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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Read Before Packet - 7/28/2015 - Memorandum From Rita Knoll Re: Leadership Planning Team Meeting - July 27, 2015City Clerk 300 LaPorte Avenue PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6515 970.221-6295 - fax fcgov.com/cityclerk MEMORANDUM DATE: July 27, 2015 TO: Mayor and Councilmembers FROM: Rita Knoll, Chief Deputy City Clerk RE: Leadership Planning Team (LPT) Meeting Mayor Wade Troxell, Mayor Pro Tem Gerry Horak, City Manager Darin Atteberry, Deputy City Manager Jeff Mihelich, City Attorney Carrie Daggett, Graduate Management Assistant Tyler Marr, and Chief Deputy City Clerk Rita Knoll met on Monday, July 27, and the following summarizes the discussions that began at 7:38 a.m. July 28 Adjourned Meeting/Work Session An adjourned meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of considering a findings Resolution relating to the fraternity use appeal hearing held on July 21. The Work Session will follow and will include: 1. An update on the Broadband Strategic Plan; and 2. A review of the Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP). Six Month Calendar The River Modern Appeal will stand as scheduled on August 18. The Water Efficiency Plan work session discussion has been moved from August 25 to October 27 to allow for further public outreach and a review by the new Water Conservation Program Manager, who starts September 8. Alternative proposals for the Community Recycling Center has been added to the October 13 Work Session. Staff will send an update memo on the three options being presented and the October 13 scheduling. An update on the CSU IGA is due in October, and is currently scheduled for November 24. That date is problematic as it falls on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Staff will look for another date. With regard to the timing of work on Council priorities, Mayor Pro Tem Horak sought assurance that work on the 3rd quarter 2016 item regarding potential locations for grade‐separated railroad crossings will be ongoing leading up to that item. Current and planned efforts and additional ideas for how to approach the matter were discussed. Other Discussion Items: Deputy City Manager Mihelich indicated that talk regarding formation of an arts/cultural district in Larimer County has resurfaced. The City of Fort Collins will need to consider its participation in that District. Mihelich reminded the group that the City picnic is this Thursday. City Attorney Daggett indicated that the new Planning and Zoning Attorney will start later this week. She will send background info to Council this week. Ms. Daggett stated she will have an item on the August 18 agenda concerning the intergovernmental agreement with surrounding municipalities regarding reciprocal legal services. Leadership Planning Team Meeting July 27, 2015 Page 2 of 2 Windsor is joining in the agreement. She is also working on an ordinance that would allow advisory boards and commissions to consider any topic, whether or not specifically a part of their function. An example would be the super‐issue meetings that are held periodically. City Manager Atteberry reported on the following: 1. He is making some minor organizational changes that will need to be approved by Council. 2. He has been notified that the midtown business owners need more time to get organized, and are now planning on a TABOR election in May, rather than this November. 3. Mike Beckstead, John Birks, John Duval and he attended a meeting last week with Alberta regarding the mall. Mayor Pro Tem Horak addressed the following: 1. He agreed with the recommendation on the request from Gallegos Sanitation. 2. He commended staff on the Bike Share Program update. 3. With regard to the update on the Community Recycling Ordinance Project, he indicated that the memo could have included more information on the public outreach (i.e. are all apartment owners being contacted or just a segment, what type of business associations, etc.). He noted that environmental groups should be included. 4. He commended staff on the Climate Action Plan memo, adding that the list of what is being done could have included why it’s being done and what the expected result will be. 5. He questioned whether staff time is being allocated to project costs. As a result of the discussion, it was suggested that Mike Beckstead might attend a future meeting of the Chamber’s Local Legislative Affairs Committee to describe how the City calendarizes budgets compared to expenses on a monthly basis. Mayor Troxell: 1. commended staff on the Red Fox Road meeting; 2. mentioned PFA’s purchase of an old fire engine at the Swet auction and suggested the creation of a foundation might be a more appropriate mechanism for these types of transactions. City Manager Atteberry noted that the PFA will likely be reimbursed for the purchase by private donors. 3. asked if the downtown news racks could be refreshed and downsized; 4. talked about the change of use process and the conflict between having vacant commercial properties upgraded to current standards and the impact those upgrade costs have on the ability to get those properties occupied; 5. asked staff to look into the Orton Family Foundation’s Community Heart and Soul Program and how it may be implemented in Fort Collins (Susan Kirkpatrick is a local contact person); 6. reported on his meeting with Wellington Mayor Jack Brinkhoff regarding Boxelder. City Attorney Daggett was asked to review the contract to determine whether changes to the BBRSA project costs would require City of Fort Collins (and other BBRSA member) approval in order for the project to move forward; 7. reported on his meeting with Rick Garcia from the regional HUD office, and stated he signed on to the Mayor’s Challenge to end veteran homelessness. Staff was asked to find out more about the challenge, what it means to have signed on, and how it impacts the City. 8. indicated that the Climate Action Plan focuses on the regulatory perspective and doesn’t seem to address the economic health perspective. Meeting concluded at 9:24.m.