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Special Districts Overview- Session No. 4
Presenters:
Peter Wysocki, Planning and Community Development Director
Carl Schueler, Comprehensive Planning Manager
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Summary:
This is the fourth of what are now anticipated to be seven Work Sessions requested by Council as an overview of City special districts and policy. Today's areas of focus will include a focused limited follow-up on Colorado Revised Statutes Criteria 32-1-203 (a) (2) followed by background on local improvement districts (LIDs), special improvement districts (SIDs), and the topic of district mill levies in general and the 1982 Gallagher Amendment and "Gallagher Adjustments" as these pertain to special districts.
An updated schedule for future special district overview sessions is also presented.
Background:
Please refer to the attached PowerPoint presentation. Supporting materials are attached, including the following:
* Colorado Springs Staff Overview of LIDs and SIDs
* Colorado Springs Staff Overview of the Gallagher Amendment and Gallagher Adjustments
Follow-up on C.R.S Criteria 32-1-203 (a) (2)
Based in Overview Session #3 (which occurred on November 7, 2019), Councilman Knight has requested additional background on the following criteria for which evidence must be provided satisfactory to City Council, prior to approval of a metropolitan district service plan.
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"b) The existing service in the area to be served by the proposed special district is inadequate for present and projected needs".
The specific question from Mr. Knight is:
"I am looking for what the State considered inadequate when they wrote the ordinance [statute]. Did they have any examples"?
The City Attorney's Office has research the readily available legislative history. The Special District Act was recodified in CRS (repealed and reenacted) in 1981 with HB - 1320. The prior language equivalent to 32-1-203(2)(b) was codified in CRS 1973, ? 32-1-205 (1)(b), which was originally enacted in 1...
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