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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Futures Committee - 07/09/2018 - City Manager’s Office 300 LaPorte Avenue PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6505 970.224.6107 - fax fcgov.com MINUTES CITY OF FORT COLLINS FUTURES COMMITTEE MEETING Date: July 9, 2018 Location: CIC Room, City Hall, 300 Laporte Ave. Time: 4:00–6:00pm Committee Members Present: Mayor Wade Troxell Kristin Stephens Ray Martinez City Staff: Darin Atteberry, City Manager Jeff Mihelich, Deputy City Manager Jackie Kozak-Thiel, (Staff Liaison) Presenters: Ryan Mounce, City Planner, City of Fort Collins Cameron Gloss, City Planner, City of Fort Collins Aaron Iverson, City Planner, City of Fort Collins Additional Staff Present: Paul Sizemore, FCMoves Amanda Mansfield, FCMoves Katie Ricketts, Finance Sue Beck-Ferkiss, Social Sustainability Meaghan Overton, Planning Timothy Wilder, Transfort, Parking services Teresa Roche, ELT, Human Resources Community Members: Dale Adamy, citizen Meeting called to order at 4:06pm Approval of Minutes: Ray moved to approve May minutes. Kristin seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 3-0-0. 2 Chairman Comments: None. Think-Tank Item 3-2018: Forces and Trends: Shaping the Future of Fort Collins (and scenario planning). Ryan Mounce, Cameron Gloss, Aaron Iverson, City Planners, City of Fort Collins • Deeper dive into trends and forces around housing and transportation in Fort Collins that impact the City Plan process. • Recap on first and second phases of City Plan that examined existing conditions, where the community has been and trends that can influence the future • Livability and affordability are the two community values that are resonating most with community members o Also concern about what sustainability in the future looks like including connecting sustainability to the natural environment • Over the next 20 years housing affordability, attainability and ensuring that transportation is more multi-modal are top priorities • Trends and forces with growth, demand and regional dynamics that intersect with City Plan o Fort Collins buildout will be approximately 250,000 people over the next 20 years o How does growth in the entire region affect Fort Collins? o Historically Fort Collins growth has been 28-35% of regional growth but this will decrease as we reach our Growth Management Area o Growth Management area in Fort Collins means that there are more opportunities for redevelopment and in-fill but that there is less supply for housing • Changes in demographics and socioeconomic backgrounds are changing preferences in housing types o Over 25% of households are living alone o Population is aging quickly and people want to live in their homes longer o 15% of households have children under the age of 18 in the home • Millennials establishing themselves in the housing market and may want different types of housing • Examples provided of different housing types and their descriptions • Barriers to different housing types in the community: o Cultural preferences o Financing o Opportunity costs for development • The Take-Away: Land-use decisions will impact future housing development types o Looking to creative solutions for development and in-fill as the City reaches capacity for housing o Scenarios will include looking at density of housing and mix of use o Looking to other communities that have grappled with affordability and livability to see what we can learn from their experiences to adopt and adapt • Transportation: Using 2015 data examine how regional travel impacts Fort Collins o 38,000 commuters coming in to Fort Collins o 32,000 commuters leaving Fort Collins 3 o 32% of travel are people who live and work in Fort Collins • 70% of commuters drive alone—how does this impact our infrastructure and Climate Action Goals? • Question of how to reflect the cost of transportation in housing choices o Household cost for transportation can be as high as 25% of household income but as low as 9% depending on multi-modal transportation options and housing development • For City Plan Scenario Development: o How do we improve housing-jobs-transportation balance? o How to incentivize and increase multi-modal transportation Comments/Q&A: • Discussion about how zoning laws prevent or limit types of housing • Examples provided of different types of housing in Fort Collins • Clarification around what it means to live and work in Fort Collins • Discussion of how CSU’s parking policies affect transportation choices in the community o More people are beginning to the Max • How do we attract millennials and generational people if housing stock isn’t very diverse? Will they look to other communities? . o There are some community members who don’t want housing to change but as community grows there is a concern that different generations don’t want the same type of lifestyle we have had in the past This goes beyond affordability • Discussion of recent trip to Amsterdam and their mode-split in transportation • Interest in thinking about aspirational and achievable goals around biking\ o Darin mentions there may be lessons we can learn from Amsterdam o If we are one of the best cities for bicycle mode split what happens if we aspire to 25% mode split? What can we learn from Amsterdam? o A lot of it comes down to distance from home to work. Proximity affects mode split. • Discussion of how cultural, historical, social and land-use decisions affect transportation choices here and elsewhere • Not all people can afford to live and work in Fort Collins. This is something to consider when looking at the future of transportation and housing o For example, how headway time for bus routes isn’t convenient for commuters • Clarification provided on how growth and regional dynamics affect commuting patterns • Clarification provided on how demand for housing is outpacing demand o Rent has been historically risen faster than income o Trends show that cost of rent has increased while income has stayed relatively the same • Land-use patterns are important when looking at transportation choices o High density choices o Already seeing some of this play out when looking at areas such as West Elizabeth 4 DO: Next Steps • Scenario Planning • Back to Council July 24th Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative • Mayor Wade Troxell reported o First cohort year of this program wrapping up o Sean Carpenter working on Bloomberg Philanthropy piece with energy efficiency in rental property as part of the Bloomberg Mayor’s challenge o Recipient of the first-round of support for 100,000 which has been rolled into program Sean Carpenter is working on o Jackie was a recipient of a scholarship from Bloomberg-Harvard City Leadership Initiative and was a participant during the month of June for the Harvard’s City Leaders Program Additional Discussion: None. Meeting adjourned by Wade Troxell at 5:26 pm.