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What is a Metro District?
Metropolitan districts are local governments that finance public improvements and provide services to promote the health, safety, prosperity, security, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the districts and the people of the state of Colorado. Metropolitan districts fill the gaps that may exist in services that other local governments will not provide, and the services residents may desire. The Dublin North Metropolitan District No. 3 (the “District”) provides the following improvements and services: water, storm sewer, sanitation, streets, traffic safety protection, parks and recreation, transportation, mosquito control, and covenant enforcement and design review.
Pursuant to the District’s Consolidated Service Plan, approved by the City of Colorado Springs on March 11, 2008 (the “Service Plan”), the District is authorized to incur $10,000,000 of debt in aggregate, when combined with the debt of Dublin North Metropolitan District No. 3, and impose a maximum debt mill levy of 30 mills, subject to adjustment, as defined in the Service Plan, for repayment of such debt. The Service Plan authorizes the repayment of debt from the following sources: ad valorem taxes and other sources permitted by law, including fees, rates, tolls, penalties, or charges.
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) governs the District. Board members are elected for four-year terms. During election years, the District must provide the Call for Nominations to the electors of the District noting the Board seats up for election. If an owner or resident would like to run for a Board seat up for election, he or she must submit a self-nomination form to the Designated Election Official by the applicable deadline as provided in the Call for Nominations. When a vacancy occurs on the Board between elections, an owner or resident may contact the District in which he or she resides and request to submit a letter of interest to be appointed to the Board. When an individual is appointed to the Board, the term for that appointment runs to the next regular election.
To qualify as a director of a district, a person must be an “eligible elector” which is defined as a registered voter of Colorado and either: (1) a resident of the District, or (2) the owner (or the spouse or civil union partner of the owner) of taxable real or personal property located within the District. A person who is under contract to purchase taxable property and is obligated to pay taxes prior to closing is also considered an “owner.”
The District files its annual report for the prior year with the City of Colorado Springs.
General Information
Special District Association
The Special District Association of Colorado (SDA) is a statewide membership organization created in 1975 to service the interests of the special district form of local government in Colorado. You can search for annual transparency notices on this website.
Colorado Department of Local Affairs
Active Colorado Local Governments - This is a website where you can search by the name of the metropolitan district to find information such as budgets, audits, director information and terms, election materials, maps, and service plans.
Metro District Education Coalition
MDEC serves as a resource on how metropolitan districts work.
Land Development Review Search (LDRS)
The Land Development Review Search (LDRS) is part of the Planning and Development site for Colorado Springs. This site is best used in conjunction with Spatialist where you can acquire parcel numbers and then search LDRS for development related to those lots. You can also search for street names or addresses and find content that way.
District Technology Accessibility Statement
Dublin North Metropolitan District No. 3 is committed to providing equitable access to our services to all Coloradans. Our ongoing accessibility effort works towards being in line with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1, level AA criteria.
Legal Information
DOLA Legal Forms
This is a website where you can find metropolitan district election forms, such as self-nomination forms.
Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA)
EMMA is designated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as the official source for municipal securities data and disclosure documents. This is a website where you can search for information regarding debt issued by a metropolitan district.
Office of the State Auditor
This is a website where you can search for audits or audit exemptions filed by a metropolitan district. Unless the metropolitan district is exempt (for example, the metropolitan district is inactive or has only nominal activity before development has commenced), the metropolitan district must undergo an annual financial audit by an independent auditor.
Homeowners’ Rights Task Force
Notice of the formation of the HOA and Metropolitan District Homeowners’ Rights Task Force
Maps
Colorado Information Marketplace
(Outdated) This is a website where you can search for metropolitan districts using a map similar to Google maps. Clicking on a metropolitan district will provide a link to more information. (This was part of the website when it was first set up but the district map info is dated)
El Paso County Treasurer
This is a website where you can search properties by address or owner name to find a detailed tax statement which will identify which metropolitan district the property is located in.
County Assessor (Spatialist)
The El Paso County Assessor's Real Property Search site can be used to search records for county properties providing owner name, parcel numbers and so on. This information can also be used to search the Colorado Springs planning and development site to get more information on current development being requested or under way.
Metro District Maps
This site provides an updated map boundry for El Paso Country Districts. Select "Dublin North Metropolitan District 3" from the list to view this districts map.