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Ordinance No. 20-54 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, amending section 3-70 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:
Wayne Williams, City Councilmember
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Summary:
This version of the POPS proposal contemplates a City Charter amendment requiring general conveyances of parkland to take place only with the approval of a super-majority of seven (7) City Councilmembers.
Background:
Please see staff report related to the other POPS proposal contained in this meeting packet for details regarding the history and alternatives regarding the POPS proposal (see file # 20-281).
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.
The option contained in this item is an amendment to City Charter section 3-70 and would require, barring an exception set forth in the language, conveyances of parkland be approved by a super-majority of seven (7) Councilmembers and would not require a vote of the citizens. The exceptions to the super-majority requirement remain the same as the alternative option listed below, as does the parkland designation list which has been amended at the request of City Council to remove Dorchester Park and the parks in the Shooks Run neighborhood.
The other option (see file #20-281) is an addition of a City Charter section 11-80 and requires a super-majority referral of se...
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