Legislation Details

File #: 25-404    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Mayor's Office
File created: 7/31/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/12/2025 Final action: 8/12/2025
Title: A Resolution Recommending $700,000 of Retail Marijuana Sales Tax Revenue be Allocated to the Colorado Springs Clean & Safe Pilot Initiative and $700,000 to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment Programs for Veterans Presenter: Lynette Crow-Iverson, Council President and Councilmember At Large
Attachments: 1. Clean and Safe Resolution Revised 08.05.pdf, 2. Signed Resolution No. 100-25.pdf

 

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A Resolution Recommending $700,000 of Retail Marijuana Sales Tax Revenue be Allocated to the Colorado Springs Clean & Safe Pilot Initiative and $700,000 to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment Programs for Veterans

 

  Presenter: 

Lynette Crow-Iverson, Council President and Councilmember At Large 

 

Body

  Summary:

The City Council respectfully urges Mayor Yemi Mobolade to propose a budget amendment in the amount of $1,400,000 and to bring it forward for City Council appropriation and further urges the Mayor to execute a contract with Downtown Ventures to implement the Clean & Safe Pilot Initiative in the amount $700,000. Additionally, City Council calls on Mayor Mobolade to collaborate with City Council to fund $700,000 for post-traumatic stress disorder treatment programs for veterans in the Pikes Peak Region.

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Recommended Action

  Proposed Motion:

Approve a Resolution Recommending $700,000 of Retail Marijuana Sales Tax Revenue be Allocated to the Colorado Springs Clean & Safe Pilot Initiative and $700,000 to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment Programs for Veterans

 

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