HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.008-05 RESOLUTION NO. <~
(Series of 2005)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO,
REFERRING TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF ASPEN A CERTAIN CITIZEN
INITIATED ORDINANCE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE "CITIZEN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE."
WHEREAS, an initiative petition for a proposed ordinance, commonly referred to as
the "Citizen Affordable Housing Ordinance," has been tumed into the City Clerk, the
summary of which reads as follows:
The City shall not spend funds for roads, utilities or other construction
improvements for a major affordable housing project, nor grant annexations or
final land use approvals for such project, until designs are finalized and the
projected onsite and offsite costs have been calculated and disclosed to and
approved by the electors, and providing that affordable housing projects with 10
units or less and a direct public funds subsidy of $100,000.00 per trait or less are
exempted from such limitations.
and,
WHEREAS, the City Clerk of the City of Aspen has determined that said initiative
petition is sufficient within the meaning of Article 5 of the Aspen City Charter; and
WHEREAS, after due deliberation and review, the City Council has decided to not
adopt the initiative petition as its own in accordance with Section 31-11-104, C.R.S.; and
WHEREAS, the Aspen City Charter requires the City Council to submit any such
initiated measure to the electors of the City of Aspen.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1.
The proposed ordinance, in the form petitioned for, shall be referred to the
registered electors of the City of Aspen at the municipal election to be held on May 3,
2005.
Section 2.
The City Clerk shall forthwith publish the proposed ordinance as other ordinances
are published.
Section 3.
The City Attorney shall prepare a resolution setting forth a ballot title for said
proposed ordinance for City Council consideration at its next regularly scheduled meeting
at which time the City Council shall fix the ballot title for said proposed ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Aspen on
theo~g/ day of ~,c~ 2005. ~
I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do certify that the foregoing is a
true and accurate copy of that resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Aspen,
Colorado, at a meeting held on the day hereinabove stated.
Kathryn S. K~h; City
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