Title:
A resolution of the City Council of the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado adopting an intergovernmental agreement between the City of Colorado Springs and El Paso County to establish mutually binding procedures for municipal annexations
Presenter:
Peter Wysocki, AICP, Planning and Community Development Director
Travis Easton, P.E., Public Works Director
Body
SUMMARY:
The proposed Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) is recommended by the City and El Paso County to promote well-planned and orderly extension of municipal infrastructure and services and to further improve the planning and coordination of annexations and the equitable transfer of the ownership and maintenance responsibility of associated public improvements. The IGA establishes six primary objectives:
1. The City to adopt an updated annexation plan;
2. The annexation plan to include maps containing the following information: (a) an area of planning interest outside of the City's current exterior City limits in which the City and County would coordinate urban-level development; (b) a map showing County enclaves and near enclaves within current City limits; (c) a map of City owned land within the County likely to be annexed; and (d) a map of County-owned/maintained infrastructure that serves current or future significant City population.
3. A process by which El Paso County agrees to adopt (in whole or in part) the City's annexation plan;
4. Procedures for review of urban-level development within unincorporated areas of the County and within the area of planning interest;
5. Procedures for review of annexation petitions filed with the City; and
6. Procedures for the City to request urban-level development within unincorporated areas of the County and within the area of planning interest to comply with the City's engineering standards.
The draft IGA was presented to the City Council at the March 22, 2021 City Council Work Session. The Council generally supported the IGA. Since the...
Click here for full text