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City Council Votes to Put TABOR Question on November Ballot ™ © Copyright 2006 City of Littleton all rights reserved October 2006 City council votes to put TABOR Remembering a question on November ballot fallen soldier... On a 5-2 vote, the Littleton City 1992. It established a revenue limit $500,000 for the rehabilitation of Council approved a resolution at for the State of Colorado and all Ketring Lake. its September 5 meeting request- other governments. The revenue Proponents of the revenue limit ing voter approval for the city to limit is set by a formula which is removal say it gives a city more flex- retain and spend surplus revenue, a blended rate of the Consumer ibility to plan for future projects. if any, over the limit established by Price Index and property valuation Opponents say that the revenue the TABOR Amendment. Council growth based on data supplied by limit should not be removed for any Members Clark and Mulvey voted county assessors. Revenue which reason and surplus revenue should against the question and Council exceeds the limit must either be be refunded. Members Conklin, Cronenberger, refunded by the municipality or At least 16 cities in the Front Kast, Ostermiller and Taylor voted voters must give approval to the Range, along with Littleton Public to support it. municipality to retain and spend the Schools and South Suburban Parks If approved by voters Novem- surplus funds. and Recreation, have removed the ber 7, no new tax would be cre- Littleton has exceeded the rev- revenue limit. ated, nor would any existing tax be enue limit several times. Voters gave The election will be coordinated increased. Voters would still retain approval for a temporary removal by the Arapahoe, Douglas and Jef- the right to vote on any future tax of the limit in 1995, 1999, 2000 and ferson County clerks. Registered increases. If the question is turned 2002. Most of these funds were electors can cast their ballot at down, the city may have to refund used to help pay for capital projects county polling places throughout any revenues over the limit. The city such as: almost $2 million for the the community. Voters may register council would have to determine Santa Fe Drive Safety Improve- at the Littleton City Clerk’s office at how a refund is made since TABOR ment Project, $1 million to purchase 2255 West Berry Avenue. The last does not address the issue. the land for the Douglas Buck day to register is October 10. Early “Sales tax revenues have dropped Recreation Center, $1.2 million to voting begins October 23. Contact over a million dollars since 2001. purchase the Central Construction the county clerks for locations. There are a lot of new developments property as an open space buffer for October 31 is the last day to apply coming on line that will require more South Platte Park, almost $350,000 for an absentee ballot. For further city services. But if we don’t remove for mini-parks, more than $3 mil- information, contact the city clerk at the limit, we won’t be able to keep lion toward the cost of the Littleton 303-795-3753. the revenues the new projects will Historical Museum, and more than generate,” said Council Member John Ostermiller. In opposing the resolution, Police management study completed Council Member Doug Clark ques- Littleton Mayor Jim Taylor (left) and the parents and sister of On Tuesday, September 12, the report with implementation times tioned the timing. “I think it is a Navy SEAL Danny Dietz, unveil the sign on Littleton Boulevard shame we are doing this now when Littleton City Council discussed the ranging from six to 18 months. temporarily renaming the street Danny Dietz Drive September there is no excess revenue and we findings and recommendations of Some of the findings are: 18. Born and raised in Littleton, Danny Dietz was killed in ac- don’t know if there will be next the Littleton Police Department • The LPD, along with other city tion in Afghanistan in June of 2005. year,” Clark said. (LPD) Management Study. The services, has been increasingly With voter approval of the report was prepared by Organi- impacted by a widening gap Arapahoe County Open Space zational Effectiveness Consulting between service expectations shift to help balance staffing and • Civilian “para police” should be Tax in 2004, Littleton receives an (OEC) from Ojai, California. OEC and available resources. workload at peak periods. hired to take reports, handle calls annual “share back” payment from has assisted more than 100 law • The LPD space is woefully • Modifications should be made and direct traffic. the county. The 2006 amount is enforcement agencies throughout insufficient for current needs, to the CAD system and dispatch • LPD’s turnover rate from 2000 $784,000 which can only be used to the country including the Com- and offers absolutely no space policies in order to determine to 2006 of 10 percent is twice purchase or improve parks and open merce City, Colorado and Los for any additional future expan- accurate response times to high, the rate that OEC considers space. There is a chance these funds Angeles Police Departments. sion. mid, and low priority citizen excessive. could cause the city to exceed the OEC was asked to develop a • If the LPD reduced training calls. • The turnover rate has had an revenue limit. A refund would then framework to better evaluate the time by 80 hours per officer • The alarm calls policy should be impact on morale and excessive have to be paid from the general community’s priorities and the annually, the equivalent of 1.5 modified. overtime. fund, so the city, in effect, would way the police department allo- full time police officer positions • Mail-in and web-based report- • Detectives closed 27 percent be penalized for receiving the open cates resources in light of limited could be added to patrol. ing should be considered for of the cases assigned to them, space funds. finances typical of a mature com- • “Power shifts” should be imple- low-grade incidents and some a range which OEC considers TABOR is an amendment to the munity. There are more than 25 mented to bring some officers calls could be shifted to the Colorado Constitution approved in specific recommendations in the in earlier or later than a normal neighborhood resource officer. See STUDY on pg. 5 PRSRT STD What’s Inside 2255 West Berry Ave. U.S. Postage Littleton, CO 80165 Paid Littleton, CO CAC Identifies Top Community Issues . 2 Permit No. 205 Museum Presents Three New Programs . 3 LFR Wildland Team Had Busy Summer. 4 Police Chief Announces Retirement . 5 ECRWSS Miles Increase, Accidents Decrease . 6 Postal Patron News and Programs from Bemis Library. 7 Candlelight Walk Returns November 24. 8 LITTLETON CITY COUNCIL October 2006 • Page 2 Mayor Taylor’s Message Dear Citizens: The seasons are changing and that’s not all. Just look around the city and you can see many signs of transformation. Properties are being developed and redeveloped all over town. These investments in our community are important to our economy and in some cases, help stimulate and revitalize neighbor- hoods. The Lowe’s home improvement store at the north- west corner of Belleview and Santa Fe Drive is rapidly rising from the ground. The 135,000 square-foot store is expected to open in December. This proj- ect was a tremendous challenge for the developer as the site was controlled by six different property owners and is located in two municipalities. The site encompasses the old city sewer treatment plant and the former Hugh M. Woods store, which was owned by the Denver Water Board. Besides the much needed sales tax revenue it will create, this new development will be a great visual improvement to the northern entrance to the city. Riverside at Centennial Downs, located on the west side of the Platte River between Belleview and Prince Street, is a proposal for 92,000 square- feet of office and retail space. The vacant land is being developed by Lit- tleton Capital Partners, the same group who put together the Littleton Station project on Littleton Boulevard just east of downtown. South Suburban Parks and Recreation is preparing to develop an off- leash dog park, picnic shelter, trails and playground at Wynetka Ponds Park, at the northwest corner of Lowell and Bowles. A public hearing before the The Littleton City Council honored Jan Andrus as Guest Citizen August 1 for her service as direc- planning commission will be scheduled this fall to plat the property for these tor of Meals on Wheels for more than 25 years. Mayor Jim Taylor also presented Andrus with a box improvements. of City of Littleton information and giveaways to send to her grandson stationed in Iraq. Ice Ranch is a proposal for a two-story, 51,800 square-foot recreational facility and ice skating rinks in the Ridge at SouthPark. The developers have submitted their conceptual site development plan to the city. The city’s Littleton finalist in awards for municipal excellence Development Review Committee will discuss the project October 12. The Residences at Nevada Place is a proposal for 68 residential units on The National League of Cities Youth Initiative is illustrative of the NLC committees, I couldn’t be the former site of the St. Mary’s Elementary School on Nevada Street just (NLC) and CH2M Hill announced type of projects that are improving more pleased that Littleton is a final- north of downtown. City staff has completed the review of the conceptual that Littleton is a finalist for the 2006 the lives of residents in cities and ist for this prestigious award,” said plan.
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