Agenda Date: 12/06/2016
Subject:
Title
An ordinance on second reading repealing the city's Santa Fe Urban Renewal Plan
Body
Presented By:
Mike Braaten, Deputy City Manager
POLICY QUESTION:
Does city council support repealing the Santa Fe Urban Renewal Plan?
BACKGROUND:
The Santa Fe Urban Renewal Plan was adopted by council in November, 2014 and is provided as an attachment to this staff report.
This plan was the subject of a lawsuit brought by the city against the county assessor, and in June, 2016, the court issued its order in Littleton v. Sakdol, which resulted in the removal of land classified as agricultural from the Santa Fe Urban Renewal Plan Area, including the property commonly known as the "Ensor Property." The attached plan has not been updated to reflect the removal of that land.
At the March 15, 2016 meeting, Council Member Valdes moved, with Council Member Cole seconding and the city council voting 5-2 (Brinkman and Hopping voting "no") to "direct the city manager to provide to council at the next scheduled regular council meeting on April 5, 2016 an ordinance or ordinances and resolutions for council's consideration and vote to dismantle Littleton's urban renewal and the LIFT Board including the handling of the outstanding loan to LIFT, and addressing any tax collection concerns, if any, and consider the status of any pending litigation concerning urban renewal."
On April 5, 2016, Mayor Pro Tem Brinkman moved and Council Member Hopping seconded that Ordinance 03-2016 abolishing the Littleton Urban Renewal Authority pursuant to CRS 31-25-115 (2) and repealing the city's urban renewal plans be tabled until June 7, during which time council will conduct meetings with the appointed Urban Renewal Authority, the Planning Board, and other pertinent entities as appropriate in order to learn and explore all sides of the issues and determine in
open meetings whether or not the dissolution of LIFT and the city's urban renewal plans is in the best...
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