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Tuesday, November 28, 2023  
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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:  
4A.A.  
Ordinance No. 23-63 repealing Ordinance No. 22-89 and  
Adopting the City of Colorado Springs - 2024 Salary Structure for  
Civilian and Sworn Municipal Employees  
Presenter:  
Mike Sullivan, Chief Human Resources and Risk Officer  
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer  
Attachments:  
4A.B.  
Ordinance no. 23-64 repealing Ordinance No. 23-12, And  
Amending Section 3 Of Ordinance No. 14-20 (An Ordinance  
Confirming The Mayor’s Appointment Of The City Attorney And  
Setting The Salary Of The City Attorney), And Section 3 Of  
Ordinance No. 18-120 (An Ordinance Appointing The City Council  
Administrator And Setting The Salary Of The City Council  
Administrator), And Section 3 Of Ordinance No. 21-06 (An  
Ordinance Appointing Jacqueline Rowland As City Auditor And  
Prescribing Her Duties, Compensation, And Tenure In Office), And  
Prescribing The Salaries Of The City Attorney, City Council  
Administrator, And City Auditor  
Presenter:  
Michael Sullivan, Chief Human Resources and Risk Officer  
Attachments:  
4A.C.  
Ordinance No. 23-66 annexing to the City of Colorado Springs that  
area known as North Gate Boulevard Addition No. 8 annexation  
consisting of 1.37-acres located at North Gate Boulevard and  
Struthers Road intersection.  
(Legislative)  
Presenter:  
Katelynn Wintz, Planning Supervisor, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning and Neighborhood Services  
Attachments:  
4A.D.  
Ordinance No. 23-67 annexing to the City of Colorado Springs that  
area known as North Gate Boulevard Addition No. 9 annexation  
consisting of 0.55-acres located west of North Gate Boulevard and  
Struthers Road intersection.  
Presenter:  
Katelynn Wintz, Planning Supervisor, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning and Neighborhood Services  
Attachments:  
4A.E.  
Ordinance No. 23-68 annexing to the City of Colorado Springs that  
area known as Woodmen Road Addition No. 2 annexation  
consisting of 1.60-acres located northwest of Woodmen Road and  
Chapel Lane intersection.  
(Legislative)  
Presenter:  
Katelynn Wintz, Planning Supervisor, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning and Neighborhood Services  
Attachments:  
4B. First Presentation:  
4B.A.  
City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 14, 2023  
Presenter:  
Sarah B. Johnson, City Clerk  
Attachments:  
4B.B.  
4B.C.  
Appointments to the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority  
Presenter:  
Randy Helms, Council President and Councilmember District 2  
Attachments:  
A Resolution fixing and certifying the 2023 annual assessment mill  
levy for assessments payable in 2024 at zero (0.00) mills upon  
each dollar of assessed valuation within the Briargate Special  
Improvement Maintenance District  
Presenter:  
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer  
Attachments:  
4B.D.  
A Resolution fixing and certifying the 2023 annual assessment mill  
levy for assessments payable in 2024 at 1.009 mills upon each  
dollar of assessed valuation within the Colorado Avenue Gateway  
Special Improvement Maintenance District  
Presenter:  
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer  
Attachments:  
4B.E.  
A Resolution fixing and certifying the 2023 annual assessment mill  
levy for assessments payable in 2024 at 3.935 mills upon each  
dollar of assessed valuation within the Nor’wood Special  
Improvement Maintenance District  
Presenter:  
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer  
Attachments:  
4B.F.  
4B.G.  
4B.H.  
4B.I.  
A Resolution fixing and certifying the 2023 annual assessment mill  
levy for assessments payable in 2024 at 13.416 mills upon each  
dollar of assessed valuation within the Old Colorado City Security  
& Maintenance District  
Presenter:  
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer  
Attachments:  
A Resolution fixing and certifying the 2023 annual assessment mill  
levy for assessments payable in 2024 at $1.10 per front footage of  
real property within the Platte Avenue Special Improvement  
Maintenance District  
Presenter:  
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer  
Attachments:  
A Resolution fixing and certifying the 2023 annual assessment mill  
levy for assessments payable in 2024 at 3.858 mills upon each  
dollar of assessed valuation within the Stetson Hills Special  
Improvement Maintenance District  
Presenter:  
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer  
Attachments:  
A Resolution fixing and certifying the 2023 annual assessment mill  
levy for assessments payable in 2024 at 3.615 mills upon each  
dollar of assessed valuation within the Woodstone Special  
Improvement Maintenance District  
Presenter:  
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer  
Attachments:  
4B.J.  
A Resolution Fixing and Certifying the 2023 Tax Levy for Taxes  
Payable in 2024 at 5.000 Mills for the Colorado Springs Downtown  
Development Authority in Colorado Springs, Colorado  
Presenter:  
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer  
Attachments:  
4B.K.  
A Resolution Approving the 2024 Budget for the Colorado Springs  
Downtown Development Authority in Colorado Springs Colorado  
Presenter:  
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer  
Attachments:  
4B.L.  
A Resolution adopting final form of the Agreement and Joint Plan  
for the Exclusion of Certain Property from the Black Forest Fire  
Rescue Protection District  
Presenter:  
Frederick Stein, Public Safety Attorney  
Attachments:  
4B.M.  
A Resolution Authorizing the Acquisition of Real Property Located  
at 38 Bluestem Way, Fairplay, Colorado to be Used for a  
Watershed Caretaker Residence  
Presenter:  
Jessica K. Davis, Land Resource Manager, Colorado Springs  
Utilities  
Travas Deal, Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Springs Utilities  
Attachments:  
4B.N.  
The City Clerk reports that on November 13, 2023 there was filed  
with her a petition for the annexation of 7770 Black Forest Addition  
No 1 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:  
4B.O.  
The City Clerk reports that on November 13, 2023 there was filed  
with her a petition for the annexation of 7770 Black Forest Addition  
No 2 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:  
4B.P.  
The City Clerk reports that on November 13, 2023 there was filed  
with her a petition for the annexation of Brass-Oliver Addition No 1  
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:  
4B.Q.  
The City Clerk reports that on November 13, 2023 there was filed  
with her a petition for the annexation of Brass-Oliver Addition No 2  
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:  
5. Recognitions  
5.A.  
Appointments to City Council Boards, Commissions, and  
Committees  
Presenter:  
Randy Helms, Council President and Councilmember District 2  
Attachments:  
5.B.  
5.C.  
A Resolution honoring December 7, 2023 as Pearl Harbor  
Remembrance Day  
Presenter:  
Dave Donelson, Councilmember District 1  
Attachments:  
A Resolution to acknowledge and endorse the impressive  
achievement of accreditation by the Pikes Peak Regional Office of  
Emergency Management.  
Presenter:  
Randy Helms, Council President and District 2 Councilmember  
Yemi Mobolade, Mayor, Colorado Springs  
Andrew Notbohm, Director, Pikes Peak Regional Office of  
Emergency Management  
Attachments:  
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  
10.A. 23-395  
Ordinance No. 23-62 Making and Certifying the 2023 Tax Levy for  
Taxes Payable in 2024 at 3.579 Mills (comprised of a general  
operating mill levy of 4.279 mills and a temporary tax credit of 0.70  
mills) Upon Each Dollar of Assessed Valuation of All Taxable  
Property and a Tax Credit of 3.579 Mills Upon Each Dollar of  
Assessed Valuation of All Taxable Business Personal Property  
Within the Corporate Limits of the City of Colorado Springs  
Presenter:  
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer  
Attachments:  
10.B. 23-396  
Ordinance 23-65 Annual Appropriation Ordinance Adopting the  
Annual Budget and Appropriating Funds for the Several Purposes  
Named in Said Budget for the Year Ending December 31, 2024  
Presenter:  
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer  
Attachments:  
11. New Business  
11.A. 23-505  
A Resolution Approving the 2024 Budget for Pikes Peak Regional  
Building Department  
Presenter:  
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer  
Roger Lovell, Building Official, Pikes Peak Regional Building  
Department  
Erin Garcia, Finance Director, Pikes Peak Regional Building  
Department  
Attachments:  
12. Public Hearing  
Ordinance No. 23-61 amending the zoning map of the City of  
Colorado Springs relating to 1.23 acres located at 4760 Flintridge  
Drive from MX-N (Mixed Use Neighborhood Scale) to MX-M  
(Mixed Use Medium Scale) zone district for a convenience store  
and fuel canopy. (Quasi-Judicial)  
Presenter:  
Austin Cooper, Planner II, Planning + Neighborhood Services.  
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning + Neighborhood Services  
Attachments:  
Quik Trip Development Plan for a convenience store with fuel  
canopy on 1.23 acres located at 4760 Flintridge Drive.  
(Quasi-Judicial)  
Presenter:  
Austin Cooper, Planner II, Planning + Neighborhood Services.  
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning + Neighborhood Services  
Attachments:  
13. Added Item Agenda  
14. Executive Session  
15. Adjourn