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MEMORANDUM
DATE: November 9, 2021
TO: Mayor Arndt and City Councilmembers
THRU: Kelly DiMartino, Interim City Manager
Kyle Stannert, Deputy City Manager
Caryn Champine, Director of PDT
Dean Klingner, Deputy Director of PDT
FROM: Brad Buckman, City Engineer
Darren Moritz, Senior Manager, Streets Department
CC: Joey Maher, Skyview South HOA President
Heidi McCoy, Skyview South HOA Treasurer
Candy Ballard, Skyview South HOA Secretary
RE: Questions Regarding Skyview South General Improvement District
No. 15
The purpose of this memo is to provide answers to questions raised by Councilmember
Peel on behalf of community member Mike Daugaard, who lives in the Skyview South
subdivision, and has concerns related to the General Improvement District (GID) No.15.
Background and Discussion:
The County organized GID No.15 in 1997. In 2009, the City annexed Phase 3 of the
Southwest Enclave Annexation. The area annexed included the entire Skyview South
GID No.15, which is included below at Exhibit 1. Since the annexation involved the
entire improvement district, GID No.15 became a City-operated district and City Council
acts as the ex officio board of directors of the district. The City committed to providing
the same levels of minor road maintenance that the County was previously performing.
This is true in all of the SW Annexation for local roads; in addition, there are collector
roads that serve critical facilities for which the City has taken over major maintenance.
These include Skyway Drive and Constellation Drive which serve this neighborhood and
received City-funded asphalt overlays in 2013 and 2014.
The Skyview subdivision in the area north of Skyway Drive does not receive major
maintenance from the City. The City has performed minor maintenance (typically a
surface treatment like a chip seal) in this area.
The Aurora Hills subdivision is the section of homes just south of Skyway Drive and
includes the streets Polaris Dr and Aurora Way. These homeowners are assessed the
same 10 mills as property owners in the Skyview South subdivision and receive the
same benefits. We have verified this in tax records dating back to 2000.
We have also been in contact with members of the Skyview Homeowners Association.
They are not asking the City to dissolve the GID and recognize that it is a sustainable
funding source to complete major maintenance on their streets. The HOA president and
other HOA board members are copied on this memo for information.
The table below gives a summary of the mainten
Maintenance Program since the GID became a City-operated district after 2009, as well
as the County prior to 2009.
Year Maintenance Completed Streets City Cost Skyview GID Cost
2001 Reconstruction Solar Ct Unknown cost / County administered
2003 Reconstruction Lunar Ct Unknown cost / County administered
2005 Reconstruction Uranus St Unknown cost / County administered
2009 Reconstruction Pulsar St & Orbit Way Unknown cost / County administered
2013 Asphalt Overlay Constellation Drive $158,755
2014 Asphalt Overlay Galaxy Ct and Galaxy Way $50,049
2014 Asphalt Overlay Skyway Dr $176,050
2018 Concrete Repairs (curb, gutter,
sidewalk, etc)
Pluto Ct, Sundown Ct, Leo
Ct, Orion Ct, Aurora Way,
Polaris Dr
$11,599 $30,000
2019 Chip Seal Pulsar St, Orbit Way,
Uranus St, Lunar Ct, Solar
Ct
$40,779
2019 Asphalt Overlay Pluto Ct, Sundown Ct, Leo
Ct, Orion Ct, Aurora Way,
Polaris Dr
$30,000 $102,992
Total $417,183 $183,041
Summary:
The GID generates sufficient funds to provide major maintenance on these local roads
on an on-going basis. The streets are now in condition which will allow the GID
to accumulate funds slowly in preparation for the next round of improvements when
needed. The City is willing to advise the homeowners on the procedures to dissolve the
GID if asked. However, right now there is broad agreement in the neighborhood to
continue the GID. Residents should be aware that we would not recommend dissolving
the GID since the roads will deteriorate over time with only minor maintenance from the
City.
EXHIBIT 1: GID No. 15 Historical Maintenance
County performed Maintenance in
this area of Skyview South prior to
2009