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.
A. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 097, 2025, Making Supplemental Appropriations in the Community Development Block Grant Fund.
B. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 098, 2025, Making Supplemental Appropriations in the HOME Investment Partnerships Grant Fund.
C. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 099, 2025, Making Supplemental Appropriations in the HOME Investment Partnerships Grant American Rescue Plan Act Fund.
These Ordinances, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 17, 2025, appropriate the City's Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement Grant and FY2025 Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Participating Jurisdiction Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), CDBG program income from FY2023 & FY2024 and HOME Program Income from FY2023 & FY2024, and supplemental funding to the FY21 HOME American Rescue Plan Act (HOME-ARP) Fund.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 17, 2025, conforms the definitions relating to affordable housing in the City Code to those in the Land Use Code, removes language for a program that was repealed, and removes the requirement of a specific fee amount when requesting affordable housing fee delays.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 17, 2025, authorizes the conveyance of a drainage easement to South Fort Collins Sanitation District (“SFCSD”) across the southwest side of Fossil Creek Reservoir Natural Area. The request is tied to an expansion of SFCSD’s infrastructure at their headquarters immediately adjacent to the natural area. The proposed easement alignment would cross Highway 392 (north to south) via a culvert into Duck Lake.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 17, 2025, authorizes the conveyance of one (1) Temporary Construction Easement of 0.0474 acres (the “TCE”) and one (1) Drainage Easement of 0.0168 acres (the “DE”) (the “Easements”), being a portion of City property presently known as Golden Meadows Park, for the construction and installation of stormwater outfall infrastructure improvements.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 17, 2025, vacates 16 feet of public right-of-way dedicated by the Ghent subdivision plat. The right-of-way is no longer desirable or necessary to retain for street purposes. The right-of-way vacation will be conditional upon the relocation of an existing Lumen utility line which is currently within the right-of-way.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 17, 2025, enables the City to receive and expend Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Program funds through the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for the Vine/Timberline Rail Grade Separation Planning project (Project). The funds will be used to conduct planning for the capital project that intends to grade separate Timberline Road over Vine Drive and the BNSF railroad, eliminating the at-grade crossing of the railroad. The grant funding is not eligible for contributions to the Art in Public Places (APP) program. Previously appropriated funding from development contributions to construction will provide the City’s cost share obligation under the federal grant, as well as providing additional funds needed for Project completion. The development contributions are subject to APP program transfers that are complete. If approved, the item will appropriate $765,616 in RCE Program grant funds to the Project.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 17, 2025, amends the Land Use Code to remove Non-Primary Short Term Rentals from the list of licensed uses in the Community Commercial-North College (CCN) zone district.
Ordinance No. 106, 2025 and Ordinance No. 107, 2025 were presented together on first reading. However, Ordinance No. 106, 2025, will be considered under the Consent Calendar section of the Agenda, and Ordinance No. 107, 2025, due to a split vote on first reading, is to be considered under the Discussion section of the Agenda.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 17, 2025, sets ballot language regarding a proposed amendment to the City Charter resulting from the Charter Update Project and submits the question to the voters at the November 4, 2025, election. The Council has considered and taken action on five amendments, and this item completes action on the Charter amendments that have been identified as part of the Charter Update Project. Updates were made on First Reading to clarify that any person, whether appointed or elected to fill a vacancy on the Council, is considered to have served a term in that office for purposes of applying the term limit if they serve in total more than one-half of the term of office, unless the partial term was served before 2026.
The Ordinance does not include an amendment number for the proposed ballot question. The Council will establish the order of the amendments to be presented on the ballot by separate action.
The purpose of this item is to request an appropriation of $134,447 in philanthropic revenue received through City Give. These miscellaneous gifts to various City departments support a variety of programs and services and are aligned with both the City’s strategic priorities and the respective donors’ designation.
In 2019, City Give, a formalized enterprise-wide initiative was launched to create a transparent, non-partisan governance structure for the acceptance and appropriations of charitable gifts.
The purpose of this item is to provide a supplemental appropriation to the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Zach Elementary School Project (Project). Poudre School District (PSD) contributed $25,000 to the Project and this contribution was incorrectly appropriated in Ordinance No. 144, 2023. If approved, this item will correct this error and correctly appropriate the $25,000 PSD contribution to the Project. No new funding will be appropriated to the Project. As no new funding is being appropriated, there is no proposed additional contribution to the Art in Public Places (APP) program.
The purpose of this item is to request Council approval of a Collateral Assignment of Lease (“Assignment”) involving CO Fire Aviation Leasing, Inc., the cities of Loveland and Fort Collins (the “Cities”), and FMS Bank. The Assignment allows CO Fire Aviation Leasing, Inc. (the “Sublessee”) to assign its leasehold interest as security for a $920,000 loan from FMS Bank (the “Lender”).
The underlying ground lease permits such assignments with the consent of the Cities. The Assignment, attached to proposed Ordinance No. 113, 2025, will serve as the Cities’ acknowledgement of the assignment and provide the Lender rights to receive notice of any Sublessee default, to cure such defaults, and request a new lease of the Sublease is terminated.
The purpose of this item is to authorize conveyance of a permanent access easement to Josh and Dusti Sanger on approximately 0.5 acres of Coyote Ridge Natural Area. The Sangers own a 5-acre residential inholding (2887 W. Trilby Road) within the natural area. Domestic water infrastructure (a cistern and electric pump) that exists on the adjacent natural area pre-dates the City’s ownership and provides water to the Sangers’ residence. The access easement is intended to formally document the Sangers’ access to the existing cistern and electric pump on the Natural Area and require the Sangers to use the easement in accordance with City parameters.
The purpose of this item is to request an extension to the terms of the current cable franchise agreement which expires on July 31, 2025. Staff is in current negotiations with Comcast representatives and in the best interests of both parties, recommend this extension so that negotiations can continue. The extension will run through October 31, 2025.
The purpose of this item is to approve the 2025 Strategic Trails Plan (STP). The completion of this plan involved a 14-month planning process comprised of three distinct project phases.
This Agenda Item Summary shares the following high-level details of plan development and provides an overview of next steps as the project team moves into the implementation phase.
1. Plan purpose, overarching goals, and council priority alignment
2. Key community engagement themes
3. The proposed trails map and related items:
- Guiding principles used to develop 60 miles of proposed trails
- Project prioritization criteria
- Trail development timeline and costs
- Trail safety strategy
4. Additional completed deliverables
5. Next Steps – STP Implementation
Since the January 14, 2025, Work Session, staff has been working to finalize the Strategic Trails Plan incorporating community feedback from on-line and in-person engagement, draft plan review and input from City boards, including the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, Senior Advisory Board, Active Modes Advisory Board, and the Land Conservation and Stewardship Board.
Collectively, this input as part of the third and final phase of community engagement has resulted in several refinements to the Strategic Trails Plan, including proposed trail and plan language adjustments and further development of discrete recommendations.
Beginning July 2025, staff will move forward on initiating the predevelopment phases for northeast and western trail alignments, including two spur trail projects. Staff will also pursue several near-term plan recommendations, including the development of a FoCo Trails Program and administrative environmental review policy for trail development.
The purpose of this item is to certify to the Larimer County Assessor the percentages of property tax distributions to be allocated for the Downtown Development Authority by the Assessor as tax increment from the 2025 property taxes payable in 2026 to the City and to all other affected taxing entities.
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.
Staff is requesting that Council make the following motion to continue the public hearing and postpone consideration of this Resolution to allow the applicant additional time to draft and finalize details concerning the dedication of affordable housing in the related item Resolution 2025-060, Approving the Development Agreement to Secure Public Benefits for the Foothills Mall Redevelopment.
Motion: “I move to continue the public hearing and postpone consideration of Resolution 2025-059, Approving a First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Service Plan for Foothills Metropolitan District, to July 15, 2025.”
Per the City’s Financial Management Policy 10 – Metro Districts (the “Policy”), authorized by Resolution 2021-045, the procedures for conducting a hearing on metropolitan district service plan or plan amendment will be in accordance with the Council’s adopted procedures and Section 3.K. of the Policy, which sets the order of the proceedings on such a public hearing as follows:
1. Announcement of item;
2. Consideration of any procedural issues;
3. Explanation of the application by City staff;
4. Presentation by the applicant;
5. Public testimony regarding the application;
6. Rebuttal testimony by the applicant;
7. Councilmember questions of City staff and the applicant; and
8. Motion, discussion and vote by City Council.
In 2012, the District was organized to redevelop the then existing Foothills Mall (approval of the formation of the District and its original Service Plan by City Council was by Resolution 2012-084). Council approved the current Amended and Restated Service Plan for the Foothills Metropolitan District (the “District”) on May 7, 2013 (Resolution 2013-044).
Since the District’s formation and redevelopment, some of the planned activation has been successful. However, several factors have affected the commercial leasing of all property, which has impacted the revenues dedicated for debt service payment. To address the underperforming aspects, MXD Fort Collins, LLC (the “Current Developer”) is currently designing a new redevelopment plan. The First Amendment supports this new approach to redevelopment by:
1. Increasing the maximum amount of debt the District can have outstanding.
2. Extending the length of the debt the District is allowed to incur and clarifying refunding.
3. Making other changes to ensure consistency with the new redevelopment plan.
The First Amendment expands the list of eligible improvements but does not expand the list of eligible improvements for which the City or the Fort Collins Urban Renewal Authority (the “Authority”) are obligated to participate in or contribute revenues to finance. This item is related to another item on the agenda, Resolution 2025-060, Approving a Development Agreement to Secure Public Benefits for Foothills Mall Redevelopment, which, if adopted, would approve a Public Benefits Agreement that would be effective upon the effective date of this Resolution 2025-059.
Staff is requesting that Council make the following motion to postpone consideration of this Resolution to allow the applicant additional time to draft and finalize details relating to the dedication of affordable housing in the Public Benefits Agreement.
Motion: “I move to postpone consideration of Resolution 2025-060, Approving the Development Agreement to Secure Public Benefits for the Foothills Mall Redevelopment, to July 15, 2025.”
The purpose of this item is to seek approval of a Development Agreement to Secure Public Benefits for Foothills Mall Redevelopment. This item is related to another item on the agenda, Resolution 2025-059 Approving a First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Service Plan for Foothills Metropolitan District.
This Ordinance, adopted on First Reading on June 17, 2025 by 4-3 (Nays: Ohlson, Gutowsky, Potyondy), amends the City Code to allow existing Non-Primary Short Term Rentals licenses to be renewed.
On second reading, Council will have two options. The first option is the original language which allows for transfer of license upon sale. The second option removes the ability to transfer upon sale.
To most effectively address the unintended concentration of Non-Primary Short-Term Rentals in this zone, staff recommends adoption of the second option.
Beyond Council action, staff will continue to review and update policies and fee structures related to STRs. Any actions or recommendations will be provided through memo update.
Ordinance No. 106, 2025 and Ordinance No. 107, 2025 were presented together on first reading. However, Ordinance No. 106, 2025, will be considered under the Consent Calendar section of the Agenda, and Ordinance No. 107, 2025, due to a split vote on first reading, is to be considered under the Discussion section of the Agenda.
(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, pursuant to City Code Section 2-28(a), that Council cancel its regular meeting on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, due to Neighborhood Night Out."
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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