HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.066-05 RESOLUTION NO. 66
(Series of 2005)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO,
SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORATE OF THE CITY OF ASPEN A BALLOT
QUESTION AT THE NOVEMBER 1, 2005, MUNICIPAL ELECTION, AND SETTING
SUCH BALLOT TITLE.
WHEREAS, the City Council is authorized pursuant to Section 5.7 of the Aspen
City Charter to, on its own motion, submit questions to a vote of the electorate; and
WHEREAS, the City of Aspen expects to assess and collect property taxes during
the 2005, 2006, 2007,2008,and 2009 fiscal years which exceed the revenue and spending
limits established pursuant to Article X, Section 20(7) of the Colorado Constitution; and
WHEREAS, Article X, Section 20(7) of the Colorado Constitution requires
municipalities to refund excess revenues not excluded from fiscal year spending unless
voters approve the revenue change as an offset; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it desires to allow voters of the
City of Aspen to decide whether excess property taxes assessed in fiscal years 2005 through
2009, and collected in fiscal years 2006 through 2010 should be refunded to taxpayers or
spent for specified municipal purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted the Canary Initiative to coordinate the
City's efforts in reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and has determined that it desires to
purchase altemative fuel (e.g. hybrid) busses for the RFTA City of Aspen routes to further
reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its public transportation system; and
WHEREAS the City Council has determined that pedestrian improvements are
necessary in the downtown area of the City which might not be funded from existing
revenues and some of which are mandated by the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA);
and,
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to reduce the pollution and sediments reaching
the Roaring Fork River by initiating a stormwater m-off collection and sediment removal
project, including immediate improvements to the Jenny Adair Park; and,
WHEREAS the original master planning process for the construction of the Aspen
Recreation Center (ARC) included a recommendation for the construction of a new outdoor
swimming pool, and users of the ARC have identified an outdoor swimming pool as a
desirable improvement to the complex; and
WHEREAS existing revenue sources of the City may not be sufficient to fired the
above referenced projects.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1.
The following question, authorizing the City of Aspen to retain excess property
taxes assessed in fiscal year 2005 and collected in 2006, and for the subsequent assessment
years of 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009, shall be placed on the ballot at the City's special
election to be held on November 1, 2005:
CITY OF ASPEN BALLOT QUESTION NO. 1 - AUTHORIZATION TO SPEND
EXCESS PROPERTY TAXES.
SHALL THE CITY OF ASPEN BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, RETAIN,
AND SPEND, WITHOUT INCREASING ANY TAXES OR TAX RATE,
PROPERTY TAX REVENUE FROM ASSESSMENT YEARS 2005 THROUGH
2009, iNCLUSIVE, WHICH IS 1N EXCESS OF THE REVENUE AND
SPENDiNG LIMITATIONS OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20, OF THE
COLORADO CONSTITUTION AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE
CHANGE, TOWARD THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC PURPOSES:
· THE PURCHASE OF ALTERNATWE FUEL (E.G. HYBRID) BUS
OR BUSSES FOR USE WITHiN THE CITY'S RFTA ROUTES;
· IMPROViNG THE QUALITY OF STORMWATER RUN-OFF
ENTERING THE ROARING FORK RIVER THROUGH
CONSTRUCTION OF THE JENNY ADAIR WETLANDS PROJECT
AND ASSOCIATED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY'S
STORMWATER RUN-OFF RETENTION AND SEDIMENT
REMOVAL SYSTEMS;
· DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW OUTDOOR
SWIMMiNG POOL AT THE ASPEN RECREATION CENTER;
AND,
· CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO KEY ELEMENTS OF
THE CITY'S SIDEWALK AND TRAIL SYSTEM INCLUDiNG
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)
IMPROVEMENTS?
YES
NO
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Aspen
on the goth day of August 2005. ,//~,,/ JJ
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" Heleh K altn Klanderud, Mayor
I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do certify that the
foregoing is a tree 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~I~, City Clerk
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