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does not require a vote of the City to include property within the District, because it is not the City's tax that is being extended. Consequently, it's neither the City's tax nor any revenue to the City, if that tax is being extended. That is a tax that's going to the District, not to the City. Griffiths stated that there is some question with respect to the issue of whether or not the inclusion within the District is subject to a District wide vote. Their attorney thinks it's not. She wondered whether, instead of committing to the entire $3.5 million for construction costs, whether it would make sense for the City to take the same step that's being taken by the Town of Superior to commit to the $900,000.00, but not to the entire $3.5 million, in the hopes that by the end of the year, when the construction bids are in, the City will have more certainty in terms of the type of legislation that has been passed and some additional interpretations as to how Amendment 1 will affect the situation. Griffiths stated that, if a vote were to occur on this issue, it would make more sense to have made a commitment to the $900,000.00 level, than to the entire $3.5 million. She stated that if Council wished to go ahead with the full commitment, then Council should, at the same time, recognize that there will have to be a ordinance before Council for 1st Reading on Tuesday, with a final reading as soon as possible after that to make the irrevocable commitment of the $3.5 million. Davidson: It's the intention to join both the District and the Sub-District, but since the Sub-District doesn't have a mill levy, if we built the pipeline, joined the Sub-District, and in an election failed, then we couldn't join the main District. Would it not be possible, then, to get all the water out of Windy Gap? I would like to see the option that we could entirely depend on Windy Gap, which alleviates the Amendment 1 issue, other than committing the money. Robert Trout of Hobbs, Trout, & Raley, 1775 Sherman Street, Suite 1300, Denver, CO 80203, addressed the ability to use Sub-District or District water. He stated that is the City only joined the Sub- District, under the current law the City would have the ability, legally, to use and own both Sub-District and District water. If the City wanted to purchase Sub-District water, there is a contingent mill levy in the bond covenants, which under the current structure, may have to apply to the City of Louisville. Trout was