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RESOLUTION 2022-032
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING AN APPOINTMENT TO THE COLORADO COMMUNITIES FOR
CLIMATE ACTION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WHEREAS,the City Council appoints Councilmembers to serve as liaisons to the
City’s boards and commissions and appoints Councilmembers to established Council
committees;and
WHEREAS,the City Council also appoints representatives to certain other
organizations of which the City is a member;and
WHEREAS,one of those organizations is Colorado Communities for Climate
Action (“CC4CA”);and
WHEREAS,CC4CA is a coalition of 40 local governments in Colorado advocating
climate action at the state and federal level,and the City was a founding member of CC4CA
when it was established in 2016;and
WHEREAS,pursuant to CC4CA’s bylaws,each member of the CC4CA is allotted
one voting position on the CC4CA Board of Directors (the “Board”)and can have any
number of alternate voting representatives;and
WHEREAS,the City’s current voting representative on the Board is Lindsay Ex,the
City’s Environmental Services Director,and she is currently the Vice Chair of the Board and
is slated to become the Chair of the Board in July of this year;and
WHEREAS,at its January 25,2022,meeting,the Council’s Legislative Review
Committee (the “LRC”)considered the question of whether a Councilmember should be
appointed to be the City’s voting representative to the Board with Lindsay Ex transitioning to
being the City’s alternate voting representative;and
WHEREAS,this transition of Lindsay Ex to being an alternate will not affect her ability
to continue to be the Vice Chair of the Board and to become its Chair in July because CC4CA’s
bylaws allow for this;and
WHEREAS,the LRC voted to recommend to the Council that it appoint
Councilmember Canonico to be the City’s voting representative on the Board;and
WHEREAS,Council has determined that Councilmember Canonico’s service on the
Board as the City’s voting representative is in the City’s best interest;and
WHEREAS,Council has further determined that it is also in the City’s best to
appoint Lindsay Exas the City’s current alternate voting representative on the Board to
serve in Councilrnember Canonico’s absence and to authorize the City Manager to
substitute other City staff members for this alternate position and appoint any additional
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alternates as needed to ensure the City’s effective participation in CC4CA and service on
the Board by its voting representative.
NOW,THEREFORE.BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1.That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2.That Couneilmember Canonico is hereby appointed the City’s voting
representative to serve on the Board of CC4CA.
Section 3.That Lindsay Ex,the City’s Environmental Services Director,is hereby
appointed to serve as the City’s alternate voting representatives to serve on the Board in
Councilmember Canonico’s absence.In addition,the City Manager may,as needed,substitute
other City staff members for this alternate position and appoint other City stall members as
additional alternates to ensure the City has a voting representative on the Board in the absence of
Councilmember Canonico.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 15th
day of February,A.D.2022.
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