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File #: 25-539    Version: 1
Type: Presentation Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/22/2025 In control: Board of County Commissioners Study Session
On agenda: 10/14/2025 Final action:
Title: 1:45 PM *Request from City of Aurora to Increase Percentage of Open Space Shareback Proceeds Spent on Maintenance
Attachments: 1. Board Summary Report, 2. Aurora Request
To: Board of County Commissioners

Through: Gini Pingenot, Director, Open Spaces

Prepared By:
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Michele Frishman, Grants and Acquisitions Manager, Open Spaces
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Presenter: Michele Frishman, Grants and Acquisitions Manager, Open Spaces
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Subject:
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1:45 PM *Request from City of Aurora to Increase Percentage of Open Space Shareback Proceeds Spent on Maintenance
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Purpose and Request:
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Open Spaces staff will present a request from the City of Aurora to increase the percentage of open space shareback proceeds that the City can spend on maintenance needs in a given year.
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Alignment with Strategic Plan: Good Governance - Understand and respond to community needs, interests, and values.

Background and Discussion: Every year, 50% of the revenue the County receives from the open space sales and use tax is provided to 12 municipalities throughout the County through Open Spaces' shareback program. Each municipality has an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the County that addresses the shareback program requirements.

The municipalities that receive shareback proceeds may spend them on any of the purposes authorized by the County's open space resolution, Resolution No. 21-263. However, the resolution limits the percentage of shareback proceeds that may be spent on maintenance costs: "Further, an incorporated municipality may use up to the percentage of its Shareback Funds designated in the IGA with the Board of County Commissioners, which designated percentage shall be at least 20% of the annual allocation, to maintain existing or new open space properties, trails, neighborhood and regional parks, and sports fields." Municipalities are not required to spend as much as the permitted percentage on maintenance, but they cannot exceed it. By limiting the amount of shareback proceeds that can be spent on maintenance, the County ensures that the municipalities continue to look for new ways to add and/or...

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