Ballot Issue 2A
CITY-INITIATED BALLOT ISSUE NO. 1
(Community Capital Improvement Program (CCIP) Tax Extension – Resolution 2025-077)
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 2015 FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS BE EXTENDED FROM ITS CURRENT EXPIRATION AT THE END OF 2025, THROUGH THE END OF 2035;
PROVIDED THAT REVENUE FROM THE EXTENSION OF SUCH TAX SHALL BE USED FOR PLANNING, DESIGN, REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION, AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND FIVE (5) YEARS OF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (“O&M”) FOR CERTAIN OF THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS, ALL SUBJECT TO PROPOSED VOTER-APPROVED ORDINANCE NO. 003, 2025:
- PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALK PROGRAM
- ARTERIAL INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AND STREETSCAPES
- BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE & OVERPASSES/UNDERPASSES
- AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAPITAL FUND
- MULBERRY POOL RECREATIONAL REPLACEMENT SUPPORT
- POUDRE RIVER – RIVER HEALTH, ACCESS, PARKS, AND TRAILS (WITH O&M)
- COMPOSTING INFRASTRUCTURE (WITH O&M)
- DOWNTOWN PARKS SHOP
- COMMUNITY BIKE PARK (WITH O&M)
- OUTDOOR PICKLEBALL FACILITIES (WITH O&M)
- NATURE IN THE CITY
- TRANSFORT BUSES & STOPS
- RECREATIONAL PAVED TRAILS (WITH O&M)
- CONSTRUCTION WASTE DIVERSION EQUIPMENT
- HISTORIC TROLLEY BUILDING RENOVATION (WITH O&M)
- GARDENS ON SPRING CREEK – CHILDREN’S GARDEN & INFRASTRUCTURE
- LEE MARTINEZ FARM IMPROVEMENTS
- TIMBERLINE RECYCLING CENTER IMPROVEMENTS;
AND PROVIDED THAT ALL REVENUES FROM THE TAX MAY BE RETAINED AND EXPENDED BY THE CITY FOR SUCH PURPOSES, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY STATE REVENUE OR EXPENDITURE LIMITATION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION?
_____YES/FOR
_____NO/AGAINST
Summary:
The current City sales tax includes a twenty-five hundredths percent (0.25%) tax dedicated to capital projects designed to serve the community as a whole. The tax does not apply to food for home consumption and equates to .25-cents on a $100 purchase to generate revenue for the construction of certain capital projects. The projects funded were identified in Ordinance No. 013, 2015, which was approved by City voters on April 7, 2015. The current tax expires at midnight on December 31, 2025.
For four decades, the revenue generated by such 0.25% tax has supported expanded City facilities and infrastructure to serve the needs of the community.
City Council believes it is in the best interests of the City’s residents to extend the existing tax for an additional ten-year period to generate additional revenues for purposes similar to those for which the existing tax was originally imposed. The list of capital projects included in the ballot language were decided on by City Council after public outreach and are believed to meet the needs and desires of the community.
What a “Yes” vote means for this measure:
A “yes” vote on this measure indicates a voter agrees with continuing the existing 0.25% tax for another ten-year period to cover the proposed capital projects.
What a “No” vote means for this measure:
A “no” vote indicates a voter does not agree with continuing the existing 0.25% tax for another ten-year period to cover the proposed capital projects.
TABOR:
Pro/Con statements received for this measure will also be used in the TABOR Notice summaries.