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City of Fort Collins Legislative Meeting
Tuesday, December 2, 4:30 – 6PM
222 LaPorte Ave, Colorado River Room
AGENDA
4:30 Welcome and introductions
4:40 Comments, Questions on City interests & highlights (listed below)
5:00 Proposed Bills and Priorities from State Legislators
5:15 Break to grab dinner and continued discussion
6:00 Regular Council Meeting begins in Council Chambers
Note: City Proclamations begin at 5:00PM in Council Chambers.
Current City bill tracking/interest
Exemption from (HB24-1371) Massage Facility Background Checks
The law requires local governments to adopt a local process for conducting background checks of
all massage facility owners and employees. This is an unfunded mandate that would require
additional staffing and without a local or County licensing program would have no consequences.
City watching and working with CML for potential bill changes.
State Mandated Radar Fine Amounts
The City would be interested in having local control and/or seeing the state-level fines increased or
graduated for multiple offenses.
ROBIN Alerts
Bill being drafted by Colorado Center on Law and Policy. Would require all utility providers to:
- Provide opt-in notification for “qualifying outages” in top 5 languages in service area;
- Establish means of customer compensation for losses (food, income, medications); or provide
Attorney general complaint information;
- Expand the Colorado Medical Exemption Program (CMEP) to be a statewide mandated
program for each utility company, if a funding source can be located and, in addition, each
consumer eligible for this program they would receive an alert device that would attach to
their medical device providing them an alert to the recipient and caregivers the moment
there is a power outage;
- Require each utility (nonprofit, for-profit, cooperatives and municipalities) to develop, post,
and submit quality of service plans to the Colorado Energy Office every 2-years.
City monitoring for any conflicts with current use of LETA notifications & required reporting.
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Police Liability Insurance Premiums
Rates for Law Enforcement Liability will be up 40% in 2026 over this year. This is related to the
legislation that passed a few years ago (SB20-217) limiting police immunity and allowing for
litigation and jury verdicts. City will work to manage costs (an approximate $135K increase.)
General Reporting
Below are upcoming reporting requirements:
Prop 123 commitment filing and reporting
o Commitments (i.e., # of affordable units to add) filed every three years, with next due in
Nov. 2026.
o Reporting on # of affordable units added/preserved due every three years, with reporting
due in Dec. 2026.
Will require substantial staff time as back-up documentation for each project
submitted (e.g., dates of permits pulled, etc.) is required.
Housing Needs Assessment (per SB 24-174)
o Due by 12/31/2026 and updated at least every 6 years after.
Housing Action Plan (per SB 24-174)
o Due by 1/1/2028 and updated at least every 6 years after.
o Initial estimate of cost of consultant around $40 - $50k; this process will likely be more staff
intensive than the Housing Needs Assessment.
Transit-Oriented Communities and ADU reporting are mostly complete with one more report for the
TOC bill about displacement mitigation strategies pending.
Federal Grant Landscape
City continues to apply (and receive) federal dollars. Staff is cognizant of language and purpose
focus with current applications.
$83.7M Active grants
$32M Awaiting Agreements
City Impacts:
o Delayed agreements result in project delays ($32 M awaiting agreement)
Pending clawbacks and uncertain award statuses:
$ 8.8 M currently at risk
o Multi-year grant disruptions
DOE Zero Carbon: 3-year award. Provided Year 1 funding. Did not authorize Year 2
or 3 funding for a total of $410,106 project shortfall
Significant reimbursement delays: $105K outstanding
o Compressed application schedules and additional reporting requirements