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MEMORANDUM
DATE: January 17, 2017
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, Assistant City Manager Kelly
DiMartino, City Attorney Carrie Daggett, Chief Deputy City Clerk Rita Knoll, and Council Agenda Coordinator Sara
Gonzales met on Tuesday, January 17, and the following summarizes the discussions that began at 7:06 a.m.
January 17 Regular Meeting
A read before memo will be provided regarding Item #7 Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the Storm Drainage
Fund to Pay 2017 Fees for the City of Fort Collins Areas within the Boxelder Basin Regional Stormwater
Authority.
Resolution 2017‐008 Making Appointments to Various Boards and Commissions has been amended to state the
appointments are effective as of January 1, 2017. City Manager Atteberry will inform the public of this under
Agenda Review.
The Legislative Review Committee recommendation regarding the Mayor’s Climate Action Agenda Letter to
President Elect Trump will be included in the Read Before packet.
Under Other Business, a special meeting will be called for January 31 to hear two appeals of the Planning and
Zoning Board’s approval of the Landmark Apartments Expansion.
January 24 Work Session
A work session to provide an update on what has occurred since the June 14 work session where Council
discussed engaging with Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District regarding discussions and possible
negotiations related to the Northern Integrated Supply Project has been added to the January 24 work session.
Formal consideration of this topic is scheduled for February 7.
Nature in the City Update will be rescheduled to another work session date.
February 7 Regular Meeting
A resolution to consider placing a proposed City‐initiated Ordinance relating to regulation of medical marijuana
businesses on the April 4, 2017 ballot has been added to the February 7 meeting. The proposed ordinance
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would allow Council to change or add any provision in Chapter 15, Article XVI of City Code to be consistent with
the Colorado Medical Marijuana Code.
Other Discussion Items
City Manager Atteberry discussed:
1. He contacted Joe Zimlich regarding a Council proclamation to honor his service as a member of the
Colorado State University Board of Governors.
2. The Council retreat with new Councilmembers is scheduled for May 12‐13. Julia Novak has been
secured as the facilitator. In response to a suggestion that Council consider extending the retreat to
include an overnight stay, the City Manager will poll Council to determine if there is interest in this
approach.
3. A Historic Preservation Code and Process Steering Committee is being formed. He will be talking with
Councilmembers regarding the names that have been suggested for this Committee. After these
discussions, he will be appointing the members to the Steering Committee.
4. He is exploring options relating to funding for 3‐D printing that will be presented to Council in the near
future.
5. Councilmember Martinez has requested the Youth Advisory Board be invited to the Image Summit for
Colorado Youth, hosted by the City of Brighton, March 2‐3. (Staff note: Staff has invited the YAB to
attend this event and offered to cover expenses; however, interest was low due to yearly statewide
testing being held in PSD at that time).
6. A neighborhood meeting for the Drake/Lemay and Columbia/Lemay intersection Improvement Project
will be held on January 26 and an open house will be held February 2 to discuss intersection
improvements.
7. The City is working with Sam Mamet of CML to host a Town & Gown meeting this summer.
Mayor Pro Tem Horak discussed the following items from the January 12 Thursday packet:
1. The City Manager’s Monthly Report included information on the North College Pedestrian Gap. LPT
requested a memo in a Thursday packet that discusses the status of the project and how the funding
gap for the project is being filled.
2. Downtown Smoke‐Free Zone Enforcement‐a memo is requested that outlines staff’s recommendation
regarding the next steps of our approach to this issue. What consequences are proposed, what can we
do differently from other cities, and how can we make the downtown smoke‐free zone work?
3. He complimented staff on the memo regarding enforcement for CSU Game Days and Special Events.
The detail provided in the memo was appreciated.
4. Mayor Pro Tem Horak noted that on the public meeting calendar (paper & web) he should be listed as
“Councilmember” rather than “Mayor Pro Tem” for activities following the April election so as not to
imply any decisions prior to them being made. Similarly, future events for individual Councilmembers
who are up for reelection should not be listed on the events calendar or website until after the election.
Mayor Troxell stated the Martin Luther King Day events went very well.
The meeting adjourned at 8:53 a.m.