RECREATION AND SAFETY BOND (TABOR) is on the November 3, 2026 ballot in Boulder, Colorado.
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RECREATION AND SAFETY BOND (TABOR) SHALL CITY OF BOULDER DEBT BE INCREASED UP TO $400,000,000, WITH A MAXIMUM REPAYMENT COST UP TO $650,000,000, AND SHALL CITY TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $32,500,000 ANNUALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, OR REPLACEMENT OF COMMUNITY RECREATION, SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE, AND OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS, SUCH AS:
I) THE SOUTH BOULDER RECREATION CENTER,
INCLUDING A LAP POOL;
II) THE NORTH BOULDER RECREATION CENTER,
INCLUDING AQUATICS AMENITIES AND
IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED TO CO-LOCATE WEST AGE
WELL SENIOR CENTER;
III) FIRE STATIONS (TO SUSTAIN EMERGENCY AND
WILDFIRE RESPONSE CAPABILITIES);
IV) A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING FOR POLICE AND
911 SERVICES;
V) PENFIELD TATE II MUNICIPAL BUILDING; AND
VI) THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE CENTER (TO SUPPORT
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, SUCH AS SNOW
REMOVAL, UTILITY MAINTENANCE, AND CITY STREET
OPERATIONS);
IN ORDER TO SUPPORT RECREATION, SAFETY, AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF ALL AGES;
THROUGH THE ISSUANCE AND PAYMENT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT, WITH SUCH DEBT CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH,
SHALL AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES BE LEVIED WITHOUT LIMITATION AS TO THE RATE, BUT NOT MORE THAN THE AMOUNTS LISTED ABOVE, TO GENERATE AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT IN EACH YEAR TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST ON SUCH DEBT OR ANY REFUNDING DEBT (OR TO CREATE A RESERVE FOR SUCH PAYMENT); AND
SHALL THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH DEBT AND RESERVES AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME EARNED FROM SUCH PROCEEDS AND REVENUES BE COLLECTED AND SPENT WITHOUT LIMITATION OR CONDITION AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?
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