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MEMORANDUM
Communications & Public Involvement
215 N. Mason St.
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
970.416.2209
fcgov.com
DATE: August 13, 2020
TO: Mayor and City Councilmembers
THROUGH: Darin Atteberry, City Manager
Kelly DiMartino, Deputy City Manager
Tyler Marr, Interim IES Director
FROM: Amanda King, Communications & Public Involvement Director
Leonardo Escalante, Public Engagement Specialist
RE: August 11, 2020 Work Session Summary: Public Engagement Strategy
In addition to Mayor Troxell, Councilmembers Summers, Gutowsky, Pignataro, Stephens, Gorgol,
and Cunniff were present for the Work Session.
Key Points:
• The City’s public engagement efforts continue to evolve towards the goal of deepening
representation with community members.
• Process and framework improvements have been made through systems integration
and a broaden and co-creation approach to community engagement.
• Current strategy includes additional focus on deepening representation with community
members, with a special focus on historically marginalized communities through
organizational alignment, developing cultural competency, and forming ongoing
meaningful relationships.
Council Discussion and Next Steps:
• Overall appreciation for the City’s efforts and support for the direction it is taking
• Support for continuing to meet people where they are and identify and address barriers
to participation (like childcare options)
• Questions about what we are doing to mitigate engagement fatigue
• Value in having Council participate in engagement efforts and interest in doing more
than listening sessions
• Appreciation for robust and diverse engagement tools
• Questions about how to flip the model and provide more of a platform or forum to share
with us, rather than us always going to them
• Desire to see cultural brokers/competency operationalized and build more community
empowerment
• Diversify stakeholder outreach to ensure we are not just going to the same groups
each time; encourage broad participation across community
• Continue to evaluate gaps and identify who we are missing
• Leverage partnerships with affinity groups, neighborhoods, faith-based organizations,
businesses, and other partners
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