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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-025-03/15/2016-APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS OF THE NORTHERN COLORADO REGIONAL AIRPORT COMMISSION RESOLUTION 2016-025 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE,CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS OF THE NORTHERN COLORADO REGIONAL AIRPORT COMMISSION WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins ("Fort Collins") and the City of Loveland ("Loveland")jointly own, operate and maintain a regional general aviation facility known as the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport (the "Airport"); and WHEREAS, Fort Collins and Loveland entered into to that certain Amended and Restated Intergovernmental Agreement for the Joint Operation of the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport dated January 22, 2015 (the "2015 IGA"), to effectuate changes to the governance structure of the Airport to be in the nature of a "commission" that pursues the development of the Fort Collins-Loveland Airport as a regional airport in Northern Colorado and named that commission the "Northern Colorado Regional Airport Commission" (the "Commission"); and WHEREAS, the Fort Collins City Council approved the 2015 IGA by adoption of Resolution 2015-003 on January 6, 2015; and WHEREAS, the 2015 IGA requires that the Commission adopt bylaws governing the responsibilities of the Commission consistent with the terms of the 2015 IGA and that such bylaws be approved by the Loveland City Council and Fort Collins City Council (jointly, the "Councils") before going into effect; and WHEREAS, on October 15, 2015, the Commission members, at a duly noticed meeting and pursuant to the 2015 IGA, unanimously adopted the Northern Colorado Regional Airport Commission Bylaws (the "Commission Bylaws"), subject to approval by the Councils; and WHEREAS, on November 3, 2015, the Fort Collins City Council adopted Resolution 2015-095 finding that the Commission Bylaws are consistent with the terms of the 2015 IGA, provide for the orderly operation of the Commission, and are in the best interests of Fort Collins and the Commission and approving the Commission Bylaws; and WHEREAS, on February 18, 2016, the Commission members, at a duly notice meeting adopted Commission Resolution 1-2016, a copy of which it attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by reference, amending the Commission Bylaws as set forth therein,subject to the approval of the Councils. 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. _1_ Section 2. That the amendment of the Commission Bylaws by the addition of a Section 12 to read as set forth in Commission Resolution 1-206 attached hereto as Exhibit "A". and incorporated herein by reference is hereby approved and shall become effective as of�the date on which such Bylaws are approved by both the Fort Collins City Council and by the Loveland City Council. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 15th day of March, 2016. Mayor ATTEST: OF FOR cod City Clerk L -2- EXHIBIT A RESOLUTION 1-2016 A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE BYLAWS OF THE NORTHERN COLORADO REGIONAL AIRPORT COMMISSION WHEREAS, the Northern Colorado Regional Airport Commission ("Commission") was established by the City of Loveland ("Loveland") and the City of Fort Collins ("Fort Collins") pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Intergovernmental Agreement for the Joint Operation of the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport dated January 22,2015 ("2015 IGA"), to effectuate changes to the governance structure and pursue development of the Fort Collins- Loveland Airport as a regional airport; and WHEREAS, pursuant to and consistent with the 2015 IGA, the Commission, with the approval of the Loveland City Council and Fort Collins City Council (jointly, the "Councils"), adopted bylaws ("Bylaws")governing the responsibilities of the Commission; and WHEREAS, the Commission desires to establish subcommittees and work groups to assist the Commission with research and recommendations related to the Commission's purpose and, to that end, seeks to amend the Bylaws to clarify its power to establish such subcommittees and work groups; and WHEREAS,the 2015 IGA requires that the Bylaws,including any amendment thereto,be approved by the Councils before going into effect. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE NORTHERN COLORADO REGIONAL AIRPORT COMMISSION: Section 1. That the Bylaws, subject to the approval of the Councils, are hereby amended by the addition of a Section 12 to read in full as follows: Section 12. Subcommittees and Work Groups. The Commission may establish both subcommittees comprised of Commission members and work groups comprised of individuals who are not Commission members to provide research assistance or recommendations to the Commission; provided that any work group established by the Commission shall have a Commission member assigned as a liaison. Subcommittees and work groups established by the Commission shall be subject to the Colorado Open Meetings Law, C.R.S. §24-6-402. Section 2. That this Resolution shall be effective as of the date and time of its adoption. ADOPTED this 18th day of February,2016 , Cecil A. Gutierrez. 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