Commission approves Haven Valley metropolitan district service plan for 13‑acre PUD near Bradley Road

El Paso County commissioners voted 5–0 on Aug. 21 to approve the Haven Valley Metropolitan District special district service plan, a request to organize a district on roughly 13 acres south of Bradley Road near Main Street and Cable Lane.

Planning staff said the district is tied to a recorded final plat for a planned unit development and that the project anticipates about 98 single‑family units built out by 2028. The service plan requests a maximum debt authorization of $9,000,000, a 50‑mill debt service cap, a 10‑mill O&M cap and a total combined mill levy cap of 60 mills. Staff noted that the district expects to construct public improvements including roadway, water, sanitary sewer and a detention pond that will also improve local drainage, and that water and wastewater infrastructure will be dedicated to the local utility after construction.

Staff and applicant also explained the service plan includes a proposed facility fee (described in the plan as a per‑lot fee collected at plat or building permit) of $350 per lot; the county emphasized those fees are private and the county will not collect them, and that details about fee collection and the assessing entity were not specified in the plan. Applicant counsel said the financial plan demonstrates revenue sufficiency to retire bonds, that bonds are expected to be issued in 2026 with refinancing in 2036, and that the plan incorporates the state’s 40‑year limit on residential debt mill levy imposition.

With no speakers in opposition the board approved the plan by roll call: Commissioner Wysong: Aye; Commissioner Nelson: Aye; Commissioner Applegate: Aye; Vice Chair Williams: Aye; Chair Geithner: Aye. The applicant may proceed to organize the district and pursue bond financing under Title 32.