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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda - Mail Packet - 11/21/2023 - Futures Committee Agenda – November 20, 2023 1 Futures Committee Agenda Monday, November 20, 5:00-7:00pm REMOTE via Zoom Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://fcgov.zoom.us/j/91533678032 Or One tap mobile: US: +17209289299,,91533678032# or +12532158782,,91533678032# Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 720 928 9299 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 558 8656 Webinar ID: 915 3367 8032 International numbers available: https://fcgov.zoom.us/u/abwdB4CpBR For Technical Assistance please call: 970-221-6505 Call meeting to order 5:00pm- 5:05pm Facilitated by Tricia Canonico Roll Call, Approval of August 21, 2023, Minutes and Overview of Futures Committee Participation: 5:05- 5:15 Facilitated by Caryn Champine Think Tank Item 4-2023 5:15-6:15 The 15-minute City: The Future of Community and Town Centers, Dr Ellen Dunham- Jones, Director of Urban Design Program at Georgia Tech University • Q&A facilitated by Caryn Champine • Summary provided by Caryn Champine (graphic recording by Carrie Van Horn) Additional Items 6:15-6:45pm Reflecting on the past year of Futures Facilitated by Caryn Champine Committee Members Councilmember Emily Francis Councilmember Susan Gutowsky Councilmember Tricia Canonico Staff Liaison: Caryn Champine, Director Planning, Development and Transportation Staff Support: Megan DeMasters, Environmental Services; Melina Dempsey, FCMoves 1 CITY OF FORT COLLINS FUTURES COMMITTEE MEETING Date: August 21, 2023 Location: Zoom Time: 10:00am-12:00pm Committee Members present: Councilmember Tricia Canonico Councilmember Susan Gutowsky Additional Council members present: City Staff: Caryn Champine Presenters: Rushad Nanavatty, Managing Director of the Urban Transformation and the Third Derivative Programs at the Rocky Mountain Institute Additional Staff present: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager’s Office Melina Dempsey, FC Moves Ginny Sawyer, City Manager’s Office Carrie Daggett City Attorney’s Office Amanda King, CPIO Greg Yeager, Police Services Kristina Vencill, Human Resources Karen Burke, Human Resources Lockie Woods, City Manager’s Office Jacob Castillo, Sustainability Services Area Terri Runyan, City Manager’s Office Claudia Menendez, City Manager’s Office Meeting called to order at 10:00am Approval of Minutes: Councilmember Gutowsky moved to approve the June minutes. Councilmember Canonico seconded. Motion passed 2-0-1 Chairperson Comments: N/A Think Tank Item 3-2023: The Future of Energy Transitions, Rushad Nanavatty Managing Director of the Urban Transformation and the Third Derivative Programs at the Rocky Mountain Institute Section 1: Impact of compact, well connected, mixed use development on energy and beyond • Where we are at today: Based on the safe and just framework- all development should happen in donut shaped space, resource use above level to meet basic needs but below level of risk for planet- o No Country has met basic needs for residents globally-and are not on track to do so. 2 • Relationship to the 15-minute City- urban land use and form are like a master key. It can help with transportation emissions and also energy use in buildings, heavy industry and methane emissions, also impacts agricultural and land use change. • Smarter development patterns can yield building energy savings comparable to their transportation impacts- measures can lower building energy consumption the same way it reduces vehicle mile traveled (VMT) • Multi-unit buildings are more energy efficient o Heating and cooling systems become much more efficient when you increase the size and multi-unit buildings generally use much larger heating and cooling equipment o Massive efficiency gains when heating and cooling more than one building with districted systems o Same logic applies to mixed use development overall-i.e. commercial and residential • Embodied carbon in buildings and infrastructure o Cement, steel, etc.- it is a huge challenge- 10% of global emissions also the hottest 10% because electrification doesn’t work right now – big part of the conversation that often gets overlooked • Sprawl and car prioritization represent other opportunity costs as well o LA example- lots of real estate going to cars. 42% of land going to storing and moving cars – about 1/3rd across all U.S. cities o In Fort Collins 1.6 billion $$ in potential value if we assume 40% of land going to parking and moving cars- it suggests locking up 1300 sq feet of space for every car- $4,000 in value for each car- consider what else we could do with that space. • Impacts on other Earth systems boundaries: o Concern about material and mineral extraction with energy transition- if we design cities for safety and access and institute policy that allow/encourage compact development, then it can have a huge impact o Example on a reduction in lithium extraction if we do all of the things with mixed use compact development and right sizing vehicles- could be a 90% reduction in what is needed (best case example) o There are opportunities to reduce agricultural and water loss when moving towards well connected 15-minute city Questions and discussion: • Pervasive question related to parking- thoughts on alternatives to parking (space for parking) o First, need to understand how much real estate and value in Fort Collins are going to parking o During COVID there was a major reallocation of street spaces and some of that stuck o During COVID major reallocation of street spaces and some of that stuck ▪ Consider economic value for reallocation street space • Cost of infrastructure for a sprawled community for things such as water, roads and energy. o Urban land use and urban form matter for that • How can Fort Collins accelerate to more decentralized resources and distributed energy resource accelerators? o RMI is doing lots of work on what next generation of community solar could look like- could play an active role in how this could be integrated with other technologies 3 • City Climate Action planning often stops at the municipal boundary and doesn’t consider impacts outside of the municipal boundary- should be considering more regional impacts Section 2: Specific considerations for Fort Collins and the Front Range • Expected that Front Range population will grow exponentially through 2050 o More than double- share of state population will go from 11% to over 15% o How we go about this growth will affect the entire region and state • Learning from the Boulder experience o 40% of housing units in Boulder are single family detached housing o Lots of people look for housing elsewhere- people living outside of Boulder fill almost 60% of jobs in Boulder ▪ Affects transportation emissions – most vehicles are single occupancy vehicles o Local decisions have spill-over effects • Where to build sustainable new housing? o Build in low emission high opportunity neighborhoods- where VMT is already low and per capita consumption is already low and where income and economic opportunity are medium to high o Best to build in-fill housing within Cities- less about creating a 15 minute city but allow people to live in 15 minute city that is already there Questions and discussion: • Discussion around trends and the future for building materials to help minimize emissions- there is a lot of innovation happening in this space • What kinds of policies could be implemented by local governments to promote urban in-fill? o 70% of Cities zoned for single-family detached housing- zoning reform is a necessary condition to support urban in-fill ▪ Could see lots of unlikely coalitions to help push some of this stuff forward ▪ Environmental advocacy groups, real estate industry depending on where building is happening- could see strong alignment of interests o On transportation side- state government where primary locus of control is ▪ 80-85% on roads and expanding them- could change how $$ is used • RMI is beginning to do more research on the carbon-climate implications for converting single- family homes to multi-family units Carbon • Should consider how to develop multi-units with respect to single-family neighborhoods- understand that design really matters • Discussion about vehicle to grid (V-to-g) and if that is a viable solution o No it is not the solution- Lithium is not great for long-term energy storage (above 8 hours) • Discussion on how electrify- and move away from fossil fuels o We need to both electrify and clean the grid as possible- electrification is a strong decarbonization level o Electrification is a powerful way to make energy system more efficient • Are there communities that are doing things well or moving in the right direction? o California, Oregon are looking at State-wide zoning reform- good first step but much more needs to be done ▪ Minneapolis is another local example 4 Additional Items N/A Meeting adjourned by Councilmember Canonico at 12:00pm