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WORK SESSION MEMORANDUM
Date: March 3, 2025
To: Mayor and City Councilmembers
Through: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Tyler Marr, Deputy City Manager
From: JC Ward, Community Engagement Manager – Neighborhood Services
Subject: Work Session Summary – February 25, 2025 re: Mobile Home Park Oversight and
Enforcement
BOTTOM LINE
The purpose of this memo is to document the summary of discussions during the February 25,
2025 Work Session. All Councilmembers were present.
DISCUSSION SUMMARY
• General support for greater, more coordinated local mobile home park oversight with the
goal of providing mobile home park neighborhoods the same level of services and
resources as other neighborhood types across the city.
• Agreement amongst Councilmembers present that a dedicated Staff liaison or Mobile
Home Park Program Manager would improve efficiency and effectiveness of City efforts.
• Multiple Councilmembers requested additional information on resourcing proactive,
coordinated MHP work that includes potential Municipal Code changes, proactively
addressing critical livability and safety issues, and enforcement of infrastructure
maintenance and repair standards.
• Some Councilmembers also highlighted specific MHP resident concerns centered on
property owners’/managers’ lack of enforcement for issues currently outside the
jurisdiction of both the City and Colorado Mobile Home Park Oversight Program,
expressing support for deeper consideration of ways for the City to address the issues.
• General consensus from City Council that the City and MHPOP should work more
closely and coordinate levels of enforcement.
• Staff noted that leadership development, capacity-building programs like Community
Consultants and mediation promotoras have growth potential for community leaders and
Residents’ Associations to more effectively address power imbalances and resolve
issues in their neighborhoods, as property managers are often more responsive to the
stronger, more cohesive collective voice of their own residents. Community Consultants
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and promotoras can also provide education about available conflict resolution resources
and assist with filing MHPOP or Access Fort Collins complaints.
• Staff acknowledged that differences in Municipal Code application and enforcement exist
among neighborhood types like multifamily properties; single, detached housing; and
mobile home parks. Further analysis of these differences, their legal considerations, and
recommended solutions will be presented at the next Work Session on this topic.
NEXT STEPS
In response to direction from City Council, a follow-up Work Session will be scheduled in July or
August based on City Council schedule availability to present additional findings, enforcement
option analysis, and Staff recommendations.
Staff will provide an additional follow-up memo around current work on loan/grant products
available for energy efficiency upgrades to mobile homes and replacement of older homes with
energy efficient models.
FOLLOW-UP ITEMS
Following up on questions and requests from Council:
1. Staff has designated Leo Escalante, Neighborhood Liaison from the Neighborhood
Services Department, as the central point of contact for internal and external mobile
home park issues through December 2025. Leo has been working closely with external
partners and mobile home park residents for several years and has a deep
understanding of issues faced by our local MHP communities. His workload will
temporarily shift to accommodate mobile home park research, strategic planning, and
coordination.
2. The Mobile Home Park Residents’ Rights Team shares a group email,
MHP@fcgov.com, that all Neighborhood Services Staff working on MHP issues
accesses and responds to. In addition, the Access Fort Collins system can be used to
reach the team or report concerns anonymously or using their contact information by
selecting “Mobile Home Parks” under the “Neighborhoods” topic.
3. The Urban Renewal Authority inclusion of mobile home parks along the North College
Corridor was misstated during the Work Session. The Stonecrest MHP, Montclair MHP,
and eastern portion of North College MHP are in the URA Plan Area while Hickory
Village MHP, Poudre Valley MHP, Spaulding Lane MHP, Highland Manor, and the
western portion of the North College MHP are directly adjacent to, but not included in,
the URA Plan Area.
CC: Marcy Yoder, Neighborhood Services Manager
Jacob Castillo, Chief Sustainability Officer
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