2026-09-17 - Planning and Zoning Commission
Summary
Built from the posted agenda; no minutes are posted. Vote results come from the unapproved draft minutes included in the November 19 agenda packet and are provisional.
- Consent: minutes of July 16, 2026, passed.
- Strauss Lakes Annexation and Zoning (ANX240002): about 147.5 acres north of Horsetooth Road and east of Ziegler Road, 139.8 acres Low Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood and 7.7 acres Medium Density Mixed-Use Neighborhood. Staff recommended approval. The Commission voted 5-0 (motions by Commissioner Stackhouse) to recommend both the annexation and the zoning; Chair Sass raised concern about creating a county island parcel but voted yes. Three members of the public opposed it, citing traffic, infrastructure and water. It was headed to Council on October 6. (Strauss Lakes Annexation and Zoning)
- Attendance: five of seven commissioners present (Sass, Connelly, Bruxvoort, Stackhouse, Sheeley); Peel and one other commissioner absent. Adjourned 7:13 PM.
- Note: The September 17 supplemental documents (18 pages) are image-only and were not read.
Sources
- Agenda: https://records.fcgov.com/BoardsCommissions/DocView.aspx?id=26658586&dbid=0&repo=FortCollins
- Summary agenda: https://records.fcgov.com/BoardsCommissions/DocView.aspx?id=26554778&dbid=0&repo=FortCollins
- Supplemental documents (image only, not read): https://records.fcgov.com/BoardsCommissions/DocView.aspx?id=26752252&dbid=0&repo=FortCollins
- Video: https://reflect-vod-fcgov.cablecast.tv/internetchannel/show/3053?site=1 (City of Fort Collins Cablecast video-on-demand, show 3053; meetings are also televised on FCTV channels 14 and 881)
- City website: https://www.fortcollins.gov/
- Town: Fort Collins