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Tuesday, July 11, 2023  
10:00 AM  
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2. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance  
3. Changes to Agenda/Postponements  
4. Consent Calendar  
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Mayor's Business.)  
4A. Second Presentation:  
23-298  
4A.A.  
Ordinance No. 23-31 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 2023a in an Aggregate Principal Amount not to Exceed  
$250,000,000, and the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Utilities  
System Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2023b in an Aggregate  
Principal Amount Not to Exceed $186,000,000, 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  
Presenter:  
Tristan Gearhart, Chief Planning and Finance Officer, Colorado Springs  
Utilities  
Travas Deal, Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Springs Utilities  
Attachments:  
CSU 2023AB Bond Ordinance - DRAFT  
CSU 2023AB Bond Purchase Agreement - DRAFT  
CSU 2023AB Official Statement - DRAFT  
June-July 2023AB Bond Ordinance - City Council Presentation  
4B. First Presentation:  
23-350  
4B.A.  
City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 27, 2023  
Presenter:  
Sarah B. Johnson, City Clerk  
Attachments:  
6-27-2023 City Council Meeting Minutes Final  
23-333  
4B.B.  
The City Clerk reports that on June 15, 2023 there was filed with her a  
petition for the annexation of Colorado Centre Addition No. 3  
Annexation. The City Clerk herewith communicates such to City Council  
and recommends that the petition and map be referred to the City  
Administration for review and recommendation regarding whether the  
petition is in substantial compliance with Section 31-12-107(1).  
Presenter:  
Sarah B. Johnson, City Clerk  
Attachments:  
Memo to Clerk Annexation Petition.doc Colorado Center.doc  
Vicinity Map Colorado Center.docx  
Vicnity Map Colorad Center Addition No 3.JPG  
Colorado Center Addition No. 3 - Annexation Plat.pdf  
Colorado Center Addition No. 3 - General App.pdf  
Colorado Center Addition No. 3 - Petition-Signed.pdf  
SOAs.pdf  
4B.C. PUDZ-22-000 First reading of an Ordinance amending the zoning map of the City of  
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Colorado Springs relating to 4.56 acres located between E. St. Elmo  
Ave. and E. Ramona Ave. just west of S. Nevada Ave. from MX-M  
(Mixed Use Medium Scale) and R5 (Multi-Family Residential) zone  
districts, both with the SS (Streamside Overlay) zoning designation, to  
PDZ/SS (Planned Development Zone District with the Streamside  
Overlay Zone) for multi-family residential land use, with a maximum  
building height of 85 feet, and a maximum density of 87.72 DUs/acre, for  
the purpose of setting a public hearing date for July 25, 2023 and  
providing notice of the ordinance.  
Presenter:  
Ryan Tefertiller, Urban Planning Manager, Planning and Community  
Development Department  
Peter Wysocki, Planning Director, Planning and Community  
Development Department  
Attachments:  
Ordinance  
Exhibit A - Legal Description  
Exhibit B - Zone Change  
Staff Report  
Project Statement  
Public Comments  
Public Comment Responses  
Vicinity Map  
PlanCOS Vision Map  
PlanCOS Areas of Change Map  
7.3.603 Establishment & Development of a PUD Zone  
7.5.603 Findings - ZC  
23-285  
4B.D.  
A Resolution Authorizing the Acquisition of Real Property Owned By  
JCJK Real Estate, LLC To Be Used For The Central Bluffs Substation  
Project.  
Presenter:  
Jessica K. Davis, Land Resource Manager, Colorado Springs Utilities  
Travas Deal, Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Springs Utilities  
Attachments:  
CC Resolution_Property Acquisition Central Bluffs Sub_2910 Austin Bluffs Pkwy  
CC Presentation_Property Acquisition Central Bluffs Sub_2910 Austin Bluffs Pkw  
23-355  
4B.E.  
A Resolution Finding A Public Purpose In A Lease For Less Than Fair  
Market Value To The State Of Colorado, Department Of Higher  
Education, By The State Board For Community Colleges And  
Occupational Education For The Use And Benefit Of Trinidad State  
Junior College In Support Of The Rocky Mountain Line Technician  
Program  
Attachments:  
CC Resolution_Rocky Mountain Line Tech Program  
CC Presentation_Rocky Mountain Line  
5. Recognitions  
6. Mayor's Business  
7. Citizen Discussion For Items Not On Today's Agenda  
8. Items Called Off Consent Calendar  
9. Utilities Business  
10. Unfinished Business  
11. New Business  
12. Public Hearing  
13. Added Item Agenda  
14. Executive Session  
23-356  
Est. Time: 20  
minutes  
14.A.  
In accord with City Charter art. III, § 3-60(d) and its incorporated  
Colorado Open Meetings Act, C.R.S. § 24-6-402(4)(b) and (e), the City  
Council, in Open Session, is to determine whether it will hold a Closed  
Executive Session. The issue to be discussed involves consultation with  
the City Attorney and discussing strategy for negotiations and instructing  
negotiators regarding an economic development and incentive  
agreement.  
The President of Council shall poll the City Councilmembers, and, upon  
consent of two-thirds of the members present, may conduct a Closed  
Executive Session. In the event any City Councilmember is participating  
electronically or telephonically in the Closed Executive Session, each  
City Councilmember participating in the Closed Executive Session shall  
affirmatively state for the record that no other member of the public not  
authorized to participate in the Closed Executive Session is present or  
able to hear the matters discussed as part of the Closed Executive  
Session. If consent to the Closed Executive Session is not given, the  
item may be discussed in Open Session or withdrawn from  
consideration.  
Presenter:  
Wynetta Massey, City Attorney  
Attachments:  
23-356 Econ Dev Closed Session Council Notice_draft  
15. Adjourn