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 2020 and approving a Mill Levy, and approving an Amended Work Plan and adopting an Amended Budget and making appropriations for the Budget Year 2019. Approves the 2020 Work Plan and Budget for the Gateway Village General Improvement District in Council District 11. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 10-22-19.
12 hours. Council Resolution 11 zero four has been adopted. Council is now convened as the Board of Directors of the Gateway Village General Improvement District Council. Can you please vote Council Resolution 11 zero five on the floor? Yes, Mr. President. I move that council resolution 19, dash 1105 be adopted. It has been moved and seconded. The public hearing for Council Resolution 1105 is open. May we have the staff report? Good evening, board members. Once again, Michael Carrigan from the city's finance department. And before you tonight to get the staff report and request approval for the Gateway Village General Improvement District 2020 Annual workPlan and Budget and a 2019 Budget Amendment. The district is located northwest of I-70 in Chambers Road, I-70 and Chambers Road intersection. It consists of approximately 243 acres on the eastern border of Montebello. It is completely developed and primarily consists of residential property. Responsibilities of the district include maintaining landscaping and parks. City Council approved the formation of the Gateway Village General Improvement District by ordinance number 551 series 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 District 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 District Board of Tours by the Board of Directors Gateway Village. 2020 Budget proposes overall expenditures of $825,489 in transfers to the capital fund of $500,000, with total revenues of $696,758. The district plans to assess 20 mills on real property within the district during 2020. The district plans plans to continue to to complete its major infrastructure and fence improvement project. Additionally, the district plans to continue landscaping, irrigation maintenance, snow removal, storm drainage maintenance within the district. City staff has reviewed the 2020 budget and work plan and recommends it for approval. Thank you. Thank you. We have two individuals signed up to speak this evening on this item. First up is Jeffrey Erb. Good evening. I'm Jeffrey Erb, and I'm general counsel for the district, and I'm here to answer questions. Thank you very much. Next up, Jesse Pierce. Jesse Paris represented for Denver Homicide Loud Black Star Action Moment for self-defense, part of a commitment for social change, as well as the UAP and the Unity Party of Denver, Colorado. And I'll be your next mayor in 2023. My question was, how much of the budget is going toward this and when can we expect these improvements to be put in place like time frame? How long is it going to take? Because we have all these construction projects going on and people will like to know how long this is going to take. Thank you. Thank you. That concludes our speakers. Are there any questions from members of the board? Councilman Ortega. Jeffrey, if you wouldn't mind, coming up. So is the improvement district folded within? An existing metro district or is it independent of a metro district? Yes. So general improvement districts are independent of metropolitan districts. Okay. And I know they can tax themselves as well. So how many? So 20 mills are being added. Is that what I heard you say to Gore, correct? Yeah. The budget for next year anticipates a property tax of 20 mills on the properties within the district, which is actually a reduction from what it used to be prior to 2016 when the district paid off its debt. And what was that? And you're going to ask me that. I think it was 35 mills when we had bonds outstanding. Okay. I was just trying to look at the budget here in our. Report. Give me a second, because it looks like in the this budget is significantly higher, at least in what it's showing us than it was in previous years. If you have the whole budget in front of you, there's a summary page that shows 2018 and 2019 on it. Okay. In 2020. Yeah, I'm pulling up a different document than I was just looking at. But this is the full budget, so. So the reason for the reduction. In the in the mills. You said it was 35 and now it's 20. Yes, I believe that's. What is the reason for the reduction? The district has no more outstanding bonds, so it issued bonds back in the late nineties and those were paid off at the end of 2016. So it didn't need that extra revenue for any debt service. So now we just use our revenue for operations and we basically fund projects as we. Just to cover this budget. Mm hmm. Okay. That's all I have questions about. Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman C.A. Other questions? The public hearing for Council Resolution 11 zero five is closed. Comments from members of the board. Right. Seeing none. Madam Secretary, roll call. Black Flint. I. Gillmor I. Herndon All right. Hines High. Catchment. Can. Each. I. Ortega, i. Sandoval, i. Sawyer, i. Torres, i. Mr. President. All right. Madam Secretary, please close the voting, announce the results. 12 hours. 12 hours. Council Resolution 11 zero five has been adopted. Council is now convened as the board of directors of the Rhino Denver General Improvement District. Councilwoman, can you please put Council Resolution 11 zero six on the floor?