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Tuesday, July 8, 2025  
9:00 AM  
Council Chambers  
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1. Call to Order and Roll Call  
2. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance  
3. Changes to Agenda/Postponements  
4. Consent Calendar  
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the Mayor's Business.)  
4A. Second Presentation:  
4B. First Presentation:  
City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 24, 2025  
4B.A.  
4B.B.  
Presenter:  
Sarah B. Johnson, City Clerk  
Attachments:  
An Ordinance to amend the zoning map of the City of Colorado  
Springs pertaining to 7.33 acres located Southwest of Bradley  
Landing Blvd and Legacy Hill Dr from PDZ/AP-O (Planned  
Development Zone District with Airport Overlay) to PK/AP-O  
(Public Park with Airport Overlay) (Quasi-Judicial) (1st Reading  
only to set the public hearing date for July 22, 2025)  
Related Files: ZONE-25-0006  
Located in Council District 4  
Presenter:  
Austin Cooper, Senior Planner, Planning Department  
Kevin Walker, Planning Director, Planning Department  
Attachments:  
An Ordinance of the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado  
Approving and Authorizing the Execution and Delivery of the  
Standby Bond Purchase Agreement Among the City of Colorado  
Springs, Colorado, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as  
Tender Agent, and TD Bank, n.a., the Fee Agreement Between  
the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado and TD Bank, n.a., and  
the Official Statement for the Utilities System Revenue Bonds  
Previously Issued by the City to which the Agreement Relates;  
Ratifying Certain Action Heretofore Taken.  
4B.C.  
Presenter:  
Travas Deal, Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Springs Utilities  
Attachments:  
An Ordinance of the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado  
Providing for the Refunding of Certain Outstanding Utilities  
System Revenue Bonds of the City; Providing for the Issuance  
and Sale of the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Utilities  
System Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series [2025c][2026a]  
[2026b] in an Aggregate Principal Amount Not to Exceed  
$225,000,000, Payable Solely Out of the Net Revenues to be  
Derived from the Operation of the City of Colorado Springs  
Utilities System; Authorizing the Execution by the City of a  
Paying Agent Agreement, Escrow Agreement, a Bond Purchase  
Agreement, and an Official Statement Related Thereto; and  
Providing Other Matters Relating Thereto.  
4B.D.  
Presenter:  
Travas Deal, Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Springs Utilities  
Attachments:  
An Ordinance of the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado  
Providing for the Refunding of Certain Outstanding Utilities  
System Revenue Bonds of the City; Providing for the Extension,  
Betterment, Other Improvement and Equipment of the City of  
Colorado Springs Utilities System; Providing for the Issuance  
and Sale of the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Utilities  
System Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2025a in an  
Aggregate Principal Amount Not to Exceed $700,000,000, and  
the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Utilities System  
Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2025b in an Aggregate  
Principal Amount Not to Exceed $55,000,000, Payable Solely  
out of the Net Revenues to be Derived from the Operation of the  
City of Colorado Springs Utilities System; Authorizing the  
Execution by the City of a Paying Agent Agreement, Escrow  
Agreement, a Bond Purchase Agreement, and an Official  
Statement Related Thereto; and Providing Other Matters  
Relating Thereto.  
4B.E.  
Presenter:  
Travas Deal, Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Springs Utilities  
Attachments:  
A Resolution Repealing Resolution No. 71-24 and Establishing  
Fees and Charges for the Parks, Recreation and Cultural  
Services Cemetery Enterprise for 2026  
4B.F.  
Presenter:  
Kim King, Assistant Director - Parks, Recreation and Cultural  
Services  
Cheryl Godbout, Cemetery Operations Manager  
Attachments:  
A Resolution of the City of Colorado Springs Approving an  
Amended 2025 Operating Plan and Budget for the MW Retail  
Business Improvement District  
4B.G.  
Presenter:  
Allison Stocker, Senior Planner, Planning Department  
Kevin Walker, Planning Director, Planning Department  
Attachments:  
A Resolution authorizing the use of a Possession and Use  
Agreement and Eminent Domain to acquire public improvement  
easements and temporary construction easements, on real  
property owned by Vande Lay Capital Partners, LLC & BIG  
CSCO Owner, LLC, for the Academy Boulevard Reconstruction  
- Fountain Boulevard to Milton Proby Parkway Project and for  
the Chelton Road - Multi-Use Path Project using PPRTA funds  
4B.H.  
Presenter:  
Gayle Sturdivant, PE, PMP, City Engineer/Deputy Public Works  
Director  
Kellie Billingsley, Real Estate Services Manager  
Attachments:  
4B.I.  
A Resolution Rescinding Resolution 79-25 and Authorizing the  
Use of a Possession and Use Agreement and Eminent Domain  
to acquire Real Property and a Temporary Construction  
Easement, on Real Property owned by PRD Real Estate LLC  
using PPRTA funds for the Marksheffel Road Improvements -  
Woodmen Road to North Carefree Circle Project  
Presenter:  
Gayle Sturdivant, PE, PMP, City Engineer/Deputy Public Works  
Director  
Kellie Billingsley, Real Estate Services Manager  
Attachments:  
A Resolution Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement for the  
Renewal of the CDL Third Party Testing Unit License between  
the City of Colorado Springs and the State of Colorado  
4B.J.  
Presenter:  
Danielle Delgado, Human Resources Manager, Human  
Resources  
Attachments:  
5. Recognitions  
5.A.  
City Council Appointments to Boards, Commissions, and  
Committees  
Presenter:  
Lynette Crow-Iverson, Council President and Councilmember  
At-Large  
Attachments:  
6. Mayor's Business  
6.A.  
Confirmation of Daphne Burlingame as Per Diem Municipal  
Court Judge.  
Presenter:  
Yemi Mobolade, Mayor of Colorado Springs  
Jamie Fabos, Chief of Staff  
Attachments:  
7. Items Called Off Consent Calendar  
8. Utilities Business  
9. Unfinished Business  
9.A.  
Ordinance No. 25-59 Amending Section 108 (Special Fund  
Created) Of Article 13 (Retail Marijuana Sales Tax) Of Chapter 2  
(Business Licensing, Liquor Regulation And Taxation) Of The  
Code Of The City Of Colorado Springs 2001, As Amended,  
Pertaining To Expenditures Of The Special Fund  
Presenter:  
Michael Montgomery, Deputy City Council Administrator  
Lynette Crow-Iverson, Council President  
Attachments:  
10. New Business  
10.A.  
An Ordinance amending section 409 (Appoint Hearing Officers)  
of Part 4 (Powers and Duties of the City Attorney) of Article 2  
(Officers of the City) of Chapter 1 (Administration, Personnel,  
and Finance) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001,  
as amended, pertaining to appointment of Hearing Officers  
Presenter:  
Rebecca Greenberg, Senior Attorney, City Attorney’s Office  
Kevin Bruce, Operations Manager and Chief Safety Officer,  
Public Works Department  
Attachments:  
10.B.  
A Resolution Finding a Public Purpose in the Leasing of the City  
Auditorium to AVA Presents, LLC  
Presenter:  
Ryan Trujillo, Deputy Chief of Staff  
Henry Martin, Director of Facilities  
Kim King, Assistant Director - Parks, Recreation and Cultural  
Services  
Attachments:  
11. Public Hearing  
11.A.  
An appeal of the City Planning Commission decision to deny the  
appeal approving a development plan consisting of 6.94 acres  
located at the northeast corner of N Carefree Circle and  
Peterson Road. (Quasi-Judicial)  
Related Files: APPL-25-0004 (Council), APPL-25-0003 (CPC),  
DEPN-24-0133  
Located in Council District 6  
Presenter:  
Austin Cooper, Senior Planner, Planning Department  
Kevin Walker, Director, Planning Department  
Attachments:  
12. Added Item Agenda  
13. One Hour of Citizen Discussion for Items not on Today's Agenda per City  
Council Rules  
14. Executive Session  
15. Adjourn