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 January 7, 2025, presents a recommendation from the City Planning Development Team to:
1. Increase the bond requirements for all contractors working in the public right-of-way. These bond amounts have not been updated since 1998.
2. Increase the bond requirements for boring contractors stems from damage caused by telecommunication providers to underground facilities.
3. Create a performance bond requirement for all small cell facility installations.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on January 7, 2025, authorizes the conveyance of a Temporary Construction Easement (the TCE) on 0.469 acres (the “TCE Area”) being a portion of City property presently known as the Poudre River Whitewater Park and located at 201 East Vine Drive. The TCE will be used by Public Service Company of Colorado d/b/a Xcel Energy (“Xcel”) for required infrastructure improvements at the Poudre River Regulator Station H-111-A.
This Agenda Item Summary addresses questions raised by Council on First Reading; see underlined areas.
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on January 7, 2025, incorporates process improvements to the procedures for addressing appeals and other questions of final decisions that are appealable to Council. The City Code changes address previously identified concerns with the current Council appeals procedure as discussed among Council, administrative staff, hearing officers, City boards and commissions, and members of the public. The City Code changes also clarify the processes and offer different routes for different types of questions on review.
The purpose of this item is to vacate the public right-of-way at Riverbend Court and create drainage, utility, access, and emergency access easements over the property.
The purpose of this item is for Council to consider the First Amendment to the Planned Unit Development (PUD) Master Plan Development Agreement for the Montava PUD Overlay and Master Plan between the City and the Developer. The amendment would extend the five (5)-year contingency for closing of the Developer’s purchase from the Anheuser-Busch Foundation for two (2) additional years.
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 2(d) of the Council’s Rules of Meeting Procedures adopted in Resolution 2024-148.
The purpose of this item is to consider the First Amendment to the Development Agreement to Secure Public Benefits for Montava Planned Unit Development (PUD) Master Plan (Public Benefits Agreement) between the City and the Developer. The amendment would extend the five (5)-year contingency for closing of the Developer’s purchase from the Anheuser-Busch Foundation for two (2) additional years.
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 2(d) of the Council’s Rules of Meeting Procedures adopted in Resolution 2024-148.
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 item is to appropriate additional design/project development funds in the amount of $5.539M for advancing the design to 100% for the entire corridor, necessary scope additions and design changes such as protected bike/ped infrastructure, BRT routing revisions and right-of-way services. The West Elizabeth travel corridor is currently the highest priority pedestrian/alternative mode corridor for improvement in the City and was highlighted in City Plan and the Transit Master Plan. This appropriation would follow the same minimum grant/local match ratio of 80/20 that would apply to the Small Starts grant. The local funding source identified for the local match is the “2050 tax.” Details of the amounts requested for the grant funds and local match fund appropriation are included in the Background/Discussion section of this AIS.
A. First Reading of Ordinance No. 007, 2025, Amending Chapter 12 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins to Revise Soil Loosening and Amendment Requirements.
B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 008, 2025, Repealing and Reenacting Section 5.10.1 of the Land Use Code and Amending Definitions in Section 7.2.2 of the Land Use Code to Advance Adopted City Policy Goals to Reduce Water Usage in Landscapes to Comply with State Law and to Clarify and Reorganize Landscaping, Tree Protection, and Irrigation Standards.
The purpose of this item is to adopt City Code and Land Use Code amendments related to landscape and soil that help to address Council’s adopted priorities for 2021-2023.
The proposed amendments to the Land Use Code are designed to minimize water consumption in landscaping for most new and redeveloped properties; they would not apply to single-unit, duplex, and accessory dwelling unit housing types. The code amendments ensure compliance with Colorado Senate Bill 24-005 (SB 24-005), which prohibits specific landscaping practices.
The proposed City Code amendments on soil amendment and soil loosening requirements aim to enhance clarity for applicability and allow soil amendments to be tailored to specific site conditions, which will support successful vegetation establishment and long-term growth.
The purpose of this item is to propose revisions, clarifications, and organization to the Land Use Code provisions that address specific areas that are the subject of two Colorado State House Bills passed last year. HB24-1152 requires the ability to build an ADU in more areas of the City, and HB24-1304 removes the minimum parking requirements for new multi-unit and residential mixed-use development. This item also includes clean-up to the Land Use 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 go into executive session to discuss with appropriate City staff potential acquisition and sale of real property for potential court, maintenance and transportation facilities and similar uses, as permitted under:
- City Charter Article Roman Numeral Two, Section 11(3),
- City Code Section 2-31(a)(3) and
- Colorado Revised Statutes Section 24-6-402(4)(a).”
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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