HomeMy WebLinkAboutConstituent Letter - Read Before Packet - 6/6/2017 - Letter From Ann Hutchison, For Collins Area Chamber Of Commerce, Re: Agenda Item #20 - Capital Expansion Fees, Transportation Expansion Fees And Electric Capacity FeeJune 7, 2017
Fort Collins City Council
300 LaPorte Ave.
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Dear Mayor Troxell, Mayor-Pro Tem Horak and Council Members Cunniff, Martinez,
Overbeck, Stephens and Summers;
The Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce continues to express their appreciation to
the Council for the additional time and energy that has been invested in the evaluation
of the Capital Expansion Fees, the Transportation Expansion Fees and the Electric
Capacity Fee.
While we remain concerned about the impact on housing costs and commercial
expansion in our community, we do appreciate Alternative 2 being presented on second
reading and encourage you to adopt the Ordinances as presented. The CEF at 75% of
proposed option, paired with the more reasonable Option B for transportation, results in
unfortunate but more moderate increases that can be more easily adopted by the
community.
We continue to be very supportive of Mayor Pro Tem Horak’s recommendation of
creating a working group that will consider future changes to the Capital Expansion
Fees. This group should include a strong business voice and should be directly involved
in the analysis and creation of any changes suggested.
As well, we are supportive of the option to “lock in” expansion and transportation fees
at the time of submission of a completed development application (Option 1).
Sincerely,
Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce
Ann Hutchison
Executive Vice President
cc: David May, Darin Atteberry, Mike Becksted, Tiana Smith
June 6, 2017
Agenda Item #20