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MEMORANDUM
Date: January 25, 2013
To: Mayor and City Councilmembers
Through: Darin Atteberry, City Manager dP1?
Karen Cumbo, Planning, Development, and Transportation Director
From: Laurie Kadrich, Community Development and Neighborhood Services DirectorM
Re: Work Session Summary — January 22, 2013 re: Request by City Council
Consider Submitting a ballot measure for the April 2, 2013 Municipal election
asking voters to ban hydraulic fracturing treatment.
City Council in Attendance: Mayor Weitkunat, Mayor Pro Tern Ohlson, Councilpersons Horak,
Kottwitz, Manvel, Poppaw, and Troxell.
Presenting Staff: Laurie Kadrich, Dan Weinheimer, Wanda Nelson
In December 2012 City Council authorized a moratorium preventing any further drilling of oil and
gas well;in the city limits or on City -owned lands until July 31, 2013, Since that time, citizens
asked the Council to consider banning hydraulic fracturing in the city. Staff requested Council's
feedback on three items:
Specific Questions:
1. Should the City Council direct staff to draft a ballot measure for the April 2, 2013
Municipal election asking voters to ban hydraulic fracturing treatment in the City of Fort
Collins or on City -owned lands?
2. Should the question be addressed by Land Use Code or the Environmental Health
section of the Municipal Code?
3. Should the question be limited to hydraulic fracturing or apply to storage, disposal of
waste materials?
Council Feedback:
In response to Question 1, the City Council directed staff to proceed with drafting a
Resolution to be considered at the February 19, 2013 Regular meeting submitting a
ballot measure to ban hydraulic fracturing treatment exempting wells that were annexed
in the City.
In response to Question 2, the City Council directed staff to address the question in the
Environmental Health section of the Municipal Code.
Work Session Summary — January 22, 2013 re: Ballot Measure
January 25, 2013
Page 2
• In response to Question 3, the City Council directed staff to include storage and disposal
of waste materials.
Additional Direction
Council asked staff to prepare information for the February 19, 2013 meeting to address the
following:
• Describe the geology of Fort Collins and where drilling activity will likely occur.
• Locate science -based studies on hydraulic fracturing.
• To be balanced in the information presented using the "triple -bottom" line approach
• Describe the financial impacts I a ban were to be imposed.
• Pursue. negotiation of an operator agreement with the local operator.
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