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Section 2. Total City sales and use tax revenues are estimated to increase by up to $1,500,000 in the first full year in which the additional sales and use tax provided for in this ordinance is in effect. However, the revenues from said sales and use tax may be collected and spent, regardless of whether said revenues, in any year after the first full year in which said sales and use tax is in effect, exceed the estimated dollar amount stated above, and without any other limitation or condition, and without limiting the collection or spending of any other revenues or funds by the City of Louisville, under Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution or any other law. Section 3. This ordinance shall not take effect unless and until a majority of the registered voters voting at the special municipal election on November 7, 2023 vote to approve the ballot question set forth below in the following form: SHALL THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE TAXES BE INCREASED $1,500,000 IN THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS MAY BE GENERATED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2024 AND AUTOMATICALLY EXPIRING AFTER TEN YEARS, BY THE IMPOSITION OF AN ADDITIONAL .125 PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX TO BE USED SOLELY TO ACQUIRE, RESTORE, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND MAINTAIN OPEN SPACE AND MITIGATE WILDFIRE RISKS WITHIN OPEN SPACE AREAS; AND SHALL THE CURRENT .375 PERCENT SALES TAX APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN 2012 FOR OPEN SPACE AND PARKS PURPOSES BE EXTENDED FROM ITS CURRENT EXPIRATION DATE OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 FOR AN ADDITIONAL TEN YEARS, TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN SEPARATE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE FUNDS, WITH THE OPEN SPACE FUNDS USED FOR THE PURPOSES DESCRIBED ABOVE AND PARKS FUNDS USED SOLELY TO ACQUIRE, IMPROVE, AND MAINTAIN PARKS; AND SHALL SUCH ALL SALES AND USE TAX REVENUES BE COLLECTED, RETAINED, AND SPENT AS A VOTER - APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? YES NO Section 4. The election shall be conducted as a part of a coordinated mail ballot election. Pursuant to C.R.S. Section 31-10-102.7, the City will utilize the requirements and procedures of the Uniform Election Code of 1992, articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S., as amended, in lieu of the Colorado Municipal Code of 1965, article 10 of title 31, C.R.S., as amended. The City Clerk is hereby appointed as the designated election official of the City for purposes of performing acts required or permitted by law in connection with the election. Section 5. Because the election will be held as part of the coordinated mail ballot election, the City Council hereby determines that the County Clerk shall conduct the election on behalf of the City, to the extent and as provided in the Uniform Election Ordinance No. 1856, Series 2023 Page 6 of 8