Department: Community Development
Reference: Metro District Model Service Plan Amendments
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Through: Jane Bais DiSessa, City Manager
Marv Falconburg, AICP, Deputy City Manager
Holly Prather, AICP, Community Development Director
Prepared By: Mike Tylka, AICP, Senior Planner
Date Prepared: August 9, 2021
PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND
A special district is a quasi-municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Colorado that is formed to provide certain necessary public services and public infrastructure, including without limitation, parks and recreation, safety protection, sanitation, streets and water that the City is not providing. Special districts are formed and operated pursuant to specific statutory provisions enacted by the Colorado General Assembly. In order to create a special district within the boundaries of the City, the City Council must approve a Service Plan that governs the special district. State statutes set out certain terms and provisions that must be set forth in the Service Plan. The City has also historically required certain other provisions be included in a Service Plan for various policy reasons. In 2005, the City approved certain Special District Service Plan Approval procedures, together with an overall policy statement regarding special districts. In 2017, these prior City guidelines were superseded by a Model Service Plan that was approved by the City Council in order to reflect new policy goals by the City and to provide more consistency among the Service Plans that are submitted to the City and its review team.
Over the last year, certain applicants have requested variances from the Model Service Plan for their special districts. The City Council analyzed the facts presented by the applicants for these special districts and approved Service Plans that contained certain modifications or variations from the Model Service Plan. The purpose of the Stud...
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