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Council confirms multiple board appointments; URA director explains Old Colorado City DDA role after mill-levy vote failed
Summary
Council approved several appointments to the audit committee, Civil Service Commission, Historic Preservation Board and Old Colorado City DDA; URA executive director Jeriah Walker explained the board composition and the limitations created because a proposed mill levy did not pass.
Colorado Springs City Council voted to confirm a set of appointments to boards, commissions and authorities, and heard an explanation of the Old Colorado City Downtown Development Authority’s (DDA) expected role and membership after a mill-levy funding measure did not pass.
The council approved elevating Jana Blanter from alternate to voting member of the audit committee and confirmed reappointments and new appointments to the Civil Service Commission and Historic Preservation Board. For the Old Colorado City DDA, council members and Jeriah Walker, executive director of the Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority (URA), described the intended composition: business and property owners within the DDA corridor boundary and a membership shaped by the district’s mix of residential and commercial interests.
Walker noted that while the DDA was approved by voters, the mills (mill-levy funding) to finance the DDA did not pass, producing a unique situation where the board must consider how to function without the expected tax increment financing mechanism. Council members described the early board’s role as largely planning and reactive in the near term and thanked volunteers for their willingness to serve.
Council recorded unanimous votes for the appointments (motions indicated and recorded as passing 9-0 where noted). No substantive policy changes or budget appropriations were made as part of these confirmations.
