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Council directs staff to draft policy and consider temporary pause on metro-district applications
Summary
Fruita council members agreed the city should develop a formal approach to special/metropolitan districts and directed staff to draft a resolution that would pause accepting new district applications until a policy is in place; council planned to consider the resolution at an upcoming July meeting.
Councilors discussed whether Fruita should formalize a policy for special or metropolitan districts and how the city should respond to requests for new districts.
Multiple councilors said the city’s practice has been to “do things in the right order” and to establish clear policy before considering individual district proposals. One councilor summarized the position as: the city should prepare policy first and not accept any plans until the policy is adopted.
Council directed staff to prepare a draft resolution that would temporarily pause accepting new district applications until council adopts a policy; staff indicated they could prepare the resolution for early July, but timing was adjusted to account for the Colorado Municipal League conference. Council asked staff to coordinate with city attorney and special counsel on the drafting and to return with the draft resolution at the next available regular meeting in July.
Council members emphasized the need for consistent criteria and fairness when evaluating district proposals and said a public, council-level action (resolution) would be appropriate to set expectations while staff develops the policy details.
