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USOLUTIOR RO. 45
SERIES OF 1980 ---
A RESOLUTIOR OPPOSIRG THE PROPOSED CORSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
USTRICTIRG MURICIPAL ARREXATIORS.
WHEREAS, the proposal is a constitutional amendment
and not an initiated law and,· consequently, cannot be amended
by legialative action if deaired or needed; and
WHEREAS, the amendment establishes special rules for
who may vote thua creating confusion; and
WHEREAS, the amendment may negate legal contracts
in existence and agreed to by developers and municipalities
in which land would be annexed based on the cities' agree-
ment to extend utility services to the area; and
WHEREAS, current statutes governing annexations by
municipalitiea were eatabliahed by the General Legislature in
1965 baaed upon the recom1endationa of a 100 member State-wide
Local Affairs Study Comaiaaion established by then Governor
Love; and
WHEREAS, theae recomnendations and statutes were
the reault of a thorough and exhaustive review of annexation
probl ... and require .. nts and have served the municipalities
and its citizen• well aince its enactment; and
WHEREAS, Amendment 3 has been placed on the ballot,
cOm10nly referred to aa the Poundstone Amendment; and
WHEREAS, such amendment would substantially change
the current annexation lava and would be a detriment to the
ability of a aunicipality to orderly plan for its development
and growth; and
WHEREAS, such amendment would serve to disenfranchise
the voter• of a aunicipality, would cause a proliferation of
special diatricta and other governmental agencies to serve
people'• needa, and would make even voluntary annexations
difficult to accomplish;
ROW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ERGLEWOOD, COLORADO ·:
That the Council opposes the proposed constitutional
amendment restricting municipal annexations and urges the
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reaidenta and citizen• of the City of Englewood to vote "No"
on Allendllent Rumber 3 on November 4, 1980.
ADOPTED ARD APPROVED this 20th day of October, 1980.
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ATrEST:
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I, Gary R. Higbee, ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer
of the City of Englewood, Colorado, hereby certify that the
above ia a true, accurate and complete copy of Resolution
Ro. (1= , Serie• of 1980.
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