City Council Regular Meeting — October 7, 2025

There we go. Good evening, Fort Collins. Welcome to the proclamation portion of tonight's meeting. Time is now 5 p.m. and we have four proclamations. This time, like every other proclamation time, you're welcome to come up for the proclamation that you're here for or any other. Everyone is welcome.

So we will start with declaring the week of October 5th through 11th as Fire Prevention Week. So anybody who would like to honor that proclamation, come on up.

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okay ready where as fire prevention week in October is October 5th through 11th 2025 and the theme is charge into fire safety and whereas this year's theme spreads awareness about lithium ion batteries which are working and charging in most homes and businesses right now and whereas the Pudor Fire Authority regularly responds to fires that are ignited by batteries and whereas these

fires burn hot and can be extremely difficult to extinguish, making them dangerous for both the community and firefighters. Please be sure to buy only listed products. Look for safety

certification marks such as UL, ETL, or CSA. This means it meets important safety standards. Charge devices safely. Always use the cords that come with the product to charge. Follow the instructions from the manufacturer. Buy new chargers from the manufacturer or one that the manufacturer has approved. Charge your device on a hard service and do not overcharge your device. Unplug it or remove the battery when it's fully charged. Recycle batteries responsibly. Lithium ion batteries should never be put in the curbside recycling or trashed because they can and they have started fires. Recycle your device or battery at a safe recycling location such as Timberline Recycling Center or the Larimer County Landfill. now therefore I Jenny aren't mayor of the city of Fort Collins do hereby proclaim October 5th through 11th 2025 as fire prevention week

thank you mayor just a couple things I want to talk about it is lithium ion is is the theme that we're working on this month but there's some other things that are very important about the month of October it's fire prevention month for us it's not just a week outreach and education this is Caitlin she runs our

outreach and education. They influence and coach and mentor people throughout the year, but they put a heavy dedication to students across our community. They're going to see 40 different schools. That would be kindergarten, second and fourth grade. And last year in 2024, they had over 2,000 contacts with students in this month just to educate them, make sure that

they understand what we do. We show up and put bunker gear on for them so that they're not scared of us and we talk about things such as lithium ion batteries we talk about things like everything that she just said you know don't leave them charging don't buy a charger from a that's a off-brand and use it with a ul listed battery if the battery's bulging if it's damaged don't use it don't charge it recycle it as mayor mentioned so um we're looking forward to this month we're

hoping that caitlin will stay pregnant through the month of october and not have a baby until next month so that we have her for the month so other than that I appreciate thank

you very much mayor oh one last shout out we do have these little cards on they have all the information that we just talked about there's a QR code on it I'm gonna leave it on the table up there if you hit this QR code it'll take you to our website and it will give you all the information you may need if anyone wants this card you can request it through that website as well thank you very much

great next up we have declaring the month of October 2025 as conflict resolution month

and I heard there might be a joint that would be fitting for a conflict resolution people to do something together. We like doing things together. Okay. With the Archives Month. Is that correct? Okay. Great. So I'll read them separately? Do you want to pause between each one? No, we'll just do our thing at the end. Okay. So you want me to read them both? Yes. Okay. In succession. Okay. Here we go. Sorry. I was going to make a bad joke. I won't.

Whereas the month of October is celebrated across the state of Colorado as conflict resolution month. And whereas the city of Fort Collins in conjunction with other local entities is recognizing this celebration. And whereas conflict resolution encompasses mediation, restorative practices, conflict transformation, facilitation, collaborative decision making, and respectful responses to differences. and whereas conflict transformation processes empower individuals families communities neighborhoods organizations schools and businesses to foster communication and devise solutions that are acceptable to the needs and interests to all parties involved and whereas the city of fort collins provides conflict transformation services to the community through mediation and restorative

justice services which has changed its name to conflict transformation works and whereas

community-based programs fairly and equitably transform neighborhood and community conflicts by repairing, creating, and strengthening relationships. And whereas I, along with the entire City Council, encourage Fort Collins residents to seek peaceful and collaborative ways to transform conflicts and hence contribute to creating an exceptional community that everyone

can call home. Now, therefore, I, Jenny Arndt, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby I proclaim the month of October 2025 as conflict resolution month. And just as an aside, I think this has been one of the most impactful programs our city has and it's throughout the years has really made a difference in the way people see each other. And I know our neighborhood services, which is represented here tonight, also really works on this. So thank you for all the work you do.

The next one, whereas the archive at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery stands as a vital gateway to our past preserving firsthand accounts, data, and historical evidence found in letters, diaries, scrapbooks, rare books, maps, photographs, newspapers, oral histories, and countless other primary sources that illuminate the story of Fort Collins.

And whereas the archive inspires discovery, cultivates critical thinking, and nurtures empathy by inviting individuals to explore the diverse and shared experiences that have shaped our community.

And whereas the archive is a free and welcoming resource for people of all ages, offering a space to connect with the histories of our families, neighbors, and neighborhoods, thereby deepening our collective memory and fostering a stronger, more informed community. And whereas American Archives Month is a national celebration that shines a spotlight on the essential work of archivists, archive assistants, interns, and volunteers who dedicate themselves to preserving, organizing, and making accessible the historical materials that matter to all of us.

Now, therefore, I, Jenny Arnt, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby proclaim October 25th as American Archives Month. Who would like to say some more?

So, hello. My name is Perry McMillan, and I'm the Manager of Conflict Transformation Works. And I want to talk about a collaborative project that we have had going for the past two years with the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery. For two years, Conflict Transformation Works has partnered with the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery on a special project, the Local History of Youth in Restorative Justice.

Soon, the public will be able to peruse archives showcasing 20-plus years of young people's experiences in the restorative justice programs in the Fort Collins community.

This project preserves the history of the 25-year-old restorative justice programs,

saving stories of learning, growth, and accountability of our young people as they move from committing crimes to repairing the harm they caused and taking their lives in new directions.

Hello, my name is Dana Stewart. She, her pronouns. I want to continue to tell you this story.

So one of the reasons that this project came together is because Perry McMillan,

my coworker and manager, is an amazing archivist herself. Her penchant to save things

has created the amazing ability for us to donate this history that would otherwise be lost.

That's breaking every file retention policy in the city.

But I'll read what's official now.

So, the files and records that hold the lives and the stories that we're bringing forward into community

date back to the early 2000s. And they've been kept in confidential, locked, appropriately buried storage for the last 25 years. This project began with curiosity and relationship building between our staff at Conflict Transformation Works and the Museum of Discovery. I got to call up Leslie and say,

will you hear this weird idea that we have? And her yes opened the doorway to lots of amazing things. so together we have discovered a joint area of interest the treasure trove of historical documents recording the restorative justice experience of over

3,000 young people in our community between the ages of 10 and 22 with the shared goal of preserving youth history we have come together and we began this

unique project. I'm Leslie Strzok. I'm the curator of the archive and I'm going to continue our story. Many products that resulted from the young people's accountability contracts are included in this archive, including letters of apology to people harmed, essays demonstrating what they learned, reflections on service projects, posters or other artwork, which I've gotten to see and they are amazing. So, so much impact in those. Videos, PowerPoints, music or songs, poems and other creative pieces. Journals reflecting and integrating their experiences and many other items of work done to repair the harm they caused. The museum provided a professional redactor

Barbara, who you'll hear from in a minute, who, by the way, used to work in presidential

libraries and specialized in declassifying documents, so she knows what she's doing,

to go through all the files and materials to remove personally identifying information.

It has been a lengthy and arduous job, just ask Barbara, which could never have been accomplished

without this partnership.

And I am Barbara Klein, and I am a processing assistant at the museum

and the professional redactor that Leslie was talking about.

The next step is now underway with the museum staff recording oral histories from staff and volunteers who worked in the programs,

some involved for more than 20 years. The museum's mission is to record the history of our community and this provided the resources needed to preserve and archive the history of the programs. Otherwise all these materials would have gone to the shredder and this history lost.

This unique partnership saved a piece of Fort Collins history for future generations. Thank you. Thank you.

I just have one more ad hoc thing to say about this. Is, you know, people ask me what makes Fort Collins difference a lot and people say, oh, we have buried power lines.

we have this, we have that. They name the physical entities.

I always name the social ones, the people. And this is certainly something that's not that visible outright,

but 3,000 young adults' lives were reclaimed

and the harm repaired. And that makes a difference in the community, not just for those young individuals,

but for their families, the people around them, the neighbors. And it is something that's in our,

it makes Fort Collins very special. And I know you've been working at it. It's a life's work, so I appreciate that. Okay. Now we go to Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Anybody here for that?

Thanks for coming. Okay. Whereas Cybersecurity Awareness Month, celebrated every October, remains a collaborative effort between government and industry to ensure that we individually and collectively, have resources needed to stay safe and remain secure online. And whereas Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a time to raise awareness about the importance and shared responsibility of cybersecurity. And whereas the City of Fort Collins recognizes the importance in identifying, responding to, and protecting against cyber threats that may significantly impact our individual and collective security and privacy. And whereas critical infrastructure sectors are increasingly reliant on information systems to support key sectors such as financial services, energy, telecommunications, transportation, utilities, health care. and emergency response systems. And whereas this year's theme, Secure Our World, focuses on using strong passwords and password managers, turning on multi-factor authentication, recognizing and reporting scams, and keeping software up to date. And whereas maintaining the security of cyberspace is a collaborative effort in which all community members, elected officials, city staff, and residents alike have a critical role to play. now therefore I Jenny aren't mayor of the city of Fort Collins to hereby proclaim the month of October 2025 as cybersecurity awareness month so I just

wanted to kind of talk a little bit about how things have changed you know here at the city so I I've worked here a long time 27 years maybe so I've been here a long time starting as a network engineer and back then banging

the cybersecurity drum trying to promote cybersecurity and there wasn't a lot of

support for it, not a lot of understanding and not a lot of necessarily, like I said, understanding belief and why do we need security?

It's cost of money, it's inconvenient, it's in the way.

But over the years, things have changed. We, you know, the culture has changed. People have changed. You know, we have probably a 180-degree, you know, shift in the culture, you know, since then. And so today we have, you know, management within IT that strongly, you know, supports and believes in cybersecurity. We have management throughout the city that has come to understand the importance of cybersecurity and promoting that within their departments and promoting the awareness program, the security awareness program we have amongst their employees. We have a fantastic cybersecurity staff within IT that are doing a great job with just handling day-to-day security, managing our awareness program.

You know, the people are changing and understanding the need for good cybersecurity, hygiene, and the importance of staying secure and the benefits from that. So on behalf of the IT department, and I guess I forgot to say who I am, I'm Quentin Andrum, I'm the information security architect here at the city. But on behalf of the IT department, I want to thank council for recognizing Cybersecurity Awareness Month and showing the support and having the support of the entire city throughout the year. As we strive to keep the city data safe,

the city network safe, keep the city employees safe here in the office and as well as at home. You know what we teach them readily applies it what they do at home and everyday life so really

I'm so excited about the change that has occurred you know throughout all that time and how you know strong of an awareness program that we have you know today and I'll recognize Corey Sherwood as being the leader of our awareness program and the fantastic work that he's doing every day on that. So thank you very much, thank you, Mayor. Thank you for coming. Thank you.

Yes.

Sure, come on up.

Come on.

All the IT extroverts out there, let's go.

You guys are all just sitting out there.

I love it.

I have two funny stories for you guys. Oh, I have two. I have two.

Thanks, Dendel. They were just going to sit there and not do it. No, we were. We're IT.

We're all.

Thank you. Thank you.

I just saw one funny story. When I first became mayor, my account got hacked, and it sent out, I don't know, to the whole city or just leadership or managers I don't know but widely come into my office now. And what I love about the city of Fort Collins, you must have trained them well, no one came.

I said, see what happens? I get no respect. I said, that's good training. One person, Mike Calhoun called, he goes, was the mayor serious? And I said, no. So I love that story. Thank you very much, Fort Collins. We'll resume our business meeting at 6

p.m. see them oh great we're already up this best good evening Fort Collins the time is now 6 a 1 p.m. and I call the regular council meeting to order please join me in the pledge of allegiance

for which it stands, one nation under God,

indivisible, with the liberty and justice for all.

Will the clerk please call the roll?

Arndt? Here. Francis? Here. Olson? Here. Pat Yandy? Here. Canonico? Here. Pina Taro? Here. Gutowski? Here.

All right, everybody's here. We appreciate those of you who have joined us, either virtually or in person. I want to remind everyone that we are here for the same purpose, Which is the future of our community. It's something we all care about I know we'll be respectful while people are talking and afterwards everyone will have a chance to be heard So will the city manager please review tonight's agenda? Yes. Thank you mayor. Good evening everyone

So tonight's consent calendar includes 17 items. We do not have any discussion items planned We did make one change from the published agenda and it really is to help with the procedural flow of the council meeting tonight so we are suggesting that there is a motion to adjourn the regular meeting until after council completes the electric utility enterprise board meeting then at that point council would come back into your meeting and consider a motion to adjourn into executive session to talk about the capital expansion fees and get legal advice specific to that with no further action anticipated to end out the meeting got

that Mary Pro Tem okay great we're ready for that there are no community reports tonight so will the staff please play the public participation video there are

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Kimberly Connor Kimberly Connor Human Services and Housing Funding Board but not representing the board at this time today marks two years of genocide in Gaza, two years of daily massacres of men, women, and children, two years watching the deaths

live-streamed on our phones, the backdrop to our morning coffee, two years of our country paying for it, facilitating it, and two years of government leaders not listening to their constituents. These two years have basically destroyed what faith I had in our government,

at the federal level for obvious reasons, but also at the local level, where I have learned that our city values order over justice, a false peace over basic human rights. Despite that, I still cling on to a hope that you will change your mind, that you will speak out, that you will actually be leaders and show your community what it means to stand against genocide. So as I keep telling my friends on Facebook, if you're still afraid to speak, take a small first step. You don't have to give speeches, but at least get involved in small ways. Show up as a regular citizen at a protest. I'll make it easy for you. This Saturday, the 11th, we'll be doing an all-day march, marking these two years of genocide. Last month, Israel dropped leaflets, like this one, over Gaza City, telling roughly one million residents they need to flee south to the Almawasi Humanitarian Zone. This is the equivalent of walking from Fort Collins to Loveland over torn up roads and debris and through active combat zones We'll be doing this walk on Saturday starting at 8 a.m. in Old Town Join us I sent you a copy of this leaflet and anyone watching can find it on the no-co for Palestine Instagram If you follow this QR code, you can find an overlay of the Gaza Strip over Fort Collins and Loveland You can see what areas have been destroyed and what areas are combat zones. You can see if this very building would be in the combat zone. You can also follow our walking path. So join us on Saturday. Take the first step and do something. I'd like to end with a poem from one of my favorite Palestinian poets. If you decide to be brave today and stand up for what is right, know this, it is never too late to choose justice over silence, to choose Palestine over comfort. But bravery without accountability is only performance. Do not wash the blood from your hands with words unless your actions are ready to follow. Thank you and free Palestine.

Thank you. Jerry?

Good evening, Council, citizens of Fort Collins. I'm Jerry Gowat on District 1 resident, lifelong resident. I want to share, you already probably received a memorandum from Tom Christian regarding the epic south emergency exit that Parks and Rec staff wants to open up to the public for exits. but I need to refer back as you have this memo already. We want to refer back to the ordinance of 1985, 84-85, which resulted in resolution, resulted in the closing, not extending Stewart Street going east, also terminating there, and emergency exit only for Epic,

given the concerns of the various neighborhoods of Stonehands, Parkwood, residents of Ridgefield Classical Schools have voiced their concerns about this reopening

and coming up with a plan. Bob Adams and I worked together on this when I was board president of Stonehenge, and we had a good relationship. But since he had retired, others have stepped in and want to push it through. And not really asking for neighborhood inputs, I offered to help build a win-win relationship, but it was declined on it. But I want to cover some, the ordinance is very important because it's council that made that ordinance back then. And one staff member said, I don't think council meant it that way. He wasn't here back then. I was. I know it was at the meeting. But it's important that we retain the safety and health of the kids that crossed through at Riffenburg. Bridgeview Charter School. And we got apartments and a lot of folks that go through there. Some things I want to share on this. They have done a feasibility study, traffic study of 19. They spent about $19,000 on this. And here's the math. We would have, if they would have done and had Fort Collins Police Services help on this and doing traffic control, It would have been $500 event divided by 19,000. They could have had 38 events there, which I feel would have been better use of our public dollars and not just to spend spend. With council and staff reckoning with the budget, it's very apparent that we are in budget constraint. And the money could be used better and wisely because we need to watch our dollars and spend it wisely. Security has been an issue. There's been instances of alcohol at Epic, emergency doors being left open during events, and residents have complained to the neighborhood about this issue. So we want to see, hopefully, council will look at this and come up with a reasonable plan and please involve the neighborhoods. We're here to help. It's our neighborhood. Thank you, folks. Thank you. Claire?

Good evening. Claire, District 6. I've been protesting the Israeli genocide for almost two years now. The UN has finally been forced to acknowledge this ongoing travesty as a genocide, something we in the pro-Palestine movement have been trying to tell our leaders for almost two full years. But of course, this isn't about truth or facts or evidence. It never was. I was arrested on July 11th of this year for putting up a truthful cardboard sign on a light pole that read Foco profits from genocide. At the time, I was referencing Woodward, who has boasted about strong profit projections based on the need for ongoing security in the world or war profits. But I also listed Foco and not just Woodward because this is bigger than just

Woodward. Our whole town was founded on a genocide. Fort Collins was created to protect settlers routinely violating treaty agreements made with people who were promised the Indian territory, all lands west of the Mississippi. So in a country that never once honored any of those agreements

it made, how can we expect the rule of law, democracy, or justice to be anything more than some piece of propaganda manufactured to give us the illusion that we are superior to everyone

who doesn't possess such a promise? What is happening in Gaza is just another page in the playbook that has already happened here and throughout the British Empire before that. It has never been anything but the expansion of an empire of greed, making comfortable spaces for some people on the graves of others. And here's why, in case we all need it in plain English, our representatives have routinely ignored us, punished us, and tried to shut us up for speaking out for Palestine.

AIPAC, which is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, is one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the U.S.

It lobbies on behalf of Israel's interests. Michael Bennett, Democrat, received $466,000. I'm rounding down, by the way. John Hickenlooper, Democrat, $333,000. Diana DeGette, Democrat, $89,000. Joe Neguse, Democrat, $294,000.

So lest we think we can vote our way out of this mess of a democracy, think again. Who makes the decisions in this country? Who decides who lives and who dies? Who profits off of death and

destruction and who's the victim of it? It's people with money and the people who can buy the security of the U.S. government. This is history and this is our present. We aren't naive. We know that those

of you with political aspirations beyond city council will inevitably take this money and make decisions based on the will of the purse strings, not the people. But I just want you to know that

I also know and I don't ever plan to shut up no matter how many times you arrest me for speaking the truth. Thank you. Barbara?

Hello, Council. Barb Krugnick-Goldman, Council District 6. Today I'd like to comment on just one item related to the Platte River Power Authority organic contract and power supply agreement. I believe it's item 10 on the consent agenda. Following the council meeting September 16th, Rick Casey and I had a meeting with Councilmember Olson and Tyler Marr on September 25th to follow up on questions and discussion raised during the council meeting. One of the items we addressed was a request made by the Northern Colorado Partners for Clean Energy at the county land use hearing and reiterated in a recent letter to all of you that came from the Fort Collins Sustainability Group regarding the contract and power supply agreement. That request is that on high ozone days, a restriction should be put on Platte River to not burn gas beyond what might be needed to meet the needs of the four owner communities. The response to that has been that when PRPA enters the Southwest Power Pool, that their assets will be controlled by the SPP, and they will not be able to decline burning gas if it is called upon. However, we have also been told by SPP administrators that exceptions or limitations could be allowed. Given that contradiction, Mr. Marr agreed that he would follow up with the SPP to get clarification. In your council packet today, there's an agenda summary written by Mr. Marr. He states on the second page in response to this item, It is wrong to assume that something else can fill in if Platte River turns off the turbines. Platte River cannot just turn on more wind or solar, so either the load gets dumped, a blackout, or the burden shifts to some other resources, likely less efficient with higher emissions. First of all, our request has always been that on high ozone days, a restriction should be placed on burning gas beyond that which is needed to meet the needs of the four communities. No one is advocating for a blackout. We're saying that if there is a demand for power beyond our load to be sold on the market, that that power should come from another area that does not have our poor air quality. There is no definitive response from the SPP in the summary regarding an exception to calling upon Platte River's gas turbines, especially if doing so would exacerbate our ozone pollution. So I'm asking that this council get definitive answers from the SPP and if restrictions are allowed, that restrictions on burning the gas should be required in the contract. Next up is Jamie.

Good evening everyone. Thank you for having me back, although I guess you don't really have a choice. But I am here tonight to give you your good news of the day. So for those who don't know

me, I'm Jamie Blanchard-Poling, founder of Compost Queen, which is a public benefit company dedicated to keeping food scraps out of our landfill and building healthy soils right here in Fort Collins. I am thrilled to announce that Compost Queen and the City of Fort Collins is launching a new composting pilot program this month. This program is designed to make composting more accessible and affordable for everyone in our community. The pilot is open and already taking participants and we are already over 50 percent full. We are looking for about 250 more residences and about 19 more businesses to participate in this pilot. For the next year, all residential participants in the pilot will receive $15 off per month on any Compost Queen service that they choose and making that service as low as $5 per month. To encourage more sustainable business practices, local businesses can sign up for just $40 per month which makes it ten dollars a week to compost their food waste which is just a fraction of the normal cost so we just need help spreading the word to fill up this pilot we're excited to work alongside the city to make composting easy convenient and affordable helping fort collins reach its waste reduction and climate goals and through this pilot we will be gathering data to inform the city on best practices contamination issues participation rates and infrastructure needs for the future of composting in our city so thank you for your support and please pass this information on to anyone who may be interested in food waste composting services at a reduced cost together we can turn waste into a resource and build a more sustainable fort collins together Thank you.

Thank you. Margui?

Margui Henschel, Capitol Hill neighborhood. Thank you, Mayor and council members and city staff. I appreciate the opportunity to speak on the same day we're honoring fire prevention week.

During my tenure on city staff, I served on the Laringworth County local emergency planning committee and was the city's hazmat response coordinator and thank you to all of our local and national responders especially today celebrating the week between 80 and 90 plus percent of all wildfires in the united states are caused by humans my speaking points are tied to protecting human health which include firefighters and in taking every step possible for fire prevention wood smoke is a proven carcinogen and backyard wood burning generates the amount of secondhand smoke equivalent to smoking 800 cigarettes what definitively separates this issue from most others and i'm citing the city's 1999 clean air action plan because breathing isn't optional backyard recreational wood burning is optional due to increased density in our neighborhoods and more backyard wood burning devices, we still fall short of protecting human health from wood smoke toxins. Applying scientific research to define this problem includes recent studies, as recent as last year, from leading global researchers linking wood smoke as contributing causation to Alzheimer's and dementia disease, heart and lung disease, especially asthma and bronchitis, and cancers, notably lung and breast cancer. A cornerstone of the city's sustainability action plan and air quality policies is to ensure healthy neighborhoods now and into our future. And for those of you running for political office, please take the position to ban backyard recreational wood burning as a cornerstone of your campaign. Let's uphold the city's express commitments to protect air quality and join our many other Colorado communities, including Denver, to institute a permanent backyard

recreational wood burning ban. Thank you. Thank you. Madeline, remotely? Oh, you're here. Okay, great.

um hello mayor and council um i'm testifying today to urge council to engage at a landmark point in history um spoken about uh by several of my friends here um i am urging you to reckon with our complicity in genocide in gaza which is something that is fiscally morally socially undeniable. I'm aware that you have deprioritized this issue as it is not the will of council to

pass a ceasefire resolution, but I'll remind you that back in 1980 when council put forth the South Africa resolution, it was two years after it was initially presented that council

decided to officially commemorate and take action in the apartheid South Africa. So I wrote something here. I have actually said it before, but I want to read it again, that we are living in a time where we cannot say we didn't know. Millions across the nation and the world are taking a stance that affirms humanity and demands the protections of those living under occupation. The situation has become especially dire considering that safe zones are being bombed and invaded. And in doing this, Israel is telling on itself that it never had the intention of protecting Palestinians. So we must take up that task ourselves. The United States policy is operating on a gambler's fallacy. We see ourselves as already too deeply entrenched in our relationship with Israel, as highlighted by Trump's many collusions with Netanyahu, that we must keep rationalizing our actions, their actions, and at worst, bankrolling their military campaigns. our role should be coming to the defense of those who have been subject to collective punishment not those who are enacting it and not running a PR campaign for a foreign government whose actions are being questioned under an international courts of law so for example passing a ceasefire resolution would not only be a strategic move in promoting peace and diplomacy but also making a statement that no person should have to lose their life because of the intolerance of state power. It would make a statement to all of our community members, Jewish, Muslim, Palestinian, Arab. European that Council takes these issues seriously and sees the interconnections of what happens abroad is really just a test ground of what can happen here. And that we have to draw the line somewhere. And this isn't like an extremely necessary point in time to do that. So I appreciate you listening. I appreciate you taking this seriously. I appreciate you hearing us and acting upon it. So thank you. Thank you. Sterling, remotely?

Oh, present. Okay, great.

Sterling, District 6. Today marks 24 months of the latest and likely final chapter in the 77-year-long U.S.-backed project of ethnic cleansing committed against the Palestinian people. As of April, according to numbers coming out of the Lancet Journal of Medicine, at least 680,000 Palestinians have died due to Israel's openly genocidal campaign of slaughter and starvation. Half a million children are dead, 380,000 of which are children and infants under the age of five. On the 16th of September, the UNHRC inquiry into the crime of genocide in Gaza concluded that Israel is guilty of failing to prevent the crime of genocide and has invoked the Genocide Convention, which compels all nation states at all levels to take concrete action to prevent the crime of genocide or also be found guilty. This council's dereliction of duty under federal and international law, the absence

of swift and immediate action is criminal. I do not come to ask for a ceasefire today.

I come to demand immediate and concrete action against the persons and companies who are enabling

this genocide and profiting off of death, especially Palantir and Woodward. The city is using our tax dollars, our local law enforcement, as what is essentially a private security force for Woodward.

It is engaged in mass surveillance of the city's residents using technology from Flock Safety, founded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel, and is using lawfare to criminalize the free speech of activists who bravely stood against the city's complicity in genocide. to my second and related concern. Years ago, I came to this council urging it to make change, to address the needs of the people, especially as it relates to the cost of living, health care, and the city's continued efforts to displace and criminalize the poor. Reactionary forces will come to power in the coming years, and you are directly enabling them with your inaction. Either make change or suffer the consequence. Since the beginning of

this second Trump administration, cities across the country have faced a criminal occupation,

a fascist invasion by the federal government. With plans of continued militarization of our cities, the brutalization of communities, political persecution, curtailing of free speech, mass surveillance, and this complete and total violent fascist takeover by this administration,

What plan does the city have to resist the impending unconstitutional brutalization of our city's residents? Will the city divest from and outlaw the use of mass surveillance technology used against city residents, including by local law enforcement?

Will the mayor and council order local law enforcement to arrest federal agents engaged in unlawful acts? And will the city attorney and district attorney prosecute them? Thank you very much. Now, next we have Hope, remotely.

Oh no okay rich

rich Dave average citizen of Fort Collins 805 to 5 thank you mayor thank you counselors my questions have to do with number 10 in particular I was looking through today and I was unable to find this particular meeting agenda which is pretty sparse online for some reason it alludes to it in in the consent agenda that there's an item to talk about the contract for poota river power authority, but then it kind of jumps back to it's going to be added on at a later time, and I'm not really sure what the demarcation is. The contract that they were voting on is part of item number 10. I'm not really sure what the electric enterprise utility meeting was all about because I never got to see the agenda. Basically in the contract there was page 208 that says Overland substation was not leased to PRPA yet a few times ago there was some kind of issue associated with the Overland substation and be able to assign the ability to put batteries on site. So if it's not leased to PRPA, but they're going to have a generalized contract available for someone to buy, apparently to put batteries at a substation that isn't part of the system, I certainly don't understand what's going on. They also don't have the responsibility to maintain it. So if it's not really part of the system, what does it do? when I look at all this I kind of think in terms of where does this all hit is this we're pushing so far and so hard on trying to turn off coal-fired coal-fired power we're going to turn on generators we're going to fire up electric panels when the sun's out and it's not cloudy like today and what happens when the wind doesn't blow well we'll fire something up or we'll buy it from somebody else who I don't know that the citizen that pays for electricity like myself is really going to end up with the best of deals here. I feel a lot less comfortable with it than I do listening to people talk about it. So I kind of bashed around a little bit and I go political umbrage no not really maybe it's political tutelage now I don't know that that has a positive connotation in this particular aspect but my feeling is we're pushing too hard to achieve too little at too

much cost thank you thank you I got a message here that hope is now online so Hope, if you're ready for your words, please go ahead.

Hi, can you hear me?

Yep.

Oh, good. I don't know what was wrong. I'm sorry. That's okay. Okay, good evening, council members. I am here tonight representing all my friends from the Jewish community who could not be present, either because of Sukkot, one of the holiest Jewish festivals, or because they're attending memorials for the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. I'm here tonight because it was widely advertised on social media that agitators would be demanding that the city divest from Israel and adopt anti-Israel positions during this meeting. I want to provide the council and community with a different perspective and to remind us all of the importance of keeping our focus local. The violence of October 7th did not just take place halfway across the world. It directly touched Americans, including some from Colorado. About 50 Americans were murdered or kidnapped, two still unrecovered, their bodies still held by Hamas. The timing of these coordinated anti-Israel campaigns only deepens the Jewish community's sense of pain and exclusion. These anti-Israel demands, whether for a ceasefire or divestment, have nothing to do with Fort Collins or a better life for anyone in Gaza. If protesters truly care about peace, they would urge Hamas to accept the peace offer, which has been on the table. Instead, Hamas' real goal is eradicating the world's only Jewish state. Divestment doesn't just send the wrong message. It risks the city's investment portfolio, would burden staff, and requires boycotting companies everyone depends on, Apple, Microsoft, and Google. Worse, divesting may put council at risk of being negligent with your fiduciary duties. Practically, it's unworkable. To divest, you would have to dive deep into the files of every company the city does business with. That requires budget, imposes an unreasonable burden, and diverts scarce resources away from the essential services Fort Collins residents rely on. There are countless tragedies worldwide. If council members and meetings are turned into international battlegrounds, where do we draw the line? Your focus must remain on issues directly affecting Fort Collins, like housing, public safety, quality of life, and ensuring respect and unity for all residents. If you take any action tonight, I urge you, pray for all the victims and families, Israeli, American, and Gazan, who have lost loved ones in this war. Please pray that Hamas accepts the deal and ends this war that never needed to start. Thank you for ensuring our local government stays focused on local community.

Thank you. Laura?

Laura, District 1, Fort Collins, City of Progressive Values of Greenwash Justice Painted Over Stolen Land. We gather on the homeland of the Ute, Arapaho, Shoshone, Cheyenne, and yet the city still hasn't said the word land back.

Still clings to the colonial comfort while pretending neutrality. And now, and has been, our money feeds another machine, an empire that mirrors our own.

Israel would not know what to do without us. Our dollars, our weapons, our silence.

and we taught them how to build walls and call it security they teach us how to bomb cities

and call it self-defense we learn from each other how to disappear indigenous people

and rename it development how to bury histories under concrete and call it peace tell me for

Collins how do we teach sustainability while funding destruction how do we celebrate community when our investments fund apartheid.

How can we say we care while Palestinians starve with our tax dollars while Israelis receive free health care from the same hands that leave our people here

choosing between medicine or rent? We can't keep pretending we don't see it. Genocide isn't complicated. It's repetition, it's policy, it's profit. And for Collins, you were profiting. you from pipelines, war contracts, and blood disguised as investments. We must divest, pull our money out of death, out of occupation, out of the same colonial logic that this city is built on, stolen land, and still refuses to give it back. Because liberation is not selective. If we want it just as here, we must demand it everywhere. If we want peace here, we must stop paying for war. Let Fort Collins be the city that breaks the cycle. Let us say not in our names,

not with our money, not on this land. The wicked becomes even worse when tolerated. Leo Tolstoy. GM Gilbert was the chief psychologist who interviewed Nazis on the trial at numbered. His words are still valid today. I told you once that I was searching for the nature of evil. I think I've come close to defining it. A lack of empathy. It's one characteristic that connects all the defendants. A genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow man. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.

So don't be war criminals. Thank you. Have free Palestine.

Thank you.

Thank you. And our last speaker tonight is Patricia Babbitt remotely. Okay, she looks like she's ready. Go ahead. Hi, so I'm Patricia Babbitt, District 6. And before I say more, I want to say that two years ago today, when I heard the news about what was happening with Gaza and Israel, a part of the world where many of my friends, Jewish, Muslim, and Christian are from, I thought, as mayor, how would I try to help our local residents who are being terribly affected by what's happening with this newest level of conflict in a region that has struggled for years? I immediately tried to contact my friends of different faiths from that region to ask how they were doing and what they thought needed to happen in Fort Collins to help them cope with the tragedies that were unfolding with their families and friends in the Middle East. Unfortunately, the way in which most members of our city council have dealt with this issue and many other issues as well is not what I had hoped for. But sadly, I'm not completely surprised because based on so many things that our council members have seemed intent on, they've seemed intent on division of not only our community members, but also the spaces we share here. in order to achieve their own agendas rather than truly watching out for their residents. And unfortunately, many of our residents are too busy trying to live their daily lives to understand what's actually happening here. Possibly the biggest local division that has been with how most of our city council Council members have dealt with Hughes, including the recent creation of a ballot measure to compete with the citizen-initiated ballot measure, which required a simple yes to say voters wanted Hughes as a natural area or no to say voters wanted City to parcel up and create high-impact recreational educational spaces on this precious parcel of wildlife habitat. Now, with the city's seemingly intentionally confusing ballot measure, those in favor of protecting the wildlife there as much as possible need to vote yes on 303 and no on 2H. Our city's approach to governance has often brought to mind the story of King Solomon, who had to decide whether or not to cut a baby in half for two women claiming to be the mother to share. Unlike King Solomon, who understood the True Mother would never allow her baby to be cut in half, our city leaders seem to think that dividing our community and our lands is the best way to move forward. I have no doubt in my mind how the late Jane Goodall would vote on Hughes if she were alive and registered to vote in Fort Collins, and I can't help but wonder, though, how many voters who filled CSU's Lorry Student Center to listen to Jane Goodall speak a few years ago would put into practice her acts of compassion for our wildlife and vote yes on 303 and no on 2H, and how many would be more self-serving and choose to chop up the baby, so to speak. So I hope our voters will truly study the issues on their ballots and not allow themselves to be fooled into making decisions that could result in huge negative impacts on the future of all. Thank you very much. Public comment has now ended. Does anyone on council have follow-up to public comment?

I have one. I just want to thank, I think Jamie left, but Compost Queen came and gave us some good news, and I want to compliment the city on that. Thank you very much. And I suppose I wanted to also acknowledge Margie's comments about word burning in the backyard.

I guess, you know, I was like, is that still legal?

So you make an excellent point.

We banned fireplaces because when I was a kid, there would be the brown cloud.

And so it seems like you had a very good idea and something that I would be in favor of. So thank you for coming for that.

And then, Mr. Stave, if you have further questions, I can direct you to Travis, who's here, and also Tyler Marr if you had further questions that you had. Sorry. Go ahead. Susan? Yeah.

With regard to Mr. Gabaldon's comments about his neighborhood

and an issue that they're dealing with with an entrance exit onto East Stewart,

I'd like to see us pursue that, give more attention to that,

and find out more about what could be done to assist in that matter.

Anybody else? Kelly?

Thanks, Mayor. I was just wondering if we had a clarification. Did we have any technical glitches on access to our information? I thought Mr. Stave mentioned that. Do we have a bad? Did I not understand that correctly?

No, it was posted at the same time that the other one was. it was just underneath so you had the city council agenda and then the EU we right underneath it so both were there at the same time thank you anybody else

all right seeing none does any council member wish to pull consent item for individual discussion seeing none let me sorry do I hear a motion for consent

calendar yes I move to adopt the consent calendar items 1 through 17 second it's

been moved and seconded is there further discussion seeing them with the clerk

please call roll Olsen yes pot yandi yes Canonico yes Pina Taro yes good tasky yes aren't yes Francis yes consent calendar passes 7-0

do council members have comments on consent calendar comes my Wilson thanks

item number 10. I was going to pull it and then I didn't know exactly where I'd be at the end of it and it's unlikely to be amended or tabled or defeated tonight. So I would, I guess, I thought I heard a mention of a memo that I guess I missed and I don't usually miss the stuff, but I did have a conversation with Mr. Marr today and was there a memo that went out specifically on the ozone issue today? I'm sorry if I missed that. There was not, Council Member Olson. It was,

I believe the speaker was referencing a paragraph I had in the second reading AIS.

Okay. And then based on our discussion today, because I didn't want to take everyone's time today, we have potential executive session and things, but I had the same concerns about the ozone issue and creating energy that's beyond what we need in the area. So knowing that things probably weren't gonna change tonight, and again, I'm not saying I was gonna oppose it, I didn't know, but can we get a specific detail, if it doesn't exist, followed up memo on why people think it's not a good idea, either the city representatives, the city organization, or PRPA to address the very serious ozone issue?

Council Member Olson, we're happy to do that, and I'm happy to speak to it at high level tonight, too, if that's helpful.

If that would be okay, briefly with the mayor and the council, that might be helpful.

Yeah, so essentially it pertains to two things, and the speaker referenced one of them, which is high ozone days tend to lack wind. And so when you look at PRPA's energy curves, They're indicative of what our future will look like minus the coal and with increased solar and wind. And so on days where there's no wind, you have to fill that gap. And Mr. Stave alluded to this in some of his comments, right? You have to fill that gap with something. So that is to meet our own owner community's loads. Right now, those days are mostly filled with coal. And you can see that on the curves, I believe, that council received an email today sort of highlighting. The second piece relates to what does the market allow for? And that was alluded to as well. So in the spring of next year, Platte River Power Authority will join the Southwest Power Pools Regional Transmission Organization, the RTO West. It's a new market being set up under sort of the existing Southwest Power Pools tariff. They have an eastern market. And these tariffs set the regulations for how energy has to be both offered and sold to that market. I know it's been suggested that SPP representatives have indicated that you can sort of have optionality around those resources. That is not our understanding. And I think the SPP representatives would call that a mischaracterization of some of their comments. So I think that's an important component. As it pertains to those excess sales, right now, PRP operates in a bilateral sales thing where they have their own team that's sort of choosing when prices are correct to do that. Once we all are a part of that Southwest Power Pool, the market does call on those resources and they do it in the next sort of marginal cost effective. So the next cheapest resource runs. And that's good news in this market because this market's going to have a lot of renewables on it. And so if we were cloudy up here, I think there's a decent chance that there will be wind or solar elsewhere in the market. And that will sell first because it produces. If it's windy or the sun is shining, those renewables are producing. And so essentially it's the margin that's called upon. And so we can't choose what days we offer it because we don't know what days we'll need it. And we don't know what days others will need it. And so that's the benefit. And I do think that us as large, the largest owner of PRPA at 48% stand to benefit and actually keep our rate pressure lower by joining this market. But it comes down to those dynamics is the simple, it's not simple, but the short answer I can provide to your question, Council Member Olson.

Thank you. Council Member Pinjio.

Yeah, I just had a question for staff on number 17. Since this is a resolution, I know it won't be coming back to us for a second reading. but I am curious why it did not go to the water board. And if that's something that we can't answer tonight, that's fine. Or if you can, that'd be great too.

Sure. I'll say park staff, a trip down here, because I was able to ask this in the last few minutes. Essentially, usually the water board has not been involved as it pertains to parks management of their own raw water. And that is this situation continued as this was managed by parks with help from our water resources team but not managed out of the water utility and that could be an opportunity for growth in the future where we're happy to maybe explore looping the waterboard into those conversations yeah well thank you for proving

that we learn something new every day no matter how long you've been on council so thank you

great um council member also did it go to parks and rec board

i do not know the answer to that question it did it did yes oh i'm glad that was the answer

okay all right i had a community question on item 16 so tyler i'm just going to be the tyler show can you just talk to 16 and why we're doing that why it makes sense because it does look a little bit kind of sweeping to redefine what a construction project is but can you just give the specific

example sure so quickly mayor um we're testing my memory of the agenda item numbers is this the art in public places certainly yes it is sure i'm happy to continue um sorry this is not a wholesale shift um to the art in public places program this is a definitional clarification that we believe sticks with the intent of the program that essentially clarifies that large asset replacement think something like the epic chillers that you recently appropriated does not trigger um an art in public places contribution i know that we've at least a council finance committee had questions around a larger review of that program and that's still to come thank you for that clarification uh any other

follow-up to consent none okay um there are no staff reports do council members have reports

Councilmember Gutowski

What do you do with it? Two of them Oh, well one of them and maybe a lot of people in the community did the same thing attended the air show a couple of weeks ago it was, we had an opportunity to go and I went with grandkids who were just enchanted

by the whole idea of these jets flying over like right flying over their heads.

It was so noisy and it was so exciting. The Thunderbird performances were amazing.

And I just thought that we were very fortunate to have them come into our community so that we could see the show. So kudos to that.

And then last night, one of my very, very favorite events, I love this one.

And it's the, I'm trying to think of the formal name for it, but it's the Architectural Awards

that it was over at the Drake Center. And any number of builders, architects, come to celebrate their work to be awarded.

It's like the Academy Awards, though. I don't know how you can do that. There are so many beautiful structures that are built in our community by our gifted architects and the groups that develop them. But they do. There's a committee, and they are selected.

And it just brings me such joy to see how beautiful our community continues to be as a result of the talent of these architects. And not only that, the efficiency of the buildings and everything. It was just a wonderful experience to be there, and I look forward to it. And they're all so happy, you know, just to be with one another, and it's a big celebration. Council Member Padyandi, did you have one?

Yeah, I was going to mention that same event, but I'll just add Clay Frickey was the MC from City Staff and he did an excellent job. I also just want to shout out, this is not a city event, but I attended the No-Co Down Syndrome Walk this past weekend, which is an annual event lifting up folks with disabilities, specifically Down Syndrome, and it was very well attended, joyful, and just a great opportunity for us to celebrate the gifts of folks in our disability community. So I wanted to to mention that. Thanks mayor

Great council member canonical

Yeah, just a few Council member Olson and I had the opportunity yesterday to tour the Siphon overpass that'll be opening before the end of the year. It's a pedestrian and biking structure that'll go over the railroad tracks at south of harmony Really impressive project. Thank you to everybody who's been involved with that engineering park. It's really impressive It'll be a 190-foot span that'll be assembled in four pieces. We also got to walk along the new Male Creek Trail. If you haven't been over there, go check it out. And a great opportunity will be next week on the 15th at 4 p.m. We'll have the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Tailwinds Park, the newest neighborhood park over there. So that would be great to see. I also was at the Compost Queen's launch of their pilot program this evening. What a great program for the city to partner with. And I really encourage residents and businesses to go check it out and be involved. It's a great way to open up your sites to how to compost and make it really easy. You can get rid of all your food scraps. And the last one was, oh, the Family Center. They had their big fiesta last weekend at the Lyric outside. It was a beautiful event, and I hope they were able to raise a lot of money for the good work they do in the community.

Oh, great. I was just checking with Madam Mayor Pro Tem. I was like, because we didn't have a meeting last week, so I was getting confused on the week. So I haven't reported back to the community about my trip to New York, representing Fort Collins and the ICLEI board, which is a consortium of climate cities or climate wise across the globe at Climate Week in conjunction with the United Nations. I spoke on three different panels, one each day. So it was very just like those things usually are. The big benefit is the perspective you get back on your own community. so I was able to share what Fort Collins is doing, but more importantly, come to really, again, not that for the first time, appreciate what we're doing and how we do it. And I was on

a big panel for electrification and rate increases affordability, and I was the second to last

speaker. And I said, well, 52 years ago, we got together and we have public power. And you could have heard a pin drop. It's less than 10% of the United States is under public power, where the

public owns the power generation, not just the distribution, which is our local utilities. But I know Platinum River Power Authority gets a lot of criticism. But it's so interesting to me

how valuable that asset is. And we sort of fail to appreciate the low rates that it brings because there are no shareholders other than ourselves. So when I started talking about public power, people kind of got quiet and I was like, why? And then I realized, oh, it's so uncommon.

Right. And then the followup was people just really wanting to know how we did it and what happened and so on and so forth. So I said, it's easy, just buy your power provider. No, I'm joking. that was just a very interesting thing and the cities that come together to do the work of transitioning to our carbon future are not stopping and I feel confident that we will persist so

happy for that opportunity and for it wasn't me there it was just the mayor representing all the good work that everybody else does so that's my report anyone else Okay.

Let's see.

Sorry, I have to keep moving on here.

Madam Mayor Pro Tem, help me out here.

Sure. I move that Council adjourn this meeting until after the completion of the Electric Utility Enterprise Board business.

Second. Seconded by Canonico. Discussion? Will the clerk please call the roll?

Yandy?

Yes.

Canonico? Yes. Pina Terrell? Yes. Gutowski?

Yes.

Arendt? Yes. Francis?

Yes. Olsen? Yes. Okay, that's 7-0. So after we return from the Electric Utility Enterprise Board meeting, Council will consider a motion to go into executive session. All right. We're now transferred to what we finally call the EUE, where we have different titles. So I will bring us into order for the EUE. and the time is now 6.58 p.m. and I call the meeting of the EUE board to order. Will the secretary please call the roll?

Arendt? Present. Francis? Here. Olsen? Here. Patiandi? Here. Canonico? Here. Pina Terro? Here. Katowski? Here.

Everyone is present. We have an item. Is there a staff presentation for the item? We do not have a staff presentation. That's right. Would any members of the public like to speak on this item? Anyone online? Seeing none. Do board members have any questions or comments on this item? Seeing none, is there a motion for approval of September 16 minutes?

Yes, I move to approve the minutes of September 16, 2025, Electric Utility Enterprise Board meeting. Second.

Seconded by Padianni. Discussion? None. Clerk, please call the roll. Our secretary.

Yes. Olsen yes, but Yandy yes, Canonico. Yes Pinotero. Yes good tasky. Yes aren't yes

That passes 7-0 Item number two is there a staff presentation for this? There's not but available to answer any questions great It is a second reading reminder to the public when members of the public like to speak on the second reading Anyone online saying none for members have questions or comments? Seeing none is there a motion for ordinance 18?

Yes, I move to adopt on second reading of ordinance number 18 authorizing an amended and restated contract with Platte River Power Authority for the supply of electric power and energy. Second.

It's been moved and seconded. Is there further discussion?

I am going to make one comment here that we are in the middle of negotiating a big contract, Platte River Power Authority is. And I will tell you that I heard it tell that the first question that was asked was, are really the four councils extending the life of that contract and renewing the power service agreement? And the rate we get on the bonding we have to transition to our new, to recapitalize our energy production, directly affects the affordability and keeping our rates low. So what we do here tonight is very important for the ratepayer. It's one of the things that is hard to discuss in terms of the nuance of it sometimes, but this work is super important for each and every ratepayer in our four-city area. So I just wanted to make that comment. It's in our materials, but just to highlight that. So any further discussion? Secretary, please call the roll.

Wilson yes pot Yandy yes Canonical yes Pina Taro yes Gatosky yes aren't yes

Francis yes motion passes 7-0 do board members have any other business to come before the EU a board seeing none the meeting of the EU eboard is adjourned at 7-0 to next we will consider a motion to go into executive session for legal advice related to capital expansion fees.

I move that City Council go into executive session pursuant to City Charter Article Roman Numeral 2, Section 11-2, City Code Section 2-31-A2, and Colorado Advice Statute Section 24-64024B for the purpose of discussing with the City's attorneys and appropriate management staff the following. One, specific legal questions related to potential litigation related to current or proposed capital expansion fees and to the manner in which current or proposed capital expansion fees may be affected by existing or proposed provisions of

federal state or local law. Second. Seconded by Paniandi for the discussion. Oh, any members of the public like to speak on this? Are you saying none? No. Council members for discussion. Saying none. So please call the roll. Canonico. Yes.

Pina Taro. Yes. Getowski. Yes. Arndt. Yes. Francis yes Olsen yes Pat Yandi yes that passes 7-0 and please remind

remember that no further business will occur after the completion of the executive session that no further business will occur after the completion of the executive session.