Fort Collins Council to Send Hughes Stadium Initiative to November Ballot After Clerk Confirms Signature Count

Fort Collins City Council voted 7-0 on July 15 to send a citizen-initiated ordinance about the former Hughes Stadium property to the Nov. 4, 2025, municipal ballot after the city clerk’s office confirmed the petition contained more than the required valid signatures. The resolution approved by council modifies the ballot submission clause to specify the property must be designated and used 100% as a city natural area.

The clerk’s office, which handled the signature review, told council the petitioners submitted the packets in June and staff examined every signature using the city and county voter databases. City Clerk Dylan Coldiron said staff reviewed more than 7,500 signatures and found just over 6,300 that were valid; the petition required 5,070 valid signatures to be sufficient. Coldiron also said a protest period following his sufficiency determination produced a protest…