Local measure · Boulder County
City of Boulder 2K$400 million recreation and safety bond
In plain words
- Allows up to $400 million in city debt (repayment up to $650 million), paid by a new property tax of up to $32.5 million a year for about 20 years.
- About $400 a year on a $1 million home and $1,600 on $1 million of commercial property.
- The project list in the question uses the words "such as" and is not binding. Planning figures: $170 million public safety center and 911 dispatch, $100 million municipal service center, $72 million North Boulder rec center, $65 million South Boulder rec center, plus city hall and fire stations.
- If 2M fails, the city can borrow only up to $150.7 million even if 2K passes.
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What your vote means
YES
Allows the borrowing and the property tax to repay it.
NO
No new bond or tax.
Our plain-words summary.
Why people want it, and why others object
Why supporters want it
- Mayor Brockett, three councilmembers and Boulder Progressives say more than 75 city buildings have deferred maintenance and waiting raises costs. source: boulderreportinglab.org
Why opponents object
- No On 2K, Open Boulder, PLAN-Boulder and Councilmember Taishya Adams call it a blank check because the project list isn't binding, note the city never funded its 2021 facilities plan, and call it the largest tax increase Boulder has faced. source: boulderreportinglab.org
Who backs each side
- No On 2K had raised $7,809. source: boulderreportinglab.org
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Official ballot wording
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RECREATION AND SAFETY BOND (TABOR)
SHALL CITY OF BOULDER DEBT BE INCREASED UP TO $400,000,000, WITH A MAXIMUM REPAYMENT COST UP TO $650,000,000, AND SHALL CITY TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $32,500,000 ANNUALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, OR REPLACEMENT OF COMMUNITY RECREATION, SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE, AND OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS, SUCH AS: I) THE SOUTH BOULDER RECREATION CENTER, INCLUDING A LAP POOL; II) THE NORTH BOULDER RECREATION CENTER, INCLUDING AQUATICS AMENITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED TO CO-LOCATE WEST AGE WELL SENIOR CENTER; III) FIRE STATIONS (TO SUSTAIN EMERGENCY AND WILDFIRE RESPONSE CAPABILITIES); IV) A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING FOR POLICE AND 911 SERVICES; V) PENFIELD TATE II MUNICIPAL BUILDING; AND VI) THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE CENTER (TO SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, SUCH AS SNOW REMOVAL, UTILITY MAINTENANCE, AND CITY STREET OPERATIONS); IN ORDER TO SUPPORT RECREATION, SAFETY, AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF ALL AGES; THROUGH THE ISSUANCE AND PAYMENT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT, WITH SUCH DEBT CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, SHALL AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES BE LEVIED WITHOUT LIMITATION AS TO THE RATE, BUT NOT MORE THAN THE AMOUNTS LISTED ABOVE, TO GENERATE AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT IN EACH YEAR TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST ON SUCH DEBT OR ANY REFUNDING DEBT (OR TO CREATE A RESERVE FOR SUCH PAYMENT); AND SHALL THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH DEBT AND RESERVES AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME EARNED FROM SUCH PROCEEDS AND REVENUES BE COLLECTED AND SPENT WITHOUT LIMITATION OR CONDITION AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?
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