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District Office: Service Calls - TV System: P.O. Box 1369 |
The service plan was revised in 2000, expanding the mission of the District to include support for all forms of recreation, arts and cultural activities through grants and service. Since that time the District has contributed over $849,000 to support recreation and cultural arts in partnership with local governments, non-profit organizations and citizen driven grassroots groups in Gunnison County. 50% of all Lottery Funds received by the District are shared with other local governments to facilitate park and recreation services. $288,969 has been shared with local governments in the service plan area since 2001.
The Board of Directors of the Gunnison County Metropolitan Recreation District will meet on the following dates during 2012. Meetings are held in either Gunnison or Crested Butte, as indicated, beginning at REGULAR MEETINGS
MEETING LOCATIONS
* The February 21st meeting will be held at 202 E. Virginia Ave., north of the Courthouse, at the Office for Resource Efficiency. AGENDA The mission of the Gunnison County Metropolitan Recreation District (GCMRD) is to collaborate with park and recreation departments, authorities or other governmental entities, and non-profit organizations, to provide services which meet the public need in the specific areas of recreation, arts and cultural services and to provide television signals in an efficient manner within the service area of Gunnison County. The goals of the Met Rec District are to facilitate the regionalization of recreation, arts and cultural based programming and projects within the service area of Gunnison County, and to operate and maintain the television translator system providing antenna users access to television programming.
Qualifications: To qualify as a Director of a special district (“District”), a person must be an “elector”, defined as a registered voter of Colorado and either:
TERM/TERM LIMITS Directors are limited to two consecutive terms of office. Term limits apply only to elected four-year terms, not to interim terms that arise by appointment to fill a vacancy or to elected two-year terms created due to a vacancy. FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS COMPENSATION Special districts in Colorado must hold regular elections on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May in even numbered years for the purpose of electing Directors to the Board and for the submission of other ballot issues or questions. 32-1-103(17), Colorado Revised Statues (“C.R.S.”) The next regular election will be held on May 8, 2012 at which time 3 four-year terms for Directors will be decided. The deadline to submit a Self Nomination and Acceptance Form to the Designated Election Official is Friday, March 2, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. (C.R.S. 32-1-804.3(3)). Earlier submittal is encouraged as the deadline will not permit curing an insufficient form. The form will be made available following publication of the Call For Nominations (C.R.S. 32-1-804.1) on February 9, 2012. For further information please contact the Designated Election Official. Lori Patin, Designated Election Official P O Box 1369, Gunnison CO 81230 Phone: 970-641-8725 Email: admin@gcmetrec.com Self Nomination and Acceptance Form, 2012 (Download PDF) Voter Eligibility. Persons entitled to vote at special district elections must be registered to vote in the State of Colorado * (CRS 32-1-806) and: A resident of the district for not less than thirty days; or The owner, or spouse of the owner, of taxable real or personal property situated within the boundaries of the special district; or A person who is obligated to pay taxes under a contract to purchase taxable property situated within the boundaries of the special district. * Registration Deadline (CRS 1-2-201(3): Electors shall be permitted to vote if the elector is registered to vote no later than 29 days before the election. To register to vote or to verify elector status, please contact the County clerk and recorder of the county in which you reside.The Met Rec District is a special District of the State of Colorado. Special districts were first authorized in 1949 as a form of local government to provide certain municipal-type services in rural and unincorporated areas. Since then, more than 1400 special districts have been created to provide park and recreation services, fire protection and prevention, emergency medical services, drainage, water, sanitation, hospital services, ambulance and roads to local areas. Colorado special districts have been instrumental in providing the public infrastructure to meet the growing needs of the state’s population in the face of increasing demands on cities and counties to keep up with the ever-increasing needs for urban services. Links: |
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The Gunnison County Metropolitan Recreation District was established in 1978 by a vote of the residents to operate and maintain a television translator system. A transition to over-the-air digital television signals was begun in 2009.
District Information
OBJECTIVES:
Inform public and municipalities of the mission of Met Rec District and it’s accomplishments.
32-1-103(5),
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