
Hughes site will contribute most
effectively to Fort Collins’ long-term
vitality and meet the requirements
outlined in the 2021 ballot measure?”
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Super Majority Outcomes Included:
• Property should be utilized for multiple uses
• Indigenous consultation, support and opportunities
should be included
• Natural habitats should be restored throughout the
development, as possible
• Outdoor education and interpretation should
be included
• Community gathering space(s)
• Minimize light pollution
• Include trail connections to Maxwell and Pineridge
• City will consult with land use experts, planners,
architects and designers for the optimal location of
site features
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• On-going consultation with tribes
and the Indigenous community
throughout the development of
the site.
• The site character will be
predominantly native and xeric
vegetation and have a naturalistic
architectural palette
• Natural Areas will acquire and
restore/maintain up to 60 acres of
the property.
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Resolution Parameters
Acres not designated as a
Natural Area will be designed
and managed by Parks.
Uses can include the following:
• Connective trail system
throughout the site
• Disc golf
• A sledding hill
• Bike park features not to exceed
35 acres
• A community gathering space
available for permitting
• Any necessary restroom facilities,
shade structures, trash collection,
parking, etc.
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• Environmental educational
partnership opportunity,
including associated
structures, not to exceed
20 acres.
• Site development will be
taken through the City’s
development review process
to ensure compliance with all
current standards (e.g.,
stormwater, lighting, etc.).
Primrose Studio
Reservoir Ridge Natural Area
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Civic Assembly Recommendation/Resolution
Resolution (under Section F)Civic Assembly (under Section D)
1,4,6) Resolution addresses multiple uses
and size limitations within the bounds of the
Public Open Lands zone district
a) Property should be utilized for multiple
uses
2) Resolution calls out, and staff is
committed to, on-going consultation with
tribes and the Indigenous community
throughout the development of the site
b)Indigenous consultation, support, and
opportunities should be included
3) The site character will be predominantly
native and xeric vegetation and have a
naturalistic architectural palette
c)Natural habitats should be restored
throughout, where possible
5) Environmental educational partnership
opportunity, including associated structures,
not to exceed 20 acres.
d)Outdoor education and interpretation
should be included
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Civic Assembly Recommendation/Resolution
Resolution (under Section F)Civic Assembly (under Section D)
6e) Remaining space to be managed by
parks and further described as a permittable
space by the public
e) Community gathering space(s)
9) Dev. Review process to ensure compliance
with all current standards
f) Minimize light pollution
6a) Connective trail system throughout the
Hughes Site
g) Include trail connections to Maxwell and
Pineridge Natural Areas
This is the standard process that the City
uses for park and Natural Areas feature
design and implementation.
h) City will consult with land use experts,
planners, architects and designers for the
optimal location of site features
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Questions for Council
What questions or suggestions do Councilmembers
have on the draft Resolution?
01
02
03 Are Councilmembers interested in a ballot measure
supporting the Civic Assembly recommendations?
Would Councilmembers like staff to bring the
Resolution forward to a regular meeting?
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1950 2017
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Hughes
164 ac
City Park
77 ac
Rolland Moore
68 ac
Edora
49 ac
Fossil Creek
79 ac
Spring
Canyon
123 ac
Twin Silo
53 ac
Lee
Martinez
48 ac
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