Fort Collins City Council, Oct. 20, 2026

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• Community Media Day proclaimed in Fort Collins

  Mayor Emily Francis proclaimed October 20, 2026, as Community Media Day in Fort Collins.

• October proclaimed Arts and Humanities Month

  Mayor Emily Francis proclaimed October 2026 as Arts and Humanities Month on October 20, 2026. The proclamation describes October as a time to celebrate the role arts, culture and humanities play in enriching lives and connecting communities.

• October proclaimed Domestic Violence Awareness Month

  Mayor Emily Francis' proclamation declares October 2026 Domestic Violence Awareness Month and is dated Oct. 20, 2026.

• Intersection would get $1.55 million, art $15,347

  The ordinance would appropriate $1,549,760 from prior-year reserves in the Transportation Capital Expansion Fee fund and $307 from the Transportation Services fund for transfer to the Capital Projects fund for the Lemay and Drake Intersection Improvements project.

• Would appropriate $60,000 for wastewater network

  The ordinance would appropriate $60,000 from prior-year Wastewater Fund reserves for One Water’s Utility Network project. The money would remain available until the project is complete rather than lapse at fiscal year-end, and the ordinance would take effect October 30, 2026.

• Strauss Lakes annexation would add 147.499 acres

  The ordinance would annex 147.499 acres, more or less, at the northeast corner of Ziegler Road and East Horsetooth Road. The property has 40.5% contiguity with existing city limits.

• Annexation agreement would set disconnection terms

  The ordinance would authorize Mayor Emily Francis to sign Cottonwood Land and Farms, LLC’s agreement for the approximately 147.499-acre Strauss Lakes property.

• Strauss Lakes zoning would split acreage

  The ordinance would zone the 147.499-acre Strauss Lakes property at the northeast corner of Ziegler and East Horsetooth roads: 139.835 acres in the Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood zone and 7.664 acres in the Medium Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood zone.

• Runway project would get $935,499

  The ordinance would appropriate $935,499 for the Northern Colorado Regional Airport runway project: $607,759 in anticipated FAA grant revenue and $327,740 from prior-year Airport Fund reserves.

• $79,999.82 grant would fund speed enforcement

  The ordinance would appropriate $79,999.82 in unanticipated grant revenue to the General Fund for Fort Collins Police Services’ Safer Speeds Fort Collins Program.

• Fast-track review would cover more affordable projects

  The proposed amendment would revise the land-use code’s affordable-housing section.

• Housing Catalyst Deal Would Require Affordable Units

  The ordinance would authorize the City Manager to amend the purchase-and-sale agreement with Housing Catalyst for the city-owned 0.87-acre property at 314 North Howes Street.

• Collindale golf contract would extend one year

  The ordinance would authorize a one-year extension of Vince Buelk’s agreement to provide professional golf services at Collindale Golf Course, beginning Feb. 1, 2027.

• Southridge golf contract would extend a year

  The ordinance would authorize a one-year extension of DMAC Golf’s professional-services agreement at Southridge Golf Course beginning Feb. 1, 2027, and would take effect Nov. 13, 2026.

• West Elizabeth contract could gain up to five years

  The proposed ordinance would authorize the purchasing director to extend the city’s professional-services agreement with Felsburg Holt and Ullevig for up to five additional years after its current term ends Dec. 31, 2026, with renewals in one-year increments.

• Moratorium would pause data-center applications

  Fort Collins would stop accepting or processing applications for data centers as a principal use and accessory-use data centers proposing more than 10 MW of peak electrical demand.

• City would join NISP for Glade storage

  Resolution 2026-120 would authorize the City Manager to sign an interim participation agreement and a storage agreement with the Northern Integrated Supply Project Water Activity Enterprise, contingent on Ordinance No. 148, 2026, receiving final adoption and taking effect.

• About $882,000 would shift to NISP

  The ordinance would transfer $881,802.98 from the Water Fund Halligan capital project account to the Water Fund Operating account for the 2026 NISP participation obligation and a one-time Storage Agreement payment.