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CO Code § 32-11.5-503 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 11.5 - Fountain Creek Watershed, Flood Control, and Greenway District|Part 5 - Improvement Districts and Special Assessments|§ 32-11.5-503. Combination of Projects

  More than one project may be combined in an improvement district if the board determines that the combination will be efficient and economical.    If projects combined in one improvement district are separate and distinct due to substantial differences in their character or location or other substantial differences, each project shall be considered as a separate assessment unit or quasi-improvement district for the purpose of petition, remonstrance, and assessment.    If projects are combined, the board shall designate the project and the area constituting each assessment unit, and, in the absence of arbitrary and capricious action or abuse of discretion, its determination that there is or is not such a combination and its determination of the project and the area constituting the assessment unit shall be final and conclusive.    The costs of acquiring, constructing, or improving each project shall be segregated for the levy of assessments, and an equitable share of the incidental costs shall be allocated to each assessment unit.     History. Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (SB 09-141), ch. 194, p. 867, § 1, effective April 30.
CO Code § 32-11.5-504 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 11.5 - Fountain Creek Watershed, Flood Control, and Greenway District|Part 5 - Improvement Districts and Special Assessments|§ 32-11.5-504. Effect of Estimates

  Unless otherwise specifically provided in this article, no estimate of the cost of a project required or authorized in this part 5 shall constitute a limit on the cost or a limit on the powers of the board or of any officers, agents, or employees of the district.    No assessment shall exceed the amount of the estimate of maximum special benefits from the project to any tract assessed.     History. Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (SB 09-141), ch. 194, p. 867, § 1, effective April 30.
CO Code § 32-11.5-505 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 11.5 - Fountain Creek Watershed, Flood Control, and Greenway District|Part 5 - Improvement Districts and Special Assessments|§ 32-11.5-505. Fixing Hearing and Notice

  In a resolution constituting a provisional order pursuant to section 32-11.5-502 (2), the board shall set a time at least twenty days after the date of the resolution and a place at which the owners of the tracts to be assessed or any other interested persons may appear before the board and be heard as to the propriety and advisability of acquiring, constructing, or improving the provisionally ordered project.    Notice of the meeting required by subsection (1) of this section shall be given by publication and by mail to all owners of record of the tracts to be assessed.    The notice required by subsection (2) of this section shall include the following information:   The kind of project proposed;    The estimated cost of the project and the portion, if any, to be paid from sources other than special assessments;    The basis for apportioning the special assessments, which shall be in proportion to the special benefits derived to each of the several tracts comprising the assessable property and on a front-foot, area, zone, or other equitable basis;    The number of installments and the time in which the special assessments are payable;    The maximum rate of interest on unpaid installments of special assessments;    The area of the improvement district to be assessed;    The time and place at which the board will consider the ordering of the proposed project and hear all complaints, protests, and objections that may be made in writing and filed with the district at least three days in advance or may be made verbally at the hearing by the owner of any tract to be assessed or by any other interested person;    The fact that the description of the tracts to be assessed, the maximum amount of benefits estimated to be conferred on each tract, and all related proceedings are on file and may be examined at main offices of the district during business hours by any interested person; and    A statement that regardless of the basis used for apportioning assessments, in cases of wedge-shaped, V-shaped, or any other irregular-shaped tracts, an amount apportioned thereto shall be in proportion to the special benefits thereby derived.       The district shall maintain proof of publication and proof of mailing of the notice required by subsections (1) and (2) of this section and described in subsection (3) of this section in the records of the district until any special assessments imposed to fund the project that is the subject of the provisional order have been paid in full.     History. Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (SB 09-141), ch. 194, p. 867, § 1, effective April 30.
CO Code § 32-11.5-506 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 11.5 - Fountain Creek Watershed, Flood Control, and Greenway District|Part 5 - Improvement Districts and Special Assessments|§ 32-11.5-506. Subsequent Modifications

  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, the board may modify or rescind by resolution any board action relating to the creation of an improvement district or the imposition of special assessments at any time before adopting a resolution creating the improvement district pursuant to section 32-11.5-509 and authorizing a project to be funded in whole or in part with revenues generated by special assessments.    No substantial change in a proposed improvement district, details, preliminary plans, specifications, or estimates shall be made after the first publication or mailing of notice to property owners, whichever occurs first; except that the board may delete a portion of a project or any tract from the proposed improvement district or from any assessment unit, and the engineer may make minor changes in time, plans, and materials for a project at any time before its completion.     History. Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (SB 09-141), ch. 194, p. 868, § 1, effective April 30.
CO Code § 32-11.5-507 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 11.5 - Fountain Creek Watershed, Flood Control, and Greenway District|Part 5 - Improvement Districts and Special Assessments|§ 32-11.5-507. Provisional Order Hearing

  At the provisional order hearing, any property owners interested in a proposed project to be funded in whole or in part with revenues generated by special assessments may present their views to the board. The board may adjourn the hearing from time to time.    If the board determines, after considering all views presented at the provisional order hearing, that it is not in the public interest that the proposed project or a portion of the proposed project go forward, the board shall order by resolution that the proceeding for the rejected project or portion shall stop. The rejected project or portion may only resume if the board adopts a new resolution.     History. Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (SB 09-141), ch. 194, p. 869, § 1, effective April 30.
CO Code § 32-11.5-508 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 11.5 - Fountain Creek Watershed, Flood Control, and Greenway District|Part 5 - Improvement Districts and Special Assessments|§ 32-11.5-508. Post-Hearing Procedure

  After the provisional order hearing, the board shall determine whether to form the proposed improvement district and any assessment unit within the proposed improvement district.    If the board desires to form the proposed improvement district but also desires to modify the district, the board shall direct the engineer to prepare and present to the board:   A revised and detailed estimate of the total cost, including without limitation the cost of acquiring, constructing, or improving each proposed project. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this article, the revised estimate shall not constitute a limitation for any purpose.    Full and detailed plans and specifications for each proposed project designed to permit and to encourage competition among the bidders if any projects are to be acquired, constructed, or improved by construction contract; and    A revised map and assessment plat showing the location of each proposed project and the tracts to be assessed therefor.       The board, in the resolution creating the improvement district or in a separate resolution, may combine or divide the proposed projects into suitable construction units for the purpose of letting separate and independent contracts, regardless of the extent of any project constituting an assessment unit and regardless of whether or not a portion of the cost of any project is to be defrayed with revenues other than revenues generated by special assessments.    Nothing in this part 5 shall be construed as not requiring the segregation of costs of unrelated improvement programs for assessment purposes.     History. Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (SB 09-141), ch. 194, p. 869, § 1, effective April 30.
CO Code § 32-11.5-509 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 11.5 - Fountain Creek Watershed, Flood Control, and Greenway District|Part 5 - Improvement Districts and Special Assessments|§ 32-11.5-509. Creation of Improvement District

  When an accurate estimate of cost, full and detailed plans and specifications, and the map and assessment plat are prepared, presented, and are satisfactory to the board, regardless of whether the preliminary estimate of cost, plans and specifications, and map and assessment plat are modified pursuant to section 32-11.5-508 and any required election has been held, the board shall by resolution create the improvement district and order the proposed project to be acquired, constructed, or improved.    The resolution shall prescribe:   The extent of the improvement district and of any assessment within the improvement district by boundaries or by other brief description;    The kind and location of each proposed project;    The amount or the proportion of the total cost to be defrayed by special assessments, the method of levying special assessments, the number of installments, and the times at which special assessments will be payable; and    The character and the extent of any construction units pursuant to section 32-11.5-508 (3).       The engineer may further revise the cost, plans and specifications, and the map and assessment plat for all or any part of a project, and the board may amend the resolution creating the improvement district accordingly prior to letting any construction contract and prior to any property being acquired or any work being done other than by independent contract let by the district.     History. Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (SB 09-141), ch. 194, p. 869, § 1, effective April 30.
CO Code § 32-11.5-510 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 11.5 - Fountain Creek Watershed, Flood Control, and Greenway District|Part 5 - Improvement Districts and Special Assessments|§ 32-11.5-510. Construction Contracts

 No contract for construction work to acquire or improve the project contemplated shall be made or awarded nor shall the board incur any expense or any liability in relation thereto, except for maps, plats, diagrams, estimates, plans, specifications, and notices, until after the provisional order hearing and notice provided for in this part 5 have been had and given.   History. Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (SB 09-141), ch. 194, p. 870, § 1, effective April 30.
CO Code § 32-11.5-511 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 11.5 - Fountain Creek Watershed, Flood Control, and Greenway District|Part 5 - Improvement Districts and Special Assessments|§ 32-11.5-511. Division of Tract

 If a tract is divided after a special assessment has been levied and divided into installments and before the collection of all the installments, the board may require the county assessor to apportion the uncollected amounts upon the several parts of the tract so divided proportionally based upon their valuation for assessment for taxes. The apportionment shall be conclusive on all parties, and all subsequent assessments shall be according to the apportionment.   History. Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (SB 09-141), ch. 194, p. 870, § 1, effective April 30.
CO Code § 32-11.5-601 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 11.5 - Fountain Creek Watershed, Flood Control, and Greenway District|Part 6 - Annexation|§ 32-11.5-601. Annexation of Lands to Watershed Management Area

  The territorial limits of the watershed management area may be enlarged by the annexation of additional real property thereto:   By petition and consent of the fee owner pursuant to sections 32-11.5-602 and 32-11.5-606;    By petition of the eligible electors pursuant to sections 32-11.5-603, 32-11.5-604, and 32-11.5-606;    By action initiated by the district pursuant to sections 32-11.5-605 and 32-11.5-606 with the consent of the governing body of each county or municipality that includes any of the real property to be annexed; or    By petition by the governing body of each county or municipality that includes any of the real property to be annexed.        History. Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (SB 09-141), ch. 194, p. 870, § 1, effective April 30.
CO Code § 32-11.5-602 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 11.5 - Fountain Creek Watershed, Flood Control, and Greenway District|Part 6 - Annexation|§ 32-11.5-602. Petition of Fee Owners

  The fee owner of any real property contiguous to the territorial limits of the watershed management area and capable of being served with facilities of the district may file with the board a petition in writing seeking the inclusion of the property in the watershed management area.    The petition authorized in subsection (1) of this section shall:   Set forth an accurate legal description of the property owned by the petitioners;    State that assent to the annexation of the property is given by the signers thereto, constituting all the fee owners of the property; and    Be acknowledged in the same manner required for conveyance of land.       A fee owner may not withdraw a petition after consideration by the board or file further objections except in the case of fraud or misrepresentation.    The board shall hear a petition filed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section at an open meeting after publishing notice of the filing of the petition, the place, time, and date of the meeting, and the names and addresses of the petitioners in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which the real property proposed to be annexed is located.    The board shall grant a petition by resolution if it determines that the proposed annexation is feasible and in the best interests of the district. The board may determine that annexation of only a portion of the property proposed to be annexed is appropriate.     History. Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (SB 09-141), ch. 194, p. 871, § 1, effective April 30.
CO Code § 32-11.5-603 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 11.5 - Fountain Creek Watershed, Flood Control, and Greenway District|Part 6 - Annexation|§ 32-11.5-603. Petition of Eligible Electors

  Not less than ten percent or one hundred, whichever number is smaller, of the eligible electors of any real property that is contiguous to the watershed management area and contains twenty-five thousand or more square feet of land may file a petition with the board in writing seeking the annexation of the property to the watershed management area; except that no single tract or parcel or property containing ten acres or more may be included in the watershed management area without the consent of the owner.    A petition shall describe the area to be annexed and shall be acknowledged in the same manner required for conveyances of land.    The board shall cause notice of the filing of a petition to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which the property proposed to be annexed is located, and the notice shall state:   That a petition has been filed;    The names of the petitioners;    A description of the area proposed to be annexed;    The place, time, and date of a board hearing on the proposed annexation at which the board will consider the petition and all written objections to the petition; and    A statement that all interested persons may appear at the board hearing and show cause in writing why the petition should not be granted.       The eligible electors may not withdraw a petition after consideration by the board or file further objections except in the case of fraud or misrepresentation.    The board shall grant a petition by resolution if it determines that the proposed annexation is feasible and in the best interests of the district.     History. Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (SB 09-141), ch. 194, p. 871, § 1, effective April 30.
CO Code § 32-11.5-604 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 11.5 - Fountain Creek Watershed, Flood Control, and Greenway District|Part 6 - Annexation|§ 32-11.5-604. Annexation Election

  If a petition is provisionally granted pursuant to section 32-11.5-602 or 32-11.5-603, the board by resolution shall:   Make an order to that effect;    Direct that the question of inclusion of the real property proposed to be annexed within the watershed management area be submitted to the eligible electors of the area that includes the real property only; and    Designate the secretary of the board as the designated election official to give notice and conduct the election according to the provisions of articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S.       If a majority of the votes cast on the question at the election favor inclusion, the board shall by resolution enter an order making the real property a part of the watershed management area.     History. Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (SB 09-141), ch. 194, p. 872, § 1, effective April 30.
CO Code § 32-11.5-605 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 11.5 - Fountain Creek Watershed, Flood Control, and Greenway District|Part 6 - Annexation|§ 32-11.5-605. Annexation Initiated by the Board

     At any time and as a condition to an annexation initiated by the board, the board may adopt a resolution determining that real property proposed for annexation:   Is contiguous to the territorial limits of the watershed management area;    Contains six hundred forty or more acres of land;    Has become urbanized by having a population of at least one thousand persons per square mile and having at least five hundred dwelling units per square mile; and    Is capable of being served by the facilities of the district.       A resolution adopted pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) shall provisionally order the annexation of the real property proposed to be annexed.       The board shall cause notice of the adoption of a resolution pursuant to subsection (1) of this section to be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which the property proposed to be annexed is located, and the notice shall state:   That the resolution has been adopted;    The description of the area proposed to be annexed;    The place, time, and date of a board hearing on the proposed annexation at which the board will consider all written objections to the finalization of the annexation; and    That all interested persons may appear at the board hearing and show cause in writing why the annexation should not be made final.       Prior to the board hearing, the board shall obtain written consent to annex the property from the governing body of each county or municipality that includes any of the real property proposed to be annexed.    If, after the board hearing, the board determines by resolution that the proposed annexation is feasible and in the best interest of the district, the board shall furnish by mail to the director of the division of local government within the department of local affairs copies of both the resolution adopted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and the post-hearing resolution and shall request that the director approve the annexation.    If the director approves the annexation in writing, the board, upon the receipt of such approval, shall by resolution enter a final order annexing the real property to the district.     History. Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (SB 09-141), ch. 194, p. 873, § 1, effective April 30.
CO Code § 32-11.5-606 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 11.5 - Fountain Creek Watershed, Flood Control, and Greenway District|Part 6 - Annexation|§ 32-11.5-606. General Annexation Provisions

  The failure of any person in the watershed management area or in an area proposed to be annexed to the watershed management area to file a written objection to a proposed annexation in a properly noticed hearing of the board thereon constitutes the assent of the person to the inclusion in the watershed management area of the area described in the notice of the hearing for annexation.    A determination by the board that a proposed annexation is feasible and in the best interests of the district shall be final, conclusive, and not subject to review.    Whenever the board by resolution enters an order annexing real property to the watershed management area, the board shall file the resolution with:   The secretary of state;    The state attorney general;    The division of local government; and    The county clerk and recorder, county assessor, and county treasurer of each county in which the annexed real property is located.       A board resolution annexing real property to the watershed management area is a final order and shall finally and conclusively establish the annexation of the real property to the watershed management area against all persons; except that the attorney general, on behalf of the state, within thirty days of the filing of the resolution with the attorney general as required by paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of this section, may file a proceeding in the nature of quo warranto against the annexation. An annexation shall not be directly or collaterally questioned in any suit, action, or proceeding except as expressly authorized in this subsection (4).    After the date of the final annexation of real property to the watershed management area by resolution of the board, the annexed real property shall be liable for its proportionate share of existing bonded indebtedness of the district but shall not be liable for any taxes or service charges levied or assessed prior to its annexation to the watershed management area. The annexation of the real property to the watershed management area shall not be made subject to or contingent upon the payment or assumption of any penalty, toll, or charge, other than the taxes and service charges that are uniformly made, assessed, or levied within the watershed management area except as otherwise expressly provided in this article.    The district and the owner of any real property sought to be annexed to the watershed management area may enter into an agreement with respect to the terms and conditions on which the property may be annexed.     History. Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (SB 09-141), ch. 194, p. 874, § 1, effective April 30.