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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Read Before Packet - 12/17/2013 - Memorandum From Wanda Nelson Re: Leadership Planning Team Meeting December 16, 2013City Clerk 300 LaPorte Avenue PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6515 970.221-6295 - fax fcgov.com/cityclerk MEMORANDUM DATE: December 16, 2013 TO: Mayor and Councilmembers FROM: Wanda Nelson, City Clerk RE: Leadership Planning Team (LPT) Meeting Mayor Karen Weitkunat, Mayor Pro Tem Gerry Horak (via phone), 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, December 16, and the following summarizes the discussions that began at 8:08 a.m. December 17 Regular Meeting/URA Meeting The transit award listed under “Staff Reports” will be moved ahead in the agenda and follow the City Manager’s agenda review to accommodate the presenters who are traveling from Denver. An additional staff memo will be included as a part of Agenda Item #20 Collective Bargaining Agreement. City Council is asked to send any questions to City Manager Atteberry in advance of the meeting so that staff is prepared to respond. Agenda Item #23 (Ethics Review Board Advisory Opinion) will be withdrawn from the agenda as Mayor Weitkunat withdrew her request that the Board reconsider its opinion regarding her ability to participate in decisions related to the redevelopment of the Mall. She will recuse herself from the items related to the Mall on the Regular Agenda (Items 24, 25, 26, and 27), and all items on the URA Agenda. Other items regarding Agenda Item #24 Mall Agreement: • City Manager Atteberry noted that Arc Thrift Stores will be sending out a letter indicating that its prior concerns have been addressed by the developer. • City Manager Atteberry has been meeting 2:2 with members of Council to address their questions related to the Mall agreement. • Staff is asked to estimate the sales tax revenue to both the State and County from the project. It was suggested that the State (in terms of sales tax) may be getting the funds equal to or greater than the potential School District’s “backfill.” Leadership Planning Team Meeting December 16, 2013 Page 2 of 3 The “Road to Zero Waste Goals” will be discussed by the Finance Committee today. Staff is asked to address the additional work that must be done to move the goals forward. Board and commission vacancy appointments will be done through two resolutions. The first Resolution 2013-107 is on the consent agenda for boards or commissions where most vacancies will be filled. The second Resolution 2013-112 on the Discussion Agenda will permit Council to vote on a vacancy for the Economic Advisory Commission. Interview partners for the Downtown Development Authority have recommended appointees to two of the three vacancies (through Resolution 2013-107) and staff is requested to recruit for the third vacancy. Six Month Calendar City Manager Atteberry will check in with Loveland City Manager Bill Cahill about the possibility of keeping the joint meeting scheduled for Wednesday, January 29 to discuss the Fort Collins- Loveland Airport. Otherwise, this evening will be kept on the Calendar in case there is a need for an Adjourned Meeting or Work Session. The Work Session item scheduled for February 11 on “Possible Charter Amendments Related to Elections” has been removed and will be rescheduled for the fall of 2014. This will permit discussion to occur closer to the time when these items may appear on a ballot (perhaps the April 2015 local election). Other Discussion Items: At the request of the Ethics Review Board, City Attorney Steve will be working on Code amendments that would provide the definitions of words such as “significant impact” and other terms that often surface when Council conflicts of interest arise. A brief conversation was held regarding the status of hiring outside counsel to assist with the complaint filed by COGA regarding the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing. City Attorney Roy will follow up with a memo to Council. City Manager Atteberry spoke with CSU President Tony Frank regarding the scheduling of an upcoming meeting he and Mayor Weitkunat will have with Dr. Frank, the Chancellor, and the Board Chair to discuss scheduling a joint meeting between the Board of Governors and the City Council regarding the proposed on-campus stadium. Mr. Atteberry will report to Council as more details emerge. Other items reported by Mr. Atteberry concerning the on-campus stadium include: • City Manager Atteberry and Deputy City Manager Jones are meeting with Councilmember Troxell today. • At Council’s request, staff is working on scheduling in mid-January/ early February the visits to other communities who have built on-campus stadiums. CSU has suggested communities with on-campus stadiums that Council may wish to consider visiting. Leadership Planning Team Meeting December 16, 2013 Page 3 of 3 • City Manager Atteberry will have conversations with Council about the role of the consultant, the suggested process, and a timeline associated with the consultant’s work. City Manager Atteberry reported that Economic Health staff will be meeting with Special District Executive Directors and Board Chairs on December 18 to discuss URA’s, TIF, etc. Staff is asked to send the agenda for the Legislative Breakfast on December 23. Mayor Weitkunat will provide the opening welcome/remarks and Councilmember Troxell (as Chair of the Legislative Review Committee) will conduct the meeting. Mayor Weitkunat reported that an update to the San Cristobal Friendship City activities will be forthcoming at an upcoming meeting. Anticipating the potential of having comments regarding the Gilmore case, staff is asked to draft a response to advise the Council on how to respond. Mayor Weitkunat and City Manager Atteberry will be attending an “Airport Strategic Planning Session” on January 13-14. As an appointee to the Presidential Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resiliency, Mayor Weitkunat recently attended a meeting in DC and stressed the importance of local and regional approaches to the issues. Mayor Weitkunat has received multiple requests from communities across the country to speak to them about these issues and Fort Collins’ approaches to addressing them. City Manager Atteberry suggested that a team be assembled to develop a program for managing the information and workload associated with the Task Force and community requests. The discussion ended at 9:40 a.m.