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Twining Flats residents to vote on 3-mill road levy increase after Pitkin County review
Summary
Pitkin County public works staff will bring a proposed Twining Flats General Improvement District ballot question to the board for approval to appear on the November ballot. The proposal would raise the district mill levy by 3 mills; Twining Flats includes about 17 residences and under one mile of road.
Pitkin County public works staff told commissioners on July 15 they will present a proposed ballot question for the Twining Flats General Improvement District (GID) at a future regular meeting so residents can vote in November on a mill-levy increase to fund road maintenance.
Public works director Brian Peterman and project manager Romani Iacono said the subdivision’s roads were designated public in the 1980s but never formally accepted for county maintenance funding; Twining Flats formed a GID to self-tax for road upkeep. Staff said Redstone Ranch Acres, another GID, previously addressed a funding shortfall by successful voter approval of a levy increase.
Iacono described outreach to the 17 Twining Flats residents: a volunteer citizen board of seven reviewed options and an anonymous survey showed roughly 70% of respondents preferred a 3-mill increase. Staff estimated that a 3-mill raise would produce about a $10,000 annual surplus for the district, reversing an annual structural deficit that was reported at roughly $4,000. Iacono said that with the extra funds the district could afford limited summer maintenance (such as crack sealing, quoted at about $12,000) and start building reserves for larger treatments (chip sealing was quoted around $75,000).
Peterman explained the proposed ballot item would be voted only by the 17 Twining Flats property owners; if the measure fails, staff said the district would have fewer services or would need to pursue other stopgap options such as bridge loans or asking residents for ad hoc contributions.
Commissioners signaled support to move the measure to the board’s regular meeting agenda for formal placement on the November ballot. Staff said they will notify Twining Flats residents of the hearing dates and will return with the formal ballot language and required notices to proceed.
