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Economic Advisory Board
REGULAR MEETING
August 16, 2023, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
HYBRID MEETING OPTIONS
Physical Location: CIC Room @ 300 LaPorte Ave.
Virtual option via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84688470753
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. AGENDA REVIEW
4. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
6. NEW BUSINESS
a. East Mulberry Corridor Plan
i. Sylvia Tatman-Burruss, Sr Project Manager, Megan Keith, Sr. Planner, &
Michael Bussman, Lead Business Specialist, Economic Health Office – 20
minutes
ii. Discussion – Board – 20 minutes
7. BREAK FOR DINNER
8. REVIEW SIX MONTH COUNCIL CALENDAR
a. Proposed topics for next meeting
9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
10. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
11. OTHER BUSINESS
12. ADJOURNMENT
08/16/2023 – AGENDA
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Economic Advisory Board
REGULAR MEETING
Wednesday, July 26, 2023 – 4:00 PM
215 N. Mason
1. CALL TO ORDER: 4:00 PM
2. ROLL CALL
a. Board Members Present –
Renee Walkup (Chair)
John Parks (Vice Chair)
Denny Coleman
Mistene Nugent
Richard Waal
Erin Gray
Braulio Rojas
b. Board Members Absent –
Thierry Dossou
c. Staff Members Present –
Jillian Fresa, Economic Health Manager, Economic Health Office
Katie Geiger, Sr. Economic Specialist, Economic Health Office
d. Guest(s) –
Ann Hutchison, Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce
3. AGENDA REVIEW
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. Board approved June Minutes
5. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
a. None
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
7. NEW BUSINESS
Sustainable Funding: Ginny Sawyer, Travis Storin
• Council changed things up at council on 7/25
o 3 mill property tax dedicated for affordable housing
▪ Estimated 12M revenue
▪ In perpetuity
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o .5 dedicated tax for climate, transit, parks recreation
▪ Estimated revenue is 20M
▪ Running till 2050
• Working on deciding final ballot language
• Are taxes bondable?
o Specific rules in Colorado that are TABOR driven
o It would have to be part of ballot language to be bonded
▪ Very unlikely to be paired on the ballot
o Part of triple A bond category
• How did it go from several buckets to two buckets
o The original 4 buckets left a gap in funding
▪ Original proposal park maintenance was sitting at $11M and added an additional 2 mills for
recreation and aquatics facilities, splitting housing, transit, and climate in the quarter cent
o New plan
▪ Housing is getting 3 mills (so $11-12M) and instead of a 3 mill split between three buckets, there
is $20M split between three buckets.
o New plan generates $33M, previous plan generates $29M
• Will there be polling on this?
o No
o Not enough time with the new voting date
• Housing money
o How will the housing money be allocated
▪ Relying on strategic housing plan
• 10% by 2040 increase in affordable housing
o How many housing units will this lead to?
• Hard to say – no real way to figure this out
o Are you looking to subsidize housing, or do you have a mix in mind of housing that would be subsidized
for rental vs own?
▪ Not a known target as of now
▪ Potentially mostly rentals
o Is the strategy to get more units using the same level of subsidy and progra that’s happening today?
▪ In an ideal world yes, we’ll see how this turns out in reality
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o Are there specific geographic areas for this
▪ No
▪ Land banks – city can buy land at a cheaper price, sit on it for a while, then pass along a deeper
subsidy
• Staff cannot talk about this after ballot language is decided
o 5 main talking points for talking to community
▪ Housing:
• 6 fold increase in the money the city puts towards housing – direct increase in housing
▪ Transit
• This could complete W Elizabeth rapid bus transit
• N College rapid bus transit would be next
▪ Parks
• 30 year need that has been coming up
• Identified projects with higher need
o Does not include new aquatics
o New parks are paid by development fees
o This is mainly maintenance and accessibility
▪ Climate
• Electrification activities – fleet and vehicles
o City side and incentives to folks to update housing
▪ Housing is 3rd largest emitter
• Utilities programs
• Recycling programs and services
• All money spending is subject to the budget process so nothing is decided officially until it goes through the BFO
process and council approves
• How has the historical voting on this type of thing gone?
o Approval record is very high
• Fort Collins tax rate compared to others
o Rank #6
▪ Going from 7.55 to 8.23%
• Will the two taxes be two separate ballot measures?
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o yes
• What do you need from EAB?
o Make a recommendation to council if you have one
o August 15th is when they are scheduled to refer
▪ Potential to call special meeting and push till September 5th
Land Use Code: Clay Frickey
• Current code adopted in 1997 with first City Plan
o Updated incrementally since then
• 2020 Audit
o What is working and What isn’t - what is keeping us from meeting housing goals
• Phase 1 – focus on housing
o Passed in 2022 by council but repealed and put to ballot by community
o Repealed by council and staff told to go back to community for feedback
• Phase 2 – focus on commercial
• Why the Land Use Code
o To align the LUC with Adopted City Plans and Polices with focus on:
▪ Housing related changes
• Housing Crisis
• Equity – people being pushed out of community
• 1/3 of total land area is single family only
• Limited zones for ‘missing middle’ housing
o Small multifamily buildings
o Duplexes
o townhomes
• Outdated/ineffective affordable housing incentives
▪ Usability and Predictability of Regulations
▪ Equity in Processes and Outcomes
o Make it an easier to document to use
• Timeline
o Currently
▪ working on drafting potential alternatives
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▪ doing Analysis and legal review
o Next:
▪ Code drafting
▪ Recommendations and adoption
• Key Topic Areas
o Housing types and number of units allowed per lot
▪ In single family zone districts
▪ Old town areas
o Affordable housing incentives
o Affordable housing definitions and requirements
o Regulations to enhance the compatibility in
▪ Residential single family zones
▪ Old town areas
o Private covenants and HOAs
o Parking ADUs and multi-unit development
o Levels of review for residential development
▪ Projects that have little to no controversy
o Basic development review process
• Next steps
o Community questionnaire exploring potential alternatives
o Additional analysis of preferred alternatives
o August 22nd work session: present draft code amendments
• Questions & Discussion
o What cities have adopted code like this and doing it successfully
▪ Its hard to pick comparable cities so finding ones that seem most relevant to ours and the code
we are proposing
o Preserve FoCo – are they engaged with city between now and going to council
▪ They are expected to be engaged but no engagement in the last few weeks
o At the last adoption, did planning and zoning commission have different recommend ations
▪ Yes but not sure what their recommendations were
▪ They are very engaged and have been involved along the way
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o Have the housing developers been engaged
▪ Yes they have been giving feedback but seem to be waiting to provide more feedback until there
is a document to be reviewed
o Is there a housing developer coalition
▪ No
o Will the duration and cost of permitting be part of this code
▪ Yes
▪ Making the development review process a shorter and more predictable process – taking out
need for public hearings every time
o Who is on the team making these recommendations
▪ Planning office
▪ Social sustainability department
▪ City managers office
▪ Any department that touches housing availability
o What might happen with ADUs – accessory dwelling units
▪ Most people are comfortable with ADUs but not duplexes
o Does EAB want LUC to come back before adoption
▪ LUC can bring draft code to EAB after council work session
Next Steps:
• Revisiting last month’s discussion around influencing council and next steps
o Looking at council’s agenda further than 6months out
o New direction with new council
▪ New priorities will be decided around January
o Discussion around Mike’s leaving and conversation with Shirley around Board expectations
▪ Clerks office already reached out and he did an exit interview
▪ Jillian and SeonAh met with Shirley to update her on why and how she can stay engaged with
board
o More engagement with council representatives is wanted
o Discussion around engaging with council
▪ A board meet n greet
▪ Going to a council meeting as a group to introduce members
▪ Rotating going to council listening sessions
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• Potential for good 1x1 time with low turn out
• Public schedule online – Jillian to push this out
o Discussion around providing feedback around information board has
▪ City staff and council have more details and EAB should provide feedback on the information
given and if council wants more they should request it
• Immediately discussing a presentation and developing recommendation for council
▪ Council members are busy and won’t go out of their way to ask for additional feedback
o Board agrees on being more influential but How
o How would the board like to engage Shirley?
▪ Shirley did attend some meetings
• Shirley said if board wants her attendance on a specific topic to just flag her
▪ Invite Shirley to next meeting?
o Movement to pick a date to go to council and introduce board members
▪ Date: August 15th at 6pm
▪ Denny, John, Erin, Mistene going
▪ Sign in at city hall day of
8. OTHER BUSINESS
Next Agenda Items
• Water allocation (requested by Mistene)
• Mulberry Plan
• Land Use Code draft in September
9. ADJOURNMENT
a. (5:59 pm)
- Minutes approved by a vote of the Board on XX/XX/XX
East Mulberry Plan
August 16, 2023
Economic Advisory Board
Michael Bussmann | Sylvia Tatman-Burruss
2Mulberry Context
Cooper
Slough
Vine Dr.
Mulberry St.Link Ln.Lemay Ave.Timberline Rd.Prospect Rd.Timberline Rd.Mosaic
Bloom
Cloverleaf
Clydesdale
Park
Sunflower
Kingfisher Point
Natural Area
Collins
Aire
Timbervine
Dry Creek
Roselawn
Cemetery
Andersonville
Nueva
Vida
Countryside
Estates Pleasant
Acres
The Villas
Boxelder
Estates
Waterglen
Trailhead
Boxelder
Creek
2002 East Mulberry Plan 3
2002 East Mulberry Corridor Plan
•Jointly adopted by Fort Collins and Larimer County
•Primary plan objective was to implement the 1997 City
Plan for the East Mulberry Corridor. Also addressed key
issues such as:
•Provision and maintenance of public facilities
and services
•Annexation
•Costs of improvements
•Redevelopment
•Streetscape Design
•Plan acknowledges that continued growth and change
may impact quality of life in the area
•Community members shared concerns about traffic
congestion, safety, and infrastructure decline
East Mulberry Plan –Where
We’ve Been
Project Milestones
Key Takeaways
•Council wants to move slowly
and deliberately
•Lessons learned from
Southwest Enclave
annexation
•Requests for additional
analysis (costs, opportunities,
tradeoffs)
•Landed on a strategy around
thresholds for annexation
(aka tipping points)
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Direction from Council
•Community Advisory Group
•February Super Issues Meeting
•Community Q&A Sessions
Latest Events 7
Summary of Public Engagement:
2,200+ Mailed Postcards
200+ In-Person Business Visits
100+ Virtual & In-Person
Q&A Session Participants
300+ Newsletter Subscribers
350+ Website Visitors
150+ Thresholds Video Views
East Mulberry Plan: Sections 1 & 2
9East Mulberry Draft Plan TOC
The Draft East Mulberry Plan has three sections:
1.Introduction
2.Big Ideas
3.Implementation
Section 1: Introduction
An Introduction to East Mulberry
•Demographics Snapshot
•History of East Mulberry
•Enclave & Annexation (Terms to Know)
Planning for East Mulberry
•Planning milestones over time
•2002 East Mulberry Corridor Plan
Why Update, Why Now?
•Existing & Changed Conditions
•Community Priorities and What We’ve Heard
•East Mulberry Enclave: History of Policy
Guidance
Section 2: Big Ideas
Big Ideas for the Plan Update
•7 Plan Goals
•Goal
Strategy
Implementation Action Item
Section 3: Implementation
Framework Plan and Character Areas
Transportation Framework Plan
Development Framework
Annexation Thresholds Framework
10Section 1: Why Update, Why Now?
Existing & Changed Conditions
•STREETS
•STORMWATER
•ELECTRIC GRID
•BICYCLE & MULTIMODAL
•TRANSIT
•OPPORTUNITY, EQUITY, &
ACCESSIBILITY
•FIRE & SAFETY
•PARKS & RECREATION
•NATURAL AREAS & FEATURES
•HOUSING & AFFORDABILITY
•DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH
•LAND USE
•EMPLOYMENT & INDUSTRY
What we heard from the community 11
•The impact of annexation on small businesses, especially in the near-term
•Questions about what financial impact studies have been done
•Questions regarding electric rates when switched over to FC electric
service, future street maintenance and increased taxes and fees
Recent Questions and Concerns
Community Priorities & What We Heard
•Infrastructure & Development
•Gateway & Entry Aesthetic
•Corridor Character & Uses
•Amenities & Services
•Housing & Gentrification
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East Mulberry Enclave & Annexation
What Changes Upon Annexation What Doesn’t Change Upon Annexation
Law enforcement transfer from Larimer County
Sheriff’s Office to City of Fort Collins Police
Services
Water and Wastewater services will still be
provided by Eastern Larimer County Water
District
Electric service would transfer from Poudre
Valley REA or Xcel Energy (depending on
location) to City of Fort Collins Utilities
Fire Protection will still be provided by the
Poudre Fire Authority
Storm Drainage would transfer from Larimer
County to City of Fort Collins Stormwater Utility
Health and Human Services will still be provided
by Larimer County
Road Maintenance (in some cases) would
transfer from Larimer County Road and Bridge to
City of Fort Collins Transportation Services
Animal Control Services will still be provided by
the Humane Society
13Section 2: Plan Goals & Policies
•Goal 1: Commercial/Industrial Hub (industrial/ag uses)
•Foster a healthy and prosperous
commercial and industrial hub for the City,
while remaining viable for small businesses
and industry.
•Goal 2: Stormwater infrastructure
•Master plan, construct and maintain
stormwater infrastructure to provide safe
conveyance of stormwater flows and reduce
flood risk.
•Goal 3: Multimodal (mobility, streets)
•Plan and support safe and comfortable
infrastructure for multi-modal
transportation.
•Goal 4: Community Access (amenities & services)
•Increase access for residents and
businesses to Community Amenities &
Services.
14Plan Goals & Policies
•Goal 5: Housing Affordability
•Explore mechanisms to maintain housing
affordability and existing character of residential
neighborhoods.
•Goal 6: Historic, Cultural, Natural Features (ecological health)
•Protect and promote natural, historic, and cultural
resources that support a cohesive and resilient
community using nature-based solutions.
•Goal 7: Gateway Aesthetic
•Improve the function and visual appearance of the
Mulberry & I-25 interchange and Mulberry Street
frontage as a gateway into Fort Collins.
East Mulberry Plan: Section 3 & 4
Threshold Categories
•Maintenance of Logical Boundaries
•Achievement of Citywide Policy Priorities
•Proactive Resource Protection
•Redevelopment Risk
•Other Proactive/Strategic Goal Alignment
•External Funding and Capital Project Alignment Enclave
City Limits
‘Natural’ Annexations Occur
Island Formed
City Buffer
Standard
County Buffer
Standard
EnclaveCity Limits
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What happens when a threshold has been identified?
City Staff identifies
potential annexation
boundaries
Neighborhood meeting with
residents and businesses within
potential annexation area
6-month period
The following should occur:
•Financial analysis
•Evaluate condition and existing
maintenance activities of streets
and other infrastructure
•Inform residents and businesses
of service provider changes and
anticipated fees
•Staff to continue gathering
feedback
•Formulate annexation transition
committee as applicable
Adjust Threshold Annexation boundaries
as needed based on results of analysis
Analysis shared with
Decision-Makers to
identify timing options
and whether to pursue
annexation Yes/No Pursue
Annexation
If Yes:
Staff may initiate
annexation proceedings
immediately or delay
effective date of
annexation to align with
budgeting/resource
availability
Per the Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.) in the case of an enclave the population of which
exceeds one hundred persons according to the most recent United States census and that
contains more than fifty acres, the enclave shall not be annexed pursuant to subsection (1) of
this section unless the governing body of the annexing municipality has:
•Created an annexation transition committee composed of nine members, five of whom
shall reside, operate a business, or own real property within the enclave, two of whom
shall represent the annexing municipality, and two of whom shall represent one or more
counties in which the enclave is situated.
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Annexation Transition Committee
Source: C.R.S. 31-12-106
19Framework Plan Updates
Place Type Designations
•Timberline Road, north of
Mulberry & undeveloped land
north of Airpark
•Place Type
designation changed
to R&D Flex
•Support for hybrid
commercial / industrial /
employment zone districts
•Neighborhood
commercial /
amenities
•Employment /
manufacturing Timberline RdInternational Blvd
Link LnMulberry Street
Framework Plan Updates 20
9THEncourage
preservation of
existing historical
land uses around
the interchange:
•Add new uses to
(I) zone district
•Proximity based
standards – use
allowed within
certain distance
from I-
25/Mulberry
interchangeTimberline RdInternational Blvd
John Deere DrLink LnMulberry Street
Next Steps
Next Steps
•Public Review Period ahead of Adoption
•Work Session scheduled for October 10,
2023
•First Reading of the East Mulberry Plan is
scheduled for December 5, 2023, at a City
Council Regular Meeting
Backup Slides