Proclamations
00:17Declaring the Day of August 26, 2025, as Women's Equality Day.
Call to Order
04:20Roll Call
04:46Agenda Review
05:24Public Comment
09:01Public Comment Follow Up
01:10:29Consent Calendar
01:29:10Consent Calendar Follow Up
01:30:21Councilmember Reports
01:32:31Item #25 - First Reading of Ordinance No. 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.
01:38:53The purpose of this item is to consider an Ordinance to support the Civic Assembly’s recommendations presented to Council on May 27, 2025, and to add additional specification to those recommendations.
Item #26 - Resolution 2025-077 Submitting to a Vote of the Registered Electors of the City a Proposed Ordinance Extending the Expiring Twenty-Five Hundredths Percent (0.25%) “Community Capital Improvement Program” Capital Projects Sales and Use Tax for a Period of Ten Years for the Purpose of Obtaining Revenue for Capital Projects and Related Operation and Maintenance.
02:29:47This item has been amended to include August 18, 2025 versions of Resolution 2025-077. The purpose of this item is to submit to the ballot a question to extend the expiring 0.25% sales and use tax (the “Community Capital Improvement Program” or “CCIP”) and to refer the operativechanges to the City’s Municipal Code (the “Code”) for the consideration of voters at the November 4, 2025, election. The extension, if approved, is estimated to generate approximately $11 million of annual revenue for the purposes established in the ballot question and ordinance,including the costs of planning, designing, and constructing specified capital projects, and to provide operation and maintenance (“O&M”) for some of those projects as designated. The existing, voter-approved CCIP tax will expire on December 31, 2025. If approved by voters inNovember, the renewal as presented will extend the tax for another ten-year term from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2035.The project list for the extension of the 0.25% sales and use tax includes:• Pedestrian Sidewalk/ADA Compliance• Arterial Intersection and Streetscapes Improvements Fund• Bicycle Infrastructure and Overpass/Underpass Program• Affordable Housing Capital Fund• Mulberry Pool Recreation Replacement Leveraging Fund• Poudre River North – Health, Access, Parks & Trails• Composting Infrastructure Advancement• Downtown Parks Shop• Community Bike Park• Outdoor Pickleball Complex & Courts• Nature in the City Program• Transfort Bus Replacements & Stop Enhancements• Recreational Paved Trails• Construction Waste Diversion Equipment• Historic Trolley Building Stabilization• Gardens on Spring Creek – Children’s Garden & Infrastructure• Lee Martinez Farm Renovation & Expansion• Timberline Recycling Center ImprovementsThe projects listed in the ballot question include estimated revenue to support each project, including estimated capital costs, five years’ O&M for certain projects, and increases from known inflationary factors. For those projects for which tax revenues may also be used for O&M, thelimitation of five years of O&M was designed to allow those service areas managing those facilities and programs to collect the necessary data and experience from at least two budget cycles to determine the appropriations for ongoing O&M costs while maximizing project revenuessupported by this tax (if approved). Under Section 7-156 of the City Code, any registered elector desiring to protest a proposed ballottitle or submission clause for any initiated measure must file such a protest with the City Clerk, no later than noon on Monday, August 18, 2025. If a protest is filed, a hearing on the protest will be added to the agenda item and must take place before the Council adopts the Resolution settingthe ballot title and submission clause.
Item #27 - Resolution 2025-078 Submitting to a Vote of the Registered Electors of the City a Citizen- Initiated Ordinance to Continue the City’s Existing Open Space Sales and Use Tax.
03:01:26This item has been amended to include August 18, 2025 versions of Resolution 2025-078. The purpose of this item is to submit to a vote of the registered electors, at the City’s Regular Election on November 4, 2025, a ballot issue question that approves a citizen-initiated ordinance that proposes the extension of the ¼ of one percent Natural Areas sales and use tax, without expiration, to continue to protect natural areas and open spaces; offer appropriate recreation; provide revenue for responsible restoration and management of protected lands; and partner withLarimer County, COGO, and others to make funding go further. The ordinance makes several modifications to Citizen-Initiated Ordinance No. 1, 2002 (Open Space, Yes!) related to Land Conservation, Operations, and Maintenance Activities to ensure that long-term operations andmaintenance needs can be met within the parameters of the initiative language. A protest hearing regarding the ballot title may be required before consideration of the Resolution. Under Section 7-156 of the City Code, any registered elector desiring to protest a proposed ballot title or submission clause for any initiated measure must file such a protest with the City Clerk, no later than noon on Monday, August 18, 2025. If a protest is filed, a hearing on the protest will be added to the agenda item and must take place before the Council adopts the Resolution settingthe ballot title and submission clause.
Other Business
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