HomeMy WebLinkAboutResponse to Constituent Letter - Mail Packet - 12/17/2024 - Letter from Mayor Jeni Arndt to Affordable Housing Board re: Elimination of Parking Minimums
Mayor
City Hall
Fort Collins, CO 80522
970.416.2154
970.224.6107 - fax
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December 12, 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 December 6,
2024 regarding the Board’s support for the elimination of parking minimums as an effort to
improve affordable housing inventory in the city. It’s likewise helpful to know that you’ve talked
with architects and developers of affordable housing who also support the elimination of parking
minimums.
Thank you for the expertise and perspectives that you bring to the Board and share with City
Council.
Best Regards,
Jeni Arndt
Mayor
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cc: City Council Members
Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
December 6th,2024
From:Affordable Housing Board Chair John Singleton
To:City Council
Re:Elimination of Parking Minimums
The Affordable Housing Board (AHB)advises City Council on matters pertaining to affordable
housing issues of concern to the City.As such,we advise that Council seriously consider
eliminating required parking minimums as part of the city’s development process.We believe
that doing so will have many positive ramifications on affordable housing inventor y in our city.
In particular,we support the elimination of required parking minimums in development projects
because:
●Developers undertake thorough analysis to determine their project’s parking needs.
Eliminating parking minimums doesn’t eliminate all parking -it simply allows developers
the freedom to right-size parking for their projects.We’ve heard directly from architects
and developers of affordable housing who support the elimination of parking minimums,
and we trust their expertise in this area.
●Increased housing inventory is key to affordability,and many parking lots across the city
aren’t used to their full capacity.Allowing developers to right-size parking with no forced
minimum means more of the land in a development project could be available to be used
for housing.This provides opportunities for an increased number of units at affordable
housing projects,as well as an increase in the city’s overall housing inventory.
●Increased housing inventory,especially when developed along transit corridors and/or in
conjunction with a robust transit master plan,helps create the walkable 15-minute city
that City Council established as a priority this year.
Thank you for your consideration.
Respectfully,
John Singleton,Chair
On behalf of the Affordable Housing Board