HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 35-26RESOLUTION 35-26
A RESOLUTION SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING DATES TO CONSIDER THE
INCLUSION OF CERTAIN PROPERTIES WITHIN THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK INTO
THE NORTHERN COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT AND THE
MUNICIPAL SUBDISTRICT PURSUANT TO C.R.S. §37-45-136(3.6)
WHEREAS, the Town of Estes Park's (the "Town's") water rights include
allotments of the Colorado-Big Thompson (C-BT) and the municipal Windy Gap Project
units; and
WHEREAS, properties receiving Town water must be located within the legal
boundaries of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (the "District") and its
Municipal Subdistrict (the "Subdistrict", collectively "the Districts"); and
WHEREAS, administrative oversights during previous annexations resulted in
certain properties not being included into the legal boundaries of the Districts; and
WHEREAS, collaboration between the Town's and Northern Water's Geographic
Information Systems experts have successfully reconciled historical annexations and
identified the properties not included within the Districts; and
WHEREAS, C.R.S. § 37-45-136(3.6) provides an efficient "inclusion by consent"
method for these properties to be added to the appropriate Districts' boundary; and
WHEREAS, the Districts have indicated they will consider the Town's ordinances
consenting to the inclusions as a special corrective action which avoids the more difficult
and costly individual inclusion process; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees desires to hold public hearings giving property
owners due process prior to the inclusion of their properties into the Districts which have
the legal authority to levy ad valorem property taxes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK, COLORADO:
Section 1. Public hearings are hereby scheduled for May 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM, and
May 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM in the Town Hall Board Room, 170 MacGregorAve, Estes Park,
CO, to consider Ordinances consenting to the inclusion of the properties in Exhibit A to
the District and properties in Exhibit B to the Subdistrict.
Section 2. Staff is directed to mail notices of the hearings to the affected properties
and publish legal notices in the newspaper to inform owners that they may appear at the
hearing, provide written comments, or send a representative to show cause in writing why
their property should not be included and in accordance with C.R.S. § 37-45-136(2). The
failure of any person to provide objection at or before the hearing shall be deemed as an
assent to the inclusion of their property and the associated taxing authority of the Districts.
Section 3. The Town will cover all one-time inclusion fees and applicable back
taxes for properties included in the final court approved order. All future taxes (currently
1 mill for the District and 0 mills for the Subdistrict) are the responsibility of the property
owner of record.
DATED this 14th day of April, 2026.
TOWN OPE^ES PARK
Mayor' ^
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Jp'vw Clerk / Spe^iall Counsel
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