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MEMORANDUM
DATE: May 19, 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
Jeff Mihelich, Assistant City Manager Kelly DiMartino, City Attorney Steve Roy, and City Clerk Wanda Nelson
met on Monday, May 19, and the following summarizes the discussions that began at 8:02 a.m.
May 20 Regular Meeting
Agenda Item #16 on the Consent Agenda is the consideration of recommendations from the Cultural
Resources Board regarding Fort Fund Grant Disbursements. One of the recommendations is for $7,500 to
Beet Street for the Streetmosphere program. Staff is asked to clarify why funding would be provided to
Beet Street, considering they owe the City past due rent, and to provide additional information about the
status of the Streetmosphere program.
An update will be provided on the “College Avenue Watermain Replacement Project” under Staff Reports.
Additionally, staff will describe the outreach that has taken place to businesses regarding this major
construction project.
Council will be considering the adoption of the Lincoln Corridor Plan under Agenda Item #22. Deputy City
Manager Mihelich indicated that staff will be prepared to explain the phasing of this project, and a
neighborhood meeting/listening session will be held in the future to discuss traffic issues in the BAVA
neighborhood.
The “Spring Competitive Process” (Agenda Item #23) is a public hearing and will be announced as such at
the meeting.
Citizen items pulled from the Consent Agenda may be heard prior to the “Summit on College Parking
Structure Appeal” (Agenda Item #24) to ensure that they are addressed at this meeting.
Regarding the Appeal, it was suggested that the following procedure be followed regarding the allocation of
time:
1. Explanation of issues by Councilmember Cunniff (5-10 minutes);
2. Fifteen (15) minutes for each of the other two appellants (thirty minutes total);
3. Thirty (30) minutes for those opposed to the appeals;
4. Ten (10) minutes rebuttal for parties-in-interest from each appeal.
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Staff was asked to provide a process for the Mayor to follow regarding objections. It was suggested that
the party making the objection would be asked to stand in front of the other microphone and state their
objection(s).
Six Month Calendar
The order of items for the May 27 Work Session will be:
1. Platte River Power Authority Strategic Plan
2. Affordable Housing Policy Study
3. Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Study
4. Timnath IGA Regarding Cooperation on Annexation, Growth Management and Related Issues-
7th Amendment
In a memo for the Thursday packet, staff is asked to describe the June 3 item, “Downtown River District
Design Standards and Guidelines.”
A Staff Report on Xcel’s pipeline project (at Drake and Timberline) was requested for June 3.
The item, “Resolution Opposing the Fast Track of the Trans-Pacific Partnership” has been moved to the
“Unscheduled Items” list.
At the June 24 Work Session, a discussion will be held on “Commercial Water Allotments.” This item will
discuss a fee structure versus water dedications, is not targeted at specific users, and staff will provide an
overview of the outreach conducted with the potentially affected businesses.
For the July 15 Item, “Naming Natural Area at Woodward,” staff is asked to include the Naming of Natural
Area May 14, 2014 memo (from John Stokes, Natural Areas Department Director) as an attachment to the
Agenda Item Summary (AIS).
The item, “Climate Action Plan” appears on the August 12 and October 28 Work Sessions. Staff is asked to
describe the difference between these two sessions.
Other Discussion Items:
The City Attorney’s Office was commended for their work on the memo regarding the Summit Appeal.
Assistant City Manager DiMartino is moving forward with the contract for the vendor who will be providing
public access to Council email.
Next week’s Leadership Planning Team (LPT) meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 27 at 7:30 a.m. because
May 26 is a holiday (Memorial Day).
At the Police Awards Ceremony on June 4, Mayor Weitkunat will honor those companies who helped
relocate sod from Link N Greens to surrounding BAVA neighborhoods.
It was suggested that the recent “Question and Answer/Listening Sessions” recently held concerning the
Foothills Mall Agreement and Martin Marietta Asphalt Plant could serve as a model for future public
outreach.
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Mayor Pro Tem Horak will be meeting with a member of the Wellington Town Board and a member of the
Boxelder Basin Regional Stormwater Authority (BBRSA) to discuss recent concerns raised by citizens
regarding the purpose of the BBRSA.
Governor Hickenlooper visited the Museum of Discovery on Saturday to sign a bill for the reintroduction of
the black-footed ferret to Soapstone Prairie.
The discussion ended at 9:04 a.m.