Tax decreaseA 2014 authority to raise taxes up to $1 million a year for multi-year agreements
Repeals the district’s 2014 Ballot Issue 5C, which authorizes multi-year financial obligations and property-tax increases of up to $1 million annually to fund the agreements.
Stone Creek Metropolitan District
On the November 3, 2026 ballot
Kim's Recommendation
YES
Vote Yes on Stone Creek Metropolitan District Ballot Question 6D
Ballot Issue 5C lets the Stone Creek board raise property taxes by as much as $1 million a year to pay for agreements or contracts that bind the district for more than one year. The ceiling is larger than the tax revenue the district projected for 2026.
Because the ballot's description of 5C names no purpose, a future board decides both what the agreements pay for and how much of that tax to raise for them. I oppose leaving a taxing permission of that size in place for any future board to use.
I recommend a yes vote on Stone Creek Metropolitan District Ballot Question 6D.
Kim Monson
Host, The Kim Monson Show · President, Colorado Union of Taxpayers · Colorado Voter's Guide 2026
Certified ballot question
Prohibit Funding of Multiple Fiscal Year Non-Debt Agreements outside of voter established tax limitations
Shall Ballot Issue 5C, unanimously approved by three voters at a special election held on November 4, 2014, be forever repealed and rescinded effective immediately, which ballot issue authorizes Stone Creek Metropolitan District to enter into one or more multiple fiscal year financial obligations evidenced by intergovernmental agreements or contracts and to increase ad valorem taxes up to $1 million annually to fund such agreements?
A yes vote means
Permanently repeals the 2014 agreement and tax authorization, effective immediately.
A no vote means
Leaves the 2014 Ballot Issue 5C authorization in place.
The Agreements Tax Authority01
Ballot Question 6D carries the title "Prohibit Funding of Multiple Fiscal Year Non-Debt Agreements outside of voter established tax limitations." It asks whether Ballot Issue 5C should "be forever repealed and rescinded effective immediately."
As the question describes it, 5C authorizes the Stone Creek Metropolitan District "to enter into one or more multiple fiscal year financial obligations evidenced by intergovernmental agreements or contracts and to increase ad valorem taxes up to $1 million annually to fund such agreements." Under 5C, the district may sign agreements or contracts that commit it beyond a single budget year, and it may raise property taxes by as much as $1 million a year to pay for them.
That description names no purpose the agreements must serve. The next question, 6E, describes Ballot Issue 5D as covering agreements "to fund regional improvements," with the same $1 million ceiling.
A yes vote ends 5C permanently and at once. A no vote leaves it in place.
What 6D repeals
Now
If 6D passes
Ballot Issue 5C (approved November 4, 2014): multi-year agreements or contracts, funded by raising property taxes, up to $1 million a year
Granted
Repealed
Douglas County ballot, Stone Creek Metropolitan District Ballot Question 6D
The District's Special Election02
The question states that three voters approved 5C unanimously at a special election on November 4, 2014. The district's service plan, which the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners approved on September 23, 2014, records that the district's organizational and TABOR elections took place on November 4, 2014.
The Ceiling and District Revenue03
Under 5C, $1 million is the yearly ceiling on a tax increase. It exceeds the district's projected tax revenue for 2026, which January 2026 board minutes estimate at $718,100. State property tax records show the district levied 44.386 mills in tax year 2025: 11.534 for general purposes, 32.852 for bonds and none as a contractual levy. The district's 2014 Service Plan sets a base maximum total levy of 60 mills for debt service and operations and maintenance. That limit adjusts when assessment law changes. The district may request a Service Plan amendment to remove the mill-levy caps when its debt-to-assessed-value ratio falls below 50%.
One of Five Repeals04
Question 6D reaches only 5C. Questions 6E, 6F and 6G each repeal a different 2014 authorization, and 6C addresses "all unused debt authorization."
Sources05
Official documents
Douglas County composite sample ballot, November 3, 2026 election
