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Resolution No. 45-2005
CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE
TITLE: RESOUL TION OF SUPPORT FOR REFERENDA C & D;
THE COLORADO ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN
WHEREAS, The City of Wheat Ridge is a home-rule municipality with the goals of creating a
sustainable City government and a strong partnership between City and Community,
WHEREAS, Colorado voters will have the opportunity November I to advance the quality of life and
economic health of Coloradoans by supporting Referenda C and D, known together as the Colorado
Economic Recovery Plan, and
WHEREAS, municipal revenues and programs are adversely affected whenever state finances are in
crisis, and municipal revenues and programs, as well as those of their local governments, will continue to
be severely affected if statewide voters do no approve Referendum C, and
WHEREAS, many CrItical state programs relied on by the residents of the City of Wheat Ridge and all of
Colorado have suffered or are expected to suffer as a result of state budget cuts and the inability of the
state to resume pre-recessIOn levels of spending; and
WHEREAS, Referendum C would prOVIde funding for transportation, educatIOn, health care, and police
and fire retirement plans; and
WHEREAS, Referendum C permlts the state to retain excess revenues for five years and eliminates the
"ratchet' effect of TABOR following economic downturns without reVIsing TABOR or raIsing taxes; and
WHEREAS, Referendum D would accelerate construction and other expendItures for highways and
bridges, K-12 and higher education facilities, and police and fire retirement plans through the issuance of
voter approved bonds, and has projects with direct benefit to the citizens of Wheat Ridge, and
WHEREAS, Referenda C and D utilize the opportunity afforded voters by TABOR for the state to retain
TABOR excess revenue in order to provide services in the same manner as local voters in many metro
area municipalIties and throughout Colorado have done;
WHEREAS, we encourage the citizens of Wheat Ridge to thoughtfully consider both sides of the issue as
the) cast their vote In November
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Wheat
Ridge supports the passage of Referenda C & D in the General Election this November 1,2005, as it
reflects the vision and goals established in Wheat Ridge Vision 2020
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge,
Colorado on the 12th day of September, 2005
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