Title
Ordinance No. 20-55 submitting a Charter amendment to the registered qualified electors of the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado at the special municipal election to be held at the coordinated election conducted by mail ballot to be held on November 3, 2020, adding a new section 11-80 of the City Charter relating to conveyances of City-owned parkland, providing for the form of the ballot title, providing for certain matters with respect to the election, and providing the effective date of this ordinance
Presenter:
Richard Skorman, Third District City Councilmember
Kent Obee
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Summary:
This ordinance refers a Charter Amendment to the November 2020 election. The Charter Amendment would require any City parkland on the designation list as attached to the ordinance be disposed of only upon a referral of a vote to the citizens by at least seven (7) City Councilmembers followed by an affirmative vote of a majority of those citizens voting in the election.
Background:
UPDATE FOR THE AUGUST 10, 2020 WORK SESSION AND AUGUST 11, 2020 REGULAR MEETING:
At the July 27, 2020 Council Work Session, five (5) Councilmembers directed City staff to place two (2) versions of the TOPS proposal on the August 11, 2020 Council Regular Meeting for a formal vote. The two (2) proposals contain similar language with one major exception: the approval process for conveyance of parkland.
One (1) version (the addition of a City Charter section 11-80), which is attached to this item, requires a super-majority referral of seven (7) Councilmembers to ask the voters to convey parkland that is on the parkland designation list, barring a listed exception within the Charter section itself. This version was amended from six (6) to seven (7) Councilmembers at the request of the Council President and the POPS citizen group that has been working on this item. Additionally, the attached parkland designation list was amended at the request of City Council to remove Dorchester...
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