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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Read Before Packet - 6/4/2013 - Memorandum From Wanda Nelson Re: Leadership Planning Team Meeting Minutes - June 3, 2013City Clerk 300 LaPorte Avenue PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6515 970.221-6295 - fax fcgov.com/cityclerk MEMORANDUM DATE: June 3, 2013 TO: Mayor and Councilmembers FROM: Wanda Nelson, City Clerk RE: Leadership Planning Team Meeting Mayor Karen Weitkunat, Mayor Pro Tem Gerry Horak, City Manager Darin Atteberry, Deputy City Manager Diane Jones, Assistant City Manager Wendy Williams, City Attorney Steve Roy, and City Clerk Wanda Nelson met on Monday, June 3, and the following summarizes the discussions that began at 8:05 a.m. June 4 Regular Meeting As noted in last week’s Leadership Planning Team minutes, the Mayor will announce at the beginning of “Citizen Participation” that citizens are not permitted to discuss items that have a pending development application because of the possibility of an appeal to the City Council. City Clerk Nelson received a citizen inquiry into Consent Agenda Item #16 regarding matching grant funds for a Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Grant. Staff is asked to provide the source and amount of the funds used to purchase the 280 acres at Soapstone Prairie Natural Areas. The response will be provided in Council’s “read before” packet. Councilmember Overbeck submitted questions regarding Consent Agenda Item #18 regarding Dryland Farm Leases: 1. How was the lease price per acre decided? 2. What are the highlights of lease "contemporary" terms? 3. What is the GMO policy and Best Management Practices? 4. Who owns mineral rights on properties? Assistant City Manager Williams will contact Councilmember Overbeck to discuss his questions, and a follow-up to his questions will be sent to all members of Council. Agenda Item #27 is an appeal of the Max Flats project at 203 West Mulberry Street. The appellants will be given twenty minutes to present their appeal. The applicant will also be given twenty minutes. Each side will then be given ten minutes of rebuttal. This “20/20/10/10” format is a typical method used in past appeals. Leadership Planning Team Meeting June 3, 2013 Page 2 of 3 Agenda Item #28 concerns the “Encompass – River District Block One” mixed use development at 418 Linden Street which consists of office space, residential space, and a restaurant. In the presentation, staff is asked to discuss and provide rationale for the design elements noted in this project, including the public courtyard and overlook of the river. A motion to adjourn to June 11 will be considered by Council to conduct the mid-year evaluations of the City Manager, City Attorney, and Municipal Judge. Six Month Calendar The item relating to the Operation of the Mary Alice Murphy Center of Hope has been added to the June 11 adjourned meeting. Staff is asked to provide a copy of the article in June 2 edition of The Coloradoan written about the Murphy Center. City Manager Atteberry will be setting up individual meetings with Councilmembers to discuss the Regional Water Update that is scheduled for a Work Session on June 25. A discussion regarding the current moratorium on oil and gas activities will also be held at the June 25 Work Session. Staff is asked to provide a graphic that depicts what regulations are being required over and above what the state law requirements. At the July 9 Work Session, Council will be conducting the annual boards and commissions periodic review—each year four boards are briefly reviewed. Since the Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Board will be reviewed that evening and there was a request for a joint meeting, staff is asked to schedule this review as a separate item and invite the P&Z Board to join Council in a joint meeting. City Manager Atteberry will work with the Larimer County Manager to schedule a joint meeting with City Council and the County Commissioners. Several discussion topics include the redevelopment of the Foothills Mall and use of tax increment financing, and the operator agreement with Prospect Energy. Other Discussion Items Staff has been asked to investigate the eroding embankment at the pond located between Center Avenue and Shields Street (near the Gardens on Spring Creek). Deputy City Manager Jones reported that the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is hosting an open house in Windsor on June 5 to discuss high speed rail transportation. Mayor Weitkunat reported that the City of Loveland will be requesting support from the City of Fort Collins on an upcoming November ballot question to ask the Loveland voters to permit monies allocated to renovate an old County workforce center be used to construct a new building. The value of the old building does not warrant a renovation, and instead should be torn down. Leadership Planning Team Meeting June 3, 2013 Page 3 of 3 City Manager Atteberry reported that this is Tauny Gilmore’s (City Manager Executive Assistant) last week. He encouraged everyone to say goodbye to Tauny and introduce themselves to the new Assistant Rachel Askeland. City Manager Atteberry noted that staff is taking seriously the request that Councilmembers be informed of community meetings, such as the one that was recently sponsored by the Police Department at Putnam Elementary to discuss recent crime in the neighborhood. Staff will notify the City Manager’s office as these meetings are scheduled and provide Council with that information. City Manager Atteberry stated that Harmony Road will be closed again today for road construction. Not many detours are available in the area, causing many delays for motorists. The closure is scheduled to run through June 4. Community Disruptor Training will be held on Friday, June 7 from 8:00 a.m. – noon. Council is invited to participate in this training (several Councilmembers have indicated they will be participating) that will focus on diagnosing and de-escalating volatile situations. The meeting adjourned at 9:34 a.m.