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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Read Before Packet - 5/9/2017 - Memorandum From Wanda Winkelmann Re: Leadership Planning Team Meeting Minutes - May 8, 2017City Clerk 300 LaPorte Avenue PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6515 970.221-6295 - fax fcgov.com/cityclerk MEMORANDUM DATE: May 8, 2017 TO: Mayor and Councilmembers FROM: Wanda Winkelmann, 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, Assistant City Manager Kelly DiMartino, City Attorney Carrie Daggett, and City Clerk Wanda Winkelmann met on Monday, May 8, and the following summarizes the discussions that began at 12:03 p.m. May 9 Adjourned Meeting/Work Session Council will consider an ordinance that permits a Regular Council meeting to be moved to a different day that week when the meeting falls on a holiday or other City event (Item #1). Also, Council will discuss the option of forming a working group (Item #3) that would recommend modifications to the IGA with the Boxelder Basin Regional Stormwater Authority (BBRSA). Following the Adjourned Meeting, two Work Session topics will be discussed: 1. Broadband Strategic Plan. Staff is asked to be prepared to respond to the email sent by citizen Tim Tillson on behalf of his friend Roger Ison. 2. City Plan Outreach Strategy. At the Work Session, staff is asked to be prepared to discuss past processes followed to update the City Plan and how lessons learned from those experiences have influenced the current recommended engagement strategies. It was suggested it would be helpful to involve Councilmembers in additional ways, such as assigning liaisons for the focus groups. May 16 Regular Meeting Three items involving CSU will be on this agenda: 1. Elizabeth and Shields Underpass. 2. Prospect Road and Centre Avenue Bicycle and Pedestrian Underpass. 3. First Addendum to the IGA Related to an On-Campus Stadium. In the respective Agenda Item Summaries (AIS), staff is asked to state how these items are interrelated and, if one item changes, what impact does that have on the other two items? Council will be discussing phased increases to Capital Expansion Fees. The LPT stated that the discussion has two elements – increases to the fee and changes to the methodology - and suggested it might be helpful to “zoom out” on the methodology and move forward with the increases. For the ordinance, the LPT requested two options: 1. Move forward with the new methodology and fee increases; and Leadership Planning Team Meeting May 8, 2017 Page 2 of 3 2. Move forward with the fee increases using existing methodology, create a public committee to explore the methodology, and work with the Finance Committee to provide a recommendation at the end of the year. Six Month Calendar Since the July 3 Regular Meeting is being moved to July 5, the LPT will meet on Wednesday, July 5 at 7 a.m. At the retreat, Council will discuss the Hageman request to purchase certain property at Running Deer Natural Area. The LPT stated the two options are either to sell the property to the Hagemans or continue the lease. Other Discussion Items City Clerk Winkelmann stated she, Mr. Mihelich, and members of the City Clerk’s staff met with the League of Women Voters on May 4 to discuss the April election turnout. The League stated their position that increased turnout would occur if the municipal election were held in November. Ms. Winkelmann stated staff is happy to provide any information (should it be requested) on this Council policy decision. Assistant City Manager DiMartino: 1. Noted Council has received a draft agenda for the retreat. The LPT requested that the original retreat list be sent along with the list of board/committee assignments. 2. Stated that the City has been selected to present the Broadband Public Engagement Plan at the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Annual Conference. Deputy City Manager Mihelich discussed: 1. Staff has been engaging citizens in the Alta Vista neighborhood by going door-to-door and asking if they would like sidewalks installed (currently responses are very mixed). Once this effort is finished, a summary memo will be sent to Council. Staff is asked to consider safety as it relates to the installation of sidewalks in this neighborhood. 2. In talking with Larimer County about shared jail space, the County has offered the City the option of participating in an alternative sentencing program for offenders. The offender would stay overnight in a secure facility and attend counseling and/or work-related programs during the day for an annual cost of $60K. Staff will be prepared to share this option at the May 23 Work Session. 3. Citizen Cheryl Distaso is reaching out to Council to discuss a community trust ordinance that Ms. Distaso and Latina Fuerza are championing. The ordinance would mandate that City employees shall not inquire about immigration status, citizen, or country of origin, and provides a list of things that would be expressly permitted. City Manager Atteberry reported: 1. He and others met with the staff of Crossroads Safehouse. Crossroads has requested funding through the spring CDBG competitive process. 2. CDOT is scheduled to complete their work on North College in mid-2018. 3. The Mall Underpass remains on schedule and all lanes on College are expected to be open within the next couple of weeks. 4. An application has been submitted to the PUC for the Nancy Gray/Sharp Point Drive connection. Construction will likely occur in the spring 2018. 5. Harvard recognized Nature in the City as a Top 25 Program. 6. The joint meeting with Fort Collins, Loveland, and Larimer County is scheduled for May 31. Agenda topics include Broadband, airport, County Road 30, affordable housing, and economic development. Leadership Planning Team Meeting May 8, 2017 Page 3 of 3 Mayor Pro Tem Horak noted: 1. Regarding the May 4 Thursday packet memo on Radon Mitigation - what recommendations can be implemented without the addition of resources? 2. As noted in the CML newsletter, a conference on supportive housing will be held on May 24-26. Will staff be attending this conference? 3. Community member Eric Sutherland attended his Listening Session this weekend and offered his opinion on the URA budget. 4. Amendments to the sign code will be discussed at the May 23 Work Session. 5. Appreciated staff’s memo on the Watershed Program Update (April 25 Work Session Summary). Mayor Troxell: 1. Met with citizen Eric Sutherland to discuss his opinion about the URA and the use of TIF. 2. Attended Cinco de Mayo events this weekend. 3. Met with representatives from Century Link to hear about their plans for connectivity. 4. Attended a meeting with the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation to learn about reflecting northern Colorado economics. 5. Inquired into the City’s request to hear back from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) about the train horn noise waiver. Due to the FRA’s lack of response, the Mayor will send a second letter. The meeting adjourned at 2:30 p.m.