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I. Approval of November Minutes

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a. Flood Plain Development Guidance Task Force b. Natural Areas and Features Regulations Revisions

IV. Corridor Enhancement Advisory Board a. Formal Adoption of Proposal

V. Liaison Assignments

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Poudre River Trust

Board

of

Trustees Meeting

December 16, 1998

Minutes

N0.386

Trustees Present: Jana McKenzie, Dan MacArthur, Dave Sitzman, Curt Palin, Joe

Rowan and

Libby

James

Administrative Guest: Denise Perich

Guests: Wilbert Boyd, Richard Payne, Edward Fuerte, Rich Conant, Mike Anderson and Timothy Wilder

I. Approval of November Minutes

The minutes were approved as written.

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Nominations to PRT Board: a. Ri~hard Payne b. Edward Fuerte

c:.

Mike Anderson d. Wilbert Boyd e. Ri~b Conant

Jana nominated the above to be appointed as board members. Curt seconded.

Passed unanimously.

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Update of Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program~ Timothy

Wilder, Advueed PlaDJling Department

The advanced planning department compiled the various 20 plans that the city has done over the past years and put a strategy together to get something accomplished on the

river.

DowntolJn River Corridor Implementation Proaram Project schedule:

• January 11 - Council Growth Management Committee

• January 14-

Property Ovvner's meeting

• January

21-Develop

Draft

Concept Map and Written Materials • February 4-Public Open House

• Febntary 9 - City Council Study Session

• February 18- Neighborhood Meeting with area residents • February 22·26-

Working

Group Meeting

• February-March- City Boards and Commissions Review (Downtown Development

Authority, Landmark Preservation Commission, Natural Resources Advisory Board,

Parks and Recreation Board, Transportation Board) • March 8 - Council GTowth Management Committee

• March 15 -

Develop

Final

Draft

Concept Map and Written Materials for Public

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• March 26- Planning and Zoning Board Work Session • Aprill - Planning and Zoning Board Adoption Hearing • April 20 - City Council Adoption Hearing

Timothy presented a map that shows the project opportunity areas along the river corridor. The area east of Jefferson Street has been targeted for redevelopment. An

urban design component for the area has been proposed to give it some character and to attract people. It will be pedestrian oriented to make it easy to walk around.

Joe

will

have maps of the downtown corridor for the next meeting. Timothy will give an update on the proposal at the January 20 meeting.

a.

Flood Plaia Development Guidance Task Force

b. Natural Areas and Features Regulations Revisions

IV. Corridor Eaahaneemeut Advisory Board

a. Formal Adoption of Proposal

Richard moved to adopt the conidor enhancement advisory board proposal. Rich 5econded. Passed unanimously.

V, Liaison Assignments

Larimer County Open Space Program and GOCO Legacy Project- Jana McKenzie

Cache La Poudre River

Colridor Commission-

Dan MacArthur

City Board and

Commissions-Environmental Brown Bag- Curt Palin

RiverFest Steering Committee- Richard Payne, Ed Fuerte and Mike Anderson Trail project -

Rich

Conant and Ed Fuerte

Larimer Land Trust- Wilbert Boyd

VI. Board Rmeat

We will try and have a PRT board retreat in January, The direction ofthe Trust will be

discuSsed along with doing a walking tour of the river.

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a.

RiverFestsdleduled Saturday, September 11@ 7:00a.m.

POUDRE RIVER TRUST

Meeting of

Wednesday, November 18, 1998

Empire Room

Mountain Empire Hotel

259 S. College Avenue

Fort Collins, CO 80524

7 a.m.

I. Approval of October Minutes

II. Introduction of Guests

III. Larimer Land Trust - Laura Stone

a.

Introduction to LL T mission

b.

Target properties

IV. RiverFest Endowment Program

a. Steering Committee membership

b. Timetable of formation/project review

c. Project Symposium

V. Board Retreat

VI. Items from the floor

a.

RiverFest Steering Committee Chair- Mike Hauser

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Administrative guest:

Guests:

Poudre River Trust

Board ofTrustees Meeting Minutes November 18, 1998 Joe Rowan Libby James Curt Palin Dave Sitzman Dan MacArthur Jana McKenzie Denise Perich Howard Alden

I. Approval of October Minutes

II. Introduction of Guests

Mike Anderson, Edward Fuerte, Richard Payne, Wilbert Boyd and Rich Conant.

III. Larimer Land Trust- Laura Stone, Executive Director

a. Introduction to LL T mission

The Larimer Land Trust is a private, non-profit corporation established in 1993. Their mission is to conserve Larimer County's rich heritage of forest, agricultural and ranch land, river corridors, viewscapes, wildlife habitat, rare species, cultural and historic values, wetlands and other open spaces. They are dedicated to finding cqmmon ground between diverse groups in the community in order to reach the shared goal of protecting private lands. They work with developers to try and have them incorporate open lands into their development.

The Larimer Land Trust is qualified to accept conservation easements in Colorado. A

conservation easement is a legal agreement wherein a landowner permanently separates certain development rights from a particular tract of land. Landowners grant

conservation easements to protect their land from inappropriate development while retaining private ownership. A conservation easement assures the landowner that the resource values of his or her property will be protected forever, no matter who the future owners are. The Trust is working closely with Realtors so that buyer will understand the conservation easements. They provide monitoring services to land protected by

conservation easements and help landowners develop stewardship plans for their properties

Laura invited members of the Trust to attend their board meetings. They meet on the 4th

There are 126 members/volunteers of the Larimer Land Trust. The Fort Collins Board of Realtors has donated $37,000 over a 5-year period to the Trust. Other major sponsors are Great Outdoors Colorado, Kinko's of Loveland, New Belgium Brewing Company, Odell's Brewing Company and Environmental Systems Research Institute.

IV. RiverFest Endowment Program

The corridor enhancement advisory board will be a subcommittee of the PRT, and accountable to the Trust board. The goal is to facilitate the identification and

implementation of (priority) environmentally sound Poudre River corridor enhancement projects now and in the future. The objectives are to get input from property owners and city staff, identify a menu of potential enhancement projects, and prioritize them and identify funding sources.

a. Steering Committee membership

The CEAB will be guided by the Trust boar~, comprised of the following representatives:

3 reps from major contributors/sponsors located. within the corridor, 1 rep from the City

of Ft. Collins- Natural Resources, 1 rep from the Poudre Rive:~; Trust, 1 rep from a

conservation organization, 1 rep from the Ft. Collins Area Chamber of Commerce, 1 rep from the media- Coloradoan and 1 rep from Colorado State University - College of Natural Resources. Other suggestions from the board are Laura Stone from the Larimer Land Trust and owners of local nurseries. The advisory board should be finalized in January.

The CEAB should be mindful of selecting projects that are environmentally sensitive and be relatively obvious and non-contentious. Some examples of corridor enhancement projects are noxious weed control, wildlife habitat improvement and amenities such as

benches and fencing that provide opportunities within the corridor but ~tilll'rotect its

unique character.

b. Project Symposium

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We are looking at reconvening the river symposium for January or February. From this,

·· a list of projects can be given to the advisory board.

Timothy Wilder's Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program will go to council on Dec. 22. There is an overlay of the downtown corridor that shows areas best left

alone, areas marked for re-development and areas fo~ community projects. They ~re

steering clear of projects that would be affected by the floodplain. The framework has been laid out for these projects and they are now discussing this with the property

owners. One idea they are looking at is a recreation of the old parade grounds at Wiilow and Linden A follow up study session is scheduled for February 19. A full working session will be in March.

V. Board Retreat

VI. Items from the floor

a. River Fest Steering committee Chair- Mike Hauser b. Flood Plain Development committee -12/3 @ 6:00 (Curt)

Meeting adjourned at 8:50 a.m.

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POUDRE RIVER CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM

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Facilitate

the identifteation and implementation

of (priority)

environmentally

sound Poudre River corridor enhancement

projects now and

in

the

future.

Objectives:

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Form a partnership among entities that are in a position to

insure

potential corridor enhancement

project

ideas·are "brought to the table".

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Identify a "menu" of potential enhancement projects

(witb

sufficient

detail for evaluation, prioritization - consistent

with

availilble financial

aad human resources). These may come from

any source

in

the

community.

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Prioritize potential enhancement projects

(based

upon a set

of

criteria

developed by

the partners) using

public, private

sectort

agency and

•

governmental inputs.

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Solicit financial support

(in

addition to carry

over

funds from Riverfest

-Enterprize Zone monies and contributions already identified for project

facilitation)

from citizens,

the private

sector,

governmental and 501-c-3

organizations.

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Establish a funding level available for priority

projects

that

are

consistent

with

program goals.

•

Establish a user

friendly

procedure for entities

to

apply for financial

support to implement corridor enhancement projects.

Program

Administration:

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The Poudre River Trust (PRT) will be

responsible

for administration of

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The PRT

will

be guided by a Corridor Enhancement Advisory Board

(CEAB) made up of the following: (suggestions/recommendations)

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• 3 reps from major contributers, sponsors

in

that reside

in

the corridor.

(Kim Szidon, Corky Odell, Dave Neenan)

• 1 rep from City of Ft. Collins..

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3 rep from the Poudre River Trust.

(Chairperson, Treasurer, Riverfest Chair).

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1 rep

from

a

conservation organization.

(Either Trout Unlimited or Audubon

sOciety)

• 1 rep from the Ft. Collins Area Chamber of Commerce.

(Desiignated by the Chamber)

• 1 rep from the media - Coloradoan.

(Luann Labedz, Market Development Director)

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1 rep from Colorado State University - College of Natural Resources.

(Faculty

with

knowledge about tbe river- Dr. Glenn Haas)

The CEAB will organize itself to carry out objectives as. qntlined above ..

The CEAB should be mindful of the following:

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Select projects that are environmentally sensitive, enhance the

natural attributes of the river corridor.

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1st project or two should be "relatively obvious and non contentious".

"' Project scoping could be done through an enhancement symposium

similar to the symposium on downtown corridor river concepts

sponsored by the Poudre River Trust.

"' Projects that are recommended for seed money through tbis program

should bave already been through the normal city review process

and essentially be "ready to go".

• Process to get seed money to

on-th~ground

projects should not be

complicated or disenfranchize segments of the community.

• Projects

may be initiated and scheduled

for

completion at

any

time

prior to the

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The geographic area for corridor enhancement projects

will

be

established

by

the CEAB.

• The CEAB

will

recommend corridor enhancement projects to the

Poudre River Trust Board of Directors for final approval for

funding.

• Cdebrate the successful completion of river corridor enhancement

projects on the

day

of

Rivedest.

Examples of Corridor Enhancemeut Projects: Projects that might be "put on

the table'' from one or several sources for consideration could include:

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Noxious weed controL

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Wildlife· habitat

improvement.

•

Education - interpreting the nationally significant theme of the Poadre

River "Water development and management

in

the westward expansion

of the U.S.". This is

apturing

the

pr~

settlement

valu~

to present day

values and the reason

tbe

river has received national recognition.

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Access, benches, fencing, other

am~nities

that provide oppo.rtunities

within

the corridor but still protect its unique character.

•

Joint venturing on some elements of the

Legacy

program and projects

(State/GOCO ftmding) •

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Others?

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I. Approval· of a>eptember ·Minutes

II. DR.C'IJ{)iJpdate

a.

Water ~1ity ft_dvisory Board l~epresentaUve

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a. £aturday. November ·t4;-{}:00 am, Uome £tate Bank 'Community ~oom b. Invited Guest Recommendations

c. InvitaUoo:-tetter.·News· Release Approval.

IV. R.ivel'liJegt f.ndowrnenl Project

a. Advisoty ·Board· Pm•Ucipunl..ll.

V. Items from Ute Floor

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Administrative guest: Guests:

Poudre River Trust

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes October 21, 1998 Joe Rowan Jana McKenzie Curt Palin Libby James Dan MacArthur Denise Perich Howard Alden Timothy Wilder

I. Approval

of

September minutes

Jana moved for approval of the minutes. Curt seconded. Passed unanimously.

II. DRCIP Update

a. Water Quality Advisory Board Representative

The Water Quality Advisory Board has invited a PRT board member to be on a new task force which will discuss various aspects of the proposed revisions to the flood plain management policy. Curt Palin will represent the Poudre River Trust.

III. RiverFest Endowment Project: Howard Alden

a. Advisory Board Participants

The excess funds from RiverFest will be going into a special fund for river corridor enhancement projects. A group was brought together to look at how to facilitate and implement specific projects. The attendees were John Fischbach, Doug O'Dell, Phil Walker, Luanne Labedz, Will Smith, Chip Steiner, Howard Alden, Mike Hauser and Joe Rowan. They decided that the first projects worked on would be noncontentious. They have looked at some of the ideas from the symposium. The program administration and oversight of the advisory board would be the responsibility of the Trust.

An advisory board made up of representatives from Natural Resources, CSU, PRT, the

Coloradoan, the Chamber, land owners, environmental groups and the City will be looking at projects and deciding on the appropriation of money from the endowment fund.

IV. PRT Open House

a. Saturday, November 14,9:00 a.m., Home State Bank Community Room This will be an open house orientation for potential new PRT board members.

The people invited to the open house are individuals who have shown interest in the Trust at the Symposium, contributors ofRiverFest and people who have regular involvement with RiverFest.

c.· Invitation Letter, News Release Approval

Brian Werner, Howard Alden and Chip Steiner will be available to give background information on the Poudre River Trust. The purpose of the open house is to find people who are interested in being actively involved as a PRT board member. This will be a time to give information on projects the Trust is looking at and bring them up to speed on what the PRT does. Luanne Labed.z from the Coloradoan will get a news release out in the Coloradoan. All members of the Trust are encouraged to attend.

V. Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program: Timothy. Wilder

Timothy will be giving the city council an update on this program on Nov. 10. The conceptual plans are ready to be looked at. Two ideas expressed are a millrace and a parade ground. Timothy will get input from property owners in the next couple of weeks. The property owners have formed their own group that Bill Sears is heading up. Timothy is hoping to get council approval in February. Two issues still to be studied are: What. group(s) will take on the implementation of the projects and how the funds will be raised. Timothy will come back to the December PRT meeting to give an update.

Joe suggested the Trust contract for a storage unit at Save*More to store RiverFest supplies and Trust archives. The fee is $25 per month. Board approved measure. Meeting adjourned at 8:25a.m.

POUDRE RIVER

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Meeting of

Wednesday

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Empire Room Mountain Empire Hotel

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I. Approval of

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Minutes II. River Task Force Meeting review

III. Riverfest summary

a. 1999 Steering Committee Chair

IV. Board Member Nominations

V.

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Poudre River Trust

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes September 16, 1998 Joe Rowan Curt Palin Libby James Dan MacArthur Denise Perich Brian Werner Howard Alden

I. Approval of August 15 Minutes

Minutes were approved as written.

II. River Task Force Meeting review: Joe Rowan

There was a joint meeting yesterday with the Poudre River Trust, River Corridor Task Force, Chamber board members and the City's Water Board. The purpose of the meeting was to get input from the Water Board about potential changes to the floodplain. One proposal they are looking at states that there can be no rise in the water level in a floodplain. They are taking into consideration that all

floodplains have different characteristics. This will be a 12 to 18 month process at least. The Trust has a vested interest in the Old Town area, which falls into all of the 3 different floodplains. Joe will contact Bob Smith to see if someone from the Trust could be on the task force looking at this issue. Joe will be representing the Chamber. Curt Palin offered to be the Trust's representative.

III. RiverFest summary: Howard Alden

We collectively enjoyed another successful event. People were active, motivated and gracious. We collected more trash this year than last. There aren't many T-shirts leftover. The teamwork was the success ofRiverFest. Howard would like

to have a potluck at his house for the steering committee on October 15th. Denise

will contact everyone who was on the steering committee. This is Howard's last year as the chair ofRiverFest. The river corridor enhancement projects will be done on Make A Difference Day in October. The Chamber is hosting a lunch on

October 9th to discuss enhancement projects. The attendees will be Mike Hauser,

John Fischbach, Corky O'Dell, Dorothy Bland, Phil Walker, Joe Rowan, Chip Steiner, and Howard Alden. Trust members are invited to attend as well. a. 1999 Steering Committee Chair

IV. Board Member Nominations

Libby will be finished with her Trust term in December. Joe went over a list of potential board members to be on the Trust. Joe will get background packets about the Trust to interested candidates before an orientation meeting is scheduled.

V. Items from the floor

a. Poudre River Corridor act update: Brian Werner

In 1986 President Reagan signed the Cache La Poudre River Corridor Act into

law. Hank Brown got this passed two years ago and set up a commission. It was

agreed to change the name back to Cache La Poudre National Heritage Area. This will be a state commission rather than a Federal Commission. _The language of the bill has been in dispute, essentially holding up funding and implementation of the commission until the Park Service and legislator come to an agreement. · Brian feels that if this ever gets passed, it would be nice to have a community celebration that would include the Trust.

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River Corridor Task Force/Poudre River Trust joint meeting

September 15, 1998 Minutes

In attendance: Joe Rowan, Karen Weitkunat, John Walker, Dave Sitzman, Howard Alden, Brian Werner, Dan McArthur, Bob Smith, Lester Litton, George Reed, David Lauer, Alison Adams, Tom Sanders, Paul Clopper, Marsha Hillmes, Jana McKenzie, Mike Buderus, Carl Maxey, Susan Hayes, Curt Palin and Clayton Schwerin

Chamber staff: Mike Hauser and Denise Perich

Joe Rowan opened the meeting at 12:15 p.m. and introductions were made around the room.

Marsha Hillmes, Floodplain Administrator: Marsha showed slides portraying after-effects of floods (including the 1997 Spring Creek flood). There are approximately 3,000 acres of floodplain and 800 structures located in the floodplain in Fort Collins. FEMA has designated the Cache La Poudre River, Spring Creek, Dry Creek, Boxelder Creek and Cooper -Slough as being in the floodplain. Locally, Fossil Creek, Old Town and West Vine are the designated areas. FEMA has stated that there is a 1-foot flood tolerance affect in the floodway. The city of Fort Collins has a half-foot tolerance. Commercial

areas must be elevated or flood-proofed (18 inches above the water surface). Critical

structures (gas stations, schools, daycare centers, etc.) must be completely out of the floodplain. The city is now in the process of doing a flood-proofing program (i.e. putting up flood walls to help take care of problems that happened a long time ago). If there is a structure that does not meet regulations, it must be elevated or flood-proofed. • Why is the city more restrictive than FEMA? We have learned from experience that

it's best that to not be at the bare minimum. Fort Collins has a class 6 rating which

gives FEMA a 20% discount.

Bob Smith, Planning and Development Department Manager: There was a lot of community concern after the flood last year. The Water Board came up with a proposal that looks at the floodplain. This process will involve many organizations including the Chamber, the Poudre River Trust, the .. Water Board, the Planning and Zoning Board and the Utilities staff. The Water Board is looking for and requesting feedback on this issue. This process will take a lot of public comment in which ultimately Council will have to act on.

Paul Clopper, Water Board Chair: Flooding issues have consistently ranked at the top of the list for citizen concerns. For this reason, the Water Board was asked to look at these issues. There are 11 different drainage basins which each have their own individual

character, so it is reasonable to have different guidelines in each area. It is the master

plan process by which these will be reviewed.

• Will there be changes to the current floodplain? They are considering many

proposals, one of which would prohibit any modifications which causes a rise in the water surface level.

Susan Hayes, Master Plan Coordinator: The master plan will be different than the Poudre

River implementation plan. The visions for the various areas will be different. It can be

very specific to the areas and be done on a site by site basis as opposed to one set of criteria. ·

• What will happen to development in the interim? Right now, they have to meet

certain regulations. We have not heard of any delays in development. We will let people know that regulations are currently under revision.

• What about Timothy Wilder's plan? This.is proceeding forward. He is aware that

this could slow things down. This will be a city and community wide discussion. Communities in Wisconsin, Arizona and Seattle have a policy similar to the ideas under consideration and are being contacted for input.

We are in the process of doing a rainfall study to determine whether the data being used still has validity. The results should be in by October.

The Water Board meetings are held on the 4th Thursday of every month at 3:00p.m. at

700 Wo-od Street. The committee meetings are held right before the regular meetings. Bob Smith suggested that someone from the Chamber be on the task force working on these proposals .

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·-This is scheduled to go to the Natural Resources Advisory Board in October. Meeting adjourned at 1 :30 p.m.

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POUDRE RIVER TRUST

Meeting of

Wednesday, August 19, 1998

Empire Room

Mountain Empire Hotel

259 S. College Avenue

Fort Collins, CO 80524

?a.m.

I. Approval of July 15 Minutes

II. Nomination of Curt Palin to board

III. Riverfest update - Howard

a. Gene Mitchell Award

b. Lee Martinez staging area responsibilities/booth

c. River Project Endowment

III. Land Owner meeting of August 5

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Items from the floor

a. Ken Ashley resignation

b. Web Page

@

FortNet - possible donation

c. Flood Memorial donation

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Poudre River Trust

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

August 19, 1998

Trustees Present:

Joe Rowan

Libby James

Dan MacArthur

David Sitzman

Administratnre Guest: Denise Perich

Guests: Curt Palin

Howard Alden

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III.

Approval of July 15 Minutes Minutes were approved as written.

Nomination of Curt Palin to board

Dan MacArthur motioned to nominate Curt Palin to the board. Libby James seconded. Passed 1manimously.

River Fest update- Howard Alden

The steering committee has been working hard getting RiverFest together. So far

there are around 40 booths. There will be a lot of educational activities. Denise is

distributing the RiverFest posters. Steven Wiseman has cut a CD on ''Rhythms of

the River'' that is a commemorative Poudre River CD. Half of the proceeds will

go to river corridor enhancement projects; there's a potential of receiving $6,500.

There will be an orientation for people in charge of the staging areas on Friday,

September 4th at 2:00 at Lee Martinez Park. Howard would appreciate everyone

from the Trust attending this meeting. Buses will be moving people to the different staging areas. Parking will be north of the ball diamonds. They are

encouragmg peoJjle to ride their bikes; there will be incentives for doing this.

There will be marshals from the Rotary and Lions clubs that will help out. AT & T

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providing the cell phones. The new sponsors for this year are Cargill and New Belgium, Howard will not be the chair ofRiverFest next year.· He wo11ld like the ·group to think about some ideas of whom would be good for the job.

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There was some discussion about who should receive the Gene Mitchell award . The recipient needs to be someone who has had long standing work on the river

and has promotecl&Dd supported enlwicement

of

the river. After some

discussion,

Libby

James motioned

to nominate

Alec Cringan

be the recipient of

the

award. Dave Sitzman seconded. Passed

unanimously.

b. Lee Martinez staging area responsibilities/booth

There will be a Poudre River Trust booth at Lee Martinez Park. We need to have some members of the Trust "man"' this.

c. River Project

Endowment

The extension of the river projects will be done on Make a Difference Day. We"re in a position of having close

to

$30,000

to

use

for corridor

enhancement

projects.

IV. Laud OWDer meeting of AugustS &. 11

There were 3 landowners that attended the PRT' s meeting

on

the 5th. The City

had a

follow up

meeting on the

11th.

One of the issues that were

brought up

is that tlle Water Board is looking at reformulating their policy to a zero tolerance in the tlood plain. Tbis would put a huge damper on redevelopment in that area. At the Chamber's River Con:idor Task Force meeting yesterday, it was suggested

that

the members of the Water Board give a presentation on this issue. After some discussion it was decided that there would be a joint meeting between the PRT and the River Corridot Task Force. on September 15th. Another suggestion

that came out

of

yesterday's meeting was that the Trust should encourage the landowners

to

form their own association. Someone ftom the

Trust

or the

Chamber board

could

be the liaison.

v.

Items from the Door

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b. Web Page @ FortNet- possible donation- The PRT now has a website that

will be up and running soon. www;fortnetorg. FortNet will feature the PRT a

week before RiverFest. There is no fee for this, but they would appreciate a contribution. After some discussion it was decided that Dave would send

them a

$100 contribution.

c. Flood Memorial donation# The Chamber sent out letters

to

different organizations seeking donations for a memorial for the 1997 Spring Creek flood. The PRT was one of the organizations asked. After some discussion it

was decided that this proposal does not fit in directly with the Trust's mission. Joe will express regrets to Mike Hauser.

d. Additional board members

We will go over the list of potential board members at the next meeting. Meeting adjourned at 8:50

a.m •

Poudre River Trust Minutes August 5, 1998 Home State Bank

Attendees: Joe Rowan, Jana McKenzie, Dan MacArthur

Guests: Clayton Schwerin (Alliance Construction), Dorothy & Jess Godinez (El Burrito), Rev. Thebo (Open Door Mission), Chip Steiner (DDA), Kate Flinn (Fowler Realty)

Speaker: Timothy Wilder, City of Fort Collins- Advanced Planning

Joe gave a brief history of the Trust and explained that the PRT is interested in promoting dialogue on redevelopment of the Poudre River. In addition to this meeting, there will be a city-sponsored meeting held on Tuesday, August 11, at 7:30am in Conference Rooms C

& D at 281 N. College Avenue which all property owners are encouraged to attend. Joe stressed the importance of attending, as flood plain management and project identification will be discussed. The City process, the Downtown River Corridor Redevelopment

Implementation Program, has grown from the 20+ plans and studies conducted over the

years which address the Poudre River. A laundry list of projects, themes and constraints have been developed from these efforts, as well as the River Symposium and a working group of City department heads and business leaders. Currently, the City staff is working through a filtering process to narrow the list of possible projects based on feasibility and perceived priority.

Speaker- Timothy Wilder: One purpose of the City's program is to create a coordination piece that includes private proposals. The City wants to incorporate those proposals with their capitol improvement projects, including streetscaping, storm water drainage and track consolidation.

The second purpose is to create an implementation piece that has been missing from previous efforts. They want to decide what actions should be taken to enhance this area whereby land use codes and existing businesses can both operate. A key piece to the program is getting input from landowners in the corridor to determine what their priorities and issues are for their property. Tim's advice is for property owners to share their proposals in order to affect the prioritization, as the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

It is not the intention of the City to "take" property, but work within the existing

rights-of-way to improve parking, and construct sidewalks and bike lanes. Currently, pull-in parking along Linden Street encroaches into the right-of-way.

Funding is considered a significant issue, as specific mechanisms and the potential for a district authority have not been determined.

Additionally, the issue offload plain development (100 year, or less) will become a much more intensive discussion since the Water Utilities Department is currently considering

policy changes which will further limit redevelopment of properties within the flood plain. Potentially, the policy will prevent any new development from occurring in these areas. Comments from guests: Rev. Thebo questioned whether there was sufficient room for sidewalks, trees and bike lanes on both sides of Linden Street. Jess added that a bike lane was needed, if only on one side, since people do want to ride to the River from

downtown. Chip felt that if traffic speeds could be controlled, the need for separate bike lanes could be eliminated.

Clayton expressed support for public/private development projects on, or near his

property that would enhance the area, but was very concerned about owning property that would be devalued by City policy decisions. In particular, he did not want the City to decide that his property could not be redeveloped since, according to aerial surveys, it was in the flood plain. He felt that his particular business would be better suited for a different area, but not all his neighbors feel the same way.

Clayton wanted to know how many acres were included in the corridor being discussed and how much of that is owned by the City. (approximately 330 acres total, of which roughly 1/3 is City owned) Additionally, what was the definition ofFlood Plain, versus Flood Way. (Flood Plain is the area affected by a 100 year event where development is restricted; Flood Way is the area affected by seasonal or regular water flows where any development is prohibited; Development is not restricted in Flood Plain areas affected by events is excess of 1 00 years)

As a group, our guests felt that the discussion of flood plain management needed balance whereby property owners accepted responsibility for the risks associated with flood plain

development; Property owners are concerned that policy restrictions will greatly compromise the value of their land.

Timothy explained that any policy changes would not go into affect for at least a year, or two, and that the Old Town area is treated differently than the area immediately adjacent to the River. In order to (re )develop in a flood plain, a property owner can either raise the property out of the plain (Wal-Mart proposal), mitigate (create a levee), or flood proof the building (architectural design and sealing exterior). In most cases, the Water Utilities Department allows the developer determine the most appropriate course of action. Timothy also mentioned that the specific design process for projects would continue into next year, but that it would not be too early to get involved since community input would be a priority.

Joe encouraged all attendees to make time for the City meeting next week and asked that everyone get the word out to neighbors and associates. He also expressed interest in staying in touch with property owners to facilitate continued discussion of the issues. Meeting adjourned at 8:38a.m.

07/17/98 12:57 tf970 484 8518 EDAW, Inc. I FTC

Poudre River Trust

July

16, 1998

POBox474

Fort Colllns, Colorado 80522

ProperiJ Owner

300 LaPorte Aveaue

fort. Collins, CO 805'lt

Dear

Proper9'

Owner:

The Poudre 'Qiver Tl'Uit Board of Dircctora would like to hear from youl Aa you are certainly

aware, the Dowtown lliver Corridor hu been the subject of mu~h dis~UMion and planning iO.

n'WIIerou circle& throughout the ci9'. You may afio be aware that the City'a Advanced Pla.ruUog Department il curren~ working on the Downtown ~liver Corridor Implementation Program, which will defme the character of the area weU iO.to the futnre. Later thi& fall. Adwo.ced Plaoniag anticipate.& that a formal propoaal will be ready for preaeotation to CifJ Couooil. You have ait integral role in future of t.hil corridor! AI time il of the eaaence in having your voice heard, the Poudre 'Qiver Tn11t invil:.el you to attend an exclu&ive forum for bu&incaa

and

properiJ o110.era within the corridor wh01e int.ere&t& and viJion mut be couidered in the plaoniag proce~~. We urge you include

thi&

forum iO. your caleo.darl

The meeuog

will

be

held in the CommunitJ Doom of the Dome itate :Bank. building Wedneaday. Augut 5, 1998 at 7:00 a.m. Timothy W"dder of the Advanced Planning Department will be in

attendance to 6eld queationa and addreM your ;;oncef'll8. To in&ure a meanJngful dialogue. we alio uk that you contact feHow properiJ

and

biMineJa owne1'3 within the ~liver Corridor to

extend

thia

aame invitation. llleue QiVP to Jann McKenzie 'With EDA\V at 484-60'5 no later

than

Monday, ADglllt 3.

Deapec~.

Joe Dowan

1998

Chair.

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POUDRE RIVER TRUST

Meeti~g

of

Wednesday, July 15, 1998

Empire

Room

Mountain Empire Hotel

259 S. CoUege Avenue

Fort CoiUns,

CO

80524

7a.m.

I. Approval of J'une 17 Minutes

II. Review of River Symposium

a. Summary Report

b. Task Force formation

c. Future activities

Itt.

RiverFest update

IV. Items from the floor

a. Gravel Pit Study status

4c

follow·through; Del Price (Parks &

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Trustees Present:

Administrative Guest:

Guests:

Poudre River Trust

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes July 15, 1998 Joe Rowan David Sitzman Dan MacArthur J ana McKenzie Denise Perich Curt Palin Timothy Wilder

I. Approval of June 17 Minutes

II. Review of River Symposium a. Summary Report

Joe got the summary report finished and out to all of the interested parties.

b. Task Force formation

Joe Rowan and Mike Hauser discussed getting an informal group of people

together (ie. Tim Johnson, Dave Lower, Chip Steiner, Timothy Wilder,

Kelly Ohlson, Mike Hauser, Joe Rowan and Brian Bourdages) in an effort to

continue the process already underway. The group would be brought

together to see if there is some agreement on what to do with the specific

sites on the river. They could have a formal plan or recommendation to give

to Timothy Wilder that could go along with Tim's plan to the City. Timothy

and staff is currently in the filtering out process. This will go to a City study

session on November lOth. He will need any Poudre River Trust

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c. Future activities

At the Chamber's Board of Directors retreat, Joe spoke with· Clayton

Schwerin (Alliance Construction) and found out that there is a group of land

owners who feel that they have been left out of the loop when it comes to

having their views heard on what will happen with their properties. The

Poudre River Trust needs to make an extra effort to have them be heard. Joe

will contact Clayton and Larry Miller (Ranchway Feeds) to be the liason

between the PRT and the landowners. The PRT could act as the facilitator at

a meeting with the landowners to invlove them in the process. This would

be their opportunity to expand on their ideas. The City will be invited to

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answer any questions.

Joe will draft a letter to be mailed to the landowners. Timothy will provide

the mailing list, postage and provide the donuts and beverages. Jana will

handle the logistics. Dan will contact the El Burrito and Home State Bank to

see if we can use one of their rooms to hold the meeting (August 4, 5 or 6).

III.

RiverFest update

The poster for RiverFest is finished. The T-shirt design will be done by the

end of the month. A beaver is the symbol for this year. The steering

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committee will try to encourage people to ride their bikes. The parking will

be on the north end of the ball fields. A van shuttle will be running

throughout the day. RiverFest has received $5,000 from Cargill, $2,500

from the Chamber of Commerce, $5,000 from The Neenan Company. There

is $11,000 in carryover money from last year. They would like to set up an

endowment fund with this money to pay for projects. A stakeholders report

will be finished next week. The next RiverFest Steering Committee meeting

will be on Friday at noon at the Park Shop.

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POUDRE RIVER TRUST

Meeting of

Wednesday, June 17, 1998

Empire Room

Mountain Empire Hotel

259 S. College Avenue

Fort Collins,

CO

80524

?a.m.

I. Approval of May 19 Minutes

II. Review of River Symposium

a. Feedback from participants

b. Summary Report status

c. Follow-through on results

d. Possibility of future events

e. Financial results

III. RiverFest update

IV. Items from the floor

a. Col.orado Coalition of Land Trusts membership

b. Gravel Pit Study status

&

follow-through; Del Price (Parks

&

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JUL. 7.1998 3:00PM FORT COLLINS CHAMBER

Trustees

~e~~t:

Administrative Guest:

Guests:

Poudre River

Trust

Board of Trustees Meeting

Minutes

Iune 17, 1998

J'oeR.owan

Dan

MacArtbur

Iana McKenzie

Denise Perich Curt Palin Timothy WJ.lder

L Approval of May 19 Minutes

The

minutes

were approved as written.

n.

Items from the

floor

a.

Colorado Coalition of

Land

Trost& membership

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PRT received a $25

membership

renewal for the Colorado Coalition ofLand

Trusts. Joe Rowan

will

ask

Brian Bourdages

or

Brian Werner

if they

know what this

organizaticm does betore Dave Sitzman pays for

it.

b. Gravel Plt Study status & foUow·through; Del Priee (Parks & Ree Board)

requnt

m

Review

,.r

River Symposium

a. Fe~dback from pal1ieipants

There were 44 people from clift'erent

groups

who attended

the

Symposium. The responses

that Joe got were positive.

They felt that

it

was

an

open

and unbias fo.rum. The

overwhelming consensus was that they would like to have some kind

of low

impact

natural

d~elopment at various

sites along

the Poudre. Cleaning up the Pickle Plant site

was

suggested as a RiverFest project.

Ioe attended

an

environmental brown

bag-lunch put on by Will Smith. Members of the Sierra Club, Friends of the Poudre, etc.

were

there. They wanted feedback from the Trust as to what they're going to do now.

b. Summary Report status

Joe has been working on putting together a

summary

report for the Trust and participants

at the Symposium. Joe and Denise will

put together

packets that will include

photocopies

of who was

there,

contributors, issues for each area, constraints aDd ideas brought

forwarcl.

It should be

finished by

the next

board

meeting.

e.

FoUow-tbrougb oa resalts

The

Trust needs to

have consensus among the

board

members as

to what to

bring to the

City Couacil. Once the

summary

report

is done,

the

board

can

look it

over and decide

where

they

stand

on tbe ditferent ideas.

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d. Possibility of future eveuts

IV. Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program Update: Timothy Wilder

This implementation program is going through a filtering process. A technical team has

taken the ideas that came out of the River S)inposium and developed themes (long range · goals for the ~eas). A cost analysis and project descriptio!\ will be done for each of the sites to decide if each is legitimate. After this is done. they will receive information from the Poudre .River Trost and the public to come up with 8 to 10 reasonable projects. There will be an open house in August or September, and this should get to the City Council by

October or November.

Timothy urges the Poudre River Trust to remain on the front burner with their thoughts

and ideas.

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River Corridor Task Force

Poudre River Trust

Proposed Agenda

May 19,1998

BoardRoom

Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce 225 N. Meldrum ·

Fort Collins, CO 80525 12 Noon

I. Introduction of Guests, Task Force and Board Members

II. Approval of May 5 Minutes

III. River Symposium Agenda a. Set-up and Registration

b. Opening Remarks and Introductions c. Break -out Group Identification d. Interest Level Survey

e. Closing Remarks and Follow-up Schedule f. Budget

g. Refreshments h. Facilitators

IV. Items from the Floor

a. Land Trust Alliance Membership Dues b. RiverFest Insurance Premium

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Joint Meeting

River Corridor Task Force

&

Poudre River Trust

May 19,1998

Minutes

N0.444

In attendance: Howard Alden, Glenn Haas, Joe Rowan, Mike Powers, Timothy Wilder, John Walker, Mike Buderus, Karen Weitkunat, Chip Steiner, Martha Steiner, Pat Brady, Jana

McKenzie,

Dan MacArthur and Brian Bourdages

Chamber

stafF:

Mike Hauser and Denise Perich

l Introduction of Guests. Task Force and Board Members

Joe Rowan opened the meeting at 12: lSp.m. Introductions were made around the room, and Joe introduced Pat Brady as a new member of the Chamber's River Corridor TaskForce.

n.

ApprO'\I'al of May S Minutes

The minutes were approved as written.

m.

River Sytnposium Agenda

a. Set-up and Registration • There will be a registration table set up for people to sign in,

get

assigned a number and given a topic for the break-out groups. They will also be given pack•ts ofinfonnation that will include the mission of the Trust, an agenda, a map and the list of the opportunity sites and constraints. Mike Powers will follow up with

Timothy Wilder

to get

the charts,

maps

and

other information for the packets.

Brian Bourdages, Karen W eitkunat,

Mik~ Buderus

and Denise Perich

will

help

with

registration.

b. Opening Remarks and Introductions - Joe Rowan will make the opening

remarks to the

group by giving

a brief explanation of the issues

that revolve

around

the

central river conidor and identifY

the

specific

areas of

the river

that will

be discussed.

The floor will then be turned over to Timothy

Wilder

who will give them background

information on the opportunity sites.

Glenn

Haas, the primary facilitator

will

then give the charge to the group.

c.

Break-out Group

Identification

-d. Int~st Level Survey

e. Closing Remarks and Follow-up Schedule

f Budget

g. Refreshments .. Cotfee, tea, juice and pastries will be provided by the Lincoln Center.

h. Facilitators - Chip Steiner and Mike Hauser will contact the potential

facilitators. Howard Alden

aud

Glenn

Haas

will draft a standardized outline for all of the facilitators and set up an organization meeting.

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IV. Items iont the Floor

a. Land Trust Alliance Membership Dues

It

was

decided that the Poudre River Trust will pay the Sl 50 invoice for dues to

continue their

-membership.

The invoice will be passed on to David Sitzman for payment. b. RiverFest

Insurance

Premium

The next River Conidor TaskForce meeting is scheduled for June 16th. The Poudre River Tmsts's next meeting is on June 17th

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Pondre Qiver Trost

Meeting of Wednesday, April15, 1998

Empire Q.oom Mountain Empire Hotel 259 ~. College Avenue f'Qrt Collins.

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~05~4

7 a.m.

I. Approval of March minutes

II. Introduction of Gue~ts

lll. River ~umm.it Update

a. Chip ~teiner coordinating event

b. ~cheduled &aturday. May 30, 1998, 8:00 -12:00 noon, Canyon West Ooom, Lincoln Center.

c. List of invited participants to be reviewed and amended as necessary.

IV. Discussion of P:QT-~ponsored Activities for 1998.

V. Items From the Flopr a. Fort.Net Home Page

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Trustees

Present:

Guest speakers:

Administrative Guest:

Poudre River Trust

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes AprillS, 1998 JoeRowau Chip Steiner

Brian Werner

Ken Ashley Libby James Dan MacArthur Dave Sitzman

Timothy Wilder, City Planner

Chuck Wanner, City Council member

Denise Perich, Chamber of Commerce

I. Approval of Mareh minutes

N0.338

Joe Rowan went over the minor changes

to

tbe minutes. No objections were made so the minutes were approved.

B. Introcludion of Guests

Timothy

Wilder,

City

of Fort CoJiins Planning

Department:

Timothy discussed the Downtown Ri\fer Corridor Implementation Program. The

stated purpose of this program is to identify, analyze and implement actions and potential projects within the downtown river corridor. Consideration has been given to the idea of including the west side of College A venue (parking area situated between the railroad tracks and Lee Martinez Park) into the corridor bounded by College Avenue and Mulberry Street. This program will build on the work of over twenty plans and studies conducted o"er the year& regarding the Poudre River. Eight specific opportunity sights have been identified within the conidor to frame discussion: Poudre River at College Avenue (north bank of the river), the Power Plant site, Northside Aztlan Community Center site, River Redevelopment area (north Old Town), River Oxbow site, Lincoln Street • Poudre River Triangle, Link • N • Greens and the Pickle Plant site. A working group was assembled to facilitate the program, consisting of City departmental heads and

staff.

City Council members Bill Bertcshy, Will Smith and Chuck Wanner, and business representatives Bill Neal, Joe Rowan and Chip Steiner.

A program update will be given to the full City Council in June, however,

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or August. Timothy will provide maps, drawings and working concepts for the River Symposium held in May as a basis for discussion among the breakout groups.

m.

River Symposium Update

Chip Steiner and his wife Martha have prepared a draft letter for all invitees, which will be faxed to all board members for approval today. prior to being mailed out later this week.

IV. Diseussion ofPRT-8pousored Activities for 1998. No addition al activities were proposed.

V. Items From the Floor

a. Chuck Wanner expressed his intent to seek a volunteer position with a non-profit organization, with the hopes of developing a working knowledge of administrating a land

trust.

He will be sending out a letter to ten different orgauizations in the area soliciting a bid for bis time. He will be a-vailable at the beginning of June, offering 2 days a week for a 4 to 6 month period.

b. FonNet provides free space and design training for non-profit organizations as a link to their website. Joe Rowan will be attending a class in May to develop a site for the

Trust.

Anyone who has an interest in administering the site can contact Joe.

c. Joe Rowan sent a letter to the Board ofDirectors at the Colorado State Land Board lending the Trust's support for the board's consideration of inclusion of state land board property near the mouth of the Poudre Canyon as part of the Stewardship Trust Nomination process .

d. Dave Sitzman asked for approval to transfer excess funds in the Trusts's checking account into a newly opened money market savings account. Both accounts are held by First National Bauk, with the ability to transfer funds between accolUlts without secondary approval. Two signatures will still be required on checks or to withdraw any funds. Joe Rowan will be added to the

signature

card, and Brian W emer will be removed to reflect the changes to the Board of Directors. Dave will also be filing a 1997 tax return soon to confinn our non-profit status with the IRS, with no taxes due. Dave also

susgested that a funds reserve level be maintained to absorb unforeseen, as well as nonnal expenditures.

e. Howard Alden is still without an official eo-chair for RiverFest, though Bob Loeven, with the City, will oversee the coordination of logistics. The first Steering Committee meeting is this Friday at noon at the City Park Shop. He has spoken with

representatives from the City,

as

well as Mike Hausex(Chamber of Commerce) and Dorothy Bland (Coloradoan) about the feasibility of creating an 'Events Coordinator' position within the City adJ;ninistration to facilitate the many events held each year which benefit the City as a whole.

In discussions with the major contributors for RiverFest, it has been determined that there is great interest in creating an endowment fund with the contributions received, but not expended, to f\md longer term projects connected to The River. He would also like to arrange a luncheon for the contributors in the very near t\lture in order to present a

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stakeholders t"'Jort andkeCJHheBiverFest at the top of

their

donation priority list. The · RiverFest Video wOl)ld also be

shown.

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It

was also discovered

that

approximately $1.000

in

Trust

property

(T -shirts,

frisbees

au.d signs) were

mistakenly

removed from

the Environmental Learning

Center earlier this year ..

It

was

suggested that a letter from the Trust be sent to the BLC Director,

Glenn Haas, expressing

OlU'

eoncem

on this matter.

Meetin.g adjourned at 8:40a.m .

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Trustees Present:

Administrative Guest:

Poudre Ril"er

Trust

I

Board ofTm~!tees Meeting

' Minutes March 18~ 1998 JoeR.OWi!D Dave Sitzw,an l{enAshley Libby J&llles ~rian Bol.l!da~s

Denise Perich, Chamber of Commerce

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I. Approval of January minutes

Th.e lllinutes will stand approved as written,

D. Financial update

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Dave Sitztnan discussed the

Pouclre

lliver Trust's financial statement summary

for the calendar year 1997. Kl\m Ashley will calll\.fr. Udall to ask about the Udall

Memorial ilmd. All the money in the River:Fest fund must be used fur RiverFest

activities only. 'Ibis fund

ended

up with a surplus of close to $5,500. Items contributed

in-kind are not listed here. Briim. Bourdage& suggested that the steering committee come

up with a way to track the

in-1$.d

contributions. This would help foJ: next year's

planning. Since the Rive.rFest Fd~erat:i&g times exceeded $25.000 in 1997, an income

tax return will need to be filed,! ~(a:!~~ ~I fl7

The Operating fund is

an

ll.1lt'8$trlcleQ. account for revenues and expendi~. It

ended up being SSOO short for ~e year. There were no transactions for the Lilley, Udall

or Swanson funds for the year.· Since the RiverFest account is a non-interest account.

Dave suggested that they move, the money to something that could earn interest Dave

will set up an interest bearing,aocount

with

the RiverFest money. The Trust will look

into setting up a money m~ booth

at

RiverFest this year.

m.

River Fest Update

a. Co-Chair identifica'Qon

The City suggesFed Bob 4ven, the Park Maintenance Director as a

candidate for co"chair this year, Joe Rowan and Brian Bourdages met with Ann Azari

and said that she was going to check with Jolm Fischbach to see if this might be a conflict

of interest. Ann said that they Q<>uld use someone ftom the City to handle the logistics

and tbne line, but also have so~eone from. the community to handle community outreach .

and solicitation of the money. !

Sandy from First National was a little hesitant because they weren't sure

iftltey'

wanted to contribute staff time as well as all of the money that they contribute;

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Libby suggested that someone from :Celestica could help out with this. J'oe is not

sure if Howard Alden a.h"eady has sOllleone ~et up for co-chair. He will be talking to him

this week. This needs to be resolved thij; weelc sometime.

b. Steering Committee report

It isn't certain if the steering eommitte has met Howard Alden was going

to ta1k to the people on the committee.

IV. Liaison Reports

a. Poudre River Land Uae Plan update

Joe Rowan talked about the :Poudre River Land Use Plan meeting on March 17th. All of the City of Fort Collins

4ePa.rtme:o.t

heads were theres as well as

Council members Will Smith, Chuck Wa.nn~ and Bill Bertschy. They identified the

different land areas and looked at the pros ~ cons of each. The areas they identified are

the Pickle Plant, Northside (Aztlan) Center, Team Petroleun:a/Baldwin Construction site, Link N'

Greenss

and the River re-developmc;mt •ea (Riverside). There was

uot

a lot of

contention on auy of the issues. Bill woulQ. be more than receptive to build his project on

the Fort sight (behind the huts along Pine Street l.lP from R.anchway Feeds). Since the

DDA is sunsetting in the year 2006, everyone was in agreement that having some kind of

River Authority makes sense. . ·

The City has been buying up open space that•s out of the flood plain. leaving lel!ls developable sites available for private projects. There are plans for terracing the banks where the Power Plant is. They have been soliciting ideas for what to do with the Pickle

Plant, and open to input on the entire corridor. The City, along with other interested groups and ~take holders will be

invitee!

to participate in the River Summit scheduled for

May 30th at the Lincoln Center, Canyon West room.

Libby James suggested that as a grou.p, we need to identify a certain project to work: on. She also suggested that sometime in the Spring that we as a group take a walk down the River so that everyone can see where all of these things 81'e. Everyone agreed

that this is a very good idea.

v.

Items from the floor

Meeting adjourned at 8:30a.m .

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Poudre River trust

Meeting of

Wednesday, March 18,1998

Empire Room Mountain Empire Hotel

259 S. College Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80524

7a.m.

I. Approval of February Minutes

II. Financial update

a. Newsletter invoices

III. RiverFest Update

a. Co-Chairidentification --(!Au....

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b. Steering Committee report

IV. Liaison Reports

a Poudre River Land Use Plan update

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Trustees Present: Honorary Trustee: AdmiDistrative Guest:

Poudre River Trust

Board of Trustees Meeting

Minutes

February 18, 1998

Brian Wemer Libby James Joe Rowan Dan MacArthur Brian Bourdages Howard Alden

Denise Perich, Chamber of Commerce

I.

Approval

of January minutes

Joe Rowan went over the changes to the minutes that lana McKenzie and Howard Alden made. No objections were made so the minutes were approved.

Corky O'Dell and John McFarland were two people that were mentioned as potential co-chairs to work with Howard. Alden for RiverFest 1998. Ann Azari, Jim

Johnson. Carl Maxey, Tom Gleason and Jessica McMillan are also suggested as contact persons to develop a list of possible co-chairs. Joe Rowan and Howard will get together Saturday morning to go over a list of potential co-chairs.

U. Financial Update

A stakeholder report needs to be made to the contributors to the enterprise zone and the people from the City.

m.

RiverFest Update

a. Co-chair responsibilities

- talk to sponsors and get steering committee together

- a committment of up to 50 hours the week of the RiverFest, with one to two days per week April through August.

b. RiverFest Steering

Committee-

Howard asked the previous year's group back

again, and they agreed. Project identification should be identified by the beginning of April. The steering committee could meet as early as March. The co-chair should be identified before the steering committee meets. The framework and responsibilities are already laid out, so RiverFest should run

smoothly.

IV. Liaison Reports

Howard Alden- On the 2nd of

February,

he went to Washington, D.C. to represent the City and stakeholders associated

with

the Poudre Corridor Act. The purpose was to