Goddard council adopts ordinance creating Rachel Brook community improvement district to finance electric work

The Goddard City Council on a 4–0 recorded vote adopted an ordinance creating the Rachel Brook State Community Improvement District, authorizing electric‑system improvements and the imposition of related special assessments.

Kevin Fallon, the city’s public counsel, explained the legal path that led to the ordinance: because the infrastructure at issue is not city‑owned, the developer petitioned under the community improvement district statute to finance the work through special assessments. "We use the community improvement district statute, which allows you to do special assessments," Fallon said, describing the required notice, the petition and the intent resolution that preceded the hearing.

Council opened a public hearing by motion and then moved to waive the reading of the ordinance before voting. Fallon told the council the petition was sufficient — he said the property owner/developer submitted the necessary consents — and that the immediate action before the council would not itself create new city expenses; the finance steps include temporary notes and later bond steps as the assessment process proceeds.

The action authorizes the improvements and the special assessment process; the staff and legal record will reflect the CID creation and the city clerk’s publication requirements. The ordinance was approved by roll call after the reading was waived and the hearing was closed.

What comes next: the CID process will move into the financing steps Fallon described (temporary notes followed by permanent bonds and assessment proceedings). The council’s recorded motion and vote complete the local approvals required to proceed under the CID statute.

(Transcript evidence: discussion and explanation of CID process and petition, opening of public hearing, motion to waive reading, roll‑call vote approving the ordinance.)