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Regular Meeting Agenda - Final-revised  
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Tuesday, January 9, 2024  
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Council may amend the order of items.  
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:  
4B. First Presentation:  
4B.A.  
City Council Regular Meeting Minutes December 12, 2023  
Presenter:  
Sarah B. Johnson, City Clerk  
Attachments:  
5. Recognitions  
5.A.  
Appointments to City Council Boards, Commissions and  
Committees  
Presenter:  
Randy Helms, Council President and Councilmember District 2  
Attachments:  
5.B.  
A Joint Proclamation in Recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day  
Presenter:  
Yolanda Avila, Councilmember District 4  
Mayor Yemi Mobolade  
Attachments:  
6. Mayor's Business  
7. Citizen Discussion For Items Not On Today's Agenda  
8. Items Called Off Consent Calendar  
9. Utilities Business  
9.A.  
Resolution Setting the Gas Cost Adjustment Effective January 15,  
2024.  
Presenter:  
Travas Deal, Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Springs Utilities  
Tristan Gearhart, Chief Planning and Finance Officer, Colorado  
Springs Utilities  
Attachments:  
10. Unfinished Business  
11. New Business  
11.A. 24-008  
A Resolution Authorizing the Acquisition of a Permanent  
Easement of 23,940 Square Feet and a Temporary Construction  
Easement of 61,969 Square Feet from BNSF Railway and a  
Permanent Easement of 17,127 Square Feet and a Temporary  
Construction Easement of 44,662 from Union Pacific with Funding  
from the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority for the South  
Circle Drive Bridge Project  
Presenter:  
Gayle Sturdivant, PE, PMP, Acting Public Works Director/City  
Engineer  
Attachments:  
An ordinance amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado  
Springs pertaining to 7.9 acres northeast of the Thunder Mountain  
Avenue and Daydreamer Drive intersection from A (Agricultural) to  
PK (Public Park) zone district.  
(Quasi-Judicial - 1st Reading only to set the public hearing for  
January 23, 2024)  
Presenter:  
Katelynn Wintz, Planning Supervisor, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Peter Wysocki, Planning Director, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Attachments:  
An ordinance amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado  
Springs pertaining to 45.33 acres located southeast of N Carefree  
Circle and Tutt Blvd from PDZ/AP-O/SS-O (Planned Development  
Zone with Airport and Streamside Overlays) to PK/AP-O/SS-O  
(Public Park with Airport and Streamside Overlays).  
(Quasi-Judicial - 1st Reading only to set the public hearing for  
January 23, 2024)  
Presenter:  
Ann Odom, Planner II, Planning + Neighborhood Services  
Peter Wysocki, Planning Director, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Attachments:  
An ordinance amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado  
Springs relating to 60.28 acres located northwest of Old Ranch  
Road and Powers Boulevard from PK (Public Park) to R-Flex Low  
zone district.  
(Quasi-Judicial - 1st Reading only to set the public hearing for  
January 23, 2024)  
Presenter:  
Katelynn Wintz, Planning Supervisor, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Peter Wysocki, Planning Director, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Attachments:  
12. Public Hearing  
A Use Variance to allow the Humble Paws Animal Care Facility  
use within the MX-L/cr (Mixed-Use Large with prior conditions of  
record) zone district consisting of 7,500 square feet located at 925  
W. Cucharras St.  
Presenter:  
Ryan Tefertiller, Urban Planning Manager, Planning +  
Neighborhood Services  
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning + Neighborhood Services  
Attachments:  
Ordinance 23-69 amending the zoning map of the City of Colorado  
Springs pertaining to 9.62 acres located at the northwest corner of  
Elkton Drive and Rusina Road from MX-N/HS-O-/WUI-O  
(Mixed-Use Neighborhood Scale with Hillside and Wildland Urban  
Interface Overlays) to MX-M/HS-O/WUI-O (Mixed-Use Medium  
Scale with Hillside and Wildland Urban Interface Overlay).  
(Second Reading and Public Hearing)  
Quasi-Judicial  
Presenter:  
Tamara Baxter, Senior Planner, Planning + Neighborhood  
Services  
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning + Neighborhood Services  
Attachments:  
A resolution adopting findings of fact and conclusions of law based  
thereon and determining the eligibility for the annexation of  
property known as Capital Drive Addition No 2 Annexation  
(Legislative)  
Presenter:  
Gabe Sevigny, Planning Supervisor, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning and Neighborhood Services  
Attachments:  
An ordinance annexing to the City of Colorado Springs that area  
known as Capital Drive Addition No. 2 annexation consisting of  
6.63-acres located north of Constitution Avenue and east of  
Marksheffel Road.  
(Legislative)  
Presenter:  
Gabe Sevigny, Planning Supervisor, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning and Neighborhood Services  
Attachments:  
A resolution adopting findings of fact and conclusions of law based  
thereon and determining the eligibility for the annexation of  
property known as Capital Drive Addition No. 3 Annexation  
Legislative  
Presenter:  
Gabe Sevigny, Planning Supervisor, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning and Neighborhood Services  
Attachments:  
An ordinance annexing to the City of Colorado Springs that area  
known as Capital Drive Addition No. 3 annexation consisting of  
1.01-acres located north of Constitution Avenue and east of  
Marksheffel Road.  
(Legislative)  
Presenter:  
Gabe Sevigny, Planning Supervisor, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning and Neighborhood Services  
Attachments:  
13. Added Item Agenda  
14. Executive Session  
15. Adjourn