Community Development Department
Reference: GID Property Inclusion Policy
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Through: Michael P. Martinez, City Manager
Prepared By: Holly Prather, AICP, Community Development Director
Date Prepared: November 6, 2025
PURPOSE
To review and consider a policy that would require certain properties to submit a petition to be included into the South Brighton General Improvement (GID) District boundaries.
BACKGROUND
As staff presented at the study session meeting on October 14th of this year, the City established the South Brighton GID in 2004 to facilitate the construction of regional infrastructure improvements in the southern portion of the City. Although the GID has remained in place, it has not been fully utilized. Increasing development interest along the 120th Avenue corridor and throughout the broader southern region has prompted the City to renew its focus on the GID. As growth continues, so does the need for coordinated investment in public infrastructure, particularly, transportation and drainage infrastructure.
As private development occurs over time, larger regional infrastructure systems such as major roadways, intersection and/or interchange improvements, and natural and man-made drainage systems will need to be improved to support all of the growth within the area. These regional improvements typically extend beyond the responsibility of any single developer or metropolitan district.
The GID addresses these regional infrastructure needs by providing a framework to fund and implement improvements that benefit the entire South Brighton area. It ensures that the costs of these improvements are shared equitably among all benefiting properties and supports the City’s long-term growth.
In order to capture those properties that directly benefit from the regional improvements that the GID would help fund, it is necessary to adopt a policy that outlines at what time in the development process should a property petition for inclusion into the GID boundaries.
RECOMMENDATION
City staff has identified properties in the South Brighton area that would benefit from the regional transportation and drainage improvements that will need to be made in the area (see map in the attached Resolution). As there are some properties that are already annexed into the city with some level of entitlements and many that are not, the policy needs to be broad enough to capture properties at almost any stage of the development process. Thus, the policy includes language that any property that requires a development related approval from the city, must submit a petition to become part of the GID prior to receiving final approval of a development application.
City staff recommends the Council consider approving the draft policy via Resolution as:
● The policy evens the playing field for all in process and future development projects so that from this point forward, they are all required to submit a petition for inclusion into the GID.
● By enforcing the policy, the properties that would most directly benefit from the infrastructure improvements in this area, would be paying a share of the necessary regional improvements.
OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION
Generally, the City Council may consider the following options in making its decision on the Resolution:
1) Approve the Resolution as drafted;
2) Modify the Resolution;
3) Not approve the Resolution.
ATTACHMENTS
● Draft Resolution
● Draft PowerPoint Presentation