OFFICIAL BALLOT GENERAL ELECTION

LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2002

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~p~~ MYRNAJ.RODENBERGER COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER

INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS

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"Ballot issues referred by the general assembly or any political subdivision are listed by letter, and ballot issues initiated by the people are listed numerically. A 'yes' vote on any ballot issue is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances, and a 'no' vote on any ballot issue is a vote against changing current law or existing circumstances.• C.R.S. 1-40-115(2)

UNITED STATES SENATOR STATE TREASURER COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER (Vote for One) (Vote for One) (Vote for One)

0 Wayne Allard Mike Coffman Scott Doyle 0 0 Republican Republican Renublan

Signed declaration to limit service to no more than 2 Terry L. Phillips terms 0 COUNTY TREASURER

Democratic (Vote for One) 0 Tom Strickland Michael Sanchez 0

Democratic Colorado Reform

Gaar Potter Myrna Rodenberger 0 0 Libertarian Renuhlican

O Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell ATTORNEY GENERAL COUNTY ASSESSOR American Constitution (Vote for One) (Vote for One) Signed declaration to limit service to no more than 2 terms

0 Rick Stanley Ken Salazar Larry G. Johnson 0 0 Libertarian Oemocrallc Reoubllcan Signed declaration to limit service to no more than 2 Marti Allbright terms 0 COUNTY SHERIFF

Republican (Vote for One) 0 John Heckman Dwight K. Harding 0

Concerns of People Libertarian Signed declaration to limit service to no more than 2 Alison "Sunny" Maynard James A. Alderden terms 0 0 Green Renuhlican

STATE SENATE· DISTRICT 15 COUNTY SURVEYOR 0 ------------(Vote for One) (Vote for One)

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 108TH Kathy Gilliland Ron Perkins 0 0 OemOO"attC Reoubllcen UNITED STATES CONGRESS· DISTRICT 4 (Vote for One) Steve Johnson 0 COUNTY CORONER

RenubHcan (Vote for One)

STATE REPRESENTATIVE· DISTRICT49

Stan Matsunaka 0 (Vote for One) O PatAllen Democratic R-'"'-••bllcan

O Marilyn N. Musgrave Kevin Lundberg 0 Republican Reoubllcan

O JohnVolz STATE REPRESENTATIVE - JUSTICE OF THE COLORADO Libertarian

DISTRICT 51 SUPREME COURT (Vote Yes or No) (Vote for One)

Shall Justice Nathan B. Coats of the Colorado GOVERNOR/ LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Timothy S. Fritz 0 Republican Supreme Court be retained in office?

(Vote for One PAIR) Joe Jabally 0 Unaffillal.ed

Rollie Heath/Bill Thiebaut 0 STATE REPRESENTATIVE • Q YES Democratic

DISTRICT52 Bill Owens/Jane Norton 0 (Vote for One) 0 NO Republican

Ronald Forthofer/Dan C. Winters 0 Bob McCluskey 0 COURT OF APPEALS Green Republican (Vote Yes or No)

Ralph Shnelvar/Desiree Hackett Hickson Bryan Jameson 0 0 Libertarian Democratic t----"=="-------------t-----"""'-"<=""----------------1 Shall Judge John Daniel Dailey of the Colorado SECRETARY OF STATE STATE REPRESENTATIVE - Court of Appeals be retained in office?

(Vote for One) DISTRICT 53 (Vote for One) Q YES

Donetta Davidson Kirk Brush 0 0 ONO Republican Republican

Anthony Martinez 0 Angie Paccione 0 COURT OF APPEALS Democratic oemoaa~c

(Vote Yes or No) David Aitken 0 Libertarian !;a:.,~.ro~.!~'~~tt~~.fr=t~~Mli

Shall Judge Henry E. Nieto of the Colorado Clyde J. Harkins 0 COUNTY COMMISSIONER - Court of Appeals be retained in office? American Con.stitutinn

DISTRICT1 (Vote for One) Q YES

Kathay Rennels 0 QNO Republican

Nancy York 0 Green

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AMENDMENT 30 COUNTY JUDGE - LARIMER REFERENDUM D I (Vote Yes or No)

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Amendments to articles VI, XVIII, XX, and I constitution concerning election day voter Shall Judge C. Edward Stirman of the Larimer XXVII of the constitution of the state of registration, and, in connection therewith, allowing an

Colorado, concerning the repeal of certain County Court be retained in office? eligible citizen to register and vote on any day that a obsolete provisions in the constitution of the vote may be cast in any election beginning on

0 YES January 1, 2004; specifying election day voter state of Colorado. registration locations; specifying that an eligible

O NO citizen who registers to vote on election day shall Q YES ----------------------1 register in person and present a current and valid

STATE OF COLORADO J;J·'-'·'-' '~-- Colorado driver's license or state Identification card Q NO _____________ . , ,. __ _ _ _ _ .·· --1 or other approved documentation; and directing the _ _ 'lf:· -,,,. ~_ _1'''~: Colorado general assembly, in implementing election

AMENDMENT 27 day voter registration, to adopt necessary protections REFERENDUM E against election fraud? Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Shall the thirty-first day of March be designated constitution concerning campaign finance, and, in

connection therewith, reducing the amount of a legal holiday for observing the birthday of campaign contributions that persons may make to 0 YES Cesar Estrada Chavez as "Cesar Chavez day"? candidate committees, political committees, and political parties; establishing contribution limits for Q YES 0 NO small donor committees; prohibiting candidate committees and political parties from making or

AMENDMENT 31 0 NO amount of contributions political parties and political accepting certain contributions; restricting the

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado committees may accept from certain sources; limiting B i :!f: .. ~ME~ cotfNrr: = constitution concerning English-language education corporations or labor organizations; creating contributions and expenditures that may be made by

in Colorado public schools, and, in connection REFERRED ISSUE 1A voluntary campaign spending limits; providing for a therewith, requiring children to be taught by using the

periodic adjustment of contribution and voluntary English language in their classrooms and requiring ELECTION FOR INCREASE OF THREE spending limits; specifying the treatment of children who are learning English to be placed in an TENTHS OF ONE MILL AD VALORUM TAX. unexpended contributions; requiring the disclosure of English immersion program that is intended to last

information about persons making electioneering one year or less and, if successful, will result in communications above a specified amount; defining placement of such children in ordinary classrooms; SHALL LARIMER COUNTY TAXES BE electioneering communications as certain near­ exempting from such requirements those children INCREASED BY $900,000.00 IN THE FIRST election communications that unambiguously refer to whose parents or legal guardians obtain annual FISCAL YEAR AND ANNUALLY a candidate and are targeted to voters; and waivers allowing the children to transfer to classes THEREAFTER IN SUCH AMOUNTS AS ARE incorporating into the constitution existing statutory using bilingual education or other educational RECEIVED EACH YEAR BY THE IMPOSITION provisions, with amendments, regarding definitions, methodologies, but making such waivers very difficult OF AN ADDITIONAL THREE TENTHS OF deposits of contributions, limits on cash to obtain because the school can grant them only in ONE MILL LEVY TO THE EXISTING LARIMER contributions, notice and disclosure of independent very restrictive circumstances and can deny them for COUNTY MILL LEVY UPON TAXABLE REAL expenditures, reporting of contributions and AND PERSONAL PROPERTY WITHIN any reason or no reason thereby reducing the expenditures, civil penalties, and duties of the LARIMER COUNTY, COMMENCING WITH likelihood that bilingual education will be used; secretary of state? TAX COLLECTION YEAR 2003 AND ENDING

bilingual education or other educational requiring schools that grant any waivers to offer

AT THE CONCLUSION OF TAX COLLECTION methodologies when they have at least 20 students YEAR 2009, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT

0 YES in the same grade who receive a waiver and in all FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING PUBLIC other cases permitting students to transfer to a public HEAL TH SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE

0 NO school in which bilingual education or other LARIMER COUNTY HEAL TH DEPARTMENT, 1-----------------------l methodologies are offered, with the cost of such SUCH AS MATERNAL AND CHILD HEAL TH

transfer, excluding transportation, to be provided by SERVICES, COMMUNICABLE DISEASE the state; allowing a parent or legal guardian to sue

AMENDMENT 28 CONTROL AND IMMUNIZATIONS,

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado public employees granting a waiver if the parent or ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Revised Statutes concerning the conduct of elections guardian later concludes that the waiver was granted INCLUDING RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS, using mail-in ballots, and, in connection therewith, in error and injured the child's education; creating AND HEAL TH COMMUNICATIONS; AND replacing existing statutory provisions relating to mail severe legal consequences identified in the SHALL SUCH REVENUES BE COLLECTED, ballot elections with provisions governing "automatic amendment for such public employees who willfully RETAINED AND SPENT AS A VOTER absentee ballot elections"; requiring that, after and repeatedly refuse to implement the amendment; APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER January 1, 2005, any election held on the same day and requiring schools to test children learning ARTICLE X SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO as any primary, general, congressional vacancy, English, enrolled in second grade or higher, to CONSTITUTION AND, IF APPLICABLE, special legislative, partisan officer recall, or other monitor their progress, using a standardized EXCEED THE 5.5% TAX REVENUE GROWTH November coordinated election, be conducted as an nationally-normed test of academic subject matter LIMITATION CONTAINED IN SECTION 29-1-automatic absentee ballot election; permitting other given in English? 301 COLORADO REVISED STATUTES AND elections and elections held before January 1, 2005 ANY OTHER TAX REVENUE LIMITATION to be conducted as automatic absentee ballot Q YES CONTAINED IN THE LAWS OF THE STATE? elections; requiring an election official who conducts an automatic absentee ballot election to submit a plan for the election to be approved by the secretary 0 NO 0 YES of state; specifying requirements for the delivery and return of ballots in an automatic absentee ballot REFERENDUM A Q NO election, including provisions for ballot drop-off sites, polling booth locations, and the issuance and return

An amendment to the constitution of the state of of replacement ballots; specifying requirements for ballot qualification in an automatic absentee ballot Colorado, exempting district attorneys from election, including the verification of voters' constitutional term limits. signatures and the counting of such ballots; specifying that interference with the delivery of a 0 YES ballot in an automatic absentee ballot election to the designated election official is an election offense; and increasing penalties for specified election Q NO offenses?

REFERENDUM B

0 YES An amendment to section 2 of article XI of the constitution of the state of Colorado, concerning the

O NO authorization for local governments to become a t----------------------1 partner with a public or private entity in the provision

of health care services, and, in connection therewith, AMENDMENT 29 authorizing a local government to become a

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado subscriber, member, or shareholder in or a joint revised statutes concerning the use of petitions to owner with any person or company, public or private, provide candidate access to the primary election in order to provide such health care without incurring ballot, and, in connection therewith, requiring that all debt. candidates for nomination at a primary election be placed on the primary election ballot by petition; 0 YES eliminating the candidate designation and certification process from state, county, and district assemblies; specifying the signature requirements 0 NO for nominating petitions for access to the primary election ballot; allowing a candidate to include a REFERENDUM C personal statement on his or her nominating petition; providing for examination of nominating petitions by An amendment to article XIV of the constitution of the designated election official; and setting forth a

the state of Colorado, concerning the authority of the procedure to protest the election official's decision regarding the sufficiency of nominating petitions? general assembly to establish qualifications for the

office of county coroner.

0 YES 0 YES

Q NO ONO

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CITY OF FORT COLLINS - • ·,:,_; (.dfv 6f'FoRfcdL.LINS. f . :-c.

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INITIATED ISSUE 200 CITIZEN. INIT IATED ORDINANCE

TO CONTINUE THE CITY'S EXISTING OPEN SPACE SALES AND USE TAX

SHALL THERE BE AN EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING CITY OF FORT COLLINS 0 .25% SALES AND USE TAX FOR TRAIL SYSTEMS, WILDLIFE HABITAT, NATURAL AREAS AND CERTAIN PARK PROJECTS, WHICH WAS AUTHORIZED BY VOTER-APPROVED ORDINANCE NO. 29, 1997, AND WHICH IS PRESENTLY SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31, 2005, WITH SUCH TAX TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2030, AND WITH ALL REVENUE GENERATED BY SUCH TAX AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2005, TO BE USED TO ACQUIRE, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN OPEN SPACES, COMMUNITY SEPARATORS, NATURAL AREAS, WILDLIFE HABITAT, RIPARIAN AREAS, WETLANDS AND VALUED AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPROPRIATE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THESE AREAS BY THE CITIZENRY, THROUGH LAND CONSERVATION PROJECTS TO BE UNDERTAKEN WHERE THERE IS AN IDENTIFIABLE BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, EITHER WITHIN THE CITY OR ITS GROWTH MANAGEMENT AREA OR REGIONALLY, PROVIDED THAT:

• NOT LESS THAN 80% OF THE TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUE GENERATED BY THE TAX WOULD BE USED SOLELY FOR "LAND CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES"; AND

• NOT MORE THAN 20% OF SUCH TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUE WOULD BE USED FOR "OPERATIONS ACTIVITIES" AND "MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES" RELATED TO THOSE LAND CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES;

AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT ALL SUCH LAND CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BY AGREEMENT WITH WILLING SELLERS; AND THAT THE FULL AMOUNT OF REVENUES DERIVED FROM SUCH EXTENDED TAX, AND ANY INVESTMENT EARNINGS THEREON, MAY BE COLLECTED AND EXPENDED BY THE CITY, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY STATE REVENUE OR EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITIZEN•INITIATED ORDINANCE NO. 1, 2002?

Q YES

Q NO ' ----- - -------------

REFERRED ISSUE 2C A CITY-INITIATED MEASURE PROPOSING A 0.25

PERCENT INCREASE IN CITY SALES AND USE TAXES AND A PROPOSED 1% CONSTRUCTION EXCISE TAX TO FUND CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL

IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

SHALL CITY OF FORT COLLINS TAXES BE INCREASED BY AN ESTIMATED $9.1 MILLION FOR THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS MAY BE GENERATED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY:

• AN INCREASE IN THE RATE OF SALES AND USE TAXES OF 0.25 PERCENT (25¢ ON A $100 PURCHASE), TO BE IMPOSED ON ALL TAXABLE ITEMS EXCEPT FOOD, TO COMMENCE JANUARY 1, 2003, AND TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31, 2022; AND

• THE IMPOSITION OF AN EXCISE TAX UPON THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS FOR ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY EXCEPT FOR RESIDENTIAL REMODELING PROJECTS THAT DO NOT CREATE ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNITS AND COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL REMODELING PROJECTS THAT DO NOT ADD SQUARE FOOTAGE, AND EXCEPT FOR QUALIFIED AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS, AT THE RATE OF ONE PERCENT (1.00%) OF THE COST OF SUCH CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION, TO COMMENCE APRIL 1, 2003, AND TO EXPIRE MARCH 31, 2023

WITH THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH NEW TAXES, TOGETHER WITH INVESTMENT EARNINGS THEREON, TO BE USED TO PAY FOR THE PLANNING, DESIGN, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, TO BE DESIGNATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL NO LESS THAN ONCE EVERY FOUR (4) YEARS AS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS SHOWN ON A TWENTY (20) YEAR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, WITH THE FIRST PROJECTS SO DESIGNATED TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:

• THE WIDENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF TIMBERLINE ROAD FROM DRAKE ROAD TO PROSPECT ROAD;

• THE IMPROVEMENT AND EXTENSION OF THE MASON STREET TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR;

• AN OVERPASS OR UNDERPASS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO LEMAY AVENUE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF VINE DRIVE;

• OTHER INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY;

WITH EACH SUCH PROJECT TO BE CONTINGENT UPON THE AVAILABILITY OF SUFFICIENT LOCAL, STATE AND/OR FEDERAL FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT AND WITH THE SCOPE, COST ANO SCHEDULING OF EACH PROJECT TO BE DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL; ANO SHALL THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT AND EXPEND ALL OF THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH TAX INCREASES AND INVESTMENT EARNINGS THEREON, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY APPLICABLE LIMITATION ON REVENUES ANO EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION?

Q YES

QNO

REFERRED ISSUE 2B

A PROPOSED INCREASE IN THE CITY OF LOVELAND'S SALES AND USE TAX RATES BY 0.25 PERCENT FOR FIVE YEARS TO FUND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S 2020 TRANSPORTATION PLAN

"SHALL CITY OF LOVELAND"S SALES AND USE TAXES BE INCREASED BY AN ESTIMATED $2,300,000 FOR THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS MAY BE GENERATED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY AN INCREASE IN THE RATE OF THE SALES AND USE TAXES OF 0.25 PERCENT (25¢ ON A $100 PURCHASE) FOR TAXABLE TRANSACTIONS TO BEGIN JANUARY 1, 2003, AND EXPIRE DECEMBER 31, 2007; WITH THE PROCEEDS OF THIS TAX INCREASE, AND THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS THEREON, USED TO PAY FOR PLANNING, DESIGN, LAND AND CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN OF THE CITY'S 2020 TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WITH FIRST CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS:

• CONSTRUCTION OF ARTERIAL CONNECTION BETWEEN U.S. HIGHWAY 287 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 34 ALONG 37TH STREET AND MADISON AVENUE;

• WIDEN TAFT AVENUE FROM 9TH STREET TO U.S. HIGHWAY 34, INCLUDING INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS;

• IMPROVEMENT OF INTERSECTION AT U.S. HIGHWAY 34 AND MADISON AVENUE, WITH IMPROVEMENTS ON MADISON AVENUE FROM 11TH STREET TO 16TH STREET;

• INSTALL NINE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT VARIOUS INTERSECTIONS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW AND SAFETY;

WITH EACH PROJECT CONTINGENT ON AVAILABILITY OF SUFFICIENT LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL AND/OR DEVELOPER FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT AND WITH SCOPE, COST AND SCHEDULING OF EACH PROJECT DETERMINED BY CITY COUNCIL; AND SHALL THE CITY BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT AND SPEND ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS TAX INCREASE, INCLUDING THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS THEREON, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY APPLICABLE LIMITATION ON REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION?"

Q YES

Q NO

REFERRED ISSUE 2A

Shall elected officials of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, be allowed to serve more than two consecutive terms of office and eliminate the limitation on terms of office as set by Article XVIII, Section 11 of the Colorado Constitution?

Q YES

Q NO REFERRED ISSUE 2D CITY INITIATED

PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 1

Shall Article X, Sections 1(d) and (e) of the City Charter be amended to conform to the requirements of Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution, so that any citizen initiated measure that requires voter approval in advance under Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution would have to be submitted to a vote of the registered electors of the City as required by said constitutional provision?

0 YES

Q NO

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ST. VRAIN RE-1J SCHOOL DISTRIPT .ALLENSPARK FIRE PROTECTION "" DISTRICT ,, -'

REFERRED ISSUE 3A ·, SHALL ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL REFERRED ISSUE 4B DISTRICT NO. RE-1J DEBT BE INCREASED $212,900,000, WITH A REPAYMENT COST SHALL THE ALLENSPARK FIRE PROTECTION OF $389,982,100, AND SHALL DISTRICT DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED BY $85,000 TAXES BE INCREASED $23,939,000 COMMENCING IN TAX YEAR 2002, AND BY ANNUALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF: WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED

ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY A MILL LEVY OF • CONSTRUCTING NEW BUILDINGS AND NOT MORE THAN 2.75 MILLS, THE PROCEEDS

PURCHASING NEW SITES TO OF WHICH ARE TO BE USED FOR THE ACCOMMODATE GROWTH IN STUDENT ACQUISITION OF FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT, ENROLLMENT, SUCH TAXES TO CONSIST OF AN AD VALOREM

MILL LEVY WHICH SHALL BE IMPOSED ON TO EXISTING DISTRICT FACILITIES TO

• MAKING MAJOR REPAIRS AND ADDITIONS TAXABLE PROPERTY OF THE DISTRICT, AND SHALL THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH TAXES, AND EXTEND THEIR USEFUL LIFE OR IMPROVE INVESTMENT INCOME THEREON, BE OPERATIONS, COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE DISTRICT AS A • INSTALLING OR IMPROVING BUILDING VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING SAFETY SYSTEMS, CHANGES OF THE DISTRICT IN FISCAL YEAR

• IMPROVING COMPUTER AND 2003 AND IN EACH YEAR THEREAFTER, TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY SPENDING,

• IMPROVING SCHOOL GROUNDS, AND REVENUE-RAISING, OR OTHER LIMITATION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE

BUILDING; AND • EQUIPPING OR FURNISHING ANY

COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR SECTION 29-1-301, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES?

SHALL THE MILL LEVY BE INCREASED IN ANY YEAR WITHOUT LIMITATION AS TO RATE OR Q YES AMOUNT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST ON SUCH QNO DEBT OR ANY REFUNDING DEBT (OR TO CREATE A RESERVE FOR SUCH PAYMENT); SUCH DEBT TO BE EVIDENCED BY THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS BEARING INTEREST AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO EXCEED 6%; SUCH BONDS TO BE SOLD IN ONE SERIES OR MORE, FOR A PRICE ABOVE OR BELOW THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SUCH SERIES, ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND WITH SUCH MATURITIES AS PERMITTED BY LAW AND AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE, INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR REDEMPTION OF THE BONDS PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF THE PREMIUM; AND SHALL THE DISTRICT'S DEBT LIMIT BE INCREASED FROM AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 20% OF THE DISTRICT'S ASSESSED VALUE TO AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 6% OF THE DISTRICT'S ACTUAL VALUE, AS CALCULATED BY THE COUNTY ASSESSOR; AND SHALL THE EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH BOND PROCEEDS AND TAX REVENUES BE COLLECTED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?

Q YES

REFERRED ISSUE 4A

WITHOUT INCREASING TAXES, SHALL THE ALLENSPARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, RETAIN AND SPEND ALL REVENUES AND OTHER FUNDS COLLECTED FROM AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES OF ITS EXISTING MILL LEVY OF 4.757 MILLS AND ANY OTHER REVENUE SOURCE, EFFECTIVE FISCAL YEAR 2002, AND CONTINUING THEREAFTER AS PROVIDED BY LAW; PROVIDED THAT THE DISTRICT'S GENERAL OPERATING PROPERTY TAX RATE SHALL NOT BE INCREASED WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL; AND SHALL THE REVENUES FROM ALL SUCH REVENUE SOURCES BE SPENT FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS PURPOSES AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, AND SECTION 29-1-301, C.R.S?

Q YES

Q NO

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