PROCLAMATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
5:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING
6:00 PM
• City Manager Review of Agenda
• Consent Calendar Review, including removal of items from Consent Calendar for individual discussion.
(Including requests for removal of items from Consent Calendar for individual discussion.)
Individuals may comment regarding any topics of concern, whether or not included on this agenda. Comments regarding land use projects for which a development application has been filed should be submitted in the development review process** and not to Council.
• Those who wish to speak are required to sign up using the online sign-up system available at www.fcgov.com/council-meeting-participation-signup/
• Each speaker will be allowed to speak one time during public comment. If a speaker comments on a particular agenda item during general public comment, that speaker will not also be entitled to speak during discussion on the same agenda item.
• All speakers will be called to speak by the presiding officer from the list of those signed up. After everyone signed up is called on, the presiding officer may ask others wishing to speak to identify themselves by raising their hand (in person or using the Raise Hand option on Zoom), and if in person then will be asked to move to one of the two lines of speakers (or to a seat nearby, for those who are not able to stand while waiting).
• The presiding officer will determine and announce the length of time allowed for each speaker.
• Each speaker will be asked to state their name and general address for the record, and, if their comments relate to a particular agenda item, to identify the agenda item number. Any written comments or materials intended for the Council should be provided to the City Clerk.
• A timer will beep one time and turn yellow to indicate that 30 seconds of speaking time remain and will beep again and turn red when a speaker’s time has ended.
[**For questions about the development review process or the status of any particular development, consult the City's Development Review Center page at https://www.fcgov.com/developmentreview, or contact the Development Review Center at 970.221.6760.]
CONSENT CALENDAR
The Consent Calendar is intended to allow Council to spend its time and energy on the important items on a lengthy agenda. Staff recommends approval of the Consent Calendar. Agenda items pulled from the Consent Calendar by either Council or the City Manager will be considered separately under their own Section, titled “Consideration of Items Removed from Consent Calendar for Individual Discussion.” Items remaining on the Consent Calendar will be approved by Council with one vote. The Consent Calendar consists of:
• Ordinances on First Reading that are routine;
• Ordinances on Second Reading that are routine;
• Those of no perceived controversy;
• Routine administrative actions.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 21, 2024, requests an appropriation of $150,000 in General Funds in order to work with a consultant to develop a comprehensive and actionable Digital Accessibility Roadmap. The purpose of this roadmap is to provide a strategy for compliance with both Colorado and federal laws and regulations pertaining to digital accessibility requirements, including both the Americans with Disabilities Act and Colorado House Bill 21-1110.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 21, 2024, appropriates $16,529 of unanticipated federal grant revenue from the Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado Highway Safety Office (HSO), to support Fort Collins Police Services’ Traffic Enforcement Unit work toward traffic safety and reducing serious injuries and fatal crashes through the enforcement of traffic laws and specifically those related to driver and passenger restraint system use.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 21, 2024, appropriates $612,027 of Transportation Capital Expansion Fee (TCEF) Funds for expenditure from the Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Program Budget to reimburse the Waters Edge Second Filing developer, Waters Edge Development Inc. (Developer), for its oversizing construction of Turnberry Road, Brightwater Drive, and Morningstar Way. As part of the development plans and development agreement for Waters Edge Second Filing and permitted for construction under the Waters Edge Third Filing Development Construction Permit, the Developer has constructed to City standards Turnberry Road as a two-lane arterial, and Brightwater Drive and Morningstar Way as collectors as part of its development requirements. Per Section 24-112 of the City Code, the Developer is eligible for reimbursement from TCEF funds for the oversized, non-local portion of Turnberry Road, Brightwater Drive, and Morningstar Way not attributed to the local portion obligation.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 21, 2024, supports licensed City childcare programs by appropriating $21,069 of unanticipated grant revenue awarded by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC).
Through the CDEC’s Childcare Stabilization Grants program the City was awarded $21,069 in federal pass-through funds to provide enhancements in licensed City Childcare programs.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 21, 2024, appropriates $200,000 of prior year reserves in the Light and Power Fund to support Ordinance No. 003, 2024, which authorized transfers and reappropriation of funds previously appropriated for the Utilities’ Grid Flexibility Programs. The ordinance, as adopted, omitted the need for $200,000 of prior year reserves to fully fund the requested appropriation, since those funds had technically lapsed at the end of fiscal year 2023.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 21, 2024, annexes a 46.92-acre property located at the NE Corner of the I-25 and East Mulberry interchange. A specific project development plan proposal is not included with the annexation application. The Initiating Resolution was adopted on April 16, 2024. A related item to zone the annexed property is presented as the next item on this Agenda.
This annexation request is in conformance with the State of Colorado Revised Statutes as they relate to annexations, the City of Fort Collins City Plan, and the Larimer County and City of Fort Collins Intergovernmental Agreement regarding Growth Management.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 21, 2024, zones the property included in the I-25 & Mulberry Annexation into the Industrial (I), and General Commercial (CG) zone districts and place the property into the LC2 Lighting Context Area and Non-residential Sign District.
This item is a quasi-judicial matter and if it is considered on the discussion agenda it will be considered in accordance with the procedures described in Section 1(d) of the Council’s Rules of Meeting Procedures adopted in Resolution 2015-091.
Because the Planning and Zoning Commission did not make a recommendation on the annexation zoning until after the agenda materials were available for first reading, the information in the ordinance was subsequently updated with the Commission’s recommendation for second reading.
A. First Reading of Ordinance No. 074, 2024, Making Supplemental Appropriations in the Community Development Block Grant Fund.
B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 075, 2024, Making Supplemental Appropriations in the HOME Investments Partnerships Grant Fund.
The purpose of this item is to appropriate the City's FY2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement Grant and FY2024 Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Participating Jurisdiction Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and CDBG program income from FY2022 and FY2023 and HOME Program Income from FY2022 and FY2023.
The purpose of this item is to appropriate funds to allow work to begin on the City Charter review process included in the Council-adopted Council priorities. The amount appropriated, $25,000, will be used to fund special legal counsel with municipal charter expertise to take the lead on the review and drafting of Charter provisions to update and modernize the City Charter.
The purpose of this item is to request an appropriation of $30,000 in philanthropic revenue received through City Give for Cultural Community Program, a department within the City’s Cultural Services area, for live music as designated by the grant award.
In 2019, the City of Fort Collins launched City Give, a formalized enterprise-wide initiative to create a transparent, non-partisan governance structure for accepting and appropriating charitable gifts.
The purpose of this item is to request an appropriation of $12,500 in philanthropic revenue received by City Give for the construction of the 9/11 Memorial at Spring Park, 2100 Mathews Steet, Fort Collins, CO.
A partnership between the City of Fort Collins and Poudre Fire Authority (PFA), the 9/11 Memorial will be located in midtown Fort Collins, and will honor firefighters, emergency medical technicians, law enforcement officers, and nearly 3,000 others who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.
The purpose of this item is to support The Gardens on Spring Creek internship program by:
● Appropriating $4,200 of unanticipated grant revenue awarded by the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA)) and
● Utilizing matching funds in the amount of $4,200 from existing 2024 appropriations into to this new grant project.
In May 2024 the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) awarded the City of Fort Collins (City) $4,200 under the CDA’s Agricultural Workforce Development Grant Program (Attachment 2). The City will be providing an additional $4,200 in required matching funds. The award funds and City’s matching funds will support hiring an intern for The Gardens’ summer 2024 internship program.
The $4,200 in funds through the CDA’s Agricultural Workforce Development Grant Program are federal pass-through funds.
As presented per Attachment 2, the $4,200 is provided pursuant to a State of Colorado Purchase Order, with corresponding terms and conditions. There is no requirement that the City sign an agreement. Rather upon the City submitting the first request for reimbursement to CDA, the City agrees to all terms and conditions of the award.
The purpose of this item is to support the new construction of affordable housing at several locations in the City by assigning the City’s 2024 Allocation of Private Activity Bond (PAB) capacity. PAB capacity is required for development projects using four percent (4%) Low-Income Housing Tax Credit financing.
The purpose of this item is for Council to authorize the Mayor or City Manager to execute a Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)-provided resolution to secure state grant funding for the construction of the new terminal at the Northern Colorado Regional Airport and for the rehabilitation of pavement for Taxiways B and D.
The purpose of this item is for Council to authorize the City Manager to execute a grant agreement with the City of Loveland and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to secure federal funding for the construction of the new terminal at the Northern Colorado Regional Airport. These funds were budgeted as part of the initial project funding and came available for application in 2024 as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Airport Improvement Grant program and were appropriated in the 2024 Airport budget for expenditure in this project.
The purpose of this item is to fill existing vacancies on the Youth Advisory Board.
Pursuant to Council policy, the recommended appointees have completed or will complete the required acknowledgement and acceptance of the Code of Conduct and the applicable laws and policies that govern service on City of Fort Collins boards and commissions.
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
The method of debate for discussion items is as follows:
• Mayor introduced the item number and subject; asks if formal presentation will be made by staff
• Staff presentation (optional)
• Mayor requests public comment on the item (three minute limit for each person)
• Council questions of staff on the item
• Council motion on the item
• Council discussion
• Final Council comments
• Council vote on the item
Note: Time limits for individual agenda items may be revised, at the discretion of the Mayor, to ensure all have an opportunity to speak. The timer will buzz when there are 30 seconds left and the light will turn yellow. It will buzz again at the end of the speaker’s time.
The purpose of this quasi-judicial item is to consider an appeal of the decision of the Historic Preservation Commission (“HPC”) on April 17, 2024, determining that the property at 2601 South College Avenue (the "Property," historically, the Ghent Auto Dealership) is eligible for designation as a Fort Collins Landmark.
The Appellant, Dracol, LLC, the owner of the Property, raises one issue on appeal: that the HPC failed to properly interpret and apply provisions of City Code Section 14-22, which establishes standards for determining the eligibility of structures for designation as landmarks or landmark districts. Specifically, Appellant alleges that the HPC failed to properly establish historic significance under either Standard 1 (Events/Trends) or Standard 3 (Design/Construction), and further failed to establish clear historic integrity; before making a ruling on whether the Property met the standards for significance and integrity required for Landmark designation under the Code.
(Three or more individual Councilmembers may direct the City Manager and City Attorney to initiate and move forward with development and preparation of resolutions and ordinances not originating from the Council's Policy Agenda or initiated by staff.)
"I move that Council adjourn this meeting until after the completion of the Electric Utility Enterprise Board business."
Every regular Council meeting will end no later than midnight, except that: (1) any item of business commenced before midnight may be concluded before the meeting is adjourned and (2) the Council may, at any time prior to adjournment, by majority vote, extend a meeting beyond midnight for the purpose of considering additional items of business. Any matter that has been commenced and is still pending at the conclusion of the Council meeting, and all matters for consideration at the meeting that have not yet been considered by the Council, will be deemed continued to the next regular Council meeting, unless Council determines otherwise.
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