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Fort Collins, CO 80524
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CC: Jacob Catillo, Director Sustainability Services; Gretchen Stanford, Interim Director Financial Services
WORK SESSION MEMORANDUM
Date: February 18, 2025
To: Mayor and City Councilmembers
Through: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Tyler Marr, Deputy City Manager
From: Josh Birks, Sustainability Services Deputy Director
Joe Wimmer, Utilities Finance Director
Subject: Work Session Summary February 11, 2025 - Impact Fee Realignment
BOTTOM LINE
The purpose of this memo is to document the summary of discussions during the February 11th
Work Session on Impact Fee Realignment. All Councilmembers were present with
Councilmember Pignataro attending remotely.
Staff proposed a workplan for reexamining the City’s 2023 capital expansion fee studies and
updating the City’s fee schedule for an anticipated 2026 fee implementation. Fees included
within the scope of the studies and workplan include parkland, police, fire, general government,
and transportation capital expansion fees.
DISCUSSION SUMMARY
City Councilmembers are in support of exploring realignment of the City’s 2023 capital
expansion fee studies to City priorities and objectives. Staff outlined preliminary methodological
options to evaluate including various level of service assumptions and fee schedule square
footage categories. Councilmembers encouraged assessment of typical unit sizes being
developed in Fort Collins and the respective fee categories. Other adjustments being explored
should be evaluated for financial impacts and connection to Council priorities.
NEXT STEPS
Staff will bring forward proposed adjustments and financial impacts to a Council Finance
Committee meeting in the 2nd quarter of 2025 and a subsequent work session. Dependent on
legal review and methodological assessment, staff will recommend an adjusted fee schedule for
adoption in 2025 for January 1st, 2026 implementation.
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