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Home My WebLink About1999-011-01/19/1999-AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DIALOGUE REGARDING SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY ISSUES RESOLUTION 99-11 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DIALOGUE REGARDING SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY ISSUES WHEREAS, in 1995 the City conducted community forums and surveys to gather information about the policy issues, future directions, and strategies that the City might employ in resolving the problems it faces and moving the community forward; and WHEREAS, these activities were part of a process to engage citizens in meaningful discussions and a deliberative process of community decision making called City Dialogue; and WHEREAS, in December of 1995 the City Council agreed to suspend further work on the City Dialogue process, and the information that had been gathered and analyzed as part of City Dialogue was to be summarized and woven into other programs and projects such as City Plan and Building Community Choices; and WHEREAS, in the course of discussions with the Council's Organizational Development Committee and at the September 1998 Council Retreat, the Council has expressed interest in continuing to engage the community in a meaningful and civil dialogue around significant community issues. NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Manager is directed to plan and carry out a series of forums that enable community members to participate in meaningful and civil conversations related to significant municipal issues that are pertinent to the Fort Collins community, including, without limitation, issues relating to transportation, City Plan, affordable housing, City-School District cooperative projects, and others. Section 2. That the City Manager is to provide a report or the results of such forums to the Council for its review and consideration on or before October 31, 1999. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Coui Id this 19th day of January, A.D. 1999. avor ATTEST: 1 City Clerk