Stone Creek Repeal of Agreement Authority for Joint Projects and Upkeep

Stone Creek Metropolitan District, a residential district at Scott Road and State Highway 83 (Parker Road) in Douglas County, held its organizational election on November 4, 2014. Three voters at a special election that day unanimously approved Ballot Issue 5S. It authorizes the district to enter one or more intergovernmental agreements, each of which "may constitute a multiple fiscal year financial obligation of the District," meaning a promise of payment that reaches past the current budget year.

The authority covers two purposes. One is "jointly financing the costs of any public improvements, facilities, systems, programs, or projects which the District may lawfully provide." The other is "providing for the operations and maintenance of the District and its facilities and properties," so the authority reaches the district's upkeep as well as its improvements and programs.

A yes vote on Question 6F repeals 5S forever, effective immediately. The question's ballot title reads "Prohibit Funding of Multiple Fiscal Year Non-Debt Agreements outside of voter established tax limitations."

Questions 6D, 6E and 6G repeal the district's other 2014 agreement authorizations: 6D and 6E each end a power to increase property taxes by up to $1 million a year, and 6G ends an authority for payments capped at $82,800,000 of tax revenues from a district mill levy. Of the four, 5S alone names operations and maintenance as a purpose, and the question describes it with no dollar figure or tax. A fifth question, 6C, repeals all of the district's unused voter-approved debt authorization.

The district's annual report for 2021 lists a Clubhouse Joint Use and Operations Cost Sharing Agreement with Cielo Metropolitan District, dated August 25, 2021. Under it, Stone Creek manages the clubhouse and its maintenance, and the two districts divide the operating costs. At the board's June 30, 2026, meeting, Director Holly Green pointed to the need for a new operating agreement. At the July 28 meeting, she said the board would like to end its cost-share agreement with Cielo. The district has been advised that, because the agreement has no termination clause, ending it requires both districts to agree, and Cielo has no desire to terminate.