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MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 12, 2017
TO: Mayor and Councilmembers
FROM: Wanda Winkelmann, City Clerk
RE: Leadership Planning Team (LPT) Meeting
Mayor Wade Troxell, Mayor Pro Tem Gerry Horak (via phone), 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, June 12, and the following summarizes the discussions that began at 7:39
a.m.
June 13 Work Session
The items for this Work Session include:
1. Game Day Operations. City staff and CSU staff will be presenting this topic. Police Services will be
available to answer questions related to pre- and post-game activities, party registration, etc.
2. RP3 Program.
3. City Revenue/Contingency Planning and Reappropriation Items. In the presentation, staff is asked to
state how our revenues compare with the adopted budget. If revenues are down, what can be done
about it and should the $493k in reappropriation items be spent?
Six Month Calendar
Items added to the Calendar include:
1. July 18 – Call of Special Election (Broadband). This municipal election will be held in conjunction with
the November 7 Larimer County election.
2. Code Amendments related to Special Events. Moved from Unscheduled Items to October 3 Regular
Meeting.
3. Community Behavioral Health. Moved from Unscheduled Items to the Work Session on September 12.
Poudre Fire Authority (PFA) will provide an annual report at the July 25 Work Session. It was requested that the
presentation focus on the future – what critical/strategic issues are PFA focusing on and how are KFCG monies
being spent?
Staff is asked to share how the Business Engagement Action Plan fits within our triple bottom-line (economic,
social, environmental) framework during the discussion at the August 8 Work Session.
A review of the Smoking Ordinance will be provided at the August 22 Work Session. As part of the presentation,
staff is asked to consider if similar restrictions should be applied to other parts of Fort Collins. Are there areas in
Fort Collins that have similar densities of people whereby it makes sense to evaluate the need for restricting
smoking to ensure fair application of the regulations?
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Council will consider an “Addition of Permitted Use (APU)” for the September 5 discussion about the request for
the Long Pond Wireless Telecommunications Facility. In the agenda materials, staff is asked to include the
history of the APU process (this is the first time it has been used) and why an applicant would pursue this route.
Per the direction given by Council at the June 6 meeting, staff is preparing a memo regarding potential scope
and next steps for the Occupancy Study (U+2) This item will stay on the Unscheduled Items list until Council has
a chance to review the memo and consider possible future actions, such as a discussion on the Occupancy Study
being added to a Work Session.
Other Discussion Items
City Clerk Winkelmann noted:
1. Staff met with owners of Growcentia, a company interested in obtaining a marijuana research and
development license in Fort Collins. Staff is reviewing the options for this type of licensing to
occur, including amending the LUC to permit this type of activity. The owners of Growcentia
may reach out to Councilmembers to discuss their proposal further.
2. Staff will be working with Sarah Kane to develop a Council interview schedule for board and
commission applicants. If Councilmembers are interested, staff is happy to schedule interviews
for a half-day on a Saturday. There will be more to come on this.
Assistant City Manager DiMartino reported a lot of comments on fire pits have been received on social media
due to the article in The Coloradoan. Staff will continue to monitor the conversation as these are early
indicators of what to expect during the public engagement process when this policy item comes forward.
Mr. Mihelich stated a memo was included in the Thursday packet about natural area land disposition guidelines.
The LPT expressed appreciation for the memo and the examples given.
City Manager Atteberry discussed:
1. Lauren Gustus’ (editor of The Coloradoan) last day will be Friday. Mr. Atteberry plans to meet with the
new editor Eric Larsen this week.
2. Fort Collins hosted the ICMA Board Meeting from Thursday through Sunday. He received good feedback
about the community and its friendly residents.
3. In the style of “Jimmy Kimmel’s Mean Tweets” segments, PDT and FCTV staff created a video that
portrays some of the tweets about the City of Fort Collins.
4. As a part of new Councilmember onboarding, eight meetings have been scheduled for Councilmember
Summers to receive information about the different service areas. Those meetings will be open to other
Councilmembers if they wish to attend.
City Attorney Daggett stated there is a window of time when there will be parties who don’t have a Short Term
Rental (STR) license (as of June 30) and Council’s July 11 Work Session discussion. A memo outlining the options
was included in the Thursday packet and the LPT expressed appreciation for the information.
Mayor Pro Tem Horak commented on items from the June 8 Thursday packet:
1. Letter by citizen Georgia Locker suggesting the creation of a donation fund to help pay for home
improvements that would decrease monthly energy bills.
2. Air Quality, Climate, Recycling Survey Use. Are the efforts to improve air quality making a difference?
The Coloradoan posted an article today about ozone.
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3. City Plan Update. Staff is asked to ensure the new scoping of the City Plan is not being done just to
reduce the budget or time; rather, approach it from the perspective of what is working well and what
elements need to be revamped and will therefore be the focus of this effort.
Mayor Troxell:
1. Noted the Futures Committee meets today.
2. Attended a board meeting in Burlington, Vermont, of the Gridwise Alliance.
The meeting adjourned at 8:29 a.m.