Title:
Ordinance No. 19-71 excluding certain property from the USAFA Visitor's Center Business Improvement District.
(Legislative)
Presenter:
Carl Schueler, Comprehensive Planning Manager, Planning & Community Development
Body
SUMMARY:
This is a request for approval of an ordinance to exclude approximately 1.7 acres of property located in the Briargate area from the boundaries of the USAFA Visitor's Center Business Improvement District (the "BID"). The property is being excluded because it was intended from the outset to be a temporary location for this BID until the USAFA Visitor's Center project area was annexed into the City. These annexations have now occurred. State Statute (Section 31-25-1220, C.R.S.) requires that any exclusions of property from BIDs be approved by the City, by ordinance. In accordance with the statutory section cited above, the petition for inclusion has been verified and arrangements made with the City for legal publication.
This agenda item was introduced at a Council Work Session on October 7, 2019, and approved on first reading on October 8, 2019. At the October 7th and 8th meetings updated drafts of this ordinance were distributed with revised language addressing the sequencing and timing of execution of the inclusions and exclusion, as well as a change in the newspaper used for publication of legal notice. The ordinance attached with this agenda includes these updated documents as presented.
BACKGROUND:
BIDs are created under Colorado Statute and City Policy to finance and/or maintain certain public improvements in non-residential areas, utilizing a property tax mill levy as the revenue source. BIDs are a separate legal entity from the City, but their budgets and operating plans must be approved annually by the City.
This BID is primarily inactive at this time pending inclusion of the intended properties and execution of other necessary documents with the Air Force,
The petitioners are requesting exclusion ...
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