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2023 Proposed Ballot Language — Issue 1 — April 4, 2023 — City of <br />Colorado Springs <br />Source: https://coloradosprings.gov/document/publicationballotsample.pdf <br />WITHOUT IMPOSING ANY NEW TAX OR INCREASING THE RATE OF ANY EXISTING <br />TAX, SHALL THE EXISTING 0.1 % (ONE TENTH OF A CENT) CITY SALES AND USE <br />TAX FOR TRAILS, OPEN SPACE AND PARKS (TOPS) BE EXTENDED FROM ITS <br />CURRENT EXPIRATION OF DECEMBER 31, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2045, <br />WITH THE SAME USES FOR OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION AND STEWARDSHIP, AND <br />TRAILS AND PARKS ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE, THE ABOVE <br />CONSTITUTING NO CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM EXCEPT ALLOWING FUNDS <br />DEDICATED TO MAINTENANCE OF TRAILS AND OPEN SPACES TO BE <br />USED REGARDLESS OF HOW THE TRAIL OR OPEN SPACE WAS ACQUIRED, AND <br />IN THE OPEN SPACE CATEGORY A MINIMUM OF SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT (75%) <br />OF FUNDS BE SPENT ON ACQUISITION OF OPEN SPACE, AS A CONTINUATION <br />OF A VOTER -APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND EXCEPTION TO ANY <br />CONSTITUTIONAL, STATUTORY, AND CHARTER REVENUE AND SPENDING <br />LIMITATIONS THAT MAY OTHERWISE APPLY? <br />(Word Count 142) <br />