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WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 1119, Series 1993, the City Council
<br />referred to the voters a TABOR ballot issue concerning imposition for a ten-year period
<br />of a temporary %% sales and use tax increase for the acquisition of land in and around
<br />the City of Louisville for open space buffer zones, trails, wildlife habitats, wetlands
<br />preservation and future parks, and such ballot issue was approved by a majority of the
<br />City's voters; and
<br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 1395, Series 2002, the City Council
<br />referred to the voters a TABOR ballot issue for the continuation of such sales and use tax
<br />for an additional ten-year period for the acquisition of land in and around the City of
<br />Louisville for open space buffer zones, trails, wildlife habitats, wetlands preservation and
<br />future parks; and for the development, construction, operation and maintenance of such
<br />open space zones, trails, wildlife habitats, wetlands and parks, and such ballot issue was
<br />approved by a majority of the City's voters; and
<br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 1575, Series 2010, the City Council
<br />referred to the voters a TABOR ballot issue for the imposition of a permanent City use tax
<br />at a rate of 3.50% to supersede the City's then -current use tax, with revenues from a 3/%%
<br />percent rate of use tax to be used exclusively for the purposes consistent with ballot issue
<br />2D as stated in the recital above, and such ballot issue was approved by a majority of the
<br />City's voters; and
<br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 1617, Series 2012, the City Council
<br />referred to the voters a TABOR ballot issue for the continuation of such sales tax for an
<br />additional ten-year period for the acquisition of land in and around the City of Louisville
<br />for open space buffer zones, trails, wildlife habitats, wetlands preservation and future
<br />parks; and for the development, construction, operation and maintenance of such open
<br />space zones, trails, wildlife habitats, wetlands and parks, and such ballot issue was
<br />approved by a majority of the City's voters; and
<br />WHEREAS, the temporary 0.375% sales tax will expire on December 31, 2023,
<br />unless it is continued by approval of the City's voters; and
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council is of the opinion that it should refer to the voters at
<br />the November 7, 2023 election a TABOR ballot issue concerning continuation of the City's
<br />temporary sales tax with revenues to be evenly split between open space and parks, as
<br />further stated in this ordinance; and
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council has identified additional needs for open space
<br />acquisition, improvement, maintenance, and wildfire mitigation within open space areas,
<br />and is of the opinion that it should refer to the voters at the November 7, 2023 a TABOR
<br />ballot issue concerning an additional 0.125% sales tax solely dedicated to these
<br />purposes, with revenues derived from this sales tax to target the following areas identified
<br />as being priority needs of the City:
<br />• The ability to obtain available land for Open Space designation and
<br />preservation including priority parcels as determined by the Open
<br />Ordinance No. 1854, Series 2023
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