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Regular Meeting Agenda - Final-revised  
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024  
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of a specific time for any item. Items may take more or less time than estimated. City  
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 September 24, 2024  
Presenter:  
Sarah B. Johnson, City Clerk  
Attachments:  
4B.B.  
Quarterly Recognition for City Employee Retirees.  
Presenter:  
Britt Haley, Parks, Rec, & Cultural Services Director, Parks, Rec &  
Cultural Services.  
Attachments:  
4B.C.  
A Resolution Authorizing the Use of Possession and Use and/or  
Eminent Domain to Acquire Property Needed for the Park Vista  
Drainage Channel Improvements Project  
Presenter:  
Adam Copper, Senior Engineer, Stormwater Enterprise  
Gayle Sturdivant, PE, PMP, City Engineer/Deputy Public Works  
Director  
Kellie Billingsley, Real Estate Services Manager  
Attachments:  
4B.D.  
A Resolution Authorizing the Use of Possession and Use and/or  
Eminent Domain to Acquire Certain Easements Needed for the  
I-25 Ramps/Nevada Tejon Corridor Improvements Project  
Presenter:  
Gayle Sturdivant, PE, PMP, City Engineer/Deputy Public Works  
Director  
Kellie Billingsley, Real Estate Services Manager  
Attachments:  
4B.E.  
An ordinance including certain property into the boundaries of the  
Gold Hill North Business Improvement District  
(Legislative)  
Presenter:  
Kyle Fenner, Senior Planner, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Kevin Walker, Interim Director, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Attachments:  
4B.F.  
An ordinance excluding certain property from the boundaries of the  
Gold Hill North Business Improvement District  
(Legislative)  
Presenter:  
Kyle Fenner, Senior Planner, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services Department  
Kevin Walker, Interim Director, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Attachments:  
4B.G.  
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Colorado Springs,  
Colorado approving the issuance of tax supported and special  
revenue bonds by the Gold Hill North Business Improvement  
District  
(Legislative)  
Presenter:  
Kyle Fenner, Senior Planner, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Kevin Walker, Interim Director, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Attachments:  
4B.H.  
An Ordinance amending Section 2(A) of Ordinance No. 23-64,  
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 Prescribing The  
Salary Of The City Attorney.  
Presenter:  
Myra Romero, Chief Human Resources and Risk Officer  
Attachments:  
4B.I.  
A Resolution Approving the Third Amended and Restated  
Intergovernmental Agreement for the Pikes Peak Rural  
Transportation Authority Funded Capital Projects, Maintenance  
Programs and City-Sponsored Transit Activities  
Presenter:  
Gayle Sturdivant, PE, PMP, City Engineer/Deputy Public Works  
Director  
Ryan Phipps, PE, Engineering Program Manager, Capital  
Projects  
Attachments:  
5. Recognitions  
5.A.  
A Resolution supporting October 2024 as Fire Prevention Month in  
the City of Colorado Springs  
Presenter:  
Randy Helms, Council President and Councilmember District 2  
Sunny Smaldino, Community Education and Outreach Supervisor,  
Colorado Springs Fire Department  
Attachments:  
5.B.  
A Resolution in recognition of National Disability Employment  
Awareness Month, October 2024.  
Presenter:  
Yolanda Avila, Councilmember District 4  
Danielle Delgado, Human Resources Manager  
Attachments:  
5.C.  
5.D.  
A Resolution recognizing October 2024 as National Cybersecurity  
Awareness Month  
Presenter:  
Nancy Henjum, Councilmember District 5  
Attachments:  
City Council Appointments to Boards, Commissions, and  
Committees  
Presenter:  
Randy Helms, Council President and Councilmember District 2  
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  
11. New Business  
11.A. 24-481  
A resolution including certain property into the boundaries of the  
Waterview North Metropolitan District Nos. 1 & 2  
(Legislative)  
Presenter:  
Kyle Fenner, Senior Planner, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services Department  
Attachments:  
11.B. 24-483  
A resolution accepting and endorsing the recommendations from  
the Lodgers and Automobile Rental Tax (LART) Citizen Advisory  
Committee for expenditures from the LART special fund for  
inclusion in the 2025 budget  
Presenter:  
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer  
Sally Hybl, Chair, LART Citizens’ Advisory Committee  
Attachments:  
12. Public Hearing  
A resolution finding a petition for annexation of the area known as  
Neagle-Dutcher Family Addition Annexation consisting of 1.01  
acres to be in substantial compliance with section 31-12-107(1),  
C.R.S. and setting a hearing date of November 12, 2024, for the  
Colorado Springs City Council to consider the annexation of the  
area.  
(Legislative)  
Presenter:  
Tamara Baxter, Planning Supervisor, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services.  
Attachments:  
A resolution adopting findings of fact and conclusions of law based  
thereon and determining the eligibility for annexation of property  
known as Park Vista Addition No. 10 Annexation.  
(Legislative)  
Presenter:  
Gabe Sevigny, Planning Supervisor, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Attachments:  
An ordinance annexing the area known as Park Vista Addition No.  
10 Annexation located at 4372 Siferd Boulevard consisting of 2.18  
acres.  
(Legislative)  
Presenter:  
Gabe Sevigny, Planning Supervisor, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Kevin Walker, Interim Planning Director, Planning and  
Neighborhood Services  
Attachments:  
An ordinance establishing a R-5 (Multi-Family High) zone district  
for 0.89 acres located 4372 Siferd.  
(Legislative)  
Presenter:  
Gabe Sevigny, Planning Supervisor, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Attachments:  
Park Vista Subdivision No. 10 Preliminary/Final Plat for 0.89 acres  
located 4372 Siferd Boulevard.  
(Quasi-Judicial)  
Presenter:  
Gabe Sevigny, Planning Supervisor, Planning and Neighborhood  
Services  
Attachments:  
A use-variance to allow the establishment of a Medical Marijuana  
Cultivation Facility use consisting of 2.4 acres located at 3758  
Astrozon Blvd. (Quasi-Judicial)  
Presenter:  
Allison Stocker, Planner II, Planning and Neighborhood Services  
Department  
Kevin Walker, Interim Planning Director, Planning and  
Neighborhood Services Department  
Attachments:  
13. Added Item Agenda  
14. Executive Session  
15. Adjourn  
16. General Improvement Districts  
Following adjournment of the Regular City Council meeting, City Council shall  
reconvene as the Board of Directors of the Marketplace at Austin Bluffs General  
Improvement District, for action on the following item:  
16.A. 24-324  
Request to set November 12, 2024 as the Public Hearing date  
for consideration of adopting the proposed 2025 Colorado  
Springs Marketplace at Austin Bluffs General Improvement  
District Budget and to advertise as required by law  
Presenter:  
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer  
Attachments:  
Following adjournment of the Board of Directors of the Marketplace at Austin Bluffs  
General Improvement District, City Council shall reconvene as the Board of Directors  
for the Briargate General Improvement District 2021, for action on the following item:  
16.B. 24-301  
Request to set November 12, 2024 as the Public Hearing date  
for consideration of adopting the proposed 2025 Colorado  
Springs Briargate General Improvement District 2021 Budget  
and to advertise as required by law  
Presenter:  
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer  
Attachments: