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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Read Before Packet - 1/28/2014 - Memorandum From Wanda Nelson Re: Leadership Planning Team (Lpt) Meeting - January 27, 2014City Clerk 300 LaPorte Avenue PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6515 970.221-6295 - fax fcgov.com/cityclerk MEMORANDUM DATE: January 27, 2014 TO: Mayor and Councilmembers FROM: Wanda Nelson, City Clerk RE: Leadership Planning Team (LPT) 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, January 27, and the following summarizes the discussions that began at 8:06 a.m. January 28 Adjourned Meeting/Work Session The Executive Session tentatively planned for this meeting is no longer requested. Under “Other Business,” two items may be brought up by members of Council: 1. CSU’s proposed on-campus stadium. It was suggested that it would be helpful to view the impacts of an on-campus stadium as just one part of the total impacts that an additional ten thousand students would have on the community. 2. Billboard Signs. This discussion would likely ask the City Manager to have staff bring back a proposal for achieving a particular goal, e.g., reducing the number of billboards. Staff was commended for the quality of materials in the 2013 Flood After Action Report and the Boxelder Basin Update. The purposes of the Work Session item Water Shortage Management Action Plan Update are to pre-establish water rates in the event of a shortage and to decriminalize certain infractions, such as watering on the wrong day. Staff is asked to confirm when these Code amendments will be presented for Council’s consideration. February 4 Regular Meeting Staff is asked to ensure that questions from first reading of the “Items Relating to Bobcat Ridge” are answered in this agenda packet. Those questions relate to clarifying the types of expenditures that are allowed in the original, voter approved funding measures. The Larimer County Open Lands Board approved the temporary construction easement and right-of-way on Long View Farm Open Space to CDOT for the Highway 392/US 287 Intersection Project. Staff is asked to include this recommendation in the AIS. Leadership Planning Team Meeting January 27, 2014 Page 2 of 3 The action to approve an IGA with Foothills Mall Metro District, Larimer County Canal No. 2 Irrigating Company, and Walton Foothills Holdings VI, LLC for the realignment of the Larimer No. 2 Ditch can be done administratively (by the City Manager) and therefore will not be presented for Council’s consideration. City Attorney Roy explained that permitting administrative actions was authorized in the redevelopment agreement. The item regarding the West Vine Basin Outfall Project will be on Discussion in order for Councilmember Campana to recuse himself due to a possible conflict of interest. Staff is asked to ensure that the questions raised by Councilmember Cunniff during first reading are answered in the AIS. The LPT has removed the agenda item regarding funding for the Arts Incubator of the Rockies until this request can be reviewed by the Finance Committee. At Finance Committee, discussion will center on, “What are the financial arrangements, expectations, and policies regarding this request?” The site visit for the Stoner Subdivision Major Amendment will be held on Monday, February 3. Six Month Calendar For the Retail Marijuana Work Session on February 11, staff will provide a bulleted list of the items that will be included in the ordinances on retail marijuana pertaining to licensing, Land Use Code amendments, personal use, and cultivation. When this item comes before Council at the March 4 Regular Meeting, staff is asked to provide the proposed ordinances sooner than the Thursday (Council Packet) before the meeting. The “Comcast Franchise Renewal” discussion has been moved from February 18 to April 22 as staff needs additional time to work on this item. For the May 27 Work Session Item “Inclusion Housing Ordinance” Work Session, staff is asked to determine how this discussion fits into the larger picture of affordable housing. Other Discussion Items: The groundbreaking ceremony for Foothills Mall will be held February 26 at 10:30 a.m. City Clerk Nelson reported that a meeting was held with board and commission staff liaisons to discuss future improvements to boards and commissions and report that this item will be coming to the Futures Committee on January 27. City Manager Atteberry reported on: 1. A letter received from the CEO of Redflex (camera radar program vendor) regarding a recent article in The Coloradoan. Mr. Atteberry will be following up with members of Council with more information. Leadership Planning Team Meeting January 27, 2014 Page 3 of 3 2. The snow plows are out on City streets. Snow is expected to fall throughout the day. 3. Staff will be providing information to Council on the feedback received from the citizen survey. 4. Mr. Atteberry will be arranging meetings with individual members of Council and members of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) to discuss their recent member survey. City Attorney Roy will be bringing forward a Code amendment that will better align the provisions for Executive Sessions that are listed both in the Charter and Municipal Code. Staff is asked to explore how the City will address the issue of tanker train cars transporting hazardous materials through Fort Collins. How are we working with other communities and what have we done to plan for this? Staff is asked to provide additional details for the costs incurred for Halligan for the recent period (per the January 21 memo to Council). City Council is receiving emails from citizens requesting that certain trails be built. Staff is asked to educate the community on the City’s Trail Master Plan, explore what trails could be built quicker if funds were available, and determine what cannot necessarily be accelerated (such as acquiring the required easements and right-of-way) even if additional funds are made available. Staff is asked to explore how social media could be better used to telegraph information regarding sales tax rebates. It was suggested that the model used by Serve 6.8 could be reviewed as a communication strategy that works. The Legislative Review Committee (LRC) reviewed a “time of sales” bill that relates to the hours that alcohol can be sold. The LRC will be monitoring the bill. Utilities staff and the City Manager will be meeting with Fred Kirsch regarding on-line bill financing. Staff is asked to work on ways this program could be improved. CML Director Sam Mamet is asking municipalities what issues they need help with at the State or Federal Level. As such, it was suggested that two topics could be broached at the NLC Conference in March: 1. Virtual towers at airports. 2. Trains carrying hazardous materials. The discussion ended at 9:49 a.m.