City Council Regular Meeting — September 2, 2025

Good evening, Fort Collins. The time is now 5 p.m. Welcome to the proclamation portion of tonight's City Council meeting. We have two proclamations this evening. So the first one we're going to do is declaring the month of September as National Preparedness Month. If there's anybody in the audience who would like to come up for this proclamation, please come on up. You don't have to, but you will.

And you can take as many pictures as you want.

Hi. Thanks for coming.

You look great. Okay. Whereas September 20th.

Yep. Yep. Are you okay? That's wings. It's not like it was on video. Sorry.

It's TV. Whereas September 2025 is recognized as National Preparedness Month and creates an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of emergency preparedness and to encourage community members to take time to understand local hazards, evaluate readiness, create or update emergency preparedness plans, and begin developing or updating their emergency preparedness kits. Whereas investing in the preparedness of ourselves, our families, businesses, and community can reduce losses and economic devastation in our community and in our nation. And whereas National Preparedness Month creates an opportunity for every resident in the city of Fort Collins to prepare their homes, businesses, and communities for any type of emergency. and whereas the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Security has developed a comprehensive emergency preparedness program for the community, including the Fort Collins Volunteer Response Team that encourages community members to volunteer or otherwise help improve our community's resilience. And whereas emergency preparedness is the responsibility of every resident and business owner in the city of Fort Collins, and everyone is encouraged to make preparedness a priority and work together as a team to ensure that individuals, families, and the community are prepared for disasters and emergencies of any type. Now, therefore, I, Jenny Arn, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby proclaim the month of September 2025 as National Preparedness Month and encourage all residents and businesses to develop their own preparedness plan and work together toward creating a more prepared and resilient community who would like to speak.

Good evening, Mayor, Mayor, Pro Temp, City Council, City Manager. My name is Dennis Day. I'm here representing EPS.

I'm the Program Manager for Emergency Preparedness. And I just want to highlight a couple of key messages about the importance of National Preparedness Month. And it's a reminder that readiness is not just a personal responsibility. It really, truly is a community responsibility.

And I want to thank all of these Fort Collins Volunteer Response Team members, as you'll hear us referred to as FCBRT, for their dedicated service to community outreach, preparedness, and general overall emergency preparedness.

This month, we encourage all residents to take some simple steps, and that's to make an emergency plan, build an emergency kit, stay informed through local alerts like LIDA, and to get involved in emergency preparedness in your community. And I want to thank you for supporting this proclamation and building a culture of readiness in the city of Fort Collins. Together, we can ensure that when a disaster strikes, our community is not just ready, but we are more resilient. And I encourage everybody to be FC ready. And again, I want to thank the volunteers for coming out. Thank you all very much. And again, I want to thank the volunteers for coming out. Thank you all very much.

That's perfect. Are you guys ready? Are you guys SU ready? You know it.

One, two, three.

Awesome. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to thank you. I have to close that door.

We actually should have a little sign on there, though.

All right. Our next proclamation is declaring the month of September as Hunger Action Month.

Come on up. You must be Leah.

I'm Morgan.

We didn't make it, so I replaced her. Hi, Morgan. Hi. Last slide. Okay, ready? Whereas hunger and poverty are issues of vital concern in Larimer County, and where the food bank provided services to more than 54,000 people, including nearly 16,000 children in the last calendar year, and whereas everyone needs nutritious food to thrive, and the rate of people experiencing food insecurity nationally is the highest in more than a decade and nearly 50 million individuals, including families, seniors, and children. And whereas the City of Fort Collins is committed to taking steps to combat hunger in every part of our community and to provide additional resources that those in Larimer County need. And whereas the City of Fort Collins is committed to working with the Food Bank for Larimer County, a partner in the Feeding America nationwide network of food banks in educating people about the role and importance of food banks in addressing hunger and awareness and raising awareness of the need to devote more resources and attention to hunger issues. And whereas more than 54,000 individuals, including 16,000 children, annually rely on food provided by the Food Bank for Larimer County and its programs and partners. And whereas the Food Bank for Larimer County distributes enough food for more than 10.5 million meals annually through its network of food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and other community organizations. And whereas the month of September has been designated Hunger Action Month in order to bring attention to food insecurity in our communities and to enlist the public in the movement to end hunger by taking action, including volunteer shifts, social media shares, and donations to ensure every community and everybody in it has the food they need to thrive. And whereas food banks across the country, including the Food Bank for Larimer County, will host numerous events through the month of September to bring awareness and help end hunger in their local community. Now, therefore, I, Jenny Arndt, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby proclaim the month of September 2025 as Hunger Action Month. Would you like to say a few words?

Yes, please, if that's all right.

Hi, thanks for having me, and thank you for taking the time to recognize September as Hunger Action Month. The Food Bank provides hunger relief to more than 54,000 people in our community who are facing food insecurity. And Hunger Action Month allows us to organize volunteering and donating and advocacy during this month. In the last year, the Food Bank for Larimer County distributed enough food to create 10 million meals. This work would not be possible without the incredible support of this community. This support will be crucial in September and going forward as the Food Bank looks ahead to new challenges. The recent passage of the Big Beautiful Bill will lead to more obstacles for those facing food insecurity. This new law includes nearly $200 billion in cuts to SNAP.

This equates to roughly 6 billion fewer meals each year nationwide based on preliminary estimates.

For people near and far, this means relying an increased amount on local food banks for support. As this need rises, we will continue to show up for our community, but this challenge requires all of us. We need your help to get more food on our shelves, more meals into homes, and more support into the hands of those who need it most. This year's Hunger Action Month plays a crucial role in bringing awareness to the new challenges.

Again, we thank city leaders for taking the time to spotlight the food bank's work.

By being here tonight and recognizing September as Hunger Action Month, you've played a part in spreading awareness and helping us to rally our community. It is together that we are strongest in the fight against hunger.

thank you

that concludes our proclamation portion of tonight's meeting we'll see you back at 6 fort collins for the business meeting

great good evening fort collins and welcome to the regular portion of the regular meeting of

for calling city council. I will now call it to order.

Will you please join me for the Pledge of Allegiance?

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Will the clerk please call the roll?

Orange? Here. Francis? Here. Olson?

Here.

Pat Yandy? Here. Canonico? Here. Pina Taro? Here. Gutowski?

Here. That's great. Everybody's here. We appreciate all who have joined us tonight, either in person or virtually. We are all here for the same purpose, and that is the future of our community. That's something we all care about. I ask that we'll be respectful while people are speaking and afterwards. Be thoughtful about two others. Everyone will have a chance to be heard. Will the city manager please provide a review of tonight's agenda?

Yes, thank you, Mayor. Good evening, everyone. We do have some amendments to our published agenda this evening. We received six protests before Monday's noon deadline on item 21, so we have updated the agenda accordingly. Tonight's consent calendar includes 19 items, and we do have two discussion items this evening relating to the recommendations of the Civic Assembly.

Great. Thank you very much. There are no community reports tonight. So will the staff please play the public participation video

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hear public comment to ensure we have accurate information to follow up speakers are required to register to speak by 5 30. i have the registration list right here if you're currently on a board of commission please identify yourself and tell us if you're speaking on behalf of the board of commission or on behalf of yourself as a resident at this point we have 20 people who've signed up to speak tonight we also have four additional who signed up and i'm looking at the list there's sit there's three four five who have signed up to speak on a consent calendar item

which is the more annexation that is on the consent so we don't take individual unless that speakers on that unless it's been pulled so I might suggest that you speak during general public comment because if no one on council pulls it then you won't have an opportunity to speak and we'd like to hear what you have to say okay so I will add you to the list during the general public

comment and we'll hear from you then everyone will have three minutes to make their comments for those in chambers please approach the podium as you see your name coming up on the screen and stand up you can alternate the microphones if you're online please be prepared to speak as your name is called staff will use a timer to track a green light means please go ahead and state your name and tell us roughly where you live a yellow light means you have 30 seconds left and a red light means I will politely but promptly ask you to step aside so the next person can be heard let's see I will now begin calling on speakers the first one we have signed up is Catherine good evening

council members Catherine dubiel 805 to 5 I have a presentation if it could be

brought up it's very is it terrific is that as large as this is going to be can

you make it full screen thank you my question tonight is upon reading city charter article X part 3 section 10

Parentheses B. I see that any ballot initiative or ballot referral to the voters has to include the words yes and no. This was the approved ballot language for the citizen-initiated ordinance, which will be put before the voters this November, but I don't see a yes or a no. and my concern is simply that we don't want to have a ballot measure that's on the ballot and

we're told later that it's not in the proper form so you still have time to make that correction

the ballot measures and you know the wording for the ballot will not be sent to the Larimer County elections board until Friday September 5th so if any corrections need to take place I would appreciate it if they're done now thank you thank you very much

Cory thank you good evening mayor and City Council members my name is Dr. Cory Carroll a longtime Fort Collins resident and family physician I have always advocated for the health of my patients, and that includes the environment they live in. That effort included my participation in the Poudre Canyon Group of the Colorado Sierra Club, where I was the chairman. The Poudre Canyon Group has been an active group for decades, including hundreds of your constituents, many of whom you know with a respectable legacy of championing protection of the Poudre River, conserving national areas now including the future of Hughes, fighting to improve our air quality for clean energy, and to address the climate crisis and other environmental concerns which are also social justice issues. I'm saddened to say that last week the Poudre Canyon group was disbanded due to the intentional manipulation of our election last year by the Fort Collins YIMBY Yes in My Backyard group. This was done ostensibly to seek political endorsement for one of the leaders of YIMBY, who is currently a candidate running for City Council District 1. They successfully elected four new leaders who had never once been to a Poudre Canyon group meeting or event. To do this, they recruited YIMBY Fort column member and sympathizers to join the Sierra Club and vote for the four candidates in our election. This was not illegal, but when confronted with this election manipulation at the first meeting in January, there was total denial by the four. The continued denial of Yimby's plan caused significant turmoil that led to a complaint to an unelected steering committee of the Colorado Sierra Club chapter, which ultimately resulted in the dissolution of our group. Additionally, it is likely that at least one member of this City Council was involved with the disbanding of Poudre Canyon Group. You know, politics can be ugly, but it's a shame when it's destructive. I reference our federal leadership. I and others have been active in PCG and will continue to fight for a clean environment but it is sad and a shame for the citizens of fort collins that the 30-year activism of the pooter canyon group has now ended i will send this testimony along with supporting documents via email tomorrow thank you quinn

Hello, my name is Quinn Necker and I am 12 years old and I have a passion for flags. According to the North American Vexillology Association, flags represent a place, organization, or person generally on a rectangular piece of cloth to be seen at a distance, often moving, and reproduced in many sizes. I know that there are more pressing issues to deal with, but I wanted to bring up something that is important to me. Based on my research, I believe the flag of Fort Collins should be changed. Firstly, the flag has writing on it. According to Good Flag, Bad Flag by NAVA, words defeat the purpose. Why not just write USA on a flag? A flag is a graphic symbol. Lettering is nearly impossible to read from a distance and hard to sew. Words are not reversible. This forces double or triple thickness fabric. This shows that the text on the flag needs to be removed or replaced. Next, the flag should also add symbolism. Currently, the flag has brown for the mountains and white on top to represent snow, all on the left side of the flag. This is good to start with, but more symbolism could be added. According to Nava, symbolism can be in the form of a main graphic element in the colors used or sometimes even in the shapes or layout of parts of the flag. in choosing symbols consider their history emotional value and usage assure they resonate with the people represented this quote proves that more symbolism could be used on the flag based on the evidence and quotes i think that the current flag should be scrapped entirely and should be redesigned i thought i would share my own design uh i have okay the five points on the star represent how Fort Collins is 5,000 feet above sea level. The green represents the mountains, and the white represents the snow caps on top of the mountains. Finally, the blue background represents the horsetooth reservoir. Due to the diagonal orientation of the stripes and the star, if the flag is flown vertically, it will still look right side up. In summary, the Fort Collins flag needs to be changed because it needs more symbolism and has writing on it. Thank you for your time and consideration thank you very much Michelle hi my name is Michelle

Haefeli I live in district 6 and I'd like to talk about surveys the city's frequently uses surveys to with a question format called a Likert scale or Likert style scale that uses a series of response options to gauge support for something or rate a proposal. So you might ask, how do you prefer your weather? It is so self-evident in the academic literature that it almost never appears except to note that it induces bias. The scale or the response options must be symmetrical. For example, if you say very, you present an option of very hot, you need very cold on the other end. It can't go very hot, cool it's biased and at least two recent examples of city the city has used non symmetrical response options to these types of questions the civic assembly participants had like 20 questions using a scale that went from strongly agree somewhat agree neutral and don't know we're lumped that's not proper and then disagree it's biased it's biased towards the positive end the sound in the city survey which is currently open asks how supportive are you of amplified sound at public events that is a biased question in and of itself but then the response options are strongly supportive somewhat supportive neutral, somewhat opposed. And then it depends on the event. Again, it is strongly biased towards the positive end. You cannot use this kind of input to gauge public policies.

Sample size is also an issue. 20 people is too small to generalize to the Fort Collins population.

That's a glorified focus group.

The other issue, the issue with the sound in the city is it's wide open, online, anyone can take it as often as they want. So you might get a sample size of sufficient quantity, but it's not a random sample. So again, you cannot use these kinds of inputs to gauge public policy. And it may not be news to you. some people, many people are strongly opposed or strongly disagree with a lot of the things that

are brought before us by you all in recent years. So I ask that you get some professional people

to design your surveys or stop using them altogether. Thank you. Thank you. Kirk.

Members of the City Council, my name is Kirk Fiesler. I live at 1950 La Porte Avenue which borders the entire East property line of the Moore

annexation. This neighborhood is mainly composed of modest homes on larger lots with many people keeping animals.

I have lived here for 44 years and during that time I've enjoyed the quiet aspects of this semi-rural neighborhood.

The following are my thoughts on the planning and zoning subject of this Moore annexation. First, I highly oppose the zoning of this property as LMN and recommend it being zoned urban edge or residential low density to bring it in line with the character of the area. I hope the City Council is aware of the current conceptual review plans which show a 78,000 square foot four-story building surrounded by a site encompassing parking lot, which goes against the guidelines established by the Northwest Sub Area Plan. As planned, this building would be larger than the Northern Hotel. I just think about that.

How would any of you like the building of a four-story northern hotel 25 feet from your property? There isn't a building over two stories on all of Taft Hill. Secondly, most critically, this site is in the floodplain.

This apartment complex with its accompanying large parking lot will surely need to move water somewhere, which obviously will be the surrounding streets and my property.

This area is already highly susceptible to flooding. Third, there is a planned site entry drive from La Porte Avenue as shown on the preliminary site plan located adjacent to our shared property line, adding another major vehicle access directly next to my driveway and the stores next door. which is crazy due to the excess traffic already present.

Fourth, my quality of life would be diminished in the following ways.

Increased traffic, auto, bicycle, motorized bikes, skateboard, scooters, and foot in front of my driveway. And the way LaPorte Avenue was redesigned last year already greatly slows my access.

us. More lights and noise from the planned apartments and probably an increase of people

trespassing on my property. Fifth, if the property is to be developed for apartments, look to the apartment complex just to the east of me on La Porte, the orchard apartments, for the right way to do it. These two-story apartment buildings fit nicely into our neighborhood.

They have a pleasing semi-rural look and attractive landscaping and house adults in one and two bedroom units. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Brian Tracy.

Evening. Wow. Poudre Canyon Group of the Sierra Club. Dissolved. That's disqualifying. Could you state your name? Brian Tracy. old town east. Hughes as a natural area is the topic here but first I want to provide some context for my comments. I began working on bikes professionally as a rookie mechanic in the CSU bike shop in the basement of Lurie Student Center in 1984. Few people might remember that place. Then I worked as a mechanic at cycle transport at Laurel in college. More might remember that place. Then in bikes at REI on the East Coast for a few years. I ride my bike to work probably 80% of the time. I like bikes. I believe in bikes for their health effects, pollution reduction, their ability to reduce the use of cars where it makes sense. I like bikes and I love the idea of kids and children having fun on bikes. I also support the mission of rescuing raptors. So to summarize, I like bikes, I like kids, I like kids on bikes, and I like birds. However, the original intent of the Hughes ballot in 2021 was to protect that land from development and have it be open land with low impact use. But the exact language from that ballot is being exploited for a variety of potential uses. In your council-generated ballot measure, I object to the vague language that describes the potential use of the land. I suspect that most voters, especially now that they won't have a blue book, will not be fully informed and appreciate the real and critical differences between the

Friends of Hughes Pro-Natural Area ballot item and the council-generated Bike Park Raptor Rescue

ballot item. To be honest with voters, you should craft language for the ballot item that explicitly describes what we all know will be out there if your item wins. Minimum 30 acre

bike park costing millions with buildings, parking, etc. And a 30 acre raptor rescue center with buildings, parking, lighting, etc. And a thin strip of natural area. Why aren't you being specific? Would Fort Collins vote for

your plan if you actually described it with specificity? That's the question I

Thank you. Thank you. Next up is Andrew.

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Good evening ladies and gentlemen of the council. My name is Andrew Fursina. I live at Monte Carlo Drive off of Harmony near Cruz Elementary. I'm here to talk about the intersection between Monte Carlo and McMurray Avenue. I've lived here since 2018. It's always been an issue. I've seen a lot of, I've seen a couple of accidents there, but I've done a little bit of data collection on my own just to kind of stress the issue. And basically what it comes down to is it's about using the four-way stop signs that are there. And my concern basically boils down to the amount of speeding or kind of fast traffic that at least I can tell I don't have a radar gun, but at least what I can see is about

65% are speeding, about 21% are actually doing full stops, about 70% are doing absolutely no

stops, and about 7% are doing rolling stops. So basically what that comes down to is about 77% are doing, are basically violating the traffic laws there.

My biggest concern there is there's about five schools within a one mile radius. That boils down, if you think about that, to estimates about kids walking to school, about 300 to 500 kids walking to school every day. And it creates a significant dangerous aspect for our children. I'm a father of two. One of them goes to Cruz and he is going to be walking to school in two years so it makes me very concerned. Cruz also puts out two teachers, a librarian in the morning and an art teacher in the afternoon who are wearing bright pink vests and a bright giant red sign. Even this morning I saw a car almost struck the librarian. So it's incredibly dangerous. It makes me very concerned. and the last thing I want to see is a kid hurt or even worse killed at that intersection so as someone who's been struck by a car in the past I take this pretty seriously so my ask would be to see if we can station a police officer there again another data point to bring up is the amount of revenue missed just this hour is about eleven hundred dollars and over the week is about eighty seven thousand dollars in traffic violations so it could be a revenue aspect as well but I do think we have an ethical aspect to protect the children and just make sure that it is a safe place to cross this is also not incorporating the people that are using the power trails or other pedestrians that are around the area I am happy to work with you to provide more information or work more on this but otherwise I thank you for your time thank you very

much Judy

Okay, this is pretty disgusting because my husband and I have lived here. My husband, Ed Castro, who Emily knows and Susan I know from the teaching world. We've lived here almost 50 years, and it's the first time I've ever done this, so that's pretty pathetic. But I've been retired for a few years, so I'm starting to do more volunteer things and get involved and be a better citizen. I want to thank you all for taking your time to do what you do to help us. I realize, as a person who hasn't been involved, how much I appreciate you. We also pray for you. Some of us get together out there and we say a prayer for you at the beginning of each month and pray for God's wisdom and direction. And the thing I'm concerned about from my own situation, as you can see, is the mosquito fogging. I'm concerned because I live on a street. My house has a wraparound yard. I have my fences right by my garden, and the fogging comes right onto it. I've been doing some research on my own and I found out that it does a little bit more, has more problems than people realize. We need to really research this. We need to be open to really think about the things that are affecting us. My garden is getting worse and worse every year. About half of everything I plant actually grows. I think about the fluoride in the water, this mosquito chemicals coming down with petroleum and whatever else in it. And then there's also the cloud seeding and the aluminum and that. And I think we really need to research this and be very open to, well, let's see that little thing on. I don't know if you're timing me or not. Did I run out of time? But we need to be open to really, really look at these things because it's affecting people. Our bodies have to fight off these things, these chemicals. So please be very open to listen to all the research. I really thank you again for what you do, and have a good day.

Thank you very much. Do we have the timer worked out?

Let us try turning this off and turning it back on. And I think your next person who's remote is not online.

Okay. Joe?

Okay. So give that just a second. Okay. And if someone downstairs could also come up, our timers aren't working. We'll put the microphone by the beep, and that'll be the 30-second mark.

Okay. Thanks. Go ahead, please.

Good evening, council members and city staff. My name is Karen Avila. I live in District 5. I'm a Colorado native and a Fort Collins resident for over 30 years, and I also happen to be the executive director of the Rocky Mountain Raptor Program. and I'm here to support the Hughes for Everyone Issue Committee regarding your consideration for Resolution 2025-082. I'd like to express my gratitude to all of you and City staff for your commitment to honoring the original ballot language of 2021 and the careful consideration incorporating many of the Civic Assembly's recommendations on your Council-referred ordinance and resolution. As elected officials of the City Council, you have the authority to weigh the recommendations as well as citizen input to give your support for Resolution 2025-082. This resolution presents a unique opportunity for the Hughes site to truly reflect the community's will, offering a potential shared space that not only supports natural areas, but also multiple uses for conservation partnerships, wildlife rescue and rehabilitation, as well as parks, recreation and restoration. This is a once in a generation opportunity not to be overlooked. Together, through multiple departments and nonprofit partnerships, we can restore land impacted by nearly five decades of previous use and damage. To restore vital grasslands, habitat, create space for community education and the sharing of cultural history. Create a space for expanded recreation and those, of course, closest to my heart, the wildlife rehabilitation and education facility. Through your leadership, Fort Collins can make Hughes a living example of what our community values most. A place to connect, to conserve, and to recreate. Your decisions and actions will help shape this vision, and we are hopeful that you will support this in making it a reality. Thank you again, council members, for all that you give to our community. We're very grateful for you, and I hope you have a wonderful night. Thank you very much.

Diana Murphy, remotely? I'm in person, if that's all right. It's more than all right. Come on up.

It's just too nice to stay inside. You're welcome. Thank you. Go. Please go ahead. The timer is going. Okay. Good evening, Mayor and Council members. My name is Diana Murphy. I live in District 5. I would like to respectfully request clarification on the ordinance for the large-scale development of the Hughes site and its ballot language as it relates to nondisclosed taxpayer obligation and how it overlaps with the CCIP tax renewal. Voters are being asked to vote on major long-term construction developments without a transparent explanation of funding, obligations, and I don't think they know the consequences of the overlapping ballot measures. The city's development measure considers some of the Civic Assembly recommendations and added additional parameters based on council recommendations, the bike park and the buildings, let's call them.

Also on the ballot will be the CCIP tax renewal that includes the amount of $5 million plus $15,000 a year for a bike park,

in addition to the $11 million for the bicycle infrastructure and overpasses, bringing the total for bike-related costs to $16 million plus,

while affordable housing amounts were capped at $11 million. My question is, is the funding for the development of the bike park coming exclusively from the CCIP funding? And if so, it should be mentioned in the ballot language and described in the blue books for the voters. Some more questions, I guess. If the voters vote yes to keep Hughes a natural area and approve the CCIP budget, will the bike park funds to go build a bike park somewhere else?

Or are they just Hughes exclusives? If voters vote yes to protect Hughes as a natural area and want a bike park somewhere else in the city,

they must vote yes on the citizen petition, no on the city's development measure, and must vote yes on the CCIP funding. It's kind of confusing. If a voter does not want their tax dollars or revenues going to a bike park anywhere in this time of budgetary risks or priority imbalance, it will require voting no on the city's measure and no on the entire CCIP budget. Does that not hold the CCIP budget kind of hostage to the last minute inclusion of the bike park that has no civic survey support or supermajority support? It feels risky to me. Should the CCIP funding not pass, have the voters just been put in a position where the city will create a new tax to fund the development of the bike park and all the other amenities? How will the taxpayers pay for the private opportunity? Lastly, in the work session, there was some discussion back and forth about the acreage of the bike park, and the council wanted some more information. But if we don't, if the council doesn't know how we came up with the 35 acres or what this plan is,

it kind of feels like this is too premature to bring to the voters, especially since there's no disclosure of fiscal or financial obligations to the taxpayer.

I don't think voting should be like you throw spaghetti against the law. Thank you very much. Thank you.

Okay, Valerie?

Hi, my name is Valerie Vogler and I live at 520 North Taptill Road and this is just north of the proposed Moore annexation, same side of the street as the property in discussion. And this property, it does, and my property lie within the Northwest Siberia plan. And like the majority of my neighbors on Taptail Road and LaPorte Avenue, we have, you know, typically one story homes with larger, maybe some larger lots and gardens. And it's a kind of a semi-rural type of a neighborhood. could now this moor annexation the proposed moor annexation i understand is a 3.6 acre property under consideration and it obviously will lie under this northwest sub area plan that a judge made the decision i guess it was last year uh has clarified that the northwest sub area plan is regulatory um and so i would if the proposed project for the more annexation is approved it should be held to those that criteria for the Northwest sub area plan and the principles out that were outlined in this a 78,000 square foot four story building with parking all around it in a 3.6 acre lot certainly is inconsistent with the sub area plan. I agree with Mr. Feisler's comments and his oppositions. I don't need to repeat them all but the traffic concerns are are huge um children going back and forth to school people you know leaving the gas station and that area on the corner it's already very dangerous for people crossing and and the increase in traffic that's there also the flood um flood plain concerns we were concerned about that with the sanctuary field and it exists still in this area too and usually if these developments do get approved and they start building up, it's the rest of us that end up with our homes, you know, even more at risk in the floodplain. The type of building is very, you know, inconsistent with the semi-rural location. And I just wanted to share that. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Next, I have Rich. Just a reminder, you put down various, So you just speak on each topic once and then not. You know the rules.

Yeah. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Counselors. When I say various, I'll say not all in Fort Collins is negative. I did notice in the last two weeks where a resident, I mean, I will come in, someone from a local business that basically stepped up. There was a confused person that they helped before the first responders could arrive, and that's always a good thing to see. Now I'm going to flip on the alternative side and talk about item nine. So battery storage on a flag lot that's surrounded by CSU property. In trying to read through that contract, All I can see is where the citizens of Fort Collins look like they're up to pay for something and take responsibility for it. If this is the purpose, then I'm not sure if I would agree. Is the benefit for CSU? Is the benefit for Platte River Power Authority? Is the benefit for the citizens of Fort Collins? It's not really clear. So basically, one would say, is that a poor use of funds? Is it the least efficient resource use in terms of time, money, and efficiency? Is this really a research project? Doesn't it really belong, if it is such, on CSU property? Why do we shift that responsibility to the taxpayers and the ratepayers? So I think the issue with battery technology, it's an interesting technology that hasn't fully developed yet.

I don't know that it's stable and predictable. So it seems a lot more like a research project.

And indeed, communities that shut down functioning power plants in order to put batteries,

at least one of them had a fire that burned the whole plant down.

So the next question would be, is this the correct location for such an activity?

So I think what overall turns into, we got a wow factor going,

but I'm not sure that the citizens of Fort Collins should be paying for it.

Thank you very much.

Thank you. Next up, we have Jill.

Good evening, Madam Mayor, members of council, Joe Rowan, District 5. So a couple of weeks ago, one voice for housing sent you a letter asking that you set aside some of the excess tax collections from the 2015 CCIP for housing. And the community services provided a response letter as to why that wouldn't be a good idea.

And I thought this would be beneficial for those of you who hadn't read it and for the members of the public that probably won't get a chance.

basically what the response was is that we we weren't telling the citizens the truth about

what the southeast community center was going to cost to begin with we set aside 18 million now we need another 12 million that we really didn't talk about that's a little you know slush fund that that hangs out there that really wasn't going to come to light until the beans got spilled

So in essence, it's saying that we need the other $12 million to cover a $75 million project without really telling us where the other $45 million is coming from, which I find that a little surprising because normally staff is much more clear and I think forthcoming with information. But this response basically says that we can't use other funds because we've underestimated what it costs to maintain our parks with the 2050 tax.

So we can't use those monies.

We can't use monies that would otherwise go to Mulberry Pool because, again,

with the new CCIP that you've put forth for the ballot, it includes $10 million for Mulberry.

But if you paid attention to the Council Finance Committee meetings, you know it's a $20 million project. So basically what this letter is saying is we really underestimate everything that these taxes pay for.

And therefore, it's not a really good idea to monkey with what we're doing.

So don't take the money and put it into housing.

Because housing, as you discussed last week, once again, number one issue facing the community of Fort Collins. That's where they want you to put your money. Instead, we're going to use our money to get another facility on the cover of Public Amusement Park Illustrated and eliminate the ability to address the fact that, whether you know it or not, roughly 40% of households in Fort Collins are paying more than they should for housing.

And that doesn't even talk about child care and all the other expenses.

So instead of actually addressing the needs of the community, the priorities of the community, we're going to put more money into a pool facility that we probably can't afford to take care of.

We'll need a new tax for that in the future. So just keep in mind, and again, thank you for sharing this with the public.

Thank you. Next up is Kimberly.

Kimberly Connor, member of the Human Services and Housing Funding Board, but not speaking for the board at this time. I currently have a slight injury to my mouth and apologize if it's difficult to understand me. On Sunday this week, the International Association of Genocide Scholars declared Gaza to be a genocide. This was not a simple majority vote.

86% of voting members agreed it is a genocide. declared such by human rights groups around the globe, human rights groups in Israel, and now groups of genocide scholars. To continue to remain silent is to deny reality and to say that genocide is acceptable. An hour ago, you honored local volunteers who have been trained in emergency response. Meanwhile, last week in Gaza, emergency responders were killed during a double tap on Nasser Hospital, where a stairwell was initially struck in the same location that journalists gathered to connect to the Internet. Ten minutes later, after emergency crews responded, they were struck again on live television. Your silence supports this. I remember when I first took emergency training. The next time I saw emergency personnel enter a building in Gaza, I couldn't help but compare it to our training. Was the building safe to enter? How many of those responding were formally trained? Did they have the tools necessary to carry people out? Would they have to roll up the sides of their blankets to use as makeshift stretchers? What about the rooms and buildings that have been destroyed? How would they find the buried bodies without the necessary tools? It felt so real to me those next few weeks after my training, like I could picture being there myself amongst the carnage, holding the dead children in my arms, and wondering why my community doesn't care,

why my community is okay supporting genocide. Did you do what I asked of you last time? Did you imagine all of the children in our community dead representing all of those children that our community has helped kill in Gaza? Or did you continue to live your life as if the genocide isn't happening? This week, you also recognized as Hunger Action Month. You know that the IPC officially declared a famine in Gaza, right? What actions have you taken? None. Last week, I participated in a national hunger strike in solidarity with the people of Gaza and the international flotilla of 50 ships making their way to Gaza right now to break the siege. You want to do something to combat hunger this month? Then join with us in calling out our senators and representatives. Tell them to stop allowing Israel to use starvation as a weapon. Tell them to use their influence to protect the humanitarian flotilla on its way to Gaza right now. Stop ignoring the genocide of our generation. Stop teaching our community that it is acceptable to remain silent in the face of injustice. Take a risk and actually do something.

Thank you. Adam?

Ditto.

My name is Adam Hirschwald.

I'm running from mayor.

I hail from district 6, and I wanted to come out tonight to acknowledge the people that helped get me on the ballot.

People with disabilities, medical workers, convenience store workers, secret agents for

the LGBTQIA.

Guys who want to make America improve somewhat.

The Cripple Punk Alliance. CSU students.

Food Not Bombs.

Jewish Voice for Peace. A lady who took down a judge to get her kids back.

I think one of the best moments was when I was on campus.

and a lady asked me before she would sign my petition

where do you stand on Palestine?

And I said I've been in your grill for two years about it. She said give me that.

I also want to acknowledge Jacob Castillo. I have his permission to affectionately call the resilience and sustainability campus I proposed last time, Castillo Castillo. But on the books, I'd like it to be the Jacob Castillo Resilience and Sustainability Campus. I'd also like to acknowledge the good sense of Kinder Boot.

I know it's going to be difficult to make a lot of people happy on this But she knows what she's talking about listen to her carefully

Have a great night. Thank you blame

We're gonna try to reset the timers one more time

And I'm gonna set a timer and watch it here, okay

Please go ahead.

Hello.

My name is Blaine. I am one of the volunteers that was recognized today for the National Preparedness Month

proclamation.

I just, during this proclamation, I couldn't help but remember the story that we came to

you with, along with our Ask for a Ceasefire Resolution last year in January. The story of Hindra Job, a five-year-old Palestinian girl who was pinned down by Israeli soldiers after her

entire family was killed. And first responders attempted to reach her. They stayed on the line with her the entire time. And in the face of gunfire and the knowledge that Israeli soldiers

regularly target first responders, they stayed brave and they kept trying to reach her.

Unfortunately, the story did not end in heroicism and happiness. It ended with Hin Rajab, a five-year-old little girl, murdered along with her family and the two first responders that never stopped trying

to reach them. We can all only hope to be half as brave as those first responders, who never stopped despite gunfire and tank shilling. What is happening in Gaza was a genocide over a year ago when we first came to you asking you to just vote, to just hear a ceasefire resolution, and you stopped it before it could even reach a vote. Unfortunately, it stays

a genocide today with a staggering number of first responders, children, families, babies being

murdered, intentionally targeted by Israeli soldiers. For the simple act of just trying to help each other, to stand up, to do something, to try and rescue the people being targeted and killed. But we can also help. There are things that we can still do. It is not too late for us to change course and to make the right decision. We can boycott products that fund genocide and divest from companies in our community, like Woodward, whose products have been found in bombs, in fragments of bombs, in destroyed communities that have targeted, killed first responders and innocent civilians and children. Genocide is always an emergency. Free Palestine. Thank you. Claire?

Good evening. Claire, District 6.

I'm here to speak predominantly on the Hughes site. And I really just want to remind City Council that one of the most popular items in that admittedly flawed survey for the Civic Assembly process was to include indigenous voices in every aspect of the project and to set aside sacred space and ceremonial space for our indigenous kin and those folks so that they can have access to that site. And that was uniformly popular across the board. I think it's really clear that the citizens of Fort Collins and our community members really want an indigenous presence in the process. And I very much worry that that voice is being diminished as the process goes along and that we're not really considering their voices and that they're going to be once again erased from the process.

And I'm going to switch gears for just a second and talk about this is a deeply important issue to me going back over a year ago now. And I'm going to connect these two things in a second. But on March 5th, I, along with two other women,

glued my hand to a wall on this chamber in protest of the ceasefire resolution that has been brought up again tonight.

and I did that not because I was really angry at a policy but I did that in honor I was angry but

also in honor of my Irish ancestors my indigenous ancestors who have been erased from history who

have fled genocide who have fled oppression to be here and it is a fluke actually I beat the odds to be here my great-grandmother was sent to the Haskell Indian boarding school there were eight siblings only two survived she was one of two that made it to adulthood I beat the odds to be here

and I do not take that for granted and that there were hundreds upon thousands of people who have

been erased from our history. We know this land was stolen. We've all admitted this was stolen

on the backs of genocide and massacre. That is the history of Fort Collins. Fort in the name was protecting people coming and stealing other people's home, massacring them and their children. That is our history. And I think we need to reckon with that. And I think the very least we can do to bring this all back again is to say there is some deep healing that needs to happen in this space and on this place.

And that can start with the former Hughes site and bringing more indigenous voices to the table, having them participate more in the process and uplifting their voices.

And finally, in line with that, many of us have come to you again and again and again asking for support in our fight to speak out against genocide elsewhere. Genocide anywhere means that genocide can happen here. And we have seen how fascism has spread even on our soil with what's been happening with a lot of our immigrant neighbors.

And so I just ask instead of punishing us, arresting us, letting us be arrested for speaking out, that you stand with us and support us in our fight to uplift oppressed voices. Thank you. Thank you. Tammy?

Good evening and thank you, City Council and Mayor Arndt, for the opportunity to be here tonight. I'm Tammy Verkodron, Executive Director for Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Our mission is to conserve birds and their habitats, and we achieve that through science, education, and land stewardship. We envision a future where birds are forever abundant, contributing to healthy landscapes, and inspiring human curiosity and love of nature. I have lived in northern Colorado for 26 years, raising my two daughters in this community to be stewards of our natural world. I would love to see more opportunities for our community to grow in nature. So I'm here tonight for the Hughes for Everyone Issue Committee for Resolution 20-25-082.

I believe this is a unique opportunity for people of all ages and abilities in our community

to engage with nature and improve access for all.

Together with the Rocky Mountain Rapture Program and Overland Mountain Bike Association, we want to enhance the eastern part of the former Hughes Stadium.

This side has been heavily impacted by the former stadium and the parking lot.

We envision improving the health of the land and the ability for people to connect and engage in nature, promoting conservation efforts, including conducting grassland restoration on part of the property, developing habitat demonstration gardens. the center will be a place of learning and thus sharing and inspiring conservation actions beyond the property boundaries throughout our community. We also envision enhancing restoration opportunities and recreation through supporting existing uses including the sledding hill, the frisbee golf course, as well as adding bike trails, a bike park, and connecting trails that join Maxwell natural area. We are coordinating with First Peoples Community Center and including their priorities as expressed in the civic engagement process. We want to honor the original land stewards and ensure their voices and presence are included in forming the interpretive elements of the center, the gardens and land restoration efforts, a place to honor and celebrate our diverse indigenous communities and neighbors and a place to gather and have celebrations so thank you again for the opportunity to be here tonight for your leadership and enhancing our community love of nature and our desire to have more opportunities for learning recreation and land stewardship thank you Eric Eric Sullivan citizen of Fort Collins my comments this evening really follow on speakers that attended your last meeting and spoke about addressing affordability in the city of Fort Collins generally with the application of tax revenue for financial assistance for the development of affordable housing and mr. Rowan even spoke about it earlier this evening calling it perhaps the most important problem we face in Fort Collins that agree with him but one fact that really needs to be understood in this conversation I hardly ever hear it mentioned is the fact that probably the largest contribution by Fort Collins taxpayers right now to housing is subsidy of housing in the town of Timoth by virtue of backfilling monies that would otherwise be lost to tax increment financing by increased taxing tax revenues this amounts about eight million dollars I don't think there's any other line item anywhere in the affordability paradigm that is of that magnitude eight million dollars Fort Collins property tax goes to subsidize Timoth this year that's eight tenths of a mil if you want to work it out that way two things about this are several things about this and one completely unlawful not in agreement at all with the statutory constitutional limitations of tax increment financing this should not be happening. Number two, they're not building affordable housing out there in Timmouth. Timmouth is not a 15-minute community nor was it ever envisioned to be that way. It is a staggering hemorrhaging of monies from Fort Collins being used primarily for profiteering by developers and it's not assisting the problems that we have today. The last thing I'll remark about this problem is that I don't know of any problem I've ever identified in the sphere of public life in this area that could be as easily solved as this one. If rule of law and appreciation for the principles of fundamental fairness were be brought to bear on this problem, this hemorrhaging of money could be stopped. Even better, the money could be insured to be used for affordable housing either here in Fort Collins or in Timoth. A line item, $8 million like that, that money directed in the proper means would do a lot of good. Thanks.

Thank you. Next up, I'll go to Miranda remotely. Looks like they're ready.

Yeah. Hello, my name is Miranda Spindell and I own a three acre historic farm that is located just to the north of the proposed more annexation. I understand that comments tonight in your decision are focused on the annexation and zoning of the property. However, whatever development occurs in the future on this property will directly impact me in many ways. So thank you for considering my comments tonight before making a decision. I spoke at the recent PNZ meeting along with multiple other concerned neighbors. We're aware that the property under consideration has been recommended to be annexed into the city as LMN. However, I'm here to ask Council to consider pulling this item for discussion as to whether that in the lighting context one is the best option to ensure compatibility with the surrounding neighborhood in open space as development occurs. Some of you may be familiar with the Sanctuary and the Green development proposal, which is across the street and to the north of this parcel. I'm part of a neighborhood group that formed because of concerns with how out of character with the surrounding neighborhood that proposal is. We have all, including you, been actively involved for years in the development review process for that property. I fear that we are about to repeat that process with few lessons learned. As you're likely aware, in one of the first hearings for the sanctuary property, there was a lack of clarity as to whether the Northwest subarea plan was merely aspirational or actually regulatory. The 2023 district judge's decision did establish that the Northwest subarea plan is regulatory, and where the two plans conflict, the more stringent guidelines take precedence. I mention this now because the Moore annexation property lies in the northwest sub area, yet there was absolutely zero mention of the northwest sub area plan in any of two rounds of conceptual review planning comments from the city. The plans, as you've heard, are for a 78,000 square foot four-story building. That's completely out of alignment with the Northwest sub-area plan and our neighborhood, and it will negatively impact in multiple ways, including noise, flooding risk, traffic, lighting, building mass, shadowing, and density. I also want you to be aware that the conceptual review for this property was noticed prior to this annexation and zoning, and many neighbors are unaware of what is planned. I was told by city staff that there will be no further neighborhood meetings, and that to me does not speak to a sincerity in collaborating with neighbors. So I ask that you consider now whether this property might not be better designated under urban estate or residential low and the LC0 lighting, as it is in an essentially dark sky neighborhood, bordering the Ponte Verde natural area. Restricting aspects of development through zoning would make it much simpler to ensure that any development aligns with both the land use code and the Northwest sub area plan and is welcomed by our neighborhood.

Thank you. Thank you. And then we have Bill Birche.

Remotely. Okay. Please go ahead.

Can you hear me?

Yep. We got you.

Okay. Thank you.

Thanks, Mayor, City Council. Almost two or three months after I was first sworn in as a member of the City Council occurred the Spring Creek flood.

and going through that experience of which a lot of the damage was in the district I represented, District 1, as well as back to the West, occurred during that time. And so the concern that I have with the Moore annexation is not the fact that it shouldn't be annexed.

It should be annexed. It's a typical infill-type project, voluntary annexation. But it's the zoning proposal that is inconsistent with what the conceptual review that's been proposed shows.

The property itself lies about halfway between the canal importation district and the West Vine district for stormwater. And it would be really need to be mitigated. The other two factors being that about 50% of the property is within the city floodplain and about a third of the property is in the floodway.

And that was something that we ended up dealing with. The rest of my council terms was the development of the city floodway and implementation of a lot of the storm drainage, which still hasn't been completed. A lot of that area was graded and the natural water courses were taken out, which creates a greater problem with flood control. So I have some really serious concerns about that.

And in terms of the zoning, I think has been mentioned by the other speakers.

There's probably an area for development on that property, but it would need to be mitigated with flood control completely.

so appreciate the time and I'll take it from there. Thank you very much

I have one more speaker but you've signed up to speak on item 20 so we'll wait for that. Okay and that concludes public comment for tonight. That's all who signed up

Let's see. Sorry now I have to flip through a bunch of stuff. Does anyone on council have any follow up to public comment?

Kelly?

Thanks, Mayor. Yeah, a speaker commented on the way we do surveys, and I just have to say I agree. I've been a critic of the way we survey people for decades, both externally and internally. And I think we should hopefully at some point, if council needs to intervene in it, I hope they do so that we try to eliminate the bias. as mentioned in this particular case to the positive end, you do have to have symmetrical options. And the way we do, it's just, to me, it's invalid. And so I hope we make changes in the future. I'm glad the speaker brought that to our attention again. And I don't mean they had before, but it needs some attention so that we can hopefully fix it. The other thing is I agreed with her on the fact that people can just email in with no scientific basis to it whatsoever no validity actually to the online polls it's just an opinion thing that we have very little control over and and I personally view is worthless

information anyway else yeah let's see I think for Andrew for Zeno I think his last name was, that intersection of Monte Carlo and McMurray. I'm wondering if we can have follow-up about if we've looked at that intersection before, and if not, what next steps might be?

We have looked at that intersection, and if you'd like to hear just a little bit tonight, we could invite Dana Horncoe up to talk about that. And then we can also provide some additional information in writing. And I know that our police services who are here are also flagging that for their traffic team.

If you can give it a little more insight. Good evening, Mayor and Council members. Dana Horncull with the Engineering Department. I know that our SC Moves Department is currently doing safety audits for Cruz Elementary, which include that intersection. And so I think that is where we'll make sure that they're addressing those concerns that Mr. Frazina raised with the area and then how that would interact with the power trail, which is moving forward. and hopefully release some of the congestion in that intersection.

Thank you. Do you have any idea when that analysis will be complete?

I don't, but we'll be able to get you that information fairly shortly.

Okay, great. Thank you.

And then also I was wondering, Rupa, if I know two weeks ago we had a speaker also concerned about the indigenous engagement before and the intent after. Could you maybe forward that same response email to Claire? or is it really spelled out what's happened so far and what we're going to plan to do? Thank you. Any further follow-up? I would like to thank Quinn for coming by and taking the initiative to show up

and talk about flag and representation and doing the homework and making a great presentation to council.

We like all input, and I learned something new tonight, so I want to thank you for that. Keep going. and then I want to echo

paying attention to what Andrew brought up because it is a priority of council safe routes to schools I know that we do that already but it is nice to respond to that

I think we'll get into this in the next and that's it. Anybody else? Council Member Padianni.

Thank you. I know this is on consent I got the impression that most folks who came to speak about the Moor annexation were clear that tonight we're voting on zoning and annexation But could staff maybe clarify for folks watching at home if there are concerns about any kind of development that occurs there? What subsequent opportunities there might be for folks to raise concerns? Yeah, I'm thinking Arlo can come up and give us some insight there.

Thank you. Arlo Schumann, city planner in the development review department. Yeah, so as of right now, the applicants have submitted conceptual reviews which are not official at any measure. So when a development proposal comes in, whether it be for this property or another property, it will go through the development review process. And there are multiple rounds of review where comments by city staff are given to the applicant. Those are made public and those can be shared with the members of the public. and then depending on what is proposed at what level of review there's various potential hearings or decision letters that are provided thank you okay good

did you have something councilman oh I'm sorry I just had a follow-up I didn't want you to have to come back I'm sorry the why the specific recommended zoning

the the element zoning um when we looked at it um is both in alignment with the city structure plan that would call for element zoning in that and as well as um the northwest sub area plan so the northwest sub area plan um divides the whole sub area into three kind of major classifications the classification that this is in is in a low density mixed neighborhood and when you look at the breakout maps it actually specifically calls for LMN here and so both of those maps and the associated text really in our opinion guide LMN as the zoning that was kind of determined

to be appropriate there. Thank you. Okay. Is there another follow-up? Okay. That's another

follow-up just so you don't have to leave. Can you just remind members of the public too what kinds of structures and development are allowable in the LMN zone? It is a primarily single family detached,

but it does allow for townhomes it does allow for and it does allow for apartment buildings to a certain scale and there are limits on the sizes of those and there are also bonuses if those are affordable housing projects and that is

my last question.

Council Member Gutowski.

Yeah, backtracking to one of our commenters questioning about yes or no versus for and against. Can we get some clarification on that?

Do we have a follow-up on that? Dillon says I can do it.

In reviewing that question in order to

prepare it to submit it to the county clerk and recorder we did identify that

instead of for the ordinance against the ordinance it needed to say yes for and

no against so the language as it's being submitted does follow the language

required in the Charter so I think that addresses the concern that Ms. Dubiel

expressed thanks very much for that appreciate that clarification great

anymore follow-up okay let's see does anyone on council wish to pull a consent calendar item for individual discussion seeing none do I hear a motion yes I

Move to adopt the consent calendar, items 1 through 19. Second.

Seconded by? I'll give it to Pinyataro. Okay. Did you get it? Okay. Further discussion? Seeing none, will the clerk please call the roll?

Olsen? Yes. Pottyandi? Yes. Canonico? Yes. Pinyataro? Yes. Gutowski? Yes. Arendt? Yes.

Francis? Yes. Motion passes 7-0. Do council members have any comments, further comments on consent calendar?

I'll be quick. I just wanted to celebrate an item with our city gift program where folks can make charitable donations to the city in areas that are close to their hearts.

And there was an incredibly generous gift made to the gardens on Spring Creek via the estate of a resident. So I just want to say over $300,000, I believe, going to the gardens, which is a huge deal. So thanks to our generous community and especially this person who wrote to the gardens into their will.

Anybody else? I'll just mention again, like I mentioned two weeks ago, as I mentioned two weeks ago, I'm first reading that the battery storage leasing is, again, we own Platte River Power Authority with our three sister cities that we joined in 52 years ago to generate our own power. And this is part of our move to a clean energy future by establishing Battery storage in our community and the other communities are also establishing it in there So I look forward to our non-carbon transition and this is this is an exciting good news item for that

Anyone else Okay, let's move on. Let's see a stack report We do have a staff report this evening. We don't often do this but as As Council knows, a couple of our organizational priorities are in the space of digital transformation and also really a customer focus in simplifying things. And so Amanda King, our Chief Communication and Engagement Officer, is here to give us an update on a new and improved Access Fort Collins.

Thank you, Kelly. Good evening, Mayor, members of Council. Amanda, City's Communications and Involvement Director, and looking forward to sharing some good news with you all today around our new and improved Access Fort Collins application. So as you all know, Access Fort Collins remains the quickest and easiest way for our community members to submit questions, service requests, comments that are then routed directly to the city staff person who can best respond to them. Our contract for our previous system ended, which was quite dated if you may recall, this summer and we went live with this new application on July 1st. And already since that time, we've had over 1,100 service requests submitted into the new application. There's several different ways that the community can actually access this platform. Obviously, from the website is a really easy approach. We've got a direct link right there for you. We also have a number of places across the website that link to the application. And there's two mobile apps, one for Android, one for Apple. So people can download those you just search the app stores for access for Collins or access see I also have a few of these little cards that have a QR code that link folks directly out on the lobby table for if people want to check it out and bookmark that link so the new system is definitely a cleaner and a little bit more modern interface with a few enhancements and I'm gonna switch over to the live app and share a little demonstration with y'all

Okay, from the home screen, we've got a couple of quick links to some of our most commonly accessed functions. So if people want to get directly to the city website or pay a bill, contact police, whatnot, they have those right at their fingertips. From this homepage too, people can also set up an account, manage their account, they can keep track of their requests and any messages or correspondence with staff. And then obviously the main function here is to submit requests. One of the new features is the ability to look at nearby requests. So this was something that the old platform did not have. If someone is submitting a request and elects to have it be public, then it'll show up in this listing, which can be filtered. It'll also have an opportunity for people to filter by a map, so you can see nearby requests. So for example, if you're on your way home and you see a pothole or a streetlight out, you can look and see if somebody's already submitted it. If not, then you can go ahead and submit the request. it's very easy to submit a request you can do it anonymously but we do recommend that folks create an account just because then we can have additional correspondence if we have follow-up questions or if we want to give you a response and a resolution we'll need you to have an account to be able to do that so it's just five simple fields which is submit a request the first one you just navigate to the topic this is how we route it to the right team or person you can either search for the topic that you want or you can search scroll through the list. Once you've selected your topic, you'll enter the location. You can either enter this as an address, or you can drop a pin if you have your location services on.

It doesn't like my address. Okay, there we go.

Then you've got a field to tell us a little more details. What is it that you're requesting or asking about? and then finally an opportunity to add any pictures, files, any other supporting

documentation that you might like to share. This is that privacy button I mentioned so if you want it to be private and not appear on that public map click to keep it private otherwise folks can see it in that map. I'll switch

back over to the PowerPoint now. On the back end cases are automatically I said as I said routed to the appropriate staff or team. They can be reassigned if needed as well which is super helpful and we also have it connected to a few of our different work order systems so some specific requests can actually be routed directly to crews and

assigning tasks. We know that certain complexity would make a resolution longer but we always try to respond within three business days. On the back end we when a case is submitted staff is notified automatically and there's also a dashboard so you can see kind of all the all the cases that have been submitted for that staff view as well as the map and it's a very easy interface for staff as well which is great we also have a new metrics dashboard which provides us a lot of real-time information about current cases what what we're seeing and in terms of common trends so this is an example here of the types of requests we're seeing and as is pretty common for this time of year weeds and grass are kind of the top concern that we're

hearing from. So it's great to be able to have those stats right at our fingertips as well. That's my high level overview. So really appreciate the opportunity to share with you and happy to take

any questions that you might have. Great. Thanks a lot. Any questions? Go ahead.

Yeah. Thanks so much, Amanda. Quick question. Cause when I saw this was on our agenda, I went to my Access Fort Collins app and pulled it up and it said it is no longer service. So what does

someone do so go back to your app store and search again and the new app should be there yep thank you very much yeah I was just looking at mine too anybody

else questions thank you very much thank you that the people for columns really

enjoy this as well as the stuff us too thank you great okay councilmember

reports anybody well you usually every report nobody no council reports okay I

will ask you a question then would you like a 10-minute break and come back at

730 to go for a discussion calendar great we'll read your or reconvene at

730 great we have reconvened for the discussion portion of tonight's meeting item 20 is up is there soft presentation for this item we do not have a staff

presentation planned as this is a second reading but Rupa Venkatesh our assistant city

The manager is prepared to answer any questions. Great. Just to remind the public the reason why since this is second reading it's on discussion is because it was not unanimous the first time. So would any members of the public like to speak on item 20? Please come on down.

Thank you.

! Rich Stave, Average Citizen of Fort Collins, 80525. ! Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Councilors.

! I wasn't really clear when I read the agenda,

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Item 20 and 21, whether they were in the correct order or they're in the wrong order.

I guess to paraphrase it,

I didn't write a lot of questions down because if I paraphrase it, are we baffling or befuddling?

I'm not really sure what's going on here. It seems a lot like a political version of Tammany Hall.

What exactly is the accomplishment here?

So I've heard we're going to put in a bike park. We're going to put in a park. We're going to put this and that. And as it gets presented, I see it's being presented, you know, in terms of getting more money out of the taxpayer. But I ask as a taxpayer, as my understanding of the neighborhood is the city has already got an existing park maybe a mile down the road. And it has backspacing to open space for the county. so I don't know how adding a whole bunch of extra activity in that general area is going to benefit the majority of the people that live in Fort Collins, which live to the east of there, to the north of there. So I don't really see how that comes to play. And when I go a bike park, I already know there's a bike path that kind of goes through there. And it's just the things that I see on the bike paths now are, you know, we say, well, we're going to allow e-bikes. Well, e-bikes are basically a motorbike. What's the difference between a combustion bike and a motorbike? By the way, I've seen both on bike paths. And both of them just go burning on by. You know, there's no licensing required. There's nothing required. How does making a bike facility that very few residents of the city of Fort Collins are going to get the benefit out of that? The other thing is we generate the park there, but I'm thinking there's other parks in the city of Fort Collins that are in need of repair or in need of improvement, and that's technically where the money needs to go. So if we're going to do that, why don't we see where the most residents of the city of Fort Collins are going to get a benefit out of it? I know this is all confusing, and I don't have a clue where it's going, but thank you very much.

Thank you for your comments. Do council members have any questions or comments on item 20? Second reading. Councilman Wilson.

Thank you, Mayor. I should have asked this on first reading, and it is minutiae, but I'd like to understand it. Under number eight, I have no idea what that means. The city will manage features of the developed pew site appropriately in light of their respective life cycles. I don't ever remember discussing anything remotely resembling that, and I don't really know what it means, so I need a little help there, a little clarification.

Thank you, Jenny Sawyer, project manager. That was put in knowing that the stewardship of the Hughes site will be ongoing and in perpetuity. So it was looking at, you know, we're proposing some potential uses. And in 50 years, maybe the community or someone else, if there is an aging infrastructure facility, maybe they would rather have something else at that time. So we want to manage them respective of their life cycle.

Thank you. Any other questions or comments? Councilman Puddin.

Thank you. Mayor, I don't know that I am aware of the right way to go about this, but it has been raised that there's a mismatch in the language around our involvement and engagement with Native American tribes and the indigenous community between the ordinance and the ballot initiative. I think just for the sake of clarity and to communicate our commitment to requiring that that it would make sense to update the ordinance to say requiring the city to console versus the endeavor to on bullet point two I believe in the ordinance so

if somebody could let me know what I need to do thank you no bringing it up is great and we'll just ask for any comments or questions from council about that you can also make a motion to amend if you want but after the motion

You can make it a friendly amendment if you don't have any objection. Okay, Council Member Wilson.

I thought the other option, because I agree, I think Endeavor is a little weak,

and then require, it takes at least two parties.

The word here, it's not my word, but I like to include Indigenous Native American consultation.

That's in the ordinance, right?

So I guess I would transfer that language over to here because I think it's more of a middle ground there.

The city will include ongoing consultations with Native American tribes rather than require, but it doesn't matter to me. I'll support require or include either one.

That's a good comment. Do you have any follow-up on that, Councilman Ponyan?

No, I guess I like the symmetry of having the language on the ballot initiative and the ordinance match up just so there's no ambiguity, and I also feel like include gets up the same goal. But I think this is something we need to be strong about. I do think it was the number one unanimous recommendation of our civic assembly, so I guess I would like to make a friendly amendment that we use the language from the ballot initiative okay suggest a friendly amendment

okay any other discussion on that i just have a question on the ais materials for i think we're referring to number 21 and the resolution

that's what we're wanting to align aligning the ordinance with the resolution and where in the

resolution is the other language.

So it's the second bullet point. I can pull it up if you want to.

So in the resolution that would refer the ordinance, it says requiring the city to consult with Native American tribes.

And the ordinance has, the cities will endeavor to engage.

Right. So I think the question is where in the resolution does it say that? I mean, I hear you say it, but can you point to it? Yeah.

I can real quickly note, number one, it does specifically state the language that's in the ordinance, so we'll need to make sure and update that.

But the second bullet language in the submission clause currently says requiring the city to consult with Native American tribes and the indigenous community throughout the process.

I see. Thank you. Okay. Is there any more discussion on this? Do you want to make a motion to amend?

You there is an emotion that I caught on the ordinance itself So it's possible when the mover makes a motion to adopt the ordinance on second reading you could incorporate a change at that point

Go ahead just maybe to suggest specific language that I think could be helpful. I think in to

On second reading we would remove the words

Endeavor to engage in ongoing

Consultations and just replace it with the word consult

the city will consult and Then that would align with it requires the city to consult

Okay

I'm moved to adopt on second reading of ordinance number 141 2025 expressing support for the recommendations of the civic assembly

and adopting a conceptual framework for the use and management of the Hughes Stadium site

with the edits outlined by the city manager in section F number 2.

Second.

Okay, it's been moved and seconded.

Further discussion? Seeing none, will the clerk please call the roll?

Pottyandi? Yes. Canonico? Yes. Pino Taro? Yes. Gutowski? No.

No. I thought we were doing your amendment. I'm sorry. There is more discussion. It's on the whole ordinance.

Oh, no. As amended. Okay.

Then. Tell her. Well, let's go back. Just saying. Sorry. That's okay. What's your vote? About the indigenous folks.

So, yeah. I do have some additional things to say before we do our final vote.

Okay. This is the final vote. We're right in the middle of it.

Right. That's what my question was. Okay. You said that this is for everything. Okay.

I feel like we should there's a time at the after we vote to make what What do we do if somebody wants to what? Karen, I'm not familiar with if would you you want to make comments now? Or I mean we're right in the middle of voting. There was a motion and then I call for a discussion We started voting just a minute. Let me ask

So I guess I'm confused. Are we looking at discussion prior to the vote, the final vote, to approve the resolution? Or are we somewhere else?

We're approving the ordinance on seconds. On second reading. Right. Uh-huh. So we're on the final vote for the ordinance of second reading.

Right. Which I'm not ready to support.

Correct. Then your vote would be... You could vote yes or no. True. Will there be time for discussion then?

If I can just offer a clarification, we will go on to item 21 and have a full staff presentation on the resolution. That's coming. This is specifically the second reading on the ordinance.

And I'm referring to the ordinance.

Okay. All right. You know, I don't mind. We are in the middle of voting. Yeah. But it's unusual. But if you'd like to say something, go ahead.

Well, yeah. I'm sorry that I got caught up in council person's comment about indigenous, and I did get a little bit confused, so I apologize for that. That's okay. But I would like to say a few words before we... And the reason why we are doing this again is because I did vote no on the ordinance prior in our last meeting. The reason why I did, just to reiterate, was because I felt that there was a discrepancy in the supermajority vote and felt that the decision of the Civic Assembly was diminished by not honoring their vote. and I understand that there is a clarification that this staff might

provide with regard to that question that I had in terms of was there a supermajority for the bike park because it didn't seem to appear in the report

so if that's directed to staff I mean you know I've I think the comment is is on the record I mean we are in the middle of voting so the time for asking questions to the staff was I think that after we take the vote if we want to have a follow-up comment we probably could so it seemed reasonable does seem

reasonable I guess it'll have to be you know it's not going to have any bearing on whether we vote yes or no although probably it wouldn't have had any bearing anyway so yeah I'll make my comments okay words yes okay so where are

we on the roll call get tasky no aren't yes Francis yes Olsen yes motion passes six to one would you like to go ahead with some final comments or okay I would

I think I just want to remind I want to remind us and I want to remind the community that the original initiative that passed in 2021 passed by 69% of the voters. That was 28,000 to 13,000 who approved that, and that we have obviously moved away from that. What I have collected, though, in terms, and those people are still out there. They are, feel the same way that they did and they will be voting. I was asked to share some information from them, some thoughts, which I would like to do. That's okay with the council. Because they had concern. About the Bike Feasibility Study. Apparently, the goals of the Bike Feasibility Study were a development of site evaluation criteria, analysis of several sites, and to understand the capital and ongoing costs and potential funding strategies. They feel that the study was to be provided to the Civic Assembly and that the report was to be completed by the end of May. Taxpayers of Fort Collins paid significant amount of money for this study and it seems that the public should have access to this information when they're weighing the matter of a bike park at Hughes. Many constituents who have talked to me have asked that this information be shared and think that otherwise we're creating the feeling that perhaps Hughes was judged poorly compared to other options. So it's a matter of transparency, a matter of wanting to know how Hughes compared. One way or the other I too would like to see the details on the site evaluation criteria how each site was measured according to these criteria and the estimate for capital and ongoing cost for each location that may not happen right away but it's of urgency to many people in our public that before we settle which now is a foregone conclusion before we settle on a site

that a study be done comparing hughes with the other sites to see actually which one is most

beneficial to our community the feeling was if we're choosing a winner before we vetted the

candidates, then the bike park feasibility study actually is of no use to us because we've already chosen the winner.

So what I was going to propose, and I think that it's a good proposal, and perhaps we might still consider it.

Who knows what's down the road? I'd like to focus our attention to the northeast part of Fort Collins.

We have already met the needs of the southeast, and I believe that the northeast could use a bike park, a regional bike park, that would be beyond imagination probably as we see it right now.

And we have a proposed northeast park, and I think that we ought to look there for the bike park. It's not that I don't want one. I just think that we could do so much better So anyway, my hope was that before we made a decision that we could pause explore possibilities and

Utilize the bark the bike park feasibility study as it was intended and Representing the thoughts of quite a number of constituents who have talked to me who are very very concerned

about what's what's going on with the use of Hughes, and we'll be voting on November 4th. Thank you. Sure.

That brings us to our last item. This evening is item 21. Six protests, as gone over in the beginning, were filed by the September 1 noon deadline relating to the referral of Resolution 2025-082 of Ordinance number 141-2025 to the November 4, 2025 ballot. Because the protests relate to the same ballot title and submission clause, the hearing of each can be consolidated. Municipal code requires council to hear the arguments of those who have filed a protest and decide the protest before taking up the consideration of the resolution. The protest hearing will take place after the staff presentation. So is there a staff presentation?

Yes, there is. Thank you, Mayor and Council. Good evening. So this will be a short presentation and you have all seen this roadmap before. So this item specifically, as the Mayor mentioned, is the ballot referral. And just a reminder, the Civic Assembly question was the following, informed by the diverse needs of our community, what use of the Hughes site will contribute most effectively to Fort Collins' long-term vitality and meet the requirements outlined in the 2021 ballot measure? And so all of their recommendations, the framework was this 2021 ballot measure. And as a reminder, this is what the 2021 ballot measure dictated, was to rezone the huge sites of public open lands. And this is specifically the question that voters had in 2021. So public open lands is defined as parks, recreation, open lands, natural areas, and wildlife rescue and restoration. So with that framework and the ordinance that council adopted, this is what our proposed November 2025 ballot question is. And I won't go through it. And I'm ready for any questions after the protest hearings.

is that that's presentation okay uh in order the order of protests being heard is the order in

which they were received so i'll just tell you the order and of the protest now protest one patricia babbitt protest two tom farnsworth protest three paul patterson protest four katherine dubille protest five melissa rosas and protest six katherine dubille are all those that submit a protest present and ready to speak on the basis of their protests one two three four great great great thank you um a representative of each protest will now have five minutes

to address the council about your protests so let's go in order uh protest number one patricia babbitt

Hi, well, I wasn't expecting to be first.

I've got a whole, I don't even know how to do this.

So I decided to kind of work with how I see you guys kind of seem to see it as a game.

In my protest, I was objecting to the part where it's talking about, let me get my glasses.

Well, I have five minutes, so it was recommended that it be divided into parcels not to exceed 60 acres for the natural area, 35 acres for the bike park and 30 acres for multi-use.

And when I added those numbers up, there was a lot of unaccounted for space. So I've kind of made a little game here.

This was Hughes. This represents Hughes, the full parcel,

as the initial vote was that Susan,

or Council Member Kotowski pointed out. This is my representation of it as I see it.

The top I'm guessing is the detention pond area because it wasn't accounted for in these 125 acres that were specified with the not to exceed language.

This represents the not to exceed, which again means less than. It can be less than or equal to 30 acres, which is less than or equal to 18.24% of the parcel. I made it brown because this is the multi-use, the Wildlife Conservation Environmental Education Center. There were no specifications of what buildings would be there, what parking lots would be there, how much acreage would be devoted to all of that. Lots of question marks. This next part is the bike park. again it could be up to but not to exceed 35 acres again it's not telling us about how that's going to be used and then finally the already existing area the natural area the open space that is open space of course these won't be necessarily open space anymore. This is, again, though, up to 60 acres. So what I've done, since it seems like many members of the city council are fond of playing games, doing things randomly, doing things, how can I say,

well just doing things randomly I'm losing my wording here I've made this little game

and this is the up to this is the up to each one of these squares is equal to a portion

divided in 12 as the dice. So for that up to 30 acres, it could be 30 acres, but it could also be

10 acres. And then what happens to that land? This one, it could be 35 acres, but it could also be

seven.

Okay. These aren't quite, but since nothing's exact anyway,

what does it matter? And this one here,

it could be 60 acres of natural area.

Ambiguous. That was the word I was looking for earlier.

but roll of the dice kind of like our random random um civic assembly random 15,000 postcards

of random let's see oh that's one two three four five six oops well here we have it so now we have

a blank slate for city council to do whatever they want if the if it passes so again i feel

like you're playing games with us and that's why i'm i'm objecting thank you thank you very much

we'll have um protest number two from tom harnsworth

Hi there, I'm Tom Farnsworth and I live in District 4.

Ordinance 141-2025 expressing support to the recommendation of the Civic Assembly and adopting conceptual framework for the use and management of the Hughes Stadium site.

I respectfully protest the sufficiency of this ballot issue on the following grounds.

On June 11, 2024, Fort Collins City Council working meeting, Council went to great lengths to clearly define recreation, wildlife rescue and restoration, natural areas, parks.

The terms on the 2021 Hughes ballot explained to me by Council Member Padillandi as a fair way to clearly understand what the writers of the ballot really intended as the purpose for the Hughes property.

Exact terminology was essential in this dissecting that ballot terminology explained to me as a fair process for citizens in order to determine the precise intent and provisions of the ballot words.

July 8, 2025, Fort Cohen City Council working meeting.

In discussions of how to deal with highly rated supermajority recommendations from the Civic Assembly,

Council Member Olson introduced a discussion on a supermajority rated area, wildlife, rescue, and rehabilitation. He introduced the term environmental education partnership, saying that these two terms were closely associated and that environmental education and partnership could conveniently be included optionally on the supermajority list, along with wildlife rescue and rehabilitation, and included on the ballot to be voted for in November. July 8, 2025, Fort Collins City Council working meeting.

In a continued discussion about supermajority items on the ballot, Mayor Pro Tem Francis informed attendees that while the activity called Bike Park was rated less than 50% by the Civic Assembly, since it had been mentioned along with other activities and discussions of the multi-use recreation alternative in discussion that bike park should be included on the list of ballot items for November i.e. it should be elevated from under 50% approval to supermajority status and that may should be used as a more certain status as she framed it. in discussion with Ms. Partiandi subsequent to that 2020. Before work session, I tried to explain the intent of the petition for the purchase of the Hughes property. That it be preserved as a unique, one-of-the-kind property as part of a range of natural areas. I was told repeatedly, as were many others, that writers should clearly define the intent of their initiative. and if, for example, the group really wanted the natural area, that was what the ballot should have clearly stated.

At this point, it only made sense for the council to explore their work sessions,

which was allowed, what was allowed by those precise ballot words.

So, the relief requested.

Considering the disparate and inconsistent terminology, employed by some council members reflected above, and its inclusion on the 2025 ballot and in related public discussions,

the clear and concise recommendations of the Civic Assembly and council's own considerations are being skirted.

Any ballot developed by the city council must exhibit the same precision as they applied to the last Hughes election results. City Council should be compelled to include only the exact terminology, categories, and activities employed by the Civic Assembly Supermajority recommendations. Claims that other items were associated with or otherwise considered by Council members as linked to Supermajority items should be identified and discarded.

Thank you very much. We'll have to go to the next protest now.

That's Paul Patterson.

I have a present. Could we put it on? Thank you.

Paul Patterson, Elector of the City of Fort Collins. My protest is that a permanent easement of 30 acres, 29.6 exactly,

should be included in the list of major uses in the submission clause. I included a suggestion of how this should be accomplished. The easement on the Hughes property is for a stormwater detention pond called the Rodeo Detention Pond. My first slide shows the timeline and the legal documents for the establishment of the easement in 2000, 2000, which is the non-exclusive easement agreement, and then the transfer of that easement when the property was sold by CSU to the city in 2023, which is the survey and the special deed, warranty deed.

So next slide, please. This slide shows from the 2000 non-exclusive easement agreement a map. The purpose of this slide is to show the size of the easement, 29.627 acres, and its location on the Hughes site.

The next slide will give a clear indication of the location. Next slide, please. This snippet is from one of the three pages of the survey conducted for the sale of the property in 2023. The purpose of this slide is twofold. First, to better illustrate the location, the southeast corner of Hughes' property, close to being opposite the entrance to the drive-in theater.

and then second to show that the detention pond is shown as an easement on the map. That is what the box shows. Next slide.

This slide highlights that the special warranty deed for the sale of the property to the city contains the easement as a permanent encumbrance. Summarizing, I have shown the stormwater

detention pond is a sizable permanent easement. To inform the voters, the easement should be

listed in the submission cause along with the other large uses. And since it is not a new

amenity, but a permanent easement, it should be listed as a separate bullet. next slide please this gives the justification for the last phrase of the post of the protest that the easement contains the existing use of the disc golf course in July of 21 the city passed a resolution ordinance which authorized the city to develop the disc golf course at Hughes Stadium in conjunction with CSU in the stormwater detention basin. In 2011, the board was the guarantor, the board of CSU, and the city was the guarantee for the stormwater detention pond. Based on the statements in the easement agreement, the disc golf course became a permanent guaranteed easement. The easement with the guaranteed use of the golf course was transferred to the city in the special warranty deed. This concludes the justification of the last statement and completes the supporting statement of my protest. Thank you for your time and consideration. Thank you very much. Protest number four, Catherine.

Thank you, Council. Catherine Dubiel, 80525.

It seems that you have a copy of the protests on your screen, so I'm not going to go through

reading what you can read yourself, but I do have a presentation that will help speed

us through this. I just want to state that I'm not here as a representative of the Indigenous members of

our community and I speak only for myself and 14 others who co-signed this protest and I thank them for their support.

The Indigenous community, as we heard from Claire and many of us feel the same way, has

been marginalized again by public process and more to the point, have been marginalized

by our local government, the elected representatives and those who act as administrators and staff.

It's like, as Kelly Olson said in one of the meetings, and it was a work session, but he said, this is how we make the sausage. And there's a banquet, and we think that there's a guest list.

The guest list was established by the civic assembly, and we thought the Indigenous people

were on the guest list. And now we're reading a resolution that's putting something before the

voters that really marginalizes, once again, the uses, the involvement of the indigenous community, which the civic assembly, which established the guest list, intended them to be a prominent part of. you know because you've had the ability to read the final report as have many of us that um there was no use no group more highly regarded than the indigenous people and yet

we do not see that reflected in the um ordinance and the enacting clause and i will point out to you where that information comes from. We saw words like use, consult, designate. Those were all part of the concept supermajority recommendations. We saw the words set aside, include, as major uses for the indigenous community in the major use category of the supermajority recommendations. And finally, when it came down to the minor elements, it was called out by the Civic Assembly that there was an absolute need for the indigenous community to be included in discussions about how the twin cottonwood trees, which are significant to their culture and their history, how they would be incorporated into the plan for Hughes. So next slide please.

So then we move on to now that was the civic assembly right now we move on to what did council do with those recommendations well we see in the recitals to the ordinance that you're voting on or you have voted on tonight that the words include and provide are in the recitals but as we know the recitals are only kind of precursors to what is actually going to be the law. That's found in the enacting clauses. We know this because there were many recitals that were included with the 2021 Hughes ballot measure, which were virtually ignored and had no weight

to move the council to say that the citizens had voted on an open space naturally.

area. So anyway, let's say that the recitals are just part of the ordinance. But they do include strong language. So, you know, someone reading the ordinance in total would say, well, look it, they're saying include, they're saying provide. But then we get to the enacting clause and it says

endeavor so i have to ask you how does endeavor relate to include and provide and more to the

point when you get to putting your submission clause to the voters you're saying the word

requiring how does requiring relate to endeavor very confusing language um i would say that you either need to tone down your submission clause or just don't put it before the voters.

Thank you.

Thank you very much. Next up is Melissa.

Good evening, Mayor and City Council members. Thank you for your time. The proposed ballot language and the underlying ordinance leaves voters with the impression that the City Council is only accepting the recommendations of the Civic Assembly, no more and no less.

We know by comparing the Civic Assembly's final report to the Council's underlying ordinance that this impression is false and misleading.

For instance, both a bike park and a standalone wildlife conservation rescue and rehabilitation space were not recommended by the Civic Assembly. Furthermore, the ballot language around the dedicated space and facilities is exceedingly vague and could mean massive built infrastructure, an office park, and a visitor center. that these two high impact and land consuming uses were not recommended as standalone uses by the civic assembly but council has decided to move forward with them anyhow is providing misleading and inaccurate information to the voters and these two discrepancies are only two of several with regard to the acreage ranges for amenities there is no site plan or actual planning documents associated with the underlying ordinance or ballot language. Only vague concepts with varying ranges that may include zero acres. Voters should know this, but it is not made clear in the ballot language. There are also many types of high-impact uses and built infrastructure that would be permitted to be developed at Hughes that are not necessarily listed in the underlying ordinance and the ballot language and could further be inconsistent with the Civic Assembly's recommendations for instance there are 40 acres that are entirely unaccounted for in council's ordinance and ballot language what will the 40 acre blank canvas be developed into it is misleading to voters to not account for those 40 acres furthermore if you add those blank 40 acres to other available acres should the amenities not require the maximum acreage then you have a massive blank canvas that is no real prescriptive use assigned to it you could extend the bike park or add more buildings or perhaps an amusement style

park as long as you call it a park the omission is misleading to voters to

again there is no site plan there are other serious concerns I and others have about the council's vague and non prescriptive ordinance and ballot language the false dichotomy is when compared to the citizen initiative to protect and preserve use as a natural area and I won't even mention just how skewed the Civic Assembly focus group was it was leading towards multi use from the beginning back when council met in 2024. I would also like to remind this council that back then you got, except for two members that I see here, The council did agree that they would accept the recommendations of the civic assembly. I don't see that happening, and I would really like to see council put their money where their mouth is and really stand by those recommendations as they were listed in that final report. Thank you. Thank you very much. And our last protest tonight is number six from Catherine again.

Thanks. Catherine Dubiel, 80525. I'm speaking on my own behalf and 14 other co-signers on this protest. this protest deals with the fact that there are elements of the presentation of the information that the voters will see which is not clear and it's misleading the first instance before the council referred ordinance is presented in detail so I'm talking about the submission clause the submission clause before the council referred ordinance is presented in detail the voter reads a confusingly worded comparison of the council referred ordinance to the citizen initiated ordinance on the november 2025 ballot now why this is being referred to uh in the submission clause at that point is questionable. But additionally, the voter doesn't even have an accurate reference for what is the citizen-initiated ordinance on the November 2025 ballot. It's described parenthetically as being the ordinance which would make Hughes 100% natural area. And it immediately draws the voters' attention to there's some kind of comparison that I'm supposed to be making here. The citizen-initiated ordinance is not identified with the number, even though there are two citizen-initiated ordinances on the ballot for the voters to decide. So another level of confusion. I ask, what is the purpose for the submission clause to create this confusion before the voter reads anything further? The submission clause is required to be a clear statement of the enacting clause of the ordinance for the voters consideration. Yes, the two ballot measures are competing, but to create this as a starting point for the submission clause is very misleading. It might lead a voter to misunderstand that if they vote in favor of this first measure on the ballot, that they can't vote in favor the other. The remedy. If the intention of the council is to point out that these two ordinances cannot both take effect then state it that way but don't put it in the first words that the voters are going to be reading put it at the bottom of the submission clause which with some kind of a disclaimer it's already at the bottom of the it's it's section three of the resolution so the second instance of confusing and misleading language for the voters. The third bullet point in the submission clause provides a brief presentation of the site plan concepts and it identifies four new amenities. The first one listed is a city natural area and it's followed by facilities for a wildlife and environmental center, up to 30 acres, a trail system, a community bike park. Now the order of these new amenities does not give the voter a vision of what will be significant changes. The property is currently without any structure or any type of development impact. Listing the city natural area first may mislead the voter into thinking that the multi-use plan will not have any major effects and that the uses are, despite the fact that the uses are far different from what exists at the Hughes site now. So my recommendation to the City Council is to revise the listing to make the new amenities listed now as number two and four should be listed as number one and two. That will draw the voters' attention to what is changing, what will be a significant change to that property with the natural area being listed as number four. Thank you.

Thank you very much. That concludes all the protests that were submitted. Do council members have questions or comments? Go ahead. Thank you, Mayor. Is there a staff member who could provide more information about the permanent easement concern that was raised?

When we bought the property, that easement would have come with it. So we own the entirety of the property. that detention pond is necessary on that property and some form of the detention pond

will continue to exist. Thank you, Jenny. Could you speak to the golf, the disc golf component and the agreement therein that was referred to? Again, I think when we purchased it,

I don't know that the agreement would still be in place because we just acquired all of that.

And I think we've stated throughout here that we are committed to retaining and maintaining a disc golf course there.

Okay.

Thank you. Oh, just a follow-up question. So does the city need to have an easement on land that it owns? No. Carrie?

I can follow up a little bit on that, too. the city did acquire a substantial easement from CSU several years ago for actually a substantial amount of money when the city became the fee interest owner meaning just the owner of the entire property things like easements for the benefit of the city essentially merge with the title because we now own the whole thing which means the city can put us farm detention pond wherever it needs to change those things around and that's part of what the planning process

would be okay so no a city doesn't need to have an easement on its own land okay thank you Kelly also thanks mayor I've got a few I fully intended as I've mentioned to want get to yes on this particular issue i can't yet um because i need some clarifications but i just want it clear and i think we clarified it here at the end um the site's going to be a lot different than it was when we needed that size of a detention pond so to say that we're going to need that size of depend detention pond i think is false we may need some but i'm glad we got some clarification near the end we control that and in case things get moved around for the when i say that i'll say the best use, not the maximum use. That's not the goal, the best use of the property. That could be moved around. I think that's just a fact and people are supposed to correct me if I'm wrong. How would staff address the idea that we've kind of been specific on the acreage for the bike park up to, natural areas up to, the conservation campus, I'll just call it, up to. What are all the possible uses or how would you answer the question on the 40 acres that was referred to accurately, I believe, as a blank canvas?

I'll start and I'll let others chime in. So we anticipate a connectivity and trail system throughout, which would not obviously be in one parcel but would allow for recreation and again the connectivity going through i think this third bullet where we say will be native in xeric vegetation and naturalistic architectural palette this property is really unique because it's not going to be like other parks and it's not going to be exactly like a natural area in that space and so while we are working hard to define it and manage expectations and particularly the size of some of the specific items that have been called out. I mean, ideally, we work with and again, our indigenous community on a space for ceremonial site, that wouldn't be only for that. But, you know, we don't know exactly what that looks like, because we haven't done that consultation yet. So there are some things that we we can't provide as very specific site plan on to see and I think some of these uses will involve buffer between uses as well and having a lot of space for that will be a benefit

there might be one thing it'd be helpful to add and that is the ordinance states natural area not to exceed 60 acres a portion of the site not to exceed 30 for environmental education and wildlife conservation partnership opportunities

and the remaining acre of the site to be used as park. So it does call out the remainder of the site as park, although it then does recognize that there are other things like just associated restrooms and parking lots and things like that that will also be there.

I'm going to go to a comment before I get to a couple more questions. I wish the resolution title, I wish it had said something other than expressing support for the recommendations of the Civic Assembly, which I never supported. I didn't vote for its creation. I don't agree. There's a great area, I believe, in its recommendations. I wish it was just saying expressing support for something like multiple uses of the Hughes site.

I'm not wordsmithing it, but management of the Hughes Stadium site. and referring it to a vote of the people. I said I'd support that.

I wanna be able to do it. I don't know why we tied it to the Civic Assembly because we don't totally match the Civic Assembly anyway.

I don't know if we can get to any wordsmithing tonight,

but that wording's really close to losing me, and I actually wanna be able to vote for this

because I said I could get there. But I'd like a couple clarifications. I think, I don't want any thumbs on the scale intentionally, unintentionally of the city organization on this issue. I don't know why you wouldn't say a city naturally up to 60 acres, then go to a city park with a community bike park up to 35 acres, dedicated space for the wild, I call it conservation campus, 30 acres. Why you wouldn't just go down on the number of acres from largest to smallest or go from largest to smallest? I don't understand that. It seems like a thumb on the scale to me.

So let me just interject that right now we're in the protest period. Oh, okay. So are those specific questions?

No, but I do have one on the protest. I think it related to the wording that I hope we change, that one of the protests was where it goes on in Ordinance 141-2025 expressing support. It was adopted by the city council the last part, September 2, 2025. and differs from the citizen-initiated ordinance on the November 2025 ballot, which would require 100% of the Hughes site to be designated as a city natural area. I find it confusing, and it's just my own opinion, with no facts, that it's another thumb on the scale. So I hope we fix that one, and that was one of the appeals, and then I'll leave it at that for now. Thank you.

Okay, thank you very much. I didn't mean to cut you off. I just need to close out the protest.

I'm not upset. That's your job.

any other comments or questions um on the protests uh mayor yeah i'd be fine with updating

that language as well and then also updating the language to match the updates we made in the previous item um to be consistent i would recommend that we to do that i think the cleanest way

is to deny all protests and then make those updates under the resolution item that would be my recommendation to move it forward

I saw some questioning looks you want to just explain that one more time about the

protest on how to actually update the resolution yeah would be to do it under the item not under during the protest period okay thanks for that

clarification any further comments on the protests council member testing yeah

and just yeah I want to express my appreciation for the time that the protesters took to to engage in what you feel is flawed about the resolution and also about the ballot measure a couple of things worry me it worries me that so many community members are concerned about the Civic Assembly being flawed, about the ordinance, and the language of the ballot being misleading. And I really strongly recommend that we consider the specific suggestions with regard to cleaning that up to clarifying that. I just think that it's something that we owe to the people who have taken the time to study the ballot language and honor their recommendations. The other thing too, one of the other comments from a protester was the idea of the zero to 60, the for the The natural areas and I can understand the concern when you have zero to, you know, it could be zero. Not that that would happen, but it could be. Too much wiggle room. And I worry, as was expressed, that when it's zero to 60, some of that could be borrowed, taken, and applied to the blank slate. and I think that we are the black canvas I guess is as it's called and I think that we need to to work on that as well and change that language there's just too much concern with regard to the leeway that that allows and we don't know what's going to happen in the future and how it's going to be interpreted so I would strongly recommend that we look at that as well but thank you again for the that you took to present to us it shows that you're very very interested in the

outcome any further discussion by council seeing none do here motion yeah I move

that council deny each of the six protests based on consideration of the ballot title and submission clause and the information presented in the protest hearing finding the ballot title and submission clause to meet the applicable

standards second who second it come on go second today is there further discussion I would say that I will vote yes on this but we do have a commitment to work on the language and the in the next section any further discussion than that seeing them will the clerk please call the roll canonical yes Pina

Tarrell yes getowski no aren't yes Francis yes Olsen yes Pat Yandy yes

motion passes six to one now we will the protest has ended and that was the vote on the protests now we will consider resolution 20 25 82 would any members of the public like to speak on this item come on down

I just asked to Lynn so just for the public that was my question to the clerk to clarify and the answer is yes thank you council so you'll have three minutes now instead of five thank you

right thank you council Catherine dubiel 805 to 5 councilwoman pinotaro so that the the city does not have to give itself an easement and that is true but they also have a canal importation basin with components that were designed and sized to prevent flooding in our city so while the city doesn't need to give itself an easement it does have a responsibility to the citizens to prevent flooding. And that is why the Redwood Detention Pond exists and the size it is exists. Now I don't know how much money it costs to create the rodeo detention basin, but if you're considering moving it, an equivalent size location, an equivalent size capacity, I would like to know what that might represent in dollars and cents. And why would that make a good use of taxpayer dollars? So, you know, dismissing the protest saying that the city doesn't need to give itself an easement, that was easy. The hard question is, if you're suggesting that there's no need for that detention pond and that perhaps it can be relocated, you need to back that up with some facts. Thank you.

Thank you. Is there anybody else? Come on up. State your name. Where are you from? You have three minutes.

Thank you. Diana Murphy, District 5 of our home rule city. Is there a question?

I think there's been a question if you already spoke on this item during public comment.

Yes.

Was it specific? For me, the public comment was really more in general.

If it's you're speaking on the item, then you've already spoken once on that.

Oh, okay. Okay. Thank you. I'm sorry. Anyone else?

That's why I clarified if you are a protester, if you could speak again, but not public. It was a little bit confusing. So, but if I sign the protest, can I speak again? No. Because you already spoke at public comment. Thank you.

Go ahead, sir.

Hi, my name's Tom Farnsworth, District 4. My wife and I have sat down and discussed ballots at the kitchen table for decades. And we're going to discuss this one too. This ballot is the product of the council. Okay, this is your product. This isn't coming from the county or anything like that.

It's important to realize that whether you're campaigning now, or whether you don't have to campaign anymore, or whether you don't want to campaign anymore, you all have used the words credibility, trustworthy, transparent.

the ballot in my mailbox is complicated enough.

You shouldn't be putting out a product with two Where's Waldo puzzles.

You really should drop this whole ballot issue and let the citizens issue win or lose on its own merits

and then take care of the business that you know you should do. Thanks. Thank you. Anyone else?

Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, Council Members. A couple of things I'd like to point out. Could you just state your name for the record? Sorry. I'm Melissa Rosas, District 5. I sit on an advisory board, and I'm speaking on my own behalf tonight. A couple things that I wanted to point out is, one, that it's kind of, I guess, a double standard here, that the city, if they do not get enough passing votes for their ballot measure, and we do not, the city still gets a win. It's kind of like win-win for the city no matter what. And lastly, what I'd like to point out is that council and staff's discrimination dressed up as performative inclusion with regard to the indigenous and BIPOC population of Fort Collins has excluded indigenous residents like me and my partner and many other indigenous organizers and residents that want to protect and preserve Hughes as a natural area for all. We had several members of the indigenous community who did come up and sign our petition and did believe in our efforts as well. Pitting indigenous and BIPOC people against each other for council's political gain is disturbing, and it's one of the oldest tricks in the books. Thank you for your time.

Thank you. Next. Lena Lopez, District 5. I'd like to second what Melissa said. You know, icing out the indigenous and BIPOC people

that want to protect the land for everyone,

not for special interests, but for everyone,

is particularly disturbing while you are playing favorites with those that will sadly say we'll take a few morsels so that you can develop the rest of the land. And we know that play. Like Mel said, it's the oldest trick in the book. So we would encourage you to stop playing that game of discrimination dressed up as performative

inclusion. Secondly, when you pass your ordinance and your resolution, it appears

that your next tactic, political tactic, is going to be smear tactics and

intimidation tactics against the organizers. I'm well aware of what's going on. And I would say that's okay because that doesn't scare the organizers, it actually emboldens them. It makes them stronger. And not only does

make us stronger but it makes these allies back here much stronger and we will fight to protect that land as long as we can and that's really all i have to say other than that i want to thank the people that showed up tonight and the allies um countless allies in the community with our

indigenous folks our bipoc folks and um those who want to protect the land for everyone thank you

Thank you. Anyone else? Is there anyone online who wants to speak to this item? There is, Mayor. Yeah. Thank you. Go ahead.

Hi there. Can you hear me?

Yeah, please go ahead.

Hi there. My name is Lucy Lee and I live in District 2, 80526.

I served as a delegate on the Civic Assembly, and I wanted to thank you all again for this opportunity to have served our city and to have collaborated with fellow residents on recommendations for your consideration and other voters' consideration.

it's while it's a part of the democratic process it's disheartening that there's been misinformation about you know a hot button issue such as a bike park that's only taking up a portion of the site that again I think people are losing the view of the forest you know their people are focusing on the wrong topic here. In this current era of misinformation and keeping everyone apart, I think you guys did an amazing job turning this sensitive issue over to your delegates. And we did our job to the best of our ability. And the recommendations we put forth did receive supermajority that did include different features. One feature that didn't have a majority vote. We had already clarified with you all that there was some confusion with the delegates on the voting process for majority uses, but what was put forth for your consideration did receive majority vote from the delegates. I'm in support of your ordinance that will go if you vote for it on the ballot this November, and thank you again for this opportunity and your time.

Thank you very much. Is there anybody else online? Okay, seeing none. Do council members have any questions or comments on the resolution? Council member Kutowski.

I guess I need to have some clarification. I'm a little confused here So we just had a long discussion about how much we appreciated the the work of the Civic Assembly And I and I need to say I do need to make a comment about I watched a lot of the work that I attended the the sessions I watched a lot of the work that the Civic Assembly did, went to their smaller meetings, and the questions that they asked were incredible. I have nothing but praise for the amount of work that was done by that committee. They took their charge. They listened. They decided. And they made their recommendations. And those recommendations then came to the resolution. and I'm hearing so much about how heavily counsel is depending on the recommendations by the civic assembly. So then our job then as counsel is to pass a resolution accepting those recommendations. And that's our job. And our job is done. Now, the petitioners who took countless hours and countless days to gather their petition signatures and then had it approved and got it put on the ballot, that's their turn. We've done our job as council. We've done the resolution. We've had the privilege of just creating a resolution. We didn't have to get all the signatures. So my belief is that let it be. Let the citizen-initiated ballot stand alone. I don't see why we need to put this on the ballot when we have told the Civic Assembly, we truly trust what you told us. we've gotten about as much civic input as we possibly could on this issue. It's done. We know. They've told us. I don't think that we need to put it on the ballot to tell us one more time that we need their approval because they gave it to us and we created a resolution. So my comment is I am not supporting putting this on the ballot. I believe that the citizen initiative should stand by itself and not have to compete with the confusion of putting this one on and that's where I stand I won't support it okay further discussion

comes from our rules thank you mayor still working to get the yes here I'm gonna let some of the small stuff slide but I want to start with a question because I guess I need a clarification on where it says...

Including continuing uses such as disc golf and winter sledding. Now, I don't really have a position on those, so that's not the point. The point is that even in the ordinance we adopted in the previous item, it said may continue in the disc golf and sledding may continue. And then in the ordinance we adopted, it said may continue. The ordinance that we adopted on second reading tonight said may. And then magically and mysteriously over here, it's including continuing existing uses such as disc golf and winter sledding. So what memo did I miss, including in the ordinance that we already passed tonight that said may, that it becomes will?

Yeah, so this was a discussion that council had during the first reading of the ordinance. Actually, it might have been at the July 8th work session, but council's direction was that the language in the ordinance should be closely matched to the Civic Assembly recommendations. And the Civic Assembly recommendations clearly recommended the uses such as a bike park, the natural area, and the park amenities. But they were neutral on the disc golf course and the sledding hill. So that's why that piece is separated out from the required list.

That's why the ordinance says it may include.

But tonight what we're voting on includes it as an absolute, the one before us. Requiring site plans, requiring the city goes down, including continuing. Because the others aren't ambiguous, it's up to 35 acres, bike park, naturally up to 60. This says including continuing existing uses. That's a will continue versus what we just passed earlier on the previous item. the language said may so i'm looking for some clarification i think it should say may in the resolution and then we solve the problem or we've got a conflict between the resolution

and the ordinance yeah we can we can certainly add that if council wants to do that

okay and again i don't have a dog in that hunt but we don't want to contradict the ordinance that we just passed. And then the final one, and then because I would like to do my commitment if certain things were made previously, which they were, but I, of course, didn't have the language for this resolution in front of me, the remaining obstacle that, and it's been brought up, I believe, by perhaps the city organization and also some public is to eliminate that clarification where we say and differs from the citizen initiated ordinance on the November 2025 ballot which require 100% and then I'm good to go and I don't have that motion in front of me so in the resolution may include continuing existing uses such as just golf and winter sledding that's my that's my

thoughts tonight okay did you get the second part okay thank you further comments or questions I am going to ask now yeah so I just want to offer ask a

question I don't want to confuse but for the sort of clarity of language I think for the tents it's requiring requiring requiring would it be would council be open to saying allowing continuing uses such as so instead of requiring or including it's allowing nope too strong okay we'll we'll keep working on the

tents then just to because this is about language I'm gonna take a five second

timeout and just see if Elena Lopez would like to come up and confirm or verify. Did she leave? Oh.

If she was speaking on behalf of the board that she's on. But looks like she's gone.

Sorry, I missed that when she was speaking.

do you do you guys want to keep that in the hopper and then let us do our discussion and then there might be some more wordsmithing at which point we could take a break and come back and and let you guys like because it's important to think through it yeah so sorry I didn't catch this when you were speaking would you like to come down to the mic and clarify if you're speaking on behalf of yourself or the board you serve on just for the record

I sit on a number of boards and committees in this town and I was speaking for myself in every case could you just state your name then we have a

Lopez great thank you very much I appreciate it sorry I didn't catch that on the first time okay do you guys want a minute now or do you want us to continue okay all right continue the discussion then thank you councilmember

Olson anybody else okay good yeah and Kelly I'm sorry if I missed this but it sounds like you were wanting to strike the language that was referring to the

other ballot initiative did you mention that yes okay I I guess I wanted to also express my support for me in that language change I'll support my express

my support for kelly olson's comments too and i um i am also going to indicate that i will vote yes on this resolution i think that um the ballot initiative that was passed indicated a multi-use and that um then when that was sort of called into how do we actually use it in a multi-use way i think the uh innovative way that the city uh we all decided to and we approved and appropriated funds for was something called the civic assembly which is a well-known use a well-known process used to sort out sort of thorny issues in a very expansive and inclusive way so i am proud and happy that we did that and i'm equally happy that we're referring this back to the voters sort of where it began because if we simply pass an ordinance or resolution i'm not sure that that would be codified by the voters so let's check so we had the civic assembly some people loved it some people had some questions about it and i always know that a vote of the people is the ultimate guide by which we respect a dispute resolution in our country and i'm proud to send it to the voters and see what the people of fort collins how they want to shape their future it's completely up to them and i'll respect any of the outcome of the vote as the way people want fort collins to look So we do refer things to the ballot all the time. And that is one of our responsibilities as elected officials.

So I will be voting yes tonight. Those are my comments.

And I'll be supporting Kelly Olson's comments on the change in wording once we get that done.

Further comments or questions?

Seeing none, let me see if they want.

Do you guys want to take a 10 minute break to make sure that the wording is exactly right?

because when we vote on this, it is a resolution that will go to the voters.

A five-minute break would be great.

Take as much time as you want to get it right. Okay, let's call it 10.

Okay, see you back in 10 minutes.

Great. Hello, Fork Homes. Thank you for the break. but we're careful about our language choices for this referred ballot measure, possibly, if it's voted on. I'm going to ask one more time. Well, we can do that afterwards. Is there a motion for Resolution 82?

Thank you. Listen up.

Resolution 2025-082, referring Ordinance No. 141-2025, expressing support for the recommendations of the Civic Assembly in adopting a conceptual framework for the use and management of the Hughes Stadium site to a vote to the registered electors of the city at the next regular general election on November 2025 with the following amendments. On page 3, section F, number 2, it should read, the city will engage in ongoing consultations in striking out endeavor 2. On page, top of page 4, the number 11 should be removed. because it's actually not a new number, and number 12 should become 11. And under council-referred ordinance, the language should strike out, differs from the Citizens Initiative ordinance on the November 2025 ballot, which would require 100% of the Hughes site to be designated as a city natural area by and provides, and be replaced with provides for the following city action with a colon. And lastly, the bullet should read, hold on, the fourth bullet should read, may include existing uses such as disc golf and winter sledding and.

One clarification, I'm sorry. To match to the ordinance, number two on page three would need to read, the city will consult with Native American tribes, et cetera. Great. Is that that's great. Thank you

That's been added to the motion here a second Second second by party Andy now we have further discussion How's your chance? Seeing none will the clerk please call the roll Pina Terrell

Yes, getowski. No aren't yes Francis. Yes. Olson. Yes, Pat Yandy. Yes, Canonico. Yes

motion passes six to one

Do Council members have any items of other business to come before Council?

Let's see. I just have one slight announcement. And what would be happy birthday to Council Member Olsen tomorrow.

Besides that, this meeting is adjourned at 9.04 PM. Good night, 4 Commons.

Thank you.