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Downtown business leaders, DDA urge council to preserve Remington Street public parking amid proposed housing plan
Summary
Downtown business owners, the DDA and residents urged the council to preserve or replace the 160 public parking spaces at the Remington Street lot after notice of an affordable housing proposal; they asked for greater stakeholder engagement and adherence to a 2022 MOU.
Several downtown business leaders and the Downtown Development Authority told the Fort Collins City Council on April 15 they were surprised by recent discussions about redeveloping the Remington Street public parking lot for affordable housing and urged the city to preserve or replace the existing 160 spaces.
Dave Lingle, chair of the DDA board, said downtown stakeholders only learned in recent weeks about plans that could remove the lot and that an existing February 2022 memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the city and Housing Catalyst requires replacement of the 160 public parking spaces when the city leases or sells…
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