HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017 Resolution No. 083RESOLUTION NO. 83
SERIES OF 2017
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING REAUTHORIZATION BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE COLORADO LOTTERY DIVISION IN 2018.
WHEREAS, Colorado voters provided for a statewide lottery, and in a subsequent election
adopted the Great Outdoor Colorado (GOCO) amendment to the state constitution, which directs
that lottery profits be used for parks, open space, wildlife, and outdoor recreation purposes; and
WHEREAS, following the voters' approval of a lottery, the General Assembly created a
Lottery Division in the State Department of Revenue to administer the lottery; and
WHEREAS, as provided in the GOCO amendment, lottery profits are allocated to the Great
Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund (GOCO Trust Fund), the Conservation Trust Fund, and to the
Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife; and
WHEREAS, since 1992, the GOCO Trust Fund has distributed approximately $1 billion in
grants for projects to improve communities in all of Colorado's 64 counties. Funds have helped
connect families to the outdoors, improved local trails and parks, built outdoor recreation facilities,
preserved ranchlands, water resources, and view corridors, improved river access and quality
and conserved wildlife habitat; and
WHEREAS, the GOCO Trust Fund has distributed $8,651,558.72 directly to the City of
Englewood for these purposes; and
WHEREAS, since 1983 the Conservation Trust Fund has distributed approximately $1 billion
in grants to counties, municipalities, and special districts for acquisition, development, and
maintenance of new conservation sites, capital improvements, and maintenan~e for recreational
purposes on public sites; and
WHEREAS, since 1992 the GOCO Trust Fund has distributed approximately $215 million of
lottery proceeds in support of Colorado's 42 state parks, funding parkland acquisition, park
development and operations, trail construction and maintenance, environmental education, youth
and volunteer programs and stewardship and natural resource management; and
WHEREAS, the Colorado Lottery Division is critical to the administration of the entire GOCO
program and the Division is set to expire unless extended by the General Assembly, which during
its 2018 session will consider legislation to extend the Division to 2039.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:
Strongly urges the General Assembly to approve legislation during its 2018 session to
reauthorize the Colorado Lottery Division until 2039.
ATTEST:
I, Stephanie Carlile, Acting City Clerk for the City of Englewood 1 orado, hereby certify the
above is a true copy of Resolution No. , Series of 2017 .
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