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Developers ask council to approve two new parks districts; council raises equity and maintenance questions
Summary
Developers presented service plans to create two new parks and recreation overlay districts in Banning Lewis Ranch and asked the council to approve deviations from the city’s model service plan to add 5 mills for debt and 5 mills for operations and maintenance.
Developers presented service plans for two parks and recreation overlay districts — Freestyle and Meadow Works — that would lie on top of existing metropolitan districts in Banning Lewis Ranch and would add local mill levies to finance park construction and ongoing maintenance.
Why it matters: The requests, allowed under Colorado Revised Statutes for special districts, would let developers build and maintain neighborhood and community parks in perpetuity using local property tax mills. Council members asked whether the approach could deepen funding inequities between new master‑planned communities and older neighborhoods.
Allison Stocker of the Land Use Review Division reviewed the statutory process and said both requests would return to council for final action on March 25. Each proposed parks and…
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