Department of Community Development
Reference: Kestrel Metropolitan District & Service Plan
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Through: Michael P. Martinez, City Manager
Prepared By: Summer McCann, AICP, Senior Planner
Date Prepared: July 24, 2025
PURPOSE
Pursuant to Article 1, Title 32, Colorado Revised Statutes, as amended, the City of Brighton has the authority to approve service plans for special districts (also known as metropolitan or simply metro districts) that are organized within the City's boundaries. City Council now has before it a proposal for a service plan (the "Service Plan") for a new metropolitan district proposed to be known as the Kestrel Metropolitan District (the "District"). The proposed District intends to include the property known as the Kestrel Subdivision, generally located to the north of East 120th Avenue, south of East 124th Avenue, east of Peoria Street and west of Prairie View High School (the "Property").
Service Plans are accompanied by an Intergovernmental Agreement ("IGA") that outlines additional details and requirements. These items are typically beyond what is required per state statue and are deemed necessary by the City and/or the District in connection with the development of the project and the financing of public improvements.
BACKGROUND
The applicant and District's organizer is Boulder Creek 120th & Peoria, LLC (the "Applicant"), and their team is additionally comprised of legal counsel from White Bear Ankele Tanaka & Waldron, and land use and engineering professionals from JR Engineering. The Applicant's Financial Plan was formed by Piper Sandler & Co. City staff has reviewed the proposal in conjunction with Butler Snow LLP, the City's outside counsel for Metropolitan Districts, and Hilltop Securities Inc., the City's outside reviewer for financial service plans.
The proposed District will encompass 25.833 acres of land. The Property was most recently zoned Kestrel Planned Development and ...
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