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Home My WebLink About11/07/2024 - YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD - AGENDA - Regular MeetingYOUTH ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING November 7, 2024 – meeting held at Foothills Activity Center 7:00-9:00pm: Regular meeting 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 5. NEW BUSINESS a. Matthew Behunin- Volunteer with YIMBY Fort Collins b. Holiday Gift Exchange- Hope Harris c. Review Work Plan d. Assign Working Groups to Work Plan Items 6. DISCUSSION ITEMS 7. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS (COMMITTEES, EVENT ATTENDANCE, ETC.) 8. OTHER BUSINESS 9. ADJOURNMENT NEXT MEETING Date: December 5, 2024 Time: 7:00-9:00pm Location: TBD Youth Advisory Board Meeting October 3, 2024 222 Laporte Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80521 10/23/2024 – MINUTES Page 1 1. CALL TO ORDER • Called to order at 7:00pm 2. ROLL CALL • List of Board Members Present: Sophie, Scarlett, Vince, Maia, Sam, Ava, Hope, Neena, Charlotte, Brooke • List of Board Members Absent: Jake, Kacy • List of Staff Members Present: LeAnn Williams, Rachel Eich, Kelly Dubois 3. AGENDA REVIEW a. Building tour with Micah Warners- toured the building and learned more about sustainability within the building b. PSD Mil Levy ballot measure presentation with R. Lauren Hooten and Dr. Traci Gilie- asking for additional funding through a tax increase for routine building maintenance, repairs, and supporting schools (discussed how spending is prioritized, what led to the need for an increase in funding, district budgets, prioritization of facility projects, natural prioritization of low-income schools and lower grade) c. Our climate future presentation with Honore Depew- OCF overview, OCF goals (strategic objectives of the plan such as greenhouse gas emission reduction and 100% renewable electricity by 2030), implementation (shared leadership and community partnership), projections of the project (continued leadership and investments to continue to meet projections), how our project ideas relate to the issues that OCF want to address d. Dianne Tjalkens (The consolidated plan)- overview of the plan (how the federal dollars are distributed within our community, what the needs assessment is, CDBG [improving conditions for low-income community members and meet urgent needs] and HOME [increasing housing for people with low incomes, making new housing and rehabilitating existing housing , making a community], the plan goals (increasing affordable housing units, emergency shelter, etc.), the plans previous accomplishments and projects that have been funded over the past years, current priorities of the plan, what we see as the needs of our community and where we see people that are struggling (considering college students, elderly people, the location of the affordable housing) 4. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION a. None 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Motion- Sam b. Second- Neena Youth Advisory Board TYPE OF MEETING – Regular Meeting 10/23/2024 – MINUTES Page 2 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 7. NEW BUSINESS 8. BOARD MEMBER REPORT 9. OTHER BUSINESS 10. ADJOURNMENT a. Adjourned at 9:06 pm ▪ Motion- Sam ▪ Second- Sophie Parking Minimums People over Pavement We believe that housing is a human right, not parking. Economy EquityPeopleEnvironment Why the focus on parking? People Parking minimums take up space! People want walkable and bikeable communities like Old Town Unused parking wastes space that could be used for housing and businesses Environment Sprawl harms the environment! Spread out cities make it more difficult to walk, bike, and drive between places Transit routes are less efficient and more expensive per rider Parking lots contribute to “heat islands” making our city hotter Excessive parking minimums create development where more land sits as empty parking lots than is used for the primary purpose of the buildings . Anyone recognize this satellite view? Economy Building parking is expensive! There is no such thing as free parking. A single parking space typically costs between $9,000 and $50,000. These costs are built into the price of goods, services, and housing. Parking mandates are estimated to have increased average rents by $225 per-month. These costs get passed on to tenants and customers. Fairness High parking costs lead to inequities! Those don’t own cars are forced to pay for the cost of building parking they don’t use Lower-income households pay to store higher-income households’ cars A brief history of Parking in Fort Collins As cars became popular in the early 1900s, the most desirable part of cities quickly became filled with cars, and not enough parking. College/Oak - 1908 Two approaches to the problem: (1) Parking meters became popular in larger, denser cities like Denver (2) Off-street parking minimums became prevalent in smaller cities like Fort Collins, affecting nearly all new developments. The Problem: Off-street parking minimums are based on really bad science Developed in the mid-1900s based on few, if any, case studies Copy/pasted from code to code with almost no contemporary data to support No Parking Requirements Does NOT mean no more parking spots ≠ Parking Requirements Parking Recommendations The Solution: HB24-1304 By June 30, 2025, Fort Collins must stop enforcing minimum parking requirements as part of land use approvals for multi-family residential developments, adaptive reuse for residential purposes, or adaptive mixed-use that are at least 50% of residential, AND one-quarter mile of certain transit stops. Our Proposal By June 30, 2025, Fort Collins must stop enforcing minimum parking requirements as part of land use approvals for multi-family residential developments, adaptive reuse for residential purposes, or adaptive mixed-use that are at least 50% of residential, AND one-quarter mile of certain transit stops. But what about… But what about… disabled parking ●Fort Collins can maintain accessibility requirements But what about… my favorite spot? ●Allow or Require Residential Permits ●Mandatory Cash out of Employer-Paid Permits ●Unbundle Parking from Building Leases and Sales ●Parking is still readily available in cities that have ended their minimum mandates. But what about… business concerns ●Dynamic Pricing Meters ●Peak Hour Surcharges ●Dedicate parking revenues to housing, transit, pedestrian improvements, infrastructure, services. that benefit everyone. People who invest in buildings know how much parking their occupants need. These cities already ended parking minimum mandates: Culver City, Burlington, Charlottesville, Albany, Corvallis, Duluth, Longmont , Roanoke, Beaverton, South Bend, Cambridge, Ann Arbor, Hartford, Gainesville, Bridgeport, Salem, Birmingham, Richmond, Buffalo, Champaign, Anchorage, St. Paul, Durham County, Lexington, Minneapolis, Raleigh, Sacramento, Portland, Vancouver, San Francisco, San Jose, and Austin …And It Worked Champaign, IL stopped enforcing an oversupply of parking: ●Onsite parking construction decreased dramatically ●Developers relied on market demand ●Tenants saved $43-49 million ●Rental unit density increased by 79% ●Increased revenue for city from long-term permit sales in city facilities, while short-term permit sales decreased ●Less expensive housing ●More infill, less sprawl ●Boost transit ridership ●Good for business Benefits: Fort Collins is not full. Pedestrian Areas Fort Collins is not full. Pedestrian Areas Parking Lots Thank you!