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Mayor
City Hall
300 LaPorte Ave.
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
970.416.2154
970.224.6107 - fax
fcgov.com
March 14, 2024
Affordable Housing Board
c/o Sue Beck-Ferkiss, Staff Liaison
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Dear Chair Singleton and Board Members:
On behalf of City Council, thank you for providing us with the memorandum dated March 7,
2024 regarding HB24-1007 and your desire to have City Council support passage of this
legislation. Thank you for taking time to outline the rationale for the Board supporting this
legislation to positively benefit the supply, affordability and/or accessibility of affordable
housing in our community.
Thank you for the expertise and perspectives that you bring to the Board and share with City
Council.
Best Regards,
Jeni Arndt
Mayor
/sek
cc: City Council Members
Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
March 7,2024
From:Affordable Housing Board (AHB)Chair John Singleton
To:City Council
Re:HB24-1007
Per the Affordable Housing Boards’s (AHB)mission of advising the City Council on matters
pertaining to affordable housing issues of concern to the City,we believe that HB24-1007
legislation,as currently written,positively benefits the supply,affordability,and/or accessibility of
affordable housing in Fort Collins.We encourage City Council to actively support the passage
of this legislation.
In particular,we support HB24-1007 because:
●We recognize that U+2 has inequitable impacts on the residents of Fort Collins,and
disproportionately burdens college students,young professionals,people who live with
chosen rather than biological family,and others who are most in need of affordable
housing.
●The bill’s language aligns with the AHB’s priority of improving housing availability and
inventory while recognizing potential community concerns related to noise and safety.
●The bill as written allows the goals of an occupancy limit to be instead managed via
existing health and safety standards,as well as the City’s expanded nuisance ordinances.
●We also believe that parking should not be considered in defining occupancy limits,in
line with Council’s stated goal of creating and incentivizing walkable 15-minute cities,and
in line with HB24-1304,currently in consideration in the State House,which would
prohibit parking minimums.
Thank you for your consideration.
Respectfully,
John Singleton
Chair,Affordable Housing Board