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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 %%
<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 determined in Ordinance No. 1854, Series 2023, that
<br />it should refer to the voters at the November 7, 2023 election a TABOR ballot issue
<br />concerning continuation of the City's temporary sales tax with revenues to be evenly split
<br />between open space and parks and imposition of a new 0.125% sales tax for open space
<br />and parks; and
<br />WHEREAS, upon further consideration, the City Council has determined the
<br />TABOR ballot issue for the new tax should include both sales and use taxes; and
<br />WHEREAS, as was set forth in Ordinance No. 1854, the City Council confirms in
<br />this ordinance it has identified additional needs for open space acquisition, improvement,
<br />maintenance, and wildfire mitigation within open space areas, and is of the opinion that it
<br />should refer to the voters at the November 7, 2023 a TABOR ballot issue concerning an
<br />additional 0.125% sales and use tax solely dedicated to these purposes, with revenues
<br />derived from this sales and use tax to target the following areas identified as being priority
<br />needs of the City:
<br />• The ability to obtain available land for Open Space designation and
<br />Ordinance No. 1856, Series 2023
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