C.R.S. tit. 24, art. 55 — Cooperation with Federal Government | Colorado Revised Statutes (2024 edition) — Colorado

C.R.S. § 24-55-101 Definitions

24-55-101. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "City" means any city or incorporated town. (2) "Community facilities" includes real and personal property, buildings and equipment for recreational or social assemblies and for educational, health, or welfare purposes, and necessary utilities, when designed primarily for the benefit and use of the occupants of the dwelling accommodations. (3) "Federal government" means the United States of America, the federal emergency administrator of public works, or any agency or instrumentality of the United States. (4) "Government" means the state or federal governments and any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them. (5) "Housing authority" or "authority" means any housing authority created pursuant to the housing authorities law of this state. (6) "Housing project" or "project" means all real and personal property, buildings and improvements, stores, offices, lands for farming and gardening, and community facilities acquired or constructed or to be acquired or constructed pursuant to a single plan or undertaking to demolish, clear, remove, alter, or repair unsafe, unsanitary, or substandard housing or to provide dwelling accommodations at rentals within the means of persons of low income. "Housing project" may also be applied to the planning of the buildings and improvements, the acquisition of property, the demolition of existing structures, the construction, reconstruction, alteration, and repair of the improvements, and all other works in connection therewith.

C.R.S. § 24-55-102 Conveyance by city in aid of project

24-55-102. Conveyance by city in aid of project. (1) A city or government, upon such terms and for such consideration as it may determine, may grant, sell, convey, or lease any of its property to an authority or the federal government, or render the usual municipal services, or provide and maintain parks or other facilities adjacent to or in connection with a project. A city may enter into an agreement with an authority or the federal government to open, close, pave, or change the grade of streets, roads, roadways, alleys, or other places, to install sidewalks, to change the city map, and to plan, replan, zone, or rezone any section of the city. In connection with this power, a city is empowered to incur the entire expense, subject to such reimbursement as it shall determine, of street improvements without assessment against abutting property owners. Any statute, charter, local law, or ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding, any gift, grant, sale, conveyance, or lease may be made by a city or government to an authority or the federal government without appraisal, public notice, advertisement, or public bidding for such price and, in the case of a lease, for such rental or term as may be deemed advisable. (2) In connection with any housing project located wholly or partly within the area in which it is authorized to act, any city may contract with a housing authority or the federal government with respect to the sum, if any, which the housing authority or the federal government may agree to pay during any year or period of years to the city for the improvements, services, and facilities to be furnished by it for the benefit of said housing project, but in no event shall the amount of such payments exceed the estimated cost to the city of the improvements, services, or facilities to be so furnished; except that the absence of a contract for such payments shall in no way relieve any city from the duty to furnish, for the benefit of said housing project, all such services and facilities as such city usually furnishes without a service fee. (3) With respect to any housing project which a housing authority has acquired or taken over from the federal government and which the housing authority by resolution has found and declared to have been constructed in a manner that will promote the public interest and afford necessary safety, sanitation, and other protection, no city shall require any changes to be made in the housing project or the manner of its construction or take any other action relating to such construction. (4) For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, construction, or operation of housing projects located wholly or partly within the area in which it is authorized to act, a city or government may, upon such terms as it may determine, do any and all things necessary or convenient and may enter into agreements, which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, with a housing authority or government respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by this article.

C.R.S. § 24-55-103 Cooperation between authorities

24-55-103. Cooperation between authorities. Any two or more housing authorities created under article 4 of title 29, C.R.S., for cities and counties may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any or all of their powers for the purpose of financing, including the issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations and giving security therefor, planning, undertaking, owning, constructing, operating, or contracting with respect to a housing project located within the area of operation of any one or more of said housing authorities. For such purposes, a housing authority may by resolution prescribe and authorize any other housing authority so joining or cooperating with it to act on its behalf with respect to any or all powers, as its agent or otherwise, in the name of the housing authority so joining or cooperating or in its own name.