Title
A Resolution of the City of Colorado Springs approving a Service Plan for the Miller Downs Metropolitan District located generally northwest of the intersection of North Marksheffel Road and Dublin Boulevard.
Council District #6
Presenter:
Allison Stocker, Senior Planner, City Planning Department
Daniel Sexton, Planning Manager, City Planning Department
Body
Summary:
This service plan would allow the formation of the Miller Downs Metropolitan ("District") to finance public improvements for the benefit of all anticipated inhabitants of the District and to finance ongoing service operations and maintenance functions or services, and limited powers of eminent domain to acquire access. This District will serve single- and two-family residential units within nineteen (19) acres of vacant land northwest of the intersection of North Marksheffel Road and Dublin Boulevard.
Background:
The proposed District would provide public improvements and operation and maintenance services for the service area as specified in Initial District Boundaries (refer to Exhibit C) which contains approximately nineteen (19) acres. The District's purpose is to plan, design, engineer, finance, and refinance costs associated with providing the public improvements and services necessary to support the project. The service plan will undertake the financing and construction of public improvements and provide any necessary administrative functions and ongoing services as authorized by the service plan.
The service area of the Initial District Boundaries includes approximately nineteen (19) acres of vacant land. The property is bordered by land annexed into the City on the west, south, and southeastern corner, and is bordered by vacant or low-density County uses on the north and northeastern corners. Due to the limited expansion potential in the area and the District's intentional inclusion of all the land they need to complete their project, the proposed service plan did not...
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