HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Mail Packet - 07/08/2025 - Memorandum from Josh Birks re June 5, 2025 – Work Session Summary: Remington/Oak Parking Lot Update
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Work Session Memorandum
Date: June 13, 2025
To: Mayor and City Councilmembers
Through: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager;
Tyler Marr, Deputy City Manager
Jacob Castillo, Chief Sustainability Officer
From: Josh Birks, Deputy Director, Sustainability Services (jbirks@fcgov.com)
Subject: June 5, 2025 - Work Session Summary: Remington/Oak Parking Lot Update
This memorandum summarizes the Council’s discussion of the work session item
Remington/Oak Parking Lot Update.
Bottom Line
The discussion recognized the value of pausing to receive additional information from the
Downtown Parking Optimization Study (“Parking Study”). Council requested follow-up on this
subject in October. At this time, no changes will be made to the existing Memorandum of
Understanding (“MOU”) between the City of Fort Collins (“City”) and Housing Catalyst (“HC”).
Council expressed a desire to advance the project on a timeline consistent with allowing HC to
apply for Low Income Housing Tax Credits in September 2026.
Discussion Summary
Staff presented an overview of the discussions with HC since 2022. In addition, staff provided
their rationale for pausing the project until after the Parking Study. HC staff addressed several
questions regarding the project and their perspective on the discussions.
Key Highlights:
The Remington/Oak Parking Lot (“Property”) currently offers 163 public parking spaces:
seventy-five (75) permitted spaces (restricted between 8:00 am and 6:00 pm), eighty-
one (81) two-hour parking spaces, and seven (7) handicap spaces. The site has one
hundred twenty-six (126) current permit holders.
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The City operates 2,615 parking spaces (945 on street and 1,670 off street) in the
downtown core: an area generally bounded by Jefferson Street, Mathews Street, Olive
Street, and Mason Street.
The Property is well suited for affordable housing development: it is in the urban core,
near transit services, within a Qualified Census Track, and includes an offer to contribute
the land.
HC’s current plan focuses on the northern half of the Property and includes
approximately seventy-five (75) deed restricted affordable housing units and required
parking.
Developing the northern half of the Property would displace approximately 80 parking
spaces.
The Parking Study and implementation plan will include a scenario evaluating the impact
of redeveloping the Property.
The output of the study should be used to influence continued discussions regarding
redevelopment of the Property assuming that housing will be a component.
Staff will ensure that public engagement occurs as part of advancing the discussions
regarding redevelopment of the Property.
Next Steps
Follow-up on this subject will occur in October 2025 – either by memo or work session
depending on how things have advanced in the intervening months.
Follow-up Items
The following items will be provided under separate communication:
Maps including the number of parking spaces: (a) that totals the 9,000 number shared
by a resident; and (b) the City’s numbers.
Description of the process that accounts for private demand and private spaces in our
downtown parking needs analysis.
Growth rate of the community over the past several years.
CC: Drew Brooks, Deputy Director, Planning, Development, and Transportation
Eric Keselburg, Sr. Manager, Parking Services
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Sylvia Tatman-Burruss, Sr. Project Manager, City Manager’s Office
Susan Beck-Ferkiss, Lead Specialist, Social Sustainability
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