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Regular Meeting Agenda - Final

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

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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

These items will be acted upon as a whole, unless a specific item is called for

discussion by a Councilmember or a citizen wishing to address the City Council.

(Any items called up for separate consideration shall be acted upon following the

Mayor's Business.)

4A. Second Presentation:

CODE-25-0002

4A.A.

Ordinance No. 25-67 amending Chapter 7 (the "Unified

Development Code" or "UDC") of the Code of the City of Colorado

Springs 2001, as amended, as related to battery-charged electric

fencing and security detection fencing systems.

(Legislative)

Related Files: CODE-25-0002

Located in All Council Districts

Presenter:

Johnny Malpica, Senior Comprehensive Planner, City Planning

Department

Kevin Walker, Planning Director, City Planning Department

Attachments:

Staff Report - Battery-Charged Electric Fencing and Security Detection

Fencing Systems Ordinance

Attachment 1 - Ordinance

Attachment 2 - HB25-1060

CPC Minutes Excerpt - Battery-Charged Fences - 06.11.2025

25-380

4B.B.

An Ordinance by the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado

authorizing the issuance and delivery of its multifamily housing

revenue bonds (Bradley Ridge Apartments Project), series 2025,

in one or more tax-exempt or taxable series in an aggregate

amount not to exceed $76,832,222.72 for the purpose of financing

the acquisition, construction, improvement and equipping of a

multifamily housing facility in the City of Colorado Springs, State of

Colorado and to pay certain issuance expenses of such bonds,

approving and authorizing execution of an indenture of trust, a loan

agreement with the borrower, a forward bond purchase

agreement, a bond purchase agreement, and a tax regulatory

agreement with respect to the bonds; making findings and

determinations with respect to the project and the bonds;

authorizing the execution and delivery of related documents; and

repealing all action heretofore taken in conflict herewith.

Presenter:

Aimee Cox, Chief Housing and Homelessness Officer, Housing &

Homelessness Response Department

Attachments:

Bradley Ridge Presentation

Bond Purchase Agreement (Bradley Ridge)

Forward Bond Purchase Agreement (v1) (002) - Bradley Ridge

Indenture - Bradley Ridge Apartments 2025

Loan Agreement Bradley Ridge Apartments 2025

Ordinance - Bradley Ridge Apartments 2025

Permanent Financing Agreement Bradley Ridge 2025

Permanent Trust Indenture - Bradley Ridge 2025 Permanent Trust

Indenture

Tax Regulatory Agreement - Bradley Ridge Apartments 2025

25-416

4B.C.

An ordinance to fill the vacancy on the Catalyst Campus Business

Improvement District’s Board of Directors. (First reading)

(Legislative)

Attachments:

CatalystCampus_BID_Amend_2025_Ordinance

Exhibit_A_Second Amendment to Lease Agreement Catalyst Campus

BID (SIGNED)

Exhibit_B_Qualified_Property_Owner_Q&A

Exhibit_C_Ordinance_21-75

ANEX-24-0016R

4B.D.

A resolution finding a petition for annexation of the area known as

Miller Downs at Wyoming Lane Addition No. 1 consisting of 21.37

acres to be in substantial compliance with section 31-12-107(1),

C.R.S. and setting a hearing date of October 14, 2025, for the

Colorado Springs City Council to consider the annexation of the

area.

(Legislative)

Council District 6 (upon approval)

Presenter:

Tamara Baxter, Planning Supervisor, City Planning Department

Kevin Walker, Planning Director, City Planning Department

Attachments:

Miller Downs at Wyoming Lane Resolution Setting Hearing Date

Exhibit A - Petition for Annexation

Vicinity Map

ANEX-25-0001R

4B.E.

A Resolution finding a petition for annexation of the area known as

North Gate Boulevard Addition No. 10 Annexation consisting of

0.33 acres to be in substantial compliance with section

31-12-107(1), C.R.S. and setting a hearing date of October 14,

2024, for the Colorado Springs City Council to consider the

annexation of the area.

(Legislative)

Presenter:

Tamara Baxter, Planning Supervisor, City Planning Department

Kevin Walker, Planning Director, City Planning Department

Attachments:

North Gate Blvd No. 10_ Resolution Setting Hearing Date

Exhibit A- Petition for Annexation

Vicinity Map

5. Recognitions

5.A.

25-421

Est. Time: 30

Minutes

A Resolution of Appreciation of Phyllis Goss, Records Supervisor,

PD - Records & ID, for their 36 years of service to the City of

Colorado Springs.

Presenter:

Doug Trainer, Police Commander.

Attachments:

Goss, Phyllis Retiree Resolution

5.B.

25-422

Est. Time: 30

minutes

A Resolution of Appreciation of Brian Kates, Parks Operations

Administrator, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services

Department for their 30 years of service to the City of Colorado

Springs.

Presenter:

Kim King, Assistant Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services

Director.

Attachments:

Kates, Brian Retiree Resolution

5.C.

25-426

Est. Time: 5

minutes

Ratification of Councilmember Liaisons to City Council Appointed

Boards, Commissions, and Committees and Councilmember

Membership on Boards, Commissions, and Committees

Presenter:

Lynette Crow-Iverson, Council President and Councilmember

At-Large

Attachments:

Summary of Boards, Commissions, and Committees Councilmember

Assignments - August 26, 2025

6. Mayor's Business

6.A.

25-437

Mayor’s Office Updates

Est. Time: 15

minutes

Presenter:

Jamie Fabos, Chief of Staff

7. Items Called Off Consent Calendar

8. Utilities Business

9. Unfinished Business

9.A.

SUBD-25-0021

Est. Time: 10

minutes

Ordinance No. 25-68 vacating a portion of public right-of-way

known as Holly Avenue and First Street consisting of

approximately 2.13 acres located northwest of the intersection at

First Street and Lake Avenue.

(Legislative) (Second Reading and Public Hearing).

Attachments:

SUBD-25-0021 ORDINANCE DRAFT_EPS

Exhibit A - Legal Description

Exhibit B - Vacation Plat

Exhibit C - Vicinity Map

Exhibit D - Project Statement

Exhibit E - Public Comment in Opposition

Exhibit F - Public Comment Response and Memo

Exhibit G - Public Comment in Support

9.B.

25-377

Est. Time: 10

minutes

Ordinance No. 25-69 amending Ordinance No. 25-31, Section 5

(Appointing Natalie Lovell As City Auditor And Prescribing Her

Duties, Compensation, and Tenure In Office, And Superseding

And Repealing All Prior Ordinances Inconsistent With The

Provisions Of This Ordinance), And Removing The Requirement

Of Certification As A Colorado Certified Public Accountant For

The Position Of City Auditor.

Presenter:

Myra Romero, Chief Human Resources and Risk Officer

Lynette Crow-Iverson, City Council President

Attachments:

25-377 Amended City Auditor Ordinance (Lovell)

9.C.

ZONE-24-0006

Est. Time: 10

minutes

Ordinance No. 25-71 amending the zoning map of the City of

Colorado Springs pertaining to 14.12 acres establishing a

MX-M/AP-O (Mixed-Use Medium Scale with Airport Overlay) zone

district located southeast of the Stetson Hills Boulevard and North

Marksheffel Road intersection. (Legislative)

Council District #6 (upon success of annexation)

Presenter:

Chris Sullivan, Senior Planner, City Planning Department

Kevin Walker, Planning Director, City Planning Department

Attachments:

Zone Ord_PTAA

7.5.704 ZONING MAP AMENDMENT (REZONING)

Exhibit A - Zone Legal Description

Exhibit B - Zone Map Depiction

Zone Change - Project Statement

10. New Business