A resolution by the Council of the City and County of Denver, sitting ex officio as the Board of Directors of the Gateway Village General Improvement District, approving a Work Plan, adopting a Budget and making appropriations for the Budget Year 2019 and approving a Mill Levy, and approving an Amended Work Plan and adopting an Amended Budget for the Budget Year 2018. Approves the 2019 Operating Plan and Budget for the Gateway Village General Improvement District in Council District 11. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 10-31-18.
Provides Resolution 1242 has passed. Council is now convened as the board of Directors of the Gateway Village General Improvement District. Councilman Cashman, will you please put Resolution 1 to 4 or five on the floor? Yes. Thank you, Mr. President. I move that resolution 18 dash one, two, four, five, be adopted. It has been moved and seconded. The public hearing for resolution one, two, four or five is open. May we have the staff report? Good evening, board members. I'm Michael Kerrigan with the Department of Finance, Capital Planning and Programing Division. I am before you tonight to give the staff report and request approval for the Gateway Village General Improvement District 2019 Annual Work Plan and Budget and a 2018 Budget Amendment. The district is located in the northeastern section of the city, northwest of I-70 and Chambers intersection. It consists of approximately 243 acres on the eastern border of Montebello. It is completely developed and primarily consists of residential property. Responsibilities include maintaining the landscaping of parks within the district. City Council approved the formation of the Gateway Village General Improvement District by ordinance and number 551 through 1994 and establish City Council as the ex-officio board of Directors of the District. The Creation Ordinance also created a district advisory board made up of property owners. Within the guide, the ordinance specified that such advisory board should conduct and manage all affairs of the district as the authorized agent for the Board of Directors, including its financial and legal affairs pursuant to Resolution Number 32 Series 1995. Denver City Council authorized the District Advisory Board to create a work plan and budget for approval by the Board of Directors annually. The Gateway Village 2018 Budget Amendment reflects total expenditures and fund transfers of $1,000,036.30 $6,913. This change reflects the reduction reflects the reduction in expenditures from the 2019 budget due to delay in the Joey's planned landscape improvement project. The funds allocated for the landscape project in 2018 rolled into the 2019 budget. The Gateway Village 2019 budget proposes overall expenditures of $1,491,803, with total revenues of $619,914. The district will also transfer $500,000 into its Capital Project Fund. The district will assess 20 mils of property on real property within the district. During 2019, the district plans to undertake a major landscape and major landscaping fence improvement project. Landscape improvements are anticipated to include tree lines, entry monuments and improvements to the retention ponds and drainage channels. The district expects to spend approximately 1.37 million on these improvements. City staff has reviewed the 2019 Budget Work and Work Plan and recommends it for approval. Jeffrey Erb of Center and Vandewalle, legal counsel for the District, is also here and available to answer questions you may have. Thank you. Thank you very much. We have three individuals signed up to speak this evening. Again, I would ask that you come to the front row as your time will start when I call your name. First up, Jeffrey. Good evening, Jeffrey Erb. I'm general counsel for the GID, and I'm here to answer any questions. Thank you very much. Next up, Jesse Pierce. Good evening again, members of council. My name is Jesse Pierce. I'm representing for Denver Homicide, a loud black star action moment for self-defense and community commitment for change. Community action and commitment for change. I am against this. But again, like Sekou already said, we are just going to go through with this anyway. I don't even know we have a public comment. Gateway Village. This is close to the airport so I'm just is going to make make way for all the new transplants that we're expecting to come to this city more unaffordable house. And this is going to be very expensive for you to live in this neighborhood. Gateway Village. So, yeah, it's just business as usual. Well, like I said, I'm running for office. City Council at large 2019 sweep. Council. Like they sweep in the homeless. Thank you. Thank you. Next up, Chairman Sekou. Chairman SIEGEL. Next. It's a movement for self-defense. Positive Action. Commitment for social change. May 2019, city and county of Denver represent the interests of poor working poor. The oppressed. They exploit it. The abused. The disrespected. Just so we're perfectly clear. These general improvement districts. Inherently. Were intended to improve the neighborhood where. Folks came together, pulled the resources together to do projects that were of mutual interest and benefit. For those who lived in that area. When the decision was made consciously. But the business community. The political community. And folks who were pretty much lap dog lackeys of capitalism decided to come in and seize these neighborhood for the economic interests of the few at the expense of the many, and then surreptitiously bang your tax receipt where you didn't even know you was getting charged. But you moved into neighbor and you bought a house or you started renting. But part of your rent was to pay this tax, this mill levy that came from the people who are paying the rent that was too high. So here goes the pimping. Legalized pimping by political. Pimps and streetwalkers. Who have no shame whatsoever. But it's all game because you're hoping they never find out what you're doing down here. But there's a problem. Somebody showed up and somebody told it to. And in the process, a whole lot of folks didn't really like this guy. But the one thing they can never say is that, chairman, say, who ever came down here for 15 years and lied to the people about the liars and conned and manipulation and the slide, the slick and the wickedness that's happening in this body. 13. Are your time is up. That concludes our speakers. Are there any questions from members of council? Seeing no questions. The public hearing for Resolution 1245 is closed. Are there any comments from members of council? Council, I'm going to do anything on this one. No. All right. Sing. No comments. Madam Secretary. Oracle. Black eye. Brooks Espinosa, my friend. I. Gillmor. I Herndon High. Cashman. I can h. I. Lopez I knew sorry. Ortega, i. Susman, i. Mr. President. I. Madam Secretary, please close the voting in notes results. Twice.