HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-013-01/20/2015-SUBMITTING TO THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF THE CITY AT THE APRIL 7,2015 REGULAR CITY ELECTION THE QUES RESOLUTION 2015-013
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
SUBMITTING TO THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF THE CITY
AT THE APRIL 7, 2015 REGULAR CITY ELECTION
THE QUESTION OF THE EXTENSION OF THE EXPIRING QUARTER-CENT
SALES AND USE TAX USED TO FUND
THE CITY'S STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins has enacted a comprehensive sates and use tax,
which enactment is codified in Chapter 25, Article III of the Code of the City of Fort Collins;
and
WHEREAS, the amount of such tax presently imposed by the Code, as contained in
Section 25-75(a) thereof, includes a twenty-five hundredths percent (0.25%) tax (the "Existing
Tax") approved by the voters of the City on April 5, 2005, to fund the City's street maintenance
program; and
WHEREAS, the City's street maintenance program pays the costs of planning, design,
right-of-way acquisition, incidental upgrades and other costs associated with the repair and
renovation of City streets, including, without limitation, curbs, gutters, bridges, sidewalks,
parkway shoulders and medians (the "Street Maintenance Program"); and
WHEREAS, the Existing Tax will expire at midnight at the end of December 31, 2015;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council has directed City staff to propose ballot language for
placing a proposed extension of the Existing Tax to continue funding the Street Maintenance
Program on the ballot at the upcoming regular City election on April 7, 2015; and
WHEREAS, the Street Maintenance Program provides funding for the repair, renovation
and reconstruction of the City's street system which encompasses approximately 575 centerline
miles of arterials, collectors and residential streets and approximately 135 lane miles of these
streets are improved each year; and
WHEREAS, the Existing Tax is currently one of four sources for fully funding such
repairs and reconstruction and constitutes the single largest source of funding for the Program;
and
WHEREAS, by continuing this dedicated funding source, separate from the General
Fund, the City is not only able to provide a higher level of maintenance for City streets, but is
also able to obtain assistance in funding the Street Maintenance Program from non-City residents
that use the City's street system; and
WHEREAS, the Council believes it to be in the best interests of the residents of the City
to extend the Existing Tax for the Street Maintenance Program for a period of ten (10) years.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS, that there is hereby submitted to the registered electors of the City at the next
regular City election to be held on April 7, 2015, the question of whether to extend the Existing
Tax for the City's Street Maintenance Program for a period of ten (10) years, which question
shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
BALLOT ISSUE NO.
A City-initiated Question
WITHOUT RAISING ADDITIONAL TAXES, SHALL THE CITY'S EXISTING 0.25%
SALES AND USE TAX (25 CENTS ON A $100 PURCHASE) APPROVED BY THE
VOTERS IN 2005 FOR THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM BE EXTENDED FROM
ITS CURRENT EXPIRATION AT THE END OF DECEMBER 31, 2015, THROUGH THE
END OF DECEMBER 31, 2025; PROVIDED THAT THE REVENUES DERIVED FROM
SUCH TAX EXTENSION SHALL BE USED TO PAY THE COSTS OF PLANNING,
DESIGN, RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION, INCIDENTAL UPGRADES AND OTHER
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH:
• THE REPAIR AND RENOVATION OF CITY STREETS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, CURBS, GUTTERS, BRIDGES, SIDEWALKS, PARKWAYS,
SHOULDERS AND MEDIANS;
AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT THE FULL AMOUNT OF REVENUES DERIVED
FROM THE TAX EXTENSION MAY BE RETAINED AND EXPENDED BY THE CITY
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY STATE REVENUE OR EXPENDITURE LIMITATION,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LIMITATION CONTAINED 1N ARTICLE X,
SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION?
_ YES
NO
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this
20th day of January, A.D. 2015.
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ATTEST: EAR, N
City Clerk
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