Editor s note: This story was updated at 12:45 p.m. Thursday to include comments from Fort Collins city attorney.
In a split vote, Fort Collins City Council decided against appealing a court ruling related to enforcement of the city s camping ban.
Council voted 4-3 to not appeal the recent ruling, which found that Fort Collins Police Services unconstitutionally ticketed a man for sleeping in his car at a rest stop in 2018. ACLU of Colorado assisted the man, Adam Wiemold, in his appeal of the ticket.
When they emerged, three council members said they supported an appeal: Mayor Wade Troxell and council members Ross Cunniff and Susan Gutowsky. As one motivation for the appeal, Troxell cited a need for clarification on the question of voluntary vs. involuntary homelessness.
Fort Collins City Council won t appeal a judicial ruling on the Hughes Stadium ballot measure.
In a 4-3 vote at their Tuesday meeting, council members decided not to appeal the Larimer County District Court ruling that set the ballot language for the April 6 election. The ballot measure, if approved, will require the city to zone the former Hughes Stadium site as 100% open lands and attempt to purchase it from the Colorado State University System.
The city requested judicial review of the part of the ballot measure that would direct Fort Collins to try to buy the land. City attorney Carrie Daggett and some council members questioned whether a directive to purchase land is an administrative matter, which is legally inadmissible in a ballot measure.
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Mountain bikers take a break along a trail in the Maxwell Natural Area just west of the Hughes property in Fort Collins.
Fort Collins city leaders have cemented language for a citizen-led ballot initiative seeking to preserve the former location of Colorado State University’s Hughes Stadium as open space, even as the school presses forward with its own redevelopment plans.
City council voted unanimously on Tuesday to send the measure to residents in its upcoming April 6 municipal election. If passed, it would force the city to zone the land as open space and attempt to purchase it from the university.
January 26, 2021
By Lawrence Banton
New rules set by the FAA s Drone Advisory Committee could be the latest step to open the skies for commercial deliveries.
Based on new guidelines set by the committee late last year, drones will soon be able to fly over people at night under certain conditions, pilots will need to prove competency, and devices will all have to feature anti-collision lights.
Fort Collins, Colorado Mayor Wade Troxell, whose background lies in engineering, is a member of the committee made up of representatives with a wide range of expertise including tech, parcel delivery, and business leadership.
Though human innovation typically outpaces regulation, the great promise that drone technology poses cannot come second to privacy and safety, Troxell told Cheddar.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration to feature host of virtual activities 11 Jan, 2021
This year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at Colorado State University is going virtual.
While there won’t be the traditional march from Old Town Square to campus, there will be a host of virtual activities for members of the CSU and Fort Collins communities. Planned virtual events include the screening of a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day video, featuring CSU and community leaders, as well as an homage to the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches led by Dr. King.
Full event details will be available on Wednesday, Jan. 13, at mlkfortcollins.org. The celebration is a joint effort between CSU, City of Fort Collins and Front Range Community College as well as a host of other campus and city partners.