COLORADO SPRINGS — The adoption of electric bike (E-bike) rules for Colorado Springs Parks, Trails and Open Spaces (TOPS) is proving to be a complex issue.
Tuesday, Colorado Springs City Council postponed a discussion and decision on whether to ask voters to approve E-bike rules. The challenge has more to do with legislative processes than the bikes themselves.
TOPS tax rules approved by voters say no motorized vehicles are allowed on TOPS funded property, and any changes to rules have to be approved by voters.
City Attorneys say city council can approve rules that apply to all parks property, but a lawyer for a citizen's group thinks differently, saying TOPS property rule changes require a vote of the people.
Colorado Springs City Council decided Tuesday's deadline for the April ballot did not leave enough time to properly create a ballot question.
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One man is on a mission to find a permanent home for a wind phone to honor his mother
Derrick Johnson says he is on a mission. He wants to find a permanent home in Colorado Springs for a wind phone to honor his mother, Ellen Lopes. She is one of the identified victims in the Return to Nature Funeral Home case.
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