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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019 Consolidated Annual Report, Nos. 1-3SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-3
2019 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORT
Pursuant to the Consolidated Service Plan for Solaris Metropolitan District Nos. 1, 2 and 3
(the “Districts”), the Districts are responsible for submitting an annual report to the Town Manager
of the Town of Vail (the “Town”) each year. For the year ending December 31, 2019, the Districts
make the following report:
1. Boundary changes made to the Districts’ boundaries as of December 31 of
the prior year.
There were no boundary changes made to the Districts’ boundaries during the prior year.
2. Intergovernmental Agreements with other governmental entities entered into
as of December 31 of the prior year.
There were no intergovernmental agreements with other governmental entities entered into
during the prior year.
3. A list of all facilities and improvements constructed by the Districts that have
been dedicated to and accepted by the Town as of December 31 of the prior year.
No facilities or improvements constructed by the Districts were dedicated to the Town in
2019.
4. The assessed valuation of the Districts for the current year.
The assessed valuation of each district is as follows:
District No. 1 - $11,660
District No. 2 - $32,218,330
District No. 3 - $8,512,280
5. Current year budget including a description of the Public Improvements to
be constructed in such year.
Copies of the Districts’ 2020 budgets are attached hereto as Exhibit A.
6. Audit of the District’s financial statements, for the year ending December 31
of the previous year, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
or audit exemption, if applicable.
Copies of the 2019 Audits are attached hereto as Exhibit B.
7. Notice of any uncured events of default by the Districts, which continue
beyond a ninety (90) day period, under any Debt instrument.
There were not uncured events of default by the Districts which continued beyond 90
days under any debt instrument.
Respectfully Submitted on July 28th, 2020,
SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-4
By:_____________________________________________
Trisha K. Harris, Esq.
EXHIBIT A
2020 Budgets
SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1
__________________________________________
Administrative Management Provided By Marchetti & Weaver, LLC
28 Second Street, Suite 213, Edwards, CO 81632; Phone (970) 926-6060; Fax (970) 926-6040
Filed electronically:dlg-filing@state.co.us
LGID#: 65739
December 31, 2019
Division of Local Government
1313 Sherman Street, Room 521
Denver, CO 80203
RE:Solaris Metropolitan District No.1
Attached is the 2020 Budget for the Solaris Metropolitan District No.1 in Eagle County,
Colorado, submitted pursuant to Section 29-1-116,C.R.S.This Budget was adopted on
November 1, 2019. If there are any questions on the budget, please contact Mr. Kenneth J.
Marchetti, telephone number 970-926-6060.
The mill levy certified to the County Commissioners of Eagle County is 0.000 mills for all
general operating purposes, subject to statutory and/or TABOR limitations;0.000 mills for
general obligation debt;0.000 mills for contractual obligations; 0.000 for refund/abatement; and
0.000 mills for Temporary Tax Credit/Mill Levy Reduction. Based on a net assessed valuation
of $10,910, the total property tax revenue is $0. A copy of the certification of mill levies sent to
the County Commissioners for Eagle County is enclosed.
I hereby certify that the enclosed is a true and accurate copy of the budget and certification of tax
levies to the Board of County Commissioners of Eagle County, Colorado.
Sincerely,
District Administrator
Enclosure(s)
SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO.1
2020 BUDGET MESSAGE
Solaris Metropolitan District No.1 is a quasi-municipal corporation organized and operated
pursuant to provisions set forth in the Colorado Special District Act. The District was
established to supply the necessary public improvements and related operation and maintenance
services as such power and authority is described in the Special District Act, and other applicable
statutes.
The District has no employees and all operations and administrativ e functions are contracted.
The following budget is prepared on the modified accrual basis of accounting, which is
consistent with the basis of accounting used in presenting the District's financial statements.
2020 BUDGET STRATEGY
The District was formed in late 2006. The District has joined with Solaris Metropolitan District
No. 2 and Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3 in adopting a consolidated service plan. Under this
consolidated service plan, the District is the “service district” and Solaris M etropolitan District
No. 2 and No.3 are the “financing districts.”
As such, the District is responsible for managing the construction and operation of facilities and
improvements needed for the Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2 and No.3 areas. For this
reason, the District issued $30,560,000 property tax revenue variable rate bonds on March 25,
2008 to be repaid with revenues pledged by S olaris Metropolitan District No. 2 and No.3.
During 2013 Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2 issued bonds and transferred the proceeds to
District No. 1 and the 2008 bonds were paid off and the District has no bonds currently
outstanding.
Operating expenses are funded pursuant to an Operating Agreement between Solaris
Metropolitan District Nos. 1, 2 and 3. District No. 1 performs the operations and the operating
expenses are funded through property tax revenues collected by the “financing” districts (No. 2
and No. 3)and paid to District No. 1.Additionally,the Developer in the District advances funds
to District No. 1 for operations and then such advances are repaid as the property tax revenues
are received.
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RESOLUTIONS OF SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1
TO ADOPT 2020 BUDGET
A RESOLUTION SUMMARIZING EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES FOR EACH FUND
AND ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO.1,
COLORADO, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR BEGINNING ON THE FIRST DAY OF
JANUARY 2020 AND ENDING ON THE LAST DAY OF DECEMBER 2020.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1 (the “District”)has
appointed a budget committee to prepare and submit a proposed 2020 budget at the proper time;
and
WHEAREAS, such committee has submitted a proposed budget to this governing body at the
proper time, for its consideration, and;
WHEREAS, upon due and proper notice, published or posted in accordance with the law, said
proposed budget was open for inspection by the public at a designated place, and a public
hearing was held on November 1, 2019 and interested taxpayers were given the opportunity to
file or register any objections to said proposed budget; and;
WHEREAS, whatever increases may have been made in the expenditures, like increases were
added to the revenues or planned to be expended from reserves/fund balances so that the budget
remains in balance, as required by law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the District:
Section 1.That the budget as submitted, amended, and summarized by fund, hereby is
approved and adopted as the budget of the District for the year stated above.
Section 2.That the budget hereby approved and adopted shall be certified by any officer or
the District Administrator of the District and made a part of the public records of
the District.
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RESOLUTIONS OF SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 (CONTINUED)
TO SET MILL LEVIES
A RESOLUTION LEVYING PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE YEAR 2019, TO HELP
DEFRAY THE COSTS OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE SOLARIS METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT NO. 1,TOWN OF VAIL,EAGLE COUNTY, COLORADO, FOR THE 2020
BUDGET YEAR.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1 (the “District”),
has adopted the annual budget in accordance with the Local Government Budget Law of
Colorado, on November 1, 2019 and;
WHEREAS, the amount of money necessary to balance the budget for general operating
expenses and capital expenditure purposes from property tax revenue is $0.00 and;
WHEREAS,the Board of Directors of the District finds that it is required to temporarily lower
the general operating mill levy to render a refund for $0.00, and;
WHEREAS, the amount of money necessary to balance the budget for capital expenditure
purposes from property tax revenue approved by voters or at public hearing is $0.00, and;
WHEREAS, the amount of money necessary to balance the budget for contractual obligations
from property tax revenue as approved by voters is $0.00 and;
WHEREAS, the amount of money necessary to balance the budget for voter approved bonds and
interest is $0.00, and;
WHEREAS, the 2019 net valuation for assessment for the District, as certified by the County
Assessor is $11,660
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the District:
Section 1.That for the purposes of meeting all general operating expenses of the District
during the 2020 budget year, there is hereby levied a tax of 0.000 mills upon each
dollar of the total valuation for assessment of all taxable property within the
District for the year 2019.
Section 2.That for the purposes of rendering a refund to its constituents during budget year
2020 there is hereby levied a temporary tax credit/mill levy reduction of 0.000
mills.
Section 3.That,for the purpose of meeting all capital expenditures of the District during the
2020 budget year, there is hereby levied a tax of 0.000 mills upon each dollar of
the total valuation for assessment of all taxable property within the District for the
year 2019.
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RESOLUTIONS OF SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO.1 (CONTINUED)
TO SET MILL LEVIES (CONTINUED)
Section 4.That for the purpose of meeting all payments for contractual obligations of the
District during the 2020 budget year, there is hereby levied a tax of 0.000 mills
upon each dollar of the total valuation for assessment of all taxable property
within the District for the year 2019.
Section 5 That for the purpose of meeting all payments for bonds and interest of the District
during the 2020 budget year, there is hereby levied a tax of 0.000 mills upon each
dollar of the total valuation for assessment of all taxable property within the
District for the year 2019.
Section 6.That any officer of the District or the District Administrator is hereby authorized
and directed to either immediately certify to the Board of County Commissioners
of Eagle County, Colorado, the mill levies for the District as hereinabove
determined and set, or be authorized and directed to certify to the Board of
County Commissioners of Eagle County, Colorado, the mill levies for the District
as hereinabove determined and set based upon the final (December) certification
of valuation from the County Assessor.
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RESOLUTIONS OF SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO.1 (CONTINUED)
TO APPROPRIATE SUMS OF MONEY
(PURSUANT TO SECTION 29-1-108, C.R.S.)
A RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING SUMS OF MONEY TO THE VARIOUS FUNDS AND
SPENDING AGENCIES, IN THE AMOUNT AND FOR THE PURPOSE AS SET FORTH
BELOW, FOR THE SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1,TOWN OF VAIL,
EAGLE COUNTY, COLORADO, FOR THE 2020 BUDGET YEAR.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1 (the “District”)has
adopted the annual budget in accordance with the Local Government Budget Law of Colorado,
on November 1, 2019,and;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has made provision therein for revenues in an amount equal
or greater to the total proposed expenditures as set forth in said budget,and;
WHEREAS, it is not only required by law, but also necessary to appropriate the revenues and
reserves or fund balances provided in the budget to and for the purposes described below,
thereby establishing a limitation on expenditures for the operations of the District.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
DISTRICT:
Section 1.That the following sums are hereby appropriated from the revenues of each fund,
to each fund,for the purposes stated:
GENERAL FUND:
General and Admin Expenditures $91,453
Operations Expenditures $658,859
Developer Repayment $559,737
Advance Note Principal &Interest $122,192
Total General Fund $1,432,241
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SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT #1
STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE Printed: 01/10/20
BUDGET, ACTUAL AND FORECAST FOR THE PERIODS INDICATED Modified Accrual Basis
GENERAL FUND
Cal Yr Cal Yr 8 Months 8 Months Cal Yr
2018 2019 Variance Cal Yr Ended Ended Variance 2020
Audited Adopted Favorable 2019 08/31/19 08/31/19 Favorable Adopted
Actual Budget (Unfav)Forecast Actual Budget (Unfav)Budget
Assessed Valuation
Solaris Metro Dist # 1 10,910 10,910 10,910 11,660 Final AV
Solaris Metro Dist # 2 30,609,830 31,544,280 31,544,280 32,218,330 Final AV
Allowance for Protests/Abatements
Solaris Metro Dist # 3 5,969,430 8,025,400 8,025,400 8,512,280 Final AV
Residential Service Obligation Mill Levy 10.000 10.000 10.000 10.000
Residential Advance Note Mill Levy 3.000 3.000 3.000 3.000
Commercial Service Obligation Mill Levy 10.000 10.000 10.000 10.000
Commercial Advance Note Mill Levy 3.000 3.000 3.000 3.000
REVENUES
Developer Cost Recovery Advance 0 0 0 0 0 0
SMD No. 2 Operations Costs Payment 419,449 315,443 2,857 318,300 411,024 312,288 98,735 325,683
SMD No. 2 Advance Note Payment 94,633 0 94,633 93,687 (93,687) 96,655
SMD No. 3 Operations Costs Payment 107,619 80,254 0 80,254 102,708 80,254 22,454 85,123
SMD No. 3 Advance Note Payment 24,076 0 24,076 24,076 (24,076) 25,537
Ice Skate Rental Income 224,529 225,000 (5,000) 220,000 115,540 222,750 (107,210) 225,000 Per Matt
Skate Shop Rent Income 20,971 20,000 1,600 21,600 14,329 13,333 995 22,248 Per Matt
Special Event Income 38,250 50,000 (10,000) 40,000 28,600 37,500 (8,900) 40,000 Per Matt
Miscellaneous Income 0 0 0 0 0
Interest Income 3,879 233 4,967 5,200 3,384 155 3,229 2,500
Total Revenues 814,697 809,639 (5,575) 804,063 675,585 784,044 (108,459) 822,746
=
GENERAL & ADMIN EXPENDITURES
Accounting 26,069 27,295 (6,705) 34,000 24,449 18,197 (6,253) 28,250 2019 Forecast
Audit 8,950 9,100 0 9,100 0 0 0 9,275 Per Engagement
Elections 1,505 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bd mbr election
General Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Insurance 11,531 12,000 (140) 12,140 12,140 12,000 (140) 13,354 2019 Forecast
Legal - General Counsel 10,427 15,000 (4,000) 19,000 8,139 10,000 1,861 15,000 2019 Forecast
Miscellaneous 565 750 (450) 1,200 1,103 500 (603) 750
Contingency 0 10,000 10,000 0 0 0 0 10,000
Contributions to SMD 2 and 3 16,125 15,950 46 15,904 5,904 10,633 4,729 14,824 2019 Forecast
TOTAL G&A EXPENDITURES 75,172 90,095 (1,249) 91,344 51,735 51,330 (405) 91,453
No assurance is provided on these financial
statements; substantially all disclosures required
by GAAP omitted.
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SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT #1
STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE Printed: 01/10/20
BUDGET, ACTUAL AND FORECAST FOR THE PERIODS INDICATED Modified Accrual Basis
GENERAL FUND - (CONTINUED)
Cal Yr Cal Yr 8 Months 8 Months Cal Yr
2018 2019 Variance Cal Yr Ended Ended Variance 2020
Audited Adopted Favorable 2019 08/31/19 08/31/19 Favorable Adopted
Actual Budget (Unfav)Forecast Actual Budget (Unfav)Budget
OPERATING EXPENDITURES
Bank Fees 38 100 138 (38)(38)67 105 0 Per Matt
Cash Short (Sales Tax not Collected)0 0 0 0 0 Should be $0
Credit Card Fees 6,856 7,500 900 6,600 3,466 5,000 1,534 6,750 Per Matt
Insurance Expense 13,115 13,903 389 13,514 6,365 13,903 7,538 13,920 Per Matt
Janitorial Expense / Trash 10,135 7,295 (7,589) 14,884 9,621 4,863 (4,757) 14,884
Misc Expense 77 0 0 0 0
Dues and Subscriptions 0 0 0 0 0
Rent & CAM 106,341 109,531 129 109,402 72,657 73,021 363 112,272 2019 plus 3% incr
Management Labor 58,750 81,250 4,500 76,750 51,167 54,167 3,000 81,250 Per Matt
Repairs and Maintenance 43,729 35,000 (2,381) 37,381 30,251 23,333 (6,918) 35,000 Per Matt
Supplies 206 5,000 4,500 500 0 3,333 3,333 1,500 Per Matt
Skate Shop Contract Labor 40,144 40,467 (3,365) 43,832 31,105 26,978 (4,127) 43,832 2019 Forecast
Skate Shop Management Fee 22,453 25,000 3,000 22,000 11,554 16,667 5,113 22,500 % of Sales
Skate Shop Supplies 5,507 2,100 0 2,100 1,777 1,400 (377) 2,100 Per Matt
Special Event Expenses 3,875 5,000 2,140 2,860 2,860 0 (2,860) 4,000 % of Event
Utilities - Skate Shop 1,074 1,500 400 1,100 864 1,000 136 1,100 Per Matt
Utilities - Electricity 29,631 34,000 (3,079) 37,079 25,864 22,667 (3,198) 37,079 Per Matt
Utilities - Gas 75,109 67,814 2,433 65,381 38,340 45,209 6,869 65,381 Per Matt
Utilities - Water 4,879 5,000 (1,300) 6,300 4,578 3,333 (1,245) 5,806 Per Matt
Utilities - Street Scapes 16,839 25,000 6,946 18,054 11,892 16,667 4,775 18,054 Per Matt
Landscaping - Plaza 20,605 15,000 (15,110) 30,110 19,895 10,000 (9,895) 25,322 Per Matt
Plaza Repair & Maintenance 86,893 30,000 (3,700) 33,700 25,018 20,000 (5,018) 40,000 Per Matt
Plaza Maintenance Labor 31,937 37,080 (13,587) 50,667 39,051 24,720 (14,331) 50,571 Per Matt
Public Bathroom Labor 21,262 16,995 (3,579) 20,574 16,018 11,330 (4,688) 16,995 Per Matt
Loading Dock Labor 19,439 16,480 (6,864) 23,344 12,458 10,987 (1,471) 23,344 Per Matt
Loading Dock Repair & Maintenance 3,150 65,000 16,997 48,003 43,896 43,333 (563) 7,500 Per Matt
Art Repair & Maintenance 0 (8,324) 8,324 2,210 0 (2,210) 20,000 Repairs - Tree Light
Ice Rink Repair & Maintenance 0 (10,506) 10,506 6,195 0 (6,195) 7,500 Per Matt
Zamboni Maint. And Fuel 1,066 1,000 (200) 1,200 1,037 667 (370) 1,200 Per Matt
Turf 550 2,500 2,500 0 0 1,250 1,250 1,000 Repl every 4-5 yr
Contingency 0 0 0
Operating Expenditures 623,659 649,515 (34,613) 684,128 468,102 433,894 (34,208) 658,859
REVENUE OVER (UNDER) EXPEND.115,866 70,029 (41,438) 28,591 155,747 298,819 (143,072) 72,434 0
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES and (USES)
Transfer In from District #2 0 0 0 0 0
Transfer In from District #3 0 0 0 0
Transfer in from District #3 0 0 0 0
Transfer in from District #3 0 0 0 0
Developer Advances 357,063 602,955 (182,955) 420,000 313,744 387,334 (73,590) 535,780
Repayment of Developer Advances/Interest (469,445) (600,835) 389,544 (211,291) (150,000) (732,714) 582,714 (559,737)
Repayment of Developer Principal from New Bonds 0 0 0 0
Repayment of Developer Interest from New Bonds 0 0 0 0
Advance Note Principal 0 (25,215)(0) (25,215)0 0 0 (7,816)
Advance Note Interest (45,555) (93,494)0 (93,494)0 0 0 (114,376)
Transfer to Debt Service Fund
TOTAL OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (157,937) (116,588) 206,588 90,000 163,744 (345,379) 509,124 (146,149)
FUND BALANCE - BEGINNING 46,560 46,560 (42,071) 4,489 4,489 46,560 (42,071) 123,080
FUND BALANCE - ENDING 4,489 0 123,080 123,080 323,980 (0) 323,981 49,365
No assurance is provided on these financial
statements; substantially all disclosures required
by GAAP omitted.
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121 County Tax entity code DOLA LGID/SID 65739
TO: County Commissioners 1 of Eagle County , Colorado.
On behalf of the Solaris Metropolitan District #1
the Board of Directors
of the Solaris Metropolitan District #1
$11,660
$11,660
Submitted:12/6/2019 for budget/fiscal year 2020 .
(not later than Dec 15)(mm/dd/yyyy)(yyyy)
PURPOSE (see end notes for definitions and examples)LEVY2 REVENUE2
1.General Operating Expenses H 0.000 mills -$
2.
(0.000) mills -$
SUBTOTAL FOR GENERAL OPERATING:(0.000)mills -$
3.General Obligation Bonds and Interest J 0.000 mills -$
4.Contractual ObligationsK 0.000 mills -$
5.Capital ExpendituresL 0.000 mills -$
6.Refunds/Abatements M 0.000 mills -$
7.OtherN (specify):0.000 mills -$
0.000 mills -$
TOTAL:[]0.000 mills -$
Daytime
phone:(970) 926-6060 x8
Signed:Title: District Accountant
(local government)C
Include one copy of this tax entity's completed form when filing the local government's budget by January 31st, per 29-1-113 C.R.S. with the Division
of Local Government (DLG), Room 521, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203. Questions? Call DLG (303) 864-7720.
1 If the taxing entity's boundaries include more than one county, you must certify the levies to each county. Use a separate form for each
county and certify the same levies uniformly to each county per Article X, Section 3 of the Colorado Constitution.
2 Levies must be rounded to three decimal places and revenue must be calculated from the total NET assessed valuation (Line 4 of Form
DLG57 on the County Assessor's FINAL certification of valuation).
USE VALUE FROM FINAL CERTIFICATION OF VALUATION PROVIDED BY
ASSESSOR NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 10
<Minus> Temporary General Property Tax Credit/
Temporary Mill Levy Rate ReductionI
(GrossD assessed valuation, Line 2 of the Certification of Valuation From DLG 57 E)
(NETG assessed valuation, Line 4 of the Certification of Valuation Form DLG 57)
Hereby officially certifies the following mills to
be levied against the taxing entity's GROSS
assessed valuation of:
Contact person:
(print)Ken Marchetti
Sum of General Operating
Subtotal and Lines 3 to 7
Note:If the assessor certified a NET assessed valuation
(AV) different than the GROSS AV due to a Tax Increment
Financing (TIF) AreaF the tax levies must be calculated using
the NET AV. The taxing entity's total property tax revenue
will be derived from the mill levy multiplied against the NET
assessed valuation of:
CERTIFICATION OF TAX LEVIES for NON-SCHOOL Governments
(taxing entity)A
(governing body)B
Form DLG 70 (rev 6/16)Page 1 of 4
SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2
__________________________________________
Administrative Management Provided By Marchetti & Weaver, LLC
28 Second Street, Suite 213, Edwards, CO 81632; Phone (970) 926-6060; Fax (970) 926-6040
Filed electronically:dlg-filing@state.co.us
LGID#: 65740
December 31, 2019
Division of Local Government
1313 Sherman Street, Room 521
Denver, CO 80203
RE:Solaris Metropolitan District No.2
Attached is the 2020 Budget for the Solaris Metropolitan District No.2 in Eagle County,
Colorado, submitted pursuant to Section 29-1-116,C.R.S.This Budget was adopted on
November 1, 2019. If there are any questions on the budget, please contact Mr. Kenneth J.
Marchetti, telephone number 970-926-6060.
The mill levy certified to the County Commissioners of Eagle County is 13.000 mills for all
general operating purposes, subject to statutory and/or TABOR limitations;52.300 mills for
general obligation debt;0.000 mills for contractual obligations; 0.000 for refund/abatement; and
0.000 mills for Temporary Tax Credit/Mill Levy Reduction. Based on a net assessed valuation
of $32,218,330, the total property tax revenue is $2,103,856.95. A copy of the certification of
mill levies sent to the County Commissioners for Eagle County is enclosed.
I hereby certify that the enclosed is a true and accurate copy of the budget and certification of tax
levies to the Board of County Commissioners of Eagle County, Colorado.
Sincerely,
District Administrator
Enclosure(s)
SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO.2
2020 BUDGET MESSAGE
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2 is a quasi-municipal corporation organized and operated
pursuant to provisions set forth in the Colorado Special District Act.The District was
established to supply the necessary public improvements and related operation and maintenance
services as such power and authority is described in the Colorado Special District Act, and other
applicable statutes.
The District has no employees and all operations and administrative functions are contracted.
The following budget is prepared on the modified accrual basis of accounting, which is
consistent with the basis of accounting used in presenting the District's financial statements.
2020 BUDGET STRATEGY
The District was formed in late 2006. The District has joined with Solaris Metropolitan District
No.1 and Solaris Metropolitan District No.3 in adopting a consolidated service plan. Under this
consolidated service plan,Solaris Metropolitan District No.1 is the “service district” and Solaris
Metropolitan Districts No.2 and No.3 are the “financing districts.”
As such, Solaris Metropolitan District No.1 is responsible for managing the construction and
operation of facilities and improvements needed for the Sol aris Metro Districts No. 2 and No.3
areas. Initially Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1 issued $30,560,000 property tax revenue
variable rate bonds on March 25, 2008 to be repaid with revenues pledged by Solaris
Metropolitan District No. 2 and No.3. During 2013 Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2 issued
bonds and transferred the proceeds to District No. 1 and District No. 1’s 2008 bonds were paid
off. During 2016 Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3 issued bonds and transferred the proceeds
to District No. 2 and District No. 2’s 2013 bonds were paid off.Solaris Metropolitan District
No. 2 and No.3 levy a debt service mill levy to pay the debt service on District No. 3’s 2016
bonds.
Operating expenses are funded pursuant to an Operating Agreement bet ween Solaris
Metropolitan District Nos. 1, 2 and 3. District No. 1 performs the operations and the operating
expenses are funded through property tax revenues collected by the “financing” districts (No. 2
and No. 3) and paid to District No. 1.
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RESOLUTIONS OF SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2
TO ADOPT 2020 BUDGET
A RESOLUTION SUMMARIZING EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES FOR EACH FUND
AND ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO.2,
COLORADO, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR BEGINNING ON THE FIRST DAY OF
JANUARY 2020 AND ENDING ON THE LAST DAY OF DECEMBER 2020.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2 (the “District”)has
appointed a budget committee to prepare and submit a proposed 2020 budget at the proper time;
and
WHEAREAS, such committee has submitted a proposed budget to this governing body at the
proper time, for its consideration, and;
WHEREAS, upon due and proper notice, published or posted in accordance with the law, said
proposed budget was open for inspection by the public at a designated place, and a public
hearing was held on November 1,2019 and interested taxpayers were given the opportunity to
file or register any objections to said proposed budget; and;
WHEREAS, whatever increases may have been made in the expenditures, like increases were
added to the revenues or planned to be expended from reserves/fund balances so that the budget
remains in balance, as required by law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the District:
Section 1.That the budget as submitted, amended, and summarized by fund, hereby is
approved and adopted as the budget of the District for the year stated above.
Section 2.That the budget hereby approved and adopted shall be certified by any officer of
the District or the District Administrator of the District and made a part of the
public records of the District.
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RESOLUTIONS OF SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 (CONTINUED)
TO SET MILL LEVIES
A RESOLUTION LEVYING PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE YEAR 2019, TO HELP
DEFRAY THE COSTS OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE SOLARIS METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT NO. 2,TOWN OF VAIL,EAGLE COUNTY, COLORADO, FOR THE 2020
BUDGET YEAR.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2 (the “District”),
has adopted the annual budget in accordance with the Local Government Budget Law of
Colorado, on November 1, 2019 and;
WHEREAS, the amount of money necessary to balance the budget for general operating
expenses and capital expenditure purposes from property tax revenue is $419,052.01 and;
WHEREAS,the Board of Directors of the District finds that it is required to temporarily lower
the general operating mill levy to render a refund for $0.00, and;
WHEREAS, the amount of money necessary to balance the budget for capital expenditure
purposes from property tax revenue approved by voters or at public hearing is $0.00, and;
WHEREAS, the amount of money necessary to balance the budget for contractual obligations
from property tax revenue as approved by voters is $0.00 and;
WHEREAS, the amount of money necessary to balance the budget for voter approved general
obligation debt and interest is $1,685,910.71,and;
WHEREAS, the 2019 valuation for assessment for the District, as certified by the County
Assessor is $32,235,630.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the District:
Section 1.That for the purposes of meeting all general operating expenses of the District
during the 2020 budget year, there is hereby levied a tax of 13.000 mills upon
each dollar of the total valuation for assessment of all taxable property within the
District for the year 2019.
Section 2.That for the purposes of rendering a refund to its constituents during budge t year
2020 there is hereby levied a temporary tax credit/mill levy reduction of 0.000
mills.
Section 3.That for the purpose of meeting all capital expenditures of the District during the
2020 budget year, there is hereby levied a tax of 0.000 mills upon each dollar of
the total valuation for assessment of all taxable property within the District for the
year 2019.
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RESOLUTIONS OF SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO.2 (CONTINUED)
TO SET MILL LEVIES (CONTINUED)
Section 4.That for the purpose of meeting all payments for contractual obligations of the
District during the 2020 budget year, there is hereby levied a tax of 0.000 mills
upon each dollar of the total valuation for assessment of all taxable property
within the District for the year 2019.
Section 5 That for the purpose of meeting all payments for general obligation debt and
interest of the District during the 2020 budget year, there is hereby levied a tax of
52.300 mills upon each dollar of the total valuation for assessment of all taxable
property within the District for the year 2019.
Section 6.That any officer of the District or the District Administrator is hereby authorized
and directed to either immediately certify to the Board of County Commissioners
of Eagle County, Colorado, the mill levies for the District as hereinabove
determined and set, or be authorized and directed to certify to the Board of
County Commissioners of Eagle County, Colorado, the mill levies for the District
as hereinabove determined and set based upon the final (December) certification
of valuation from the county assessor.
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RESOLUTIONS OF SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 (CONTINUED)
TO APPROPRIATE SUMS OF MONEY
(PURSUANT TO SECTION 29-1-108, C.R.S.)
A RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING SUMS OF MONEY TO THE VARIOUS FUNDS AND
SPENDING AGENCIES, IN THE AMOUNT AND FOR THE PURPOSE AS SET FORTH
BELOW, FOR THE SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2,TOWN OF VAIL,
EAGLE COUNTY, COLORADO, FOR THE 2020 BUDGET YEAR.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Solaris Metropolitan District (the “District”)has
adopted the annual budget in accordance with the Local Government Budget Law of Colorado,
on November 1, 2019,and;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has made provision therein for revenues in an amount equal
or greater to the total proposed expenditures as set forth in said budget,and;
WHEREAS, it is not only required by law, but also necessary to appropriate the revenues and
reserves or fund balances provided in the budget to and for the purposes described below,
thereby establishing a limitation on expenditures for the operations of the District.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
DISTRICT:
Section 1.That the following sums are hereby appropriated from the revenues of each fund,
to each fund, for the purposes stated:
GENERAL FUND:
Current Operating Expenses $450,328
TOTAL GENERAL FUND:$450,328
DEBT SERVICE FUND:
Debt Service Expenditures $1,781,770
TOTAL DEBT SERVICE FUND:$1,781,770
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SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT # 2 1/10/20 Printed: 1/10/20
STATEMENT OF REVENUE, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCEModified Modified
BUDGET, ACTUAL AND FORECAST FOR THE PERIODS INDICATEDAccrual Accrual
Basis Basis
Cal Yr Cal Yr 8 Months 8 Months Cal Yr
GENERAL FUND 2018 2019 Variance Cal Yr Ended Ended Variance 2020
Audited Adopted Favorable 2019 08/31/19 08/31/19 Favorable Adopted BUDGET
Actual Budget (Unfav)Forecast Actual Budget (Unfav)Budget ASSUMPTIONS
Assessed Valuation 31,562,590 31,544,280 0 31,544,280 32,218,330
Allowance for Protests/Abatements
Service Obligation Mill Levy 10.000 10.000 10.000 10.000
Advance Note Mill Levy 3.000 3.000 3.000 3.000
REVENUES
SMD #2 Prop Tax - Service Obligation 315,626 315,443 0 315,443 315,443 283,899 31,544 322,183
SMD #2 Prop Tax - Advance Note 94,688 94,633 94,633 94,633 85,170 9,463 96,655
SMD #2 SO Tax - Service Ob & Adv Note 20,835 16,403 2,097 18,500 12,828 10,935 1,893 20,942 5% of Prop. Taxes
SMD #1 Expense Reimbursement 9,675 8,250 (637) 7,613 2,113 3,000 (887) 7,924
Interest Income 4,012 0 4,000 4,000 2,832 0 2,832 3,500
TOTAL REVENUES 444,835 434,729 5,460 440,189 427,850 383,003 44,846 451,205
EXPENDITURES
Insurance 3,350 2,750 637 2,113 2,113 2,750 637 2,324
Advance repayment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Audit 6,325 5,500 0 5,500 0 0 0 5,600 Per Engagement
Election 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Legal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Office Supplies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Treasurer's Fees - Service Ob & Adv Note 12,328 12,302 0 12,302 12,315 11,072 (1,243) 12,565 3% of Prop. Taxes
Operations Costs Payment to SMD No. 1 419,449 315,443 (2,857) 318,300 411,024 283,899 (127,125) 325,683 Xfer Prop Tax
Advance Note Payments to SMD No. 1 94,633 (0) 94,633 85,170 85,170 96,655 Xfer Prop Tax
Contingency Allowance 0 7,500 7,500 0 0 0 0 7,500
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 441,452 438,128 5,280 432,848 425,452 382,890 (42,562) 450,328
REVENUE OVER (UNDER) EXPEND.3,383 (3,399) 10,740 7,340 2,397 113 2,284 877
OTHER SOURCES AND (USES)
TOTAL OTHER SOURCES & (USES)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FUND BALANCE - BEGINNING 40,089 41,134 2,338 43,472 43,472 41,134 2,338 50,812
FUND BALANCE - ENDING 43,472 37,734 13,078 50,812 45,869 41,247 4,622 51,689
No assurance is provided on these financial
statements; substantially all disclosures required
by GAAP omitted.
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SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT # 2 1/10/20 Printed: 1/10/20 Modified
STATEMENT OF REVENUE, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE Accrual
BUDGET, ACTUAL AND FORECAST FOR THE PERIODS INDICATED Basis
Cal Yr Cal Yr 8 Months 8 Months Cal Yr
DEBT SERVICE FUND 2018 2019 Variance Cal Yr Ended Ended Variance 2020
Audited Adopted Favorable 2019 08/31/19 08/31/19 Favorable Adopted BUDGET
Actual Budget (Unfav) Forecast Actual Budget (Unfav) Budget ASSUMPTIONS
Assessed Valuation 31,562,590 31,544,280 0 31,544,280 32,218,330 0
Allowance for Protests/Abatements 0
Debt Service Mill Levy 51.935 51.938 51.938 52.300
REVENUES
SMD #2 Prop Tax - Debt Service 1,639,203 1,638,347 0 1,638,347 1,638,347 1,638,347 (0) 1,685,019
Specific Ownership Taxes 83,236 65,534 6,466 72,000 51,253 43,689 7,563 84,251 5% of Prop. Taxes
SMD #3 Property Tax Transfer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Developer Advance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Interest Income 2,512 250 2,250 2,500 1,738 167 1,572 2,500
TOTAL REVENUES 1,724,951 1,704,131 8,716 1,712,847 1,691,338 1,682,203 9,135 1,771,770
EXPENDITURES
Bond Costs Payment to SMD #3 1,675,700 1,654,730 (8,914) 1,663,644 1,642,135 1,632,886 (9,249) 1,721,219 Xfer Prop Tax
Treasurer's Fees 49,251 49,150 (53) 49,203 49,203 49,150 (52) 50,551 3% of Prop. Taxes
Cash Management Fee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Surveillance Fee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Interest 2013 Bond/Loan 0 0 0 0 0
Principal 2013 Bond/Loan 0 0 0 0 0
Bonds Redemption 0 0 0 0 0
Excess Funds Principal Redemption 0 0 0 0 0
Redemption Premium 0 0 0 0
Developer Loan Repayment 0 0 0 0 0
Contingency 10,000 10,000 0 0 0 10,000 Allow for SO Variance
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 1,724,951 1,713,881 1,034 1,712,847 1,691,338 1,682,036 (9,302) 1,781,770
REVENUE OVER (UNDER) EXPEND.(0) (9,750) 9,750 0 0 167 (167) (10,000)
OTHER SOURCES/(USES)
Xfer from No. 3 Bond Proceeds 0 0 0 0 0
Proceeds from Bond Issuance 0 0 0 0
Payment to SMD #3 0 0 0 0 0
Payment from SMD #1 for Special Fund 0 0
Payment from SMD #1 for Bond Reserve Fund 0 0 0 0
Cost of Issuance 0 0 0 0
TOTAL OTHER FINANCING SOURCES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FUND BALANCE - BEGINNING 75,499 78,174 (2,675) 75,499 75,499 78,174 (2,675) 75,499
FUND BALANCE - ENDING 75,499 68,424 7,075 75,499 75,499 78,340 (2,842) 65,499
No assurance is provided on these financial
statements; substantially all disclosures required
by GAAP omitted.
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Components of Fund Balance:
Developer Loan Special Fund 0 0 0 0 0
Bond Reserve Fund 0 0 0 0 0
Other 75,499 68,424 7,075 75,499 65,499
Total 75,499 68,424 7,075 75,499 65,499
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122 County Tax entity code DOLA LGID/SID 65740
TO: County Commissioners 1 of Eagle County , Colorado.
On behalf of the Solaris Metropolitan District #2
the Board of Directors
of the Solaris Metropolitan District #2
$32,218,330
$32,218,330
Submitted:12/6/2019 for budget/fiscal year 2020 .
(not later than Dec 15)(mm/dd/yyyy)(yyyy)
PURPOSE (see end notes for definitions and examples)LEVY2 REVENUE2
1.General Operating Expenses H 13.000 mills 418,838.29$
2.
(0.000) mills -$
SUBTOTAL FOR GENERAL OPERATING:13.000 mills 418,838.29$
3.General Obligation Bonds and Interest J 52.300 mills 1,685,018.66$
4.Contractual ObligationsK 0.000 mills -$
5.Capital ExpendituresL 0.000 mills -$
6.Refunds/Abatements M 0.000 mills -$
7.OtherN (specify):0.000 mills -$
0.000 mills -$
TOTAL:[]65.300 mills 2,103,856.95$
Daytime
phone:(970) 926-6060 x8
Signed:Title: District Accountant
(local government)C
Include one copy of this tax entity's completed form when filing the local government's budget by January 31st, per 29-1-113 C.R.S. with the Division
of Local Government (DLG), Room 521, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203. Questions? Call DLG (303) 864-7720.
1 If the taxing entity's boundaries include more than one county, you must certify the levies to each county. Use a separate form for each
county and certify the same levies uniformly to each county per Article X, Section 3 of the Colorado Constitution.
2 Levies must be rounded to three decimal places and revenue must be calculated from the total NET assessed valuation (Line 4 of Form
DLG57 on the County Assessor's FINAL certification of valuation).
USE VALUE FROM FINAL CERTIFICATION OF VALUATION PROVIDED BY
ASSESSOR NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 10
<Minus> Temporary General Property Tax Credit/
Temporary Mill Levy Rate ReductionI
(GrossD assessed valuation, Line 2 of the Certification of Valuation From DLG 57 E)
(NETG assessed valuation, Line 4 of the Certification of Valuation Form DLG 57)
Hereby officially certifies the following mills to
be levied against the taxing entity's GROSS
assessed valuation of:
Contact person:
(print)Kenneth J. Marchetti
Sum of General Operating
Subtotal and Lines 3 to 7
Note:If the assessor certified a NET assessed valuation
(AV) different than the GROSS AV due to a Tax Increment
Financing (TIF) AreaF the tax levies must be calculated using
the NET AV. The taxing entity's total property tax revenue
will be derived from the mill levy multiplied against the NET
assessed valuation of:
CERTIFICATION OF TAX LEVIES for NON-SCHOOL Governments
(taxing entity)A
(governing body)B
Form DLG 70 (rev 6/16)Page 1 of 4
THIS SECTION APPLIES TO TITLE 32, ARTICLE 1 SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT LEVY TAXES
FOR PAYMENT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT (32-1-603 C.R.S.). Taxing entities that are
Special Districts or Subdistricts of Special Districts must certify separate mill levies and revenue to the
Board of County Commissioners, one each for the funding requirements of each debt (32-1-603, C.R.S.)
Use additional pages as necessary. The Special District's or Subdistrict's total levies for general obligation
bonds and total levies for contractual obligations should be recorded on Page 1, Lines 3 and 4 respectively.
CERTIFY A SEPARATE MILL LEVY FOR EACH BOND OR CONTRACT:
BONDSJ:
1. Purpose of Issue:To issue new bonds substituting Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3 as the
obligor and paying off 2013 Bonds issued by Solaris Metropolitan District #2.
The 2013 bonds were originally issued by Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
in 2008 for public improvements.
Series:Property Tax Revenue Multi-Modal Bonds, Series 2016A
Date of Issue: 10/13/2016
Coupon rate: 3.75%
Maturity Date: 12/1/2026
Levy:52.300
Revenue:$1,685,018.66
2. Purpose of Issue:
To issue new bonds to reimburse the Developer for advances made to the
Districts pursuant to multiple funding and reimbursement agreements and
ultimately summarized in an omnibus agreement.
Series:Property Tax Revenue Multi-Modal Bonds, Series 2016B
Date of Issue: 10/13/2016
Coupon rate: 7.00%
Maturity Date: 12/15/2046
Levy:0.00
Revenue:$0.00
CONTRACTSK:
3. Purpose of Contract:
Title:
Date:
Principal Amount:
Maturity Date:
Levy:
Revenue:
4. Purpose of Contract:
Title:
Date:
Principal Amount:
Maturity Date:
Levy:
Revenue:
Use multiple copies of this page as necessary to separately report all bond and contractual obligations per 32-1-1603, C.R.S.
CERTIFICATION OF TAX LEVIES, continued
Form DLG 70 (rev 6/16)Page 2 of 4
SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO.3
__________________________________________
Administrative Management Provided By Marchetti & Weaver, LLC
28 Second Street, Suite 213, Edwards, CO 81632; Phone (970) 926-6060; Fax (970) 926-6040
Filed electronically:dlg-filing@state.co.us
LGID#: 65741
December 31, 2019
Division of Local Government
1313 Sherman Street, Room 521
Denver, CO 80203
RE:Solaris Metropolitan District No.3
Attached is the 2020 Budget for the Solaris Metropolitan District No.3 in Eagle County,
Colorado, submitted pursuant to Section 29-1-116,C.R.S.This Budget was adopted on
November 1, 2019.If there are any questions on the budget, please contact Mr. Kenneth J.
Marchetti, telephone number 970-926-6060.
The mill levy certified to the County Commissioners of Eagle County is 13.000 mills for all
general operating purposes, subject to statutory and/or TABOR limitations;47.000 mills for
general obligation debt;0.000 mills for contractual obligations; 0.000 for refund/abatement; and
0.000 mills for Temporary Tax Credit/Mill Levy Reduction. Based on a net assessed valuation
of $8,512,280, the total property tax revenue is $510,736.80. A copy of the certification of mill
levies sent to the County Commissioners for Eagle County is enclosed.
I hereby certify that the enclosed is a true and accurate copy of the budget and certification of tax
levies to the Board of County Commissioners of Eagle County, Colorado.
Sincerely,
District Administrator
Enclosure(s)
SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO.3
2020 BUDGET MESSAGE
Solaris Metropolitan District No.3 is a quasi-municipal corporation organized and operated
pursuant to provisions set forth in the Colorado Special District Act.The District was
established to supply the necessary public improvements and related operation and maintenance
services as such power and authority is described in the Colorado Special District Act, and other
applicable statutes.
The District has no employees and all operations and administrative functions are contracted.
The following budget is prepared on the modified accrual basis of accounting, which is
consistent with the basis of accounting used in presenting the District's financial statements.
2020 BUDGET STRATEGY
The District was formed in late 2006. The District has joined with Solaris Metropolitan District
No.1 and Solaris Metropolitan District No.2 in adopting a consolidated service plan. Under this
consolidated service plan,Solaris Metropolitan District No.1 is the “service district” and Solaris
Metropolitan Districts No.2 and No.3 are the “financing districts.”
As such, Solaris Metropolitan District No.1 is responsible for managing the construction and
operation of facilities and improvements needed for the Sol aris Metro Districts No. 2 and No.3
areas. Initially Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1 issued $30,560,000 property tax revenue
variable rate bonds on March 25, 2008 to be repaid with revenues pledged by Solaris
Metropolitan District Nos. 2 and 3. During 2013 Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2 issued
bonds and transferred the proceeds to District No. 1 and District No. 1’s 2008 bonds were paid
off.During 2016 Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3 issued bonds and transferred the proceeds
to District No. 2 and District No. 2’s 2013 bonds were paid off.Solaris Metropolitan District
No. 2 and No.3 levy a debt service mill levy to pay the debt service on District No. 3’s 2016
bonds.
Operating expenses are funded pursuant to an Operating Agreement between Solaris
Metropolitan District Nos. 1, 2 and 3. District No. 1 performs the operations and the operating
expenses are funded through property tax revenues collected by the “financing” districts (No. 2
and No. 3) and paid to District No. 1.
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RESOLUTIONS OF SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3
TO ADOPT 2020 BUDGET
A RESOLUTION SUMMARIZING EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES FOR EACH FUND
AND ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3,
COLORADO, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR BEGINNING ON THE FIRST DAY OF
JANUARY 2020 AND ENDING ON THE LAST DAY OF DECEMBER 2020.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3 (the “District”) has
appointed a budget committee to prepare and submit a proposed 2020 budget at the proper time;
and
WHEAREAS, such committee has submitted a proposed budget to this governing body at the
proper time, for its consideration, and;
WHEREAS, upon due and proper notice, published or posted in accordance with the law, said
proposed budget was open for inspection by the public at a designated place, and a public
hearing was held on November 1, 2019 and interested taxpayers were given the opportunity to
file or register any objections to said proposed budget; and;
WHEREAS, whatever increases may have been made in the expenditures, like increases were
added to the revenues or planned to be expended from reserves/fund balances so that the budget
remains in balance, as required by law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the District:
Section 1. That the budget as submitted, amended, and summarized by fund, hereby is
approved and adopted as the budget of the District for the year stated above.
Section 2. That the budget hereby approved and adopted shall be certified by any officer of
the District or the District Administrator of the District and made a part of the
public records of the District.
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RESOLUTIONS OF SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 (CONTINUED)
TO SET MILL LEVIES
A RESOLUTION LEVYING PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE YEAR 2019, TO HELP
DEFRAY THE COSTS OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE SOLARIS METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT NO. 3, TOWN OF VAIL, EAGLE COUNTY, COLORADO, FOR THE 2020
BUDGET YEAR.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3 (the “District”),
has adopted the annual budget in accordance with the Local Government Budget Law of
Colorado on November 1, 2019 and;
WHEREAS, the amount of money necessary to balance the budget for general operating
expenses and capital expenditure purposes from property tax revenue is $110,659.64 and;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the District finds that it is required to temporarily lower
the general operating mill levy to render a refund for $0.00, and;
WHEREAS, the amount of money necessary to balance the budget for capital expenditure
purposes from property tax revenue approved by voters or at public hearing is $0.00, and;
WHEREAS, the amount of money necessary to balance the budget for contractual obligations
from property tax revenue as approved by voters is $0.00 and;
WHEREAS, the amount of money necessary to balance the budget for voter approved general
obligation debt and interest is $400,077.16 and;
WHEREAS, the 2019 valuation for assessment for the District, as certified by the County
Assessor is $8,512,280;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the District:
Section 1. That for the purposes of meeting all general operating expenses of the District
during the 2020 budget year, there is hereby levied a tax of 13.000 mills upon
each dollar of the total valuation for assessment of all taxable property within the
District for the year 2019.
Section 2. That for the purposes of rendering a refund to its constituents during budget year
2020 there is hereby levied a temporary tax credit/mill levy reduction of 0.000
mills.
Section 3. That for the purpose of meeting all capital expenditures of the District during the
2020 budget year, there is hereby levied a tax of 0.000 mills upon each dollar of
the total valuation for assessment of all taxable property within the District for the
year 2019.
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RESOLUTIONS OF SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 (CONTINUED)
TO SET MILL LEVIES (CONTINUED)
Section 4. That for the purpose of meeting all payments for contractual obligations of the
District during the 2020 budget year, there is hereby levied a tax of 0.000 mills
upon each dollar of the total valuation for assessment of all taxable property
within the District for the year 2019.
Section 5 That for the purpose of meeting all payments for general obligation debt and
interest of the District during the 2020 budget year, there is hereby levied a tax of
47.000 mills upon each dollar of the total valuation for assessment of all taxable
property within the District for the year 2019.
Section 6. That any officer of the District or the District Administrator is hereby authorized
and directed to either immediately certify to the Board of County Commissioners
of Eagle County, Colorado, the mill levies for the District as hereinabove
determined and set, or be authorized and directed to certify to the Board of
County Commissioners of Eagle County, Colorado, the mill levies for the District
as hereinabove determined and set based upon the final (December) certification
of valuation from the county assessor.
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RESOLUTIONS OF SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 (CONTINUED)
TO APPROPRIATE SUMS OF MONEY
(PURSUANT TO SECTION 29-1-108, C.R.S.)
A RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING SUMS OF MONEY TO THE VARIOUS FUNDS AND
SPENDING AGENCIES, IN THE AMOUNT AND FOR THE PURPOSE AS SET FORTH
BELOW, FOR THE SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3, TOWN OF VAIL,
EAGLE COUNTY, COLORADO, FOR THE 2020 BUDGET YEAR.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3 (the “District”) has
adopted the annual budget in accordance with the Local Government Budget Law of Colorado,
on November 1, 2019 and;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has made provision therein for revenues in an amount equal
or greater to the total proposed expenditures as set forth in said budget and;
WHEREAS, it is not only required by law, but also necessary to appropriate the revenues and
reserves or fund balances provided in the budget to and for the purposes described below,
thereby establishing a limitation on expenditures for the operations of the District.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
DISTRICT:
Section 1. That the following sums are hereby appropriated from the revenues of each fund,
to each fund, for the purposes stated:
GENERAL FUND:
Current Operating Expenses $ 125,879
TOTAL GENERAL FUND: $ 125,879
DEBT SERVICE FUND:
Debt Service Expenditures $ 1,626,752
TOTAL DEBT SERVICE FUND: $ 1,626,752
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SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 1/10/20
STATEMENT OF REVENUE, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE Modified
BUDGET, ACTUAL AND FORECAST FOR THE PERIODS INDICATED Accrual
Basis
Cal Yr Cal Yr 8 Months 8 Months Cal Yr
GENERAL FUND 2018 2019 Variance Cal Yr Ended Ended Variance 2020
Audited Adopted Favorable 2019 08/31/19 08/31/19 Favorable Adopted BUDGET
Actual Budget (Unfav)Forecast Actual Budget (Unfav)Budget ASSUMPTIONS
Assessed Valuation SMD No. 3 8,103,340 8,025,400 8,025,400 8,512,280
Service Obligation Mill Levy 10.000 10.000 10.000 10.000
Advance Note Levy 3.000 3.000 3.000 3.000
REVENUES
SMD #3 Prop Tax - Service Obligation 81,033 80,254 0 80,254 78,861 78,754 107 85,123
SMD #3 Prop Tax - Advance Note 24,310 24,076 24,076 23,658 24,076 (418) 25,537
SMD #3 SO Tax - Service Ob & Adv Note 5,348 4,173 827 5,000 3,263 2,782 480 5,533 5% of Prop. Taxes
SMD #1 Expense Reimbursement 6,450 7,700 (1,087) 6,613 2,113 6,500 (4,387) 6,899
Interest Income 834 750 0 750 463 500 (37)750
TOTAL REVENUES 117,976 116,953 (260) 116,693 108,358 112,612 (4,255) 123,842
EXPENDITURES
Insurance 3,100 3,200 1,087 2,113 2,113 3,200 1,087 2,324
Directors Fees & Payroll Taxes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Advance repayment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Audit 3,350 4,500 0 4,500 0 0 0 4,575 Per Engagement
Election 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Legal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Office Supplies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Treasurer's Fees - Service Obligation 3,163 3,130 0 3,130 3,076 3,085 9 3,320 3% of Prop. Taxes
Operations Costs Payment to SMD No. 1 107,619 80,254 0 80,254 102,708 80,254 (22,454) 85,123 Xfer Prop Tax
Advance Note Payment to SMD No. 1 24,076 0 24,076 24,076 24,076 25,537 Xfer Prop Tax
Contingency Allowance 0 5,000 5,000 0 0 0 0 5,000
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 117,232 120,160 6,087 114,073 107,897 110,615 2,718 125,879
REVENUE OVER (UNDER) EXPEND.744 (3,207) 5,827 2,620 461 1,997 (1,536) (2,037)
OTHER SOURCES AND (USES)
TOTAL OTHER SOURCES & (USES)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FUND BALANCE - BEGINNING 11,697 13,417 (976) 12,441 12,441 13,417 (976) 15,061
FUND BALANCE - ENDING 12,441 10,210 4,851 15,061 12,902 15,414 (2,512) 13,024
No assurance is provided on these financial
statements; substantially all disclosures required
by GAAP omitted.
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SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 1/10/20 Modified
STATEMENT OF REVENUE, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE Accrual
BUDGET, ACTUAL AND FORECAST FOR THE PERIODS INDICATED Basis
Cal Yr Cal Yr 8 Months 8 Months Cal Yr
DEBT SERVICE FUND 2018 2019 Variance Cal Yr Ended Ended Variance 2020
Audited Adopted Favorable 2019 08/31/19 08/31/19 Favorable Adopted BUDGET
Actual Budget (Unfav) Forecast Actual Budget (Unfav) Budget ASSUMPTIONS
Assessed Valuation SMD No. 3 8,103,340 8,025,400 0 8,025,400 8,512,280
Percent Increase
Assessed Valuation SMD No. 2 30,609,830 31,544,280 31,544,280 32,218,330
Percent Increase
Debt Service Mill Levy 47.000 47.000 0 47.000 47.000
REVENUES
SMD No. 3 Prop Tax - Debt Service 380,857 377,194 0 377,194 370,645 370,593 52 400,077
Specific Ownership Taxes 19,336 15,088 0 15,088 11,795 8,801 2,994 20,004 5% of Prop. Taxes
Property Tax Transfer from SMD No. 2 1,675,700 1,654,730 8,914 1,663,644 1,642,135 1,638,183 3,952 1,721,219 Per No. 2 Bgt
Interest Income 51,684 12,000 50,000 62,000 47,435 8,000 39,435 56,714
TOTAL REVENUES 2,127,576 2,059,012 58,914 2,117,925 2,072,010 2,025,577 46,433 2,198,014
EXPENDITURES
Interest Bond Series 2016A 1,434,125 1,431,500 0 1,431,500 715,750 715,750 0 1,427,750
Principal Bond Series 2016A 70,000 100,000 0 100,000 0 0 0 165,000
Interest Bond Series 2016B 0
Principal Bond Series 2016B 0
Bond Costs Payment to SMD No. 2 0 0 0 0 0
Treasurer's Fees 11,436 11,316 0 11,316 11,120 11,118 (2) 12,002 3% of Prop. Taxes
Cash Management Fees 4,868 2,200 (3,800) 6,000 4,518 1,467 (3,052) 6,000
Annual Surveilance Fee 6,000 5,500 (500) 6,000 0 0 0 6,000
Contingency 10,000 10,000 0 0 0 10,000
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 1,526,428 1,560,516 5,700 1,554,816 731,388 728,334 (3,053) 1,626,752
REVENUE OVER (UNDER) EXPEND.601,148 498,496 64,614 563,110 1,340,622 1,297,243 43,379 571,262
OTHER SOURCES/(USES)
Proceeds from Developer Note 0 0 0 0
Bond Proceeds Series A 0 0 0 0
Bond Proceeds Series B 0 0 0 0
Xfer From No. 2 0 0
Xfer to No. 1 for Developer Advances 0 0 0 0
Cost of Issuance 0 0 0 0
Xfer to SMD No. 2 to Refund 2013 Bonds 0 0 0 0
Debt Service Reserve Fund 0 0 0 0
Deposit to Surplus Fund 0 0 0 0
Transfer to Mandatory Redemption Account 0
TOTAL OTHER FINANCING SOURCES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FUND BALANCE - BEGINNING 1,671,464 2,208,199 64,412 2,272,612 2,272,612 2,208,199 64,412 2,835,721
FUND BALANCE - ENDING 2,272,612 2,706,695 129,026 2,835,721 3,613,234 3,505,442 107,792 3,406,983
No assurance is provided on these financial
statements; substantially all disclosures required
by GAAP omitted.
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Components of Fund Balance:
Bond Reserve Fund 1,219,542 1,752,973 64,412 1,817,385 1,817,385
Bond Surplus Fund 1,022,606 930,057 64,614 994,671 1,565,933
Other 30,463 23,666 0 23,666 23,666
Total 2,272,612 2,706,695 129,026 2,835,721 3,406,983
123 County Tax entity code DOLA LGID/SID 65741
TO: County Commissioners 1 of Eagle County , Colorado.
On behalf of the Solaris Metropolitan District #3
the Board of Directors
of the Solaris Metropolitan District #3
$8,512,280
$8,512,280
Submitted:12/6/2019 for budget/fiscal year 2020 .
(not later than Dec 15)(mm/dd/yyyy)(yyyy)
PURPOSE (see end notes for definitions and examples)LEVY2 REVENUE2
1.General Operating Expenses H 13.000 mills 110,659.64$
2.
(0.000) mills -$
SUBTOTAL FOR GENERAL OPERATING:13.000 mills 110,659.64$
3.General Obligation Bonds and Interest J 47.000 mills 400,077.16$
4.Contractual ObligationsK 0.000 mills -$
5.Capital ExpendituresL 0.000 mills -$
6.Refunds/Abatements M 0.000 mills -$
7.OtherN (specify):0.000 mills -$
0.000 mills -$
TOTAL:[]60.000 mills 510,736.80$
Daytime
phone:(970) 926-6060 x8
Signed:Title: District Accountant
CERTIFICATION OF TAX LEVIES for NON-SCHOOL Governments
(taxing entity)A
(governing body)B
Contact person:
(print)Ken Marchetti
Sum of General Operating
Subtotal and Lines 3 to 7
Note:If the assessor certified a NET assessed valuation
(AV) different than the GROSS AV due to a Tax Increment
Financing (TIF) AreaF the tax levies must be calculated using
the NET AV. The taxing entity's total property tax revenue
will be derived from the mill levy multiplied against the NET
assessed valuation of:
(local government)C
Include one copy of this tax entity's completed form when filing the local government's budget by January 31st, per 29-1-113 C.R.S. with the Division
of Local Government (DLG), Room 521, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203. Questions? Call DLG (303) 864-7720.
1 If the taxing entity's boundaries include more than one county, you must certify the levies to each county. Use a separate form for each
county and certify the same levies uniformly to each county per Article X, Section 3 of the Colorado Constitution.
2 Levies must be rounded to three decimal places and revenue must be calculated from the total NET assessed valuation (Line 4 of Form
DLG57 on the County Assessor's FINAL certification of valuation).
USE VALUE FROM FINAL CERTIFICATION OF VALUATION PROVIDED BY
ASSESSOR NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 10
<Minus> Temporary General Property Tax Credit/
Temporary Mill Levy Rate ReductionI
(GrossD assessed valuation, Line 2 of the Certification of Valuation From DLG 57 E)
(NETG assessed valuation, Line 4 of the Certification of Valuation Form DLG 57)
Hereby officially certifies the following mills to
be levied against the taxing entity's GROSS
assessed valuation of:
Form DLG 70 (rev 6/16)Page 1 of 4
THIS SECTION APPLIES TO TITLE 32, ARTICLE 1 SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT LEVY TAXES
FOR PAYMENT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT (32-1-603 C.R.S.). Taxing entities that are
Special Districts or Subdistricts of Special Districts must certify separate mill levies and revenue to the
Board of County Commissioners, one each for the funding requirements of each debt (32-1-603, C.R.S.)
Use additional pages as necessary. The Special District's or Subdistrict's total levies for general obligation
bonds and total levies for contractual obligations should be recorded on Page 1, Lines 3 and 4 respectively.
CERTIFY A SEPARATE MILL LEVY FOR EACH BOND OR CONTRACT:
BONDSJ:
1. Purpose of Issue:To issue new bonds substituting Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3 as the
obligor and paying off 2013 Bonds issued by Solaris Metropolitan District #2.
The 2013 bonds were originally issued by Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1 in
2008 public improvements.
Series:Property Tax Revenue Multi-Modal Bonds, Series 2016A
Date of Issue: 10/13/2016
Coupon rate: 3.75%
Maturity Date: 12/1/2026
Levy:47.000
Revenue:$400,077.16
2. Purpose of Issue:To issue new bonds to reimburse the Developer for advances made to the
Districts pursuant to multiple funding and reimbursement agreements and
ultimately summarized in an omnibus agreement.
Series:Property Tax Revenue Multi-Modal Bonds, Series 2016B
Date of Issue: 10/13/2016
Coupon rate: 7.00%
Maturity Date: 12/15/2046
Levy:0.000
Revenue:$0.00
CONTRACTSK:
3. Purpose of Contract:
Title:
Date:
Principal Amount:
Maturity Date:
Levy:
Revenue:
4. Purpose of Contract:
Title:
Date:
Principal Amount:
Maturity Date:
Levy:
Revenue:
Use multiple copies of this page as necessary to separately report all bond and contractual obligations per 32-1-1603, C.R.S.
CERTIFICATION OF TAX LEVIES, continued
Form DLG 70 (rev 6/16)Page 2 of 4
EXHIBIT B
2019 AUDITS
SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1
TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORT OF
INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
December 31, 2019
CONTENTS
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS 1
BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Government-wide Financial Statements:
Statement of Net Position 6
Statement of Activities 7
Fund Financial Statements:
Reconciliation of the Balance Sheet of Governmental Funds to the Statement of
Net Position 9
Governmental Funds 10
Reconciliation of the Governmental Funds Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and
Changes in Fund Balance to the Statement of Activities 11
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures a
Notes to the financial statements 13
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Board of Directors
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
Town of Vail, Colorado
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the governmental activities and each
major fund of Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1 (t
and for the year ended December 31, 2019 and the related notes to the financial statements, which
l statements as listed in the table of contents.
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements
in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this
includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the
preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement,
whether due to fraud or error.
Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements based on our audit. We
conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States
of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. The
judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial
statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers
aration and fair presentation of the financial
statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not
for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness
of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a
basis for our audit opinions.
Opinions
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the
respective financial position of the governmental activities and the major fund of Solaris
Metropolitan District No. 1, Town of Vail, Colorado, as of December 31, 2019, and the respective
changes in financial position and the respective budgetary comparison statement for the General
Fund for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America.
Board of Directors
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
Page Two
Other Matters
Required Supplementary Information
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that the
financial statements. Such information, although not a part of the basic financial statements, is
required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, who considers it to be an essential
part of financial reporting for placing the basic financial statements in an appropriate operational,
economic, or historical context. We have applied certain limited procedures to the required
supplementary information in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the
United States of America, which consisted of inquiries of management about the methods of
preparing the information and comparing the in
responses to our inquiries, the basic financial statements, and other knowledge we obtained
during our audit of the basic financial statements. We do not express an opinion or provide any
assurance on the information because the limited procedures do not provide us with sufficient
evidence to express an opinion or provide any assurance.
Grand Junction, Colorado
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Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
December 31, 2019
As management of Solaris Metropolitan Dist r readers of the Di
statements this narrative overview and analysis of the financial activities of the District for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2019.
Overview of the Financial Statements
This discussion and analysis is intended to serve as an intr ic financial statements. The
atements are composed of three components: 1) government-wide financial statements;
2) fund financial statements; and 3) notes to the financial statements.
Government-wide financial statements. The government-wide financial statements are designed to provide
readers with an overview of the Di both a short-term fund perspective and a long-term
economic perspective.
The Statement of Net Position presents ts, deferred outflows, liabilities, and
deferred inflows with the difference between the amounts reported as net position. Over time, increases or
decreases in net position may serve as a useful indicator of whether the financial position of the District is improving
or deteriorating.
The Statement of Activities presents information showing how the go ion changed during the
most recent fiscal year. All changes in net position are reported as soon as the underlying event giving rise to the
change occurs, regardless of the timing of related cash flows. Thus, revenues and expenses are reported in this
statement for some items that will only result in cash flows in future fiscal periods.
The governmental activity of the District is primarily financing construction, operation, and maintenance of the basic
public infrastructure that is performed by Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1. There are no business-type activities
within the District.
und financial statements can both be found on pages 6 & 7 of this report.
Fund financial statements. A fund is a grouping of related accounts that is used to maintain control over resources
that have been segregated for specific activities or objectives. The District, like other state and local governments,
uses fund accounting to ensure and demonstrate compliance with legal requirements. The District currently has
one fund, the General Fund, which is a governmental fund.
Governmental funds. Governmental funds are used to account for essentially the same functions reported as
governmental activities in the government-wide financial statements. However, unlike the government-wide
financial statements, governmental fund financial statements focus on near-term inflows and outflows of
expendable resources, as well as on balances of expendable resources available at the end of the fiscal year.
Such information may be useful in evaluating financing requirements.
Because the focus of governmental funds is narrower than that of the government-wide financial statements, it is
useful to compare the information presented for governmental funds with similar information presented for
governmental activities in the government-wide financial statements. By doing so, readers may better understand
the long-term impact of the government conciliation of the fund balance as
reported in the governmental funds to the net position reported in the government-wide financial statements and a
reconciliation of the net change in fund balance to the change in net position has been provided to facilitate the
comparison between governmental funds and governmental activities.
Notes to the financial statements. The notes provide additional information that is essential to a full
understanding of the data provided in the government-wide and fund financial statements. The notes to the financial
statements can be found on pages 13 through 22 of this report.
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Government-wide Financial Analysis. A condensed summary of the District
outflows, liabilities, net position, revenues and expenses follows:
Statement of Net Position
Governmental Activities
2019 2018
Current and other assets $ 188,788 $ 109,926
Capital and long term assets 22,562,080 23,186,090
Total Assets 22,750,868 23,296,016
Liabilities:
Current liabilities 80,052 105,438
Long-term obligations payable 1,225,749 1,022,693
Total Liabilities 1,305,801 1,128,131
Net position:
Net investment in capital assets, net of debt 20,605,910 21,264,100
Restricted for TABOR 23,254 24,441
Unrestricted 815,903 879,344
Total Net position $ 21,445,067 $ 22,167,885
Statement of Activities
Revenues:
Program Revenues
Operating grants and contributions $ 607,165 $ 491,345
Charges for Services 242,421 283,750
Capital Grants and contributions - -
General revenue:
Interest and other revenue 5,480 3,881
Total Revenue 855,066 778,976
Expenses:
General government 1,487,704
1,344,314
Interest on long-term debt 90,180 86,007
Total Expenses 1,577,884 1,430,321
Change in Net position (722,818) (651,345)
Net position - Beginning 22,167,885 22,819,230
Net position - Ending $ 21,445,067 $ 22,167,885
rict structure whereby the District constructed the public
infrastructure and provides certain services for Solaris Metropolitan District Nos. 2 and 3. Pursuant to the Amended
and Restated District Operating Agreement for the Districts, the District is obligated to provide certain capital
facilities and operational services and obligates Solaris Metropolitan District
tructing the facilities and operations.
Government-wide Financial Analysis. in 2019 has been the operation of
the public improvements owned by the Di primary revenue source is intergovernmental
revenues from Solaris Metropolitan Districts No. 2 & 3 reflecting their obligation to ultimately reimburse the District
for the cost of constructing and operating the infrastructure. The decrease in net position is primarily the result of
depreciation expense.
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As mentioned earlier, the District uses fund accounting to ensure and demonstrate compliance with finance-related
legal requirements.
Governmental Funds.unds is to provide information on near-term
inflows, outflows, and balances of expendable resources. Such information is
financing requirements. In particular, unreserved fund balance may serve as a useful measure
net resources available for spending at the end of the fiscal year.
As of the end of the current fiscal reported a combined ending fund balance
of $108,736, which is the result of a cumulative surplus of revenues in excess of expenditures.
The District adopts budgets for each fund on an annual basis. Budgetary comparisons have been provided on
page 12 for the General Fund.
Capital assets ist primarily of infrastructure in the District. The capital assets
were completed at December 31, 2011 and $703,920 depreciation expense was recorded in 2019. Details can be
seen in Note D on page 18 of this report.
Subsequent Events. On March 13, 2020, an emergency was declared for the COVID-19 pandemic. The State of
Colorado subsequently declared a statewide emergency and enacted shutdown orders for significant portions of
the economy, including ski resorts beginning March 15, 2020. The full economic impact of the events surrounding
the pandemic are unknown, but are expected to be significant.
Request for Information
This financial report is designed to provide a general overview of the District
Questions concerning any of the information provided in this report or requests for
additional financial information should be addressed to Marchetti & Weaver, LLC, 28 Second Street, Suite 213,
Edwards, CO 81632 or you may call (970) 926-6060.
Governmental
Activities
Assets
Cash and investments 116,353$
Accounts receivable - other governments 46,392
Prepaid Insurance 19,732
Security deposits 6,311
Capital and service obligation receivable 1,085,064
Capital assets, net of accumulated depreciation 21,477,016
Total assets 22,750,868
Liabilities
Trade accounts payable 80,052
Developer payable 310,748
Accrued interest payable 43,895
Advance note payable 871,106
Total liabilities 1,305,801
Net position
Net investment in Capital Assets 20,605,910
Restricted for TABOR 23,254
Unrestricted 815,903
Total net position 21,445,067$
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
Town of Vail, Colorado
STATEMENT OF NET POSITION
For the year ended December 31, 2019
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Operating Capital TotalCharges for Grants and Grants and GovernmentalFunction/Programs Expenses Services Contributions Contributions ActivitiesGovernmental activities:General government 1,487,704$ 242,421$ 607,165$ -$ (638,118)$ Interest on long-term debt 90,180 - - - (90,180) 1,577,884$ 242,421$ 607,165$ -$ (728,298) Interest income 5,480 Total general revenues 5,480 Change in net position (722,818) Net position, beginning 22,167,885Net position, ending 21,445,067$ The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1Town of Vail, ColoradoSTATEMENT OF ACTIVITIESFor the year ended December 31, 2019Program revenues- 7-
General
Fund
Assets
Cash and investments 116,353$
Accounts receivable - other governments 46,392
Prepaid expenses 19,732
Security deposits 6,311
Total assets 188,788
Liabilities
Trade accounts payable 80,052
Total liabilities 80,052
Fund balance
Nonspendable
Deposits 6,311
Prepaid expense 19,732
Restricted for
TABOR 23,254
Unassigned 59,439
Total fund balance 108,736$
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
For the year ended December 31, 2019
BALANCE SHEET - GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
Town of Vail, Colorado
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
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Amounts reported for governmental activities in the statement of net
position are different because:
Total fund balance - governmental funds 108,736$
Long term capital assets are expensed as capital outlay in the funds but
are capitalized in the government wide statements and amortized as
depreciation expense over their expected useful lives. 21,477,016
Long term receivables are not recognized in the fund financial statements
but are recognized in the statement of net position. 1,085,064
Accrued interest on long-term obligations are not due and payable in the
current period and, therefore, are not recognized in the funds. (43,895)
Long-term liabilities are not due and payable in the current period and
therefore are not recognized in the funds. (1,181,854)
Net position of governmental activities 21,445,067$
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
Town of Vail, Colorado
RECONCILIATION OF THE BALANCE SHEET OF GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
TO THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION
For the year ended December 31, 2019
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General
Fund
Revenues
Skate shop income 192,220$
Rent income 21,600
Special event fee 28,600
Interest income 5,480
Intergovernmental revenue 527,255
Total revenues 775,155
Expenditures
Accounting 33,758
Audit 9,100
Insurance 12,140
Legal 18,058
Contribution to Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2 8,575
Contribution to Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3 7,329
Miscellaneous 4,139
Operations
Utilities 117,677
Janitorial 14,890
Insurance 13,514
Repairs and maintenance 179,024
Supplies 11,303
Rent 109,402
Payroll 219,632
Fees 25,242
Payment to Solaris 211,291
Repayment to Developer 45,729
Interest expense 72,980
Total expenditures 1,113,783
Excess of revenues over expenditures before
other financing sources (uses) (338,628)
Other financing sources (uses)
Developer advances 442,876
Total other financing sources (uses) 442,876
Excess of revenues and other financing
sources and (uses) over expenditures 104,248
Fund balance - beginning of year 4,488
Fund balance - end of year 108,736$
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
For the year ended December 31, 2019
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
Town of Vail, Colorado
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Amounts reported for governmental activities in the Statement of Activities are different
because:
Net Change in Fund Balances - Governmental Funds 104,248$
Long term capital assets are expensed as capital outlay in the
funds but are capitalized in the government wide statements and
amortized over their useful lives as depreciation expense. This
is the amount by which capital outlays exceeded
depreciation expense in the current year: (703,920)
Accrued interest on long term obligations are not due and payable
in the current period and, therefore, are not recognized in the
funds. This is the amount by which the liability changed
between the current and prior year. (1,956)
Long-term receivables are not recorded in the funds but are
recorded in the government wide financial statements.
This is the amount by which the receivables changed between
current year and prior year. 79,910
Changes in long term obligations are recognized as other financing sources and
payments of principal in the funds but as additions and reductions
of long term liabilities in the government wide statements.
Changes in developer advance (201,100)
Change in net position of governmental activities (722,818)$
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
Town of Vail, Colorado
RECONCILIATION OF THE STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES
IN FUND BALANCE - GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS TO THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
For the year ended December 31, 2019
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Original and Positive
Final (Negative)
Budget Actual Variance
Revenues
Skate shop income 225,000$ 192,220$ (32,780)$
Rent income 20,000 21,600 1,600
Special event fee 50,000 28,600 (21,400)
Interest income 222 5,480 5,258
Intergovernmental revenue 514,406 527,255 12,849
Total revenues 809,628 775,155 (34,473)
Expenditures
Accounting 27,295 33,758 (6,463)
Audit 9,100 9,100 -
Insurance 12,000 12,140 (140)
Legal 15,000 18,058 (3,058)
Contribution to Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2 8,250 8,575 (325)
Contribution to Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3 7,700 7,329 371
Operations 649,515 693,544 (44,029)
Miscellaneous 739 1,279 (540)
Repayment to Solaris 600,835 211,291 389,544
Repayments to Developer 25,215 45,729 (20,514)
Interest expense 93,494 72,980 20,514
Contingency 10,000 - 10,000
Total expenditures 1,459,143 1,113,783 345,360
Other financing sources (uses)
Developer advances 602,955 442,876 (160,079)
Total other financing sources (uses) 602,955 442,876 (160,079)
Excess of revenues and other financing
sources and (uses) over expenditures (46,560) 104,248 150,808
Fund balance - beginning of year 46,560 4,488 (42,072)
Fund balance - end of year -$ 108,736$ 108,736$
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
Town of Vail, Colorado
STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE -
BUDGET TO ACTUAL - GENERAL FUND
For the year ended December 31, 2019
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Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
Town of Vail, Colorado
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The accounting policies of the Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1, (the District), located in the Town of
Vail, Colorado (the Town), conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America (GAAP) as applicable to governmental units. The Governmental Accounting Standards Board
(GASB) is the accepted standard setting body for establishing governmental accounting and financial
reporting principles. The following is a summary of the more significant policies consistently applied in the
preparation of the financial statements.
Reporting entity
The District was organized in 2006 concurrently with Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2 (District 2) and
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3 (District 3) and is governed by a five-member elected Board of
Directors. On September 19, 2006, a Consolidated Service Plan ("Service Plan") for the Districts was
approved. On April 3, 2007, the first amendment to the Service Plan was approved. As required by GAAP,
these financial statements present the activities of the District, which is legally separate and financially
independent of other state and local governments. The Districts were organized to provide various public
improvements necessary and appropriate for the development of the Solaris Vail project. The public
improvements, which include sanitation, water, streets, traffic and safety controls, and parks and recreation,
will be constructed for the benefit of the taxpayers and service users within the Districts' boundaries.
The District serves as the "Operating District" while District 2 and District 3 serve as the "Taxing Districts."
The Operating District is responsible for providing the day-to-day operations and administrative
management for all three Districts.
The District follows the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) accounting pronouncements
which provide guidance for determining which governmental activities, organizations and functions should
be included within the financial reporting entity. GASB pronouncements set forth the financial
accountability of a governmental orga e basic criterion for including a
possible component governmental organization in
accountability includes, but is not limited to, appoint
governing body, ability to impose its will on the organization, a potential for the organization to provide
specific financial benefits or burdens and fiscal dependency.
The District has no component units as defined by GASB and is not a component unit of any other primary
government.
The District has no employees and all services are contracted.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
Town of Vail, Colorado
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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Government-wide financial statements
The government-wide financial statements include the statement of net position and the statement of
activities. These financial statements include all of the activities of the District. For the most part, the effect
of interfund activity has been removed from these statements.
The statement of activities demonstrates the degree to which the direct expenses of a given function or
segment are offset by program revenues. Direct expenses are those that are clearly identifiable with a
specific function or segment. Program revenues include 1) charges to customers or applicants who
purchase, use, or directly benefit from goods, services or privileges provided by a given function or
segment, and 2) grants and contributions that are restricted to meeting the operational or capital
requirements of a particular function or segment. Taxes and other items not properly included among
program revenues are reported instead as general revenues. Separate financial statements are provided for
governmental funds. Major individual governmental funds are reported as separate columns in the fund
financial statements.
Measurement focus, basis of accounting and financial statement presentation
The government-wide financial statements are reported using the economic resources measurement focus
and the accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recorded when earned and expenses are recorded when a
liability is incurred, regardless of the timing of the related cash flow.
Governmental fund financial statements are reported using the current financial resources measurement
focus and the modified accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recognized as soon as they are both
measurable and available. Revenues are considered to be available when they are collectible within the
current period or soon enough thereafter to pay liabilities of the current period. For this purpose, the District
considers revenues to be available if they are collected within sixty days of the end of the current fiscal
period.
The District reports the following governmental fund:
The General fund is the general operating fund of the District. It accounts for all the financial resources
of the general government except those required to be accounted for in another fund.
The Capital fund accounts for the financial resources and costs associated with acquiring capital assets.
Fair value of financial statements
The District's financial instruments include cash and investments, accounts receivable, accounts payable,
and accrued expenses. The District estimates that the fair value of all financial instruments at December 31,
2018, does not differ materially from the aggregate carrying values of its financial instruments recorded in
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
Town of Vail, Colorado
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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the accompanying balance sheet. The carrying amount of these financial instruments approximates fair
value because of the short maturity of these instruments.
Use of estimates
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets
and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during
the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Deferred outflows/inflows of resources
In addition to assets, the statement of financial position will sometimes report a separate section for deferred
outflows of resources. This separate financial statement element, deferred outflows of resources, represents
a consumption of net position that applies to a future period(s) and will not be recognized as an outflow of
resources (expense/expenditure) until then.
In addition to liabilities, the statement of financial position will sometimes report a separate section for
deferred inflows of resources. This separate financial statement element, deferred inflows of resources,
represents an acquisition of net position that applies to a future period(s) and will not be recognized as an
inflow of resources (revenue) until that time. The District does not have any items that qualify for reporting
in this category.
Capital assets
Capital assets defined by the District as infrastructure assets are recorded at historical cost. The costs of
normal maintenance and repairs that do not add to the value of the asset or materially extend the asset lives
are not capitalized. Infrastructure assets are depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated
useful life of between 5 and 40 years.
As discussed in the Service Plan, the District intends to dedicate a portion of the infrastructure assets to the
Town of Vail or other governmental agencies.
Fund equity
Fund balance for governmental funds should be reported in classifications that comprise a hierarchy based
on the extent to which the government is bound to honor constraints on the specific purposes for which
spending can occur. Governmental funds report up to five classifications of fund balance: nonspendable,
restricted, committed, assigned, and unassigned. Because circumstances differ among governments, not
every government or every governmental fund will present all of these components. The following
classifications describe the relative strength of the spending constraints:
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
Town of Vail, Colorado
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December 31, 2019
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Nonspendable fund balance be spent because it is either not in
spendable form (such as prepaid amounts or inventory) or is legally or contractually required to be
maintained intact.
Restricted fund balance that is constrained to be used for specific purpose by
external parties (such as bondholders), constitutional provisions, or enabling legislation.
Committed fund balance y be used for specific purposes pursuant
to constraints imposed by formal action of the govern
the Board of Directors. The constraint may be removed or changed only though formal action of the Board
of Directors.
Assigned fund balance
used for specific purposes, but is neither restricted nor committed. Intent is expressed by the Board of
Directors to be used for a specific purpose. Constraints imposed on the use of assigned amounts are more
easily removed or modified than those imposed on amounts that are classified as committed.
Unassigned fund balance fund balance that does not meet any of the criteria
described above. If more than one classification of fund balance is available for use when an expenditure is
e the most restrictive classification first.
LIANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Budgetary information
The District conforms to the following procedures in compliance with Colorado Revised Statutes in
establishing the budgetary data reflected in the financial statements:
ectors prepares a proposed operating budget for the fiscal
year commencing the following January 1. The operating budget for the funds includes proposed expenses
and the means of financing them.
A public hearing is held at a Board of Directors meeting to obtain taxpayer input. Prior to December 15, the
budget is legally enacted through passage of a budget resolution. The Board of Directors can modify the
budget by line item within the total appropriation without notification. The appropriation can only be
modified upon completion of notification and publication requirements.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
Town of Vail, Colorado
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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Cash and investments
As of December 31, 2019, cash and investments are classified in the accompanying financial statements as
follows:
Statement of net position:
Deposits $ (64,574)
CSAFE 180,927
Cash and investments $ 116,353
Custodial and concentration of credit risk
The Colorado Public Deposit Protection Act (PDPA) requires that all units of local government deposit cash
in eligible public depositories. Eligibility is determined by state regulators. Amounts on deposit in excess of
federal insurance levels must be collateralized. The eligible collateral is determined by the PDPA. PDPA
allows the institution to create a single collateral pool for all public funds. The pool for all the uninsured
public deposits as a group is to be maintained by another institution or held in trust. The market value of the
collateral must be at least equal to 102% of the aggregate uninsured deposits. The State Commissioners for
banks and financial services are required by statute to monitor the naming of eligible depositories and
reporting of the uninsured deposits and assets maintained in the collateral pools. As of December 31, 2019,
all of the District deposits were either insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or held in
eligible public depositories as required by PDPA.
The District has not adopted a formal investment policy; however, the District follows Colorado Revised
Statutes regarding its investments. Colorado Revised Statutes specify the types of investments meeting
defined rating and risk criteria in which local governments may invest. These investments include
obligations of the United States and U.S. government agency entities, certain money market funds,
guaranteed investment contracts and local government investment pools.
During 2019, the District was invested in the Colorado Surplus Asset Fund Trust (CSAFE), which is an
investment vehicle established by State statutes for local government entities to pool surplus funds. CSAFE
adheres to the guidelines outlined in GASB 79, Certain External Investment Pools and Pool Participants,
regarding liquidity, maturity, quality, diversification and shadow NAV pricing. CSAFE measures its
investments at amortized cost for financial reporting purposes and has been rated AAAm by Standard &
ilable for public view at Csafe.org. CSAFE operates
similarly to a money market fund and each share is equal in value to $1.00, though this is not guaranteed.
Investment objectives focus on safety, liquidity, transparency, and competitive yields through investment in
a diversified portfolio of short-term marketable securities. CSAFE may invest in U.S. Treasury securities,
U.S. governmental agency securities, commercial paper, corporate fixed notes, and repurchase agreement
collateralized with securities valued in excess of the repurchase agreement amount.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
Town of Vail, Colorado
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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All securities owned by CSAFE are held by the Federal Reserve Bank in the account maintained for the
custodian. There are no limits or restrictions on participant withdrawals.
Capital asset activity for the year ended December 31, 2019, was as follows:
Balance Balance
December 31, December 31,
2018 Additions Retirements 2019
Governmental Activities:
Capital assets, depreciable:
Sanitation facilities
EBT SERVICE AGREEMENT
The District entered into a 2010 Operations/Debt Service Funding Agreement on December 17, 2009, with
Solaris Property Owner, LLC, the Developer, whereby the Developer agreed to loan the District one or
more sums of money not to exceed the aggregate of $500,000. The maximum loan amounts for O&M Costs
and Debt Service Costs were to be set at $350,000 and $150,000, respectively. The funds shall be loaned to
the District in one or a series of installments and shall be available to the District through December 31,
2010, and the Developer's obligation to fund these amounts may be renewed on an annual basis thereafter.
The loan advances, pursuant to both agreements stated above, bear simple interest at a rate of 8% per annum
from the date advances were made to the date of repayment of such amount. The District will repay the
developer advances with any revenues made available to the District by Districts 2 and 3. The District's
obligation to the Developer shall terminate at the earlier of full repayment or December 15, 2049. This
agreement was terminated via the Omnibus Funding and Reimbursement Agreement.
On October 13, 2016, Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1 entered into a Limited Tax Revenue Note with
Solaris Property Owner, LLC in the amount of $1,262,427 for capital, debt service, and operating advances.
The Note bears an interest rate of 8%.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
Town of Vail, Colorado
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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RVICE AGREEMENT - CONTINUED
The following is an analysis of the change in developer obligations for the year ended December 31, 2019:
Balance Balance
December 31, December 31,
2018 Additions Retirements 2019
Due to developer:
Developer advances $ 63,919 $ 442,875 $ 196,046 $ 310,748
Accrued interest 41,939 90,180 88,224 43,895
Total $ 1,022,693 $ 533,055 $ 329,999 $ 1,225,749
CANT AGREEMENTS
District Operating Agreement
The Districts entered into an Amended and Restated District Operating (the "Agreement") dated March 19,
2013, amending and restating the District Operating Agreement dated April 26, 2007. The Agreement
generally provides that the District will perform operations services including administration, financial
management, election management, budget preparation, and insurance administration for the Taxing
Districts and the Taxing Districts have pledged to levy taxes to provide for payment of the operations costs.
The District has incurred operations costs in the amount of $5,352,306 since inception of the Agreement in
2007 through December 31, 2019, providing services to the Taxing Districts and the Taxing Districts have
paid $5,104,176 toward these costs leaving a balance of $248,131 at December 31, 2019.
Similar to the agreement between the District and the Taxing Districts for operations, the District has an
obligation to provide certain public facilities for the benefit of the Taxing Districts and the Taxing Districts
have an obligation to reimburse the District for the cost of providing these capital facilities. Pursuant to this
obligation, the District has incurred capital costs in the amount of $27,275,488 through December 31, 2019,
and the Taxing Districts have paid $26,438,554 toward these costs leaving a balance of $836,934 at
December 31, 2019. This balance has been combined with the obligation for operating costs and is shown
as a capital and service obligation receivable on the statement of net position.
Capital Pledge Agreement
The District entered into a Capital Pledge Agreement (the "Pledge Agreement) between the District and the
Taxing Districts dated March 1, 2008, in conjunction with the District's issuance of bonds in 2008. In March
2013, Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2 issued $29,550,000 Property Tax Revenue Multi-Modal Bonds
Series 2013. The proceeds from this bond issuance were transferred to the District and the Series 2008
bonds were paid in full and the Capital Pledge Agreement was terminated.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
Town of Vail, Colorado
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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Intergovernmental Agreement with Town of Vail General Improvement District No. 1, Town of Vail,
Colorado
The District and the Town of Vail General Improvement District No. 1 (GID) entered into an
Intergovernmental Agreement, dated March 22, 2007, that gives the GID the authority to control the use of
the public plaza area (the "Plaza") constructed within the District. Any party holding a public event in the
Plaza will be required to obtain a license agreement from the GID and the District. The District is
responsible for the cost of ordinary maintenance of the Plaza. The GID is responsible for repairing any
damage from Plaza events in excess of normal wear and tear.
Intergovernmental Agreement with Town of Vail, Colorado
On March 22, 2007 the District, along with District 2 and District 3 entered into an Intergovernmental
Agreement (IGA) with the Town of Vail, Colorado, as required by the Consolidated Service Plan. Under
this Agreement, the Districts must obtain the approval of the Vail Town Council prior to any inclusion of
property located outside of the service area as defined in the Service Plan. Prior to the issuance of any
privately placed debt, the Districts shall obtain a certificate from an External Financial Advisor certifying to
the reasonableness of the interest rate and the structure. The IGA was amended on March 4, 2008,
increasing the debt authorization limit from $20,000,000 to $40,000,000.
The Consolidated Service Plan of the Districts anticipates the dedication of the public improvements to the
Town of Vail or other appropriate jurisdiction for ownership and maintenance. The Districts are authorized
to operate or maintain any improvements not dedicated to other jurisdictions, including those improvements
known as the "Plaza".
Lease Agreement
During 2010 the District entered into a lease agreement with Solaris Property Owner, LLC (Landlord)
whereby the District agreed to lease 891 square feet of space from Landlord to be used for the rental of ice
skates and other uses approved by Landlord. The lease provides for payment of $75,735 in rent per annum
in the initial year, escalating 3% per year thereafter, plus real estate taxes and all costs payable by Landlord
attributable to the ownership, operation, management, maintenance and repair of the leased premises. The
lease expires the earlier of November 30, 2040, or cessation of Special Development District No. 39.
Omnibus Funding and Reimbursement Agreement
On October 13, 2016, the District, along with District 2 and District 3, entered into an agreement with Solaris
Property Owner, LCC. This agreement consolidated several prior agreements and commitments between the
parties. The following agreements were terminated: The Integrated Project Delivery Agreement, The Original
Funding and Reimbursement Agreement, The Joint Resolution Agreement, and the 2010 Costs Agreement.
Furthermore, this agreement included an amendment to the Capital Pledge and Mill Levy Policy Agreement,
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
Town of Vail, Colorado
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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Omnibus Funding and Reimbursement Agreement (continued)
whereby the Taxing Districts will impose the Capital levies and pledge the levies to the issuer of the 2016
series bonds (District 3).
The General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2016A and the Subordinate Limited Tax General
Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2016B, in the amounts of $29,330,000 and $4,000,000 respectively,
were issued for the purpose of: (i) repaying the Solaris Property Owner, LLC debt; (ii) refunding the Series
2013 bonds; (iii) funding the reserve funds; (iv) paying the bond issue costs.
The District's Board of Directors are either officers or employees of or have business or professional
relationships with the Developer. The District and the Taxing Districts share the same Board of Directors
for the year ended December 31, 2019.
The District is exposed to various risks of loss related to torts; thefts of, damage to, or destruction of assets;
errors or omissions; injuries to employees; or acts of nature.
The District has elected to participate in the Colorado Special Districts Property and Liability Pool (the
Pool) which is sponsored by the Special District Association of Colorado. The Pool is an organization
created by intergovernmental agreement to provide property, liability, public official liability, and boiler and
machinery and workers compensation coverage to its members. Settled claims have not exceeded this
coverage in any of the past three fiscal years.
The District pays annual premiums to the Pool for property, general liability and public official's liability,
coverage. Members of the Pool may be required to make additional surplus contributions in the event
aggregated losses incurred by the Pool exceed amounts recoverable from reinsurance contracts and funds
accumulated by the Pool. Any excess funds, which the Pool determines are not needed for purposes of the
Pool, may be returned to the members pursuant to a distribution formula. No distributions were made during
the year ended December 31, 2019.
AND DEBT LIMITATIONS
Article X, Section 20, of the Colorado Constitution, commonly known as the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights
(TABOR) contains, tax, spending, and revenue and debt limitations which apply to the State of Colorado
and all local governments.
Spending and revenue limits are determined based on the prior year's "fiscal year spending" adjusted for
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1
Town of Vail, Colorado
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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allowable increases based upon inflation and local growth. "Fiscal year spending" is generally defined as
expenditures plus reserve increase with certain exceptions. Revenue in excess of the "fiscal year spending"
limit must be refunded unless the voters approve retention of such revenue.
TABOR requires local governments to establish Emergency Reserves. These reserves must be at least 3% of
Fiscal Year Spending (excluding bonded debt service). Local governments are not allowed to use
emergency reserves to compensate for economic conditions, revenue shortfalls, or salary or benefit
increases.
The District has made certain interpretations of the amendment's language in order to determine its
compliance.
On March 13, 2020, an emergency was declared for the COVID-19 pandemic. The State of
Colorado subsequently declared a statewide emergency and enacted shutdown orders for significant
portions of the economy, including ski resorts beginning March 15, 2020. At the time of the
issuance of these financial statements, the full economic impact of the events surrounding the
pandemic are unknown, but are expected to be significant.
SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2
TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORT OF
INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
December 31, 2019
CONTENTS
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS 1
BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Government-wide Financial Statements:
Statement of Net Position 6
Statement of Activities 7
Fund Financial Statements:
Reconciliation of the Governmental Funds Balances Sheet to the Statement of
Net Position 9
Governmental Funds 10
Reconciliation of the Governmental Funds Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and
Changes in Fund Balance to the Statement of Activities 11
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures a
Notes to the Financial Statements 13
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes
Debt Service Fund 21
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July 14, 2020
To the Board of Directors
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2
Town of Vail, Colorado
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the governmental activities and each major fund
ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise the
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the
design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation
of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our
audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements. The procedures selected depend , including the assessment
of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making
those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to
presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness
control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of
accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management,
as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our
audit opinions.
Opinions
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the respective
financial position of the governmental activities and each major fund, of Solaris Metropolitan District No.
2, Town of Vail, Colorado, as of December 31, 2019, and the respective changes in financial position and
the respective budgetary comparison for the General Fund for the year then ended in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
To the Board of Directors
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2
Page Two
Other Matters
Required Supplementary Information
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United
discussion and analysis on pages 3-5 be presented to supplement the basic financial statements. Such
information, although not a part of the basic financial statements, is required by the Governmental
Accounting Standards Board, who considers it to be an essential part of financial reporting for placing the
basic financial statements in an appropriate operational, economic, or historical context. We have applied
certain limited procedures to the required supplementary information in accordance with auditing standards
generally accepted in the United States of America, which consisted of inquiries of management about the
methods of preparing the information and comparing the information for consis
responses to our inquiries, the basic financial statements, and other knowledge we obtained during our audit
of the basic financial statements. We do not express an opinion or provide any assurance on the information
because the limited procedures do not provide us with sufficient evidence to express an opinion or provide
any assurance.
Other Information
Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming opinions on the financial statements that collectively
of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Bala
additional analysis and is not a required part of the
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in F
of management and was derived from and relates directly to the underlying accounting and other records
used to prepare the basic financial statements. Such information has been subjected to the auditing
procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and certain additional procedures, including
comparing and reconciling such information directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to
prepare the basic financial statements or to the basic financial statements themselves, and other additional
procedures in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. In our
Budget and Actual is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the basic financial statements as a
whole.
Grand Junction, Colorado
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Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2
December 31, 2019
As management of Solaris Metropolitan Dist r readers of the Di
statements this narrative overview and analysis of the financial activities of the District for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2019.
Overview of the Financial Statements
This discussion and analysis is intended to serve as an intr ic financial statements. The
are composed of three components: 1) government-wide financial statements;
2) fund financial statements; and 3) notes to the financial statements. This report also contains additional
supplementary information after the notes to the financial statements.
Government-wide financial statements. The government-wide financial statements are designed to provide
readers with an overview of the Di both a short-term fund perspective and a long-term
economic perspective.
The Statement of Net Position presents ts, deferred outflows, liabilities, and
deferred inflows with the difference between the amounts reported as net position. Over time, increases or
decreases in net position may serve as a useful indicator of whether the financial position of the District is improving
or deteriorating.
The Statement of Activities presents information showing how the go ion changed during the
most recent fiscal year. All changes in net position are reported as soon as the underlying event giving rise to the
change occurs, regardless of the timing of related cash flows. Thus, revenues and expenses are reported in this
statement for some items that will only result in cash flows in future fiscal periods.
The governmental activity of the District is primarily financing construction, operation, and maintenance of the basic
public infrastructure that is performed by Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1. There are no business-type activities
within the District.
nancial statements can both be found on pages 6 & 7 of this report.
Fund financial statements. A fund is a grouping of related accounts that is used to maintain control over resources
that have been segregated for specific activities or objectives. The District, like other state and local governments,
uses fund accounting to ensure and demonstrate compliance with finance-related legal requirements. The District
currently has two funds, the General Fund and the Debt Service Fund, both of which are governmental funds.
Governmental funds. Governmental funds are used to account for essentially the same functions reported as
governmental activities in the government-wide financial statements. However, unlike the government-wide
financial statements, governmental fund financial statements focus on near-term inflows and outflows of
expendable resources, as well as on balances of expendable resources available at the end of the fiscal year.
Such information may be useful in evaluating financing requirements.
Because the focus of governmental funds is narrower than that of the government-wide financial statements, it is
useful to compare the information presented for governmental funds with similar information presented for
governmental activities in the government-wide financial statements. By doing so, readers may better understand
the long-term impact of the government conciliation of the fund balance as
reported in the governmental funds to the net position reported in the government-wide financial statements and a
reconciliation of the net change in fund balance to the change in net position has been provided to facilitate the
comparison between governmental funds and governmental activities.
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Notes to the financial statements. The notes provide additional information that is essential to a full
understanding of the data provided in the government-wide and fund financial statements. The notes to the financial
statements can be found on pages 13-21 of this report.
Condensed Financial Information
A condensed comparative summary of the de assets, liabilities, deferred inflows, net
position, revenues and expenses follows:
Statement of Net Position
Governmental Activities
2019 2018
Assets:
Cash 131,953 118,970
Other current assets 2,103,857 2,058,504
Total Assets 2,235,810 2,177,474
Liabilities:
Current liabilities 9,809 10,081
Long-term obligations 29,354,049 29,077,770
Total Liabilities 29,363,858 29,087,851
Deferred Inflows
Property Taxes 2,103,857 2,048,423
Total Deferred Inflows 2,103,857 2,048,423
Net Position:
Restricted for TABOR 13,303 13,345
Unrestricted (29,226,308) (29,972,145)
Total Net Position (29,213,005)
(28,958,800)
Statement of Activities
Revenue:
Operating Grants and Contributions 7,613 9,674
General revenue:
Property taxes 2,159,018
2,153,588
Interest and other revenue 5,347 6,523
Total Revenue 2,171,978 2,169,785
Expenses:
General government 2,426,183 1,265,296
Total Expenses 2,426,183 1,265,296
Change in Net Position (254,205) 904,489
Net Position- Beginning (28,958,800)
(29,863,289)
Net Position- Ending (29,213,005)
(28,958,800)
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The District is one of t ure whereby the District is supporting the financing
of the construction and operations of the infrastructure provided by Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1. The District
consists of residential properties. Sola
will continue to receive capital and service obligation payments from the District and District No. 3 to fund the
construction and operation of infrastructure in the Districts. District No. 2 funds such costs with property taxes and
debt.
Government-wide Financial Analysis. imary activity was to collect property taxes to
pay capital and service obligations to District No. 1 for the infrastructure in the Districts.
As mentioned earlier, the District uses fund accounting to ensure and demonstrate compliance with finance-related
legal requirements.
Governmental Funds.unds is to provide information on near-term
inflows, outflows, and balances of expendable resources. Such information is
financing requirements. In particular, unreserved fund balance may serve as a useful measure
net resources available for spending at the end of the fiscal year.
As of the end of the current fiscal reported a combined ending fund balance
of $122,144. The $122,144 ending fund balance primarily consists of a bond reserve fund and general fund
balance.
The District adopts budgets for each fund on an annual basis. A budgetary comparison has been provided on page
12 for the General Fund and on page 21 for the debt service fund.
Capital assets. All public infrastructure capital assets utilized by the Solaris districts are constructed and operated
by District No.1. Therefore, no capital assets are reported by the District.
Long-term debts. In October 2016, District No. 3 issued $29,330,000 General Obligation Refunding Bonds Series
2016A and $4,000,000 Subordinate Limited Tax General Obligation Bond Series 2016B. A portion of the proceeds
from this bond issuance was transferred to the District to fully repay the Series 2013 bonds. This transaction is
more fully described in the Notes to the Financial Statement on pages 18 and 19 of this report.
Subsequent Events. On March 13, 2020, an emergency was declared for the COVID-19 pandemic. The State of
Colorado subsequently declared a statewide emergency and enacted shutdown orders for significant portions of
the economy, including ski resorts beginning March 15, 2020. The full economic impact of the events surrounding
the pandemic are unknown, but are expected to be significant.
Request for Information
This financial report is designed to provide a general overview of the District
Questions concerning any of the information provided in this report or requests for
additional financial information should be addressed to Marchetti & Weaver, LLC, 28 Second Street, Suite 213,
Edwards, CO 81632 or you may call (970) 926-6060.
Governmental
Activities
Assets
Cash and investments 122,144$
Cash with County Treasurer 9,809
Property tax receivable 2,103,857
Total assets 2,235,810
Liabilities
Due to Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1 1,964
Due to Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3 7,845
Total current liabilities 9,809
Long-term liabilities:
Capital and service obligations payable to SMD No.1 878,902
Capital obligations payable to SMD No.3 28,475,147
Total liabilities 29,363,858
Deferred Inflows of Resources
Property tax 2,103,857
Total deferred inflows 2,103,857
Net position
Restricted for TABOR 13,303
Unrestricted (29,226,308)
Total net position (29,213,005)$
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2
Town of Vail, Colorado
STATEMENT OF NET POSITION
December 31, 2019
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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Operating Capital TotalCharges for Grants and Grants and GovernmentalFunction/Programs Expenses Services Contributions Contributions ActivitiesGovernmental activities:General government 2,426,183$ -$ 7,613$ -$ (2,418,570)$ 2,426,183$ -$ 7,613$ -$ (2,418,570) General Revenues:Property tax 2,159,018 Interest income 5,347 Total general revenue 2,164,365 Change in net position (254,205) Net position - beginning (28,958,800) Net position - ending (29,213,005)$ The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2Town of Vail, ColoradoSTATEMENT OF ACTIVITIESFor the year ended December 31, 2019Program revenue- 7 -
Debt
General Service
Fund Fund Total
Assets
Cash and investments 46,645$ 75,499$ 122,144$
Cash with County Treasurer 1,964 7,845 9,809
Property tax receivable 418,838 1,685,019 2,103,857
Total assets 467,447 1,768,363 2,235,810
Liabilities
Due to Solaris Metropolitan District 1 1,964 - 1,964
Due to Solaris Metropolitan District 3 - 7,845 7,845
Total liabilities 1,964 7,845 9,809
Deferred Inflows of Resources
Property tax 418,838 1,685,019 2,103,857
Total deferred inflows 418,838 1,685,019 2,103,857
Fund Balances
Restricted for debt service - 75,499 75,499
Restricted for TABOR 13,303 - 13,303
Unassigned 33,342 - 33,342
Total fund balances 46,645$ 75,499$ 122,144$
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2
Town of Vail, Colorado
BALANCE SHEET - GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
December 31, 2019
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Amounts reported for governmental activities in the statement of net
position are different because:
Total fund balance - governmental funds 122,144$
Capital and service obligations payable are not due and payable in the current
period and therefore are not recognized in the funds. (29,335,149)
Net Position of Governmental Activities (29,213,005)$
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2
Town of Vail, Colorado
RECONCILIATION OF THE BALANCE SHEET - GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS -
TO THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION
December 31, 2019
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Debt
General Service
Fund Fund Total
General Revenues:
Property and specific ownership tax 432,216$ 1,726,802$ 2,159,018$
Interest income 3,609 1,738 5,347
Intergovernmental Payment from SMD No. 1 7,613 - 7,613
Total revenues 443,438 1,728,540 2,171,978
Expenditures
Audit 5,500 - 5,500
Insurance 2,113 - 2,113
Treasurer's fee 12,315 49,203 61,518
Intergovernmental payments 420,336 1,679,337 2,099,673
Total expenditures 440,264 1,728,540 2,168,804
Excess of revenues over (under) expenditures 3,174 - 3,174
Fund balance - beginning of year 43,471 75,499 118,970
Fund balance - end of year 46,645$ 75,499$ 122,144$
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2
Town of Vail, Colorado
STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN
FUND BALANCES - GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
For the year ended December 31, 2019
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Amounts reported for governmental activities in the Statement of Activities are different
because:
Net Change in Fund Balances - Governmental Funds 3,174$
Changes in capital and service obligations payable to Solaris District No. 1 and
and Solaris District No. 3 are recognized as expenditures in the funds but as
additions and reductions of long term liabilities in the government
wide statements.
Change in capital obligation payable (153,028)$
Change in service obligation payable (104,351) (257,379)
Change in net position of governmental activities (254,205)$
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2
Town of Vail, Colorado
RECONCILIATION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS STATEMENT OF REVENUES,
EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE TO THE
For the year ended December 31, 2019
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
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Positive
Original Final (Negative)
Budget Budget Actual Variance
Revenues
Property and specific ownership tax 426,478$ 432,226$ 432,216$ (10)$
Intergovernmental payment from SMD No. 1 8,250 7,613 7,613 -
Interest income - 3,609 3,609 -
Total revenues 434,728 443,448 443,438 (10)
Expenditures
Audit 5,500 5,500 5,500 -
Insurance 2,750 2,113 2,113 -
Treasurer's fees 12,302 12,315 12,315 -
Contingency 7,500 - - -
Intergovernmental payments 410,076 421,000 420,336 664
Total expenditures 438,128 440,928 440,264 664
Excess of revenues over (under) expenditures (3,400) 2,520 3,174 654
Fund balance - beginning of year 41,134 43,471 43,471 -
Fund balance - end of year 37,734$ 45,991$ 46,645$ 654$
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2
Town of Vail, Colorado
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE -
BUDGET TO ACTUAL - GENERAL FUND
For the year ended December 31, 2019
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Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2
Town of Vail, Colorado
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The accounting policies of Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2, (the District), located in the Town of Vail,
Colorado (the Town), conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
(GAAP) as applicable to governmental units. The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) is
the accepted standard setting body for establishing governmental accounting and financial reporting
principles. The following is a summary of the more significant policies consistently applied in the
preparation of the financial statements.
Reporting entity
The District was organized in 2006 concurrently with Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1 (District 1) and
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3 (District 3) and is governed by a five-member elected Board of
Directors. On September 19, 2006, a Consolidated Service Plan ("Service Plan") for the Districts was
approved. On April 3, 2007, the first amendment to the Service Plan was approved. As required by GAAP,
these financial statements present the activities of the District which is legally separate and financially
independent of other state and local governments. The Districts were organized to provide various public
improvements necessary and appropriate for the development of the Solaris Vail project. The public
improvements, which include sanitation, water, streets, traffic and safety controls, and parks and recreation,
are constructed for the benefit of the taxpayers and service users within the Districts' boundaries.
The District along with District 3 serves as the "Taxing Districts," whereas the District levies tax on
residential property and District 3 levies tax on commercial property. District 1 serves as the "Operating
District". The Operating District is responsible for providing the day-to-day operations and administrative
management for all three Districts.
The District has no component units as defined by GASB and is not financially accountable for any other
organization. The District is not a component unit of any other primary governmental entity.
The District has no employees and all services are contracted.
Government-wide and Fund Financial Statements
The government-wide financial statements include the statement of net position and the statement of
activities. These financial statements include all of the activities of the District. For the most part, the effect
of interfund activity has been removed from these statements.
The statement of net position reports all financial and capital resources of the District. The difference
between the (a) assets and deferred outflows of resources and the (b) liabilities and deferred inflows of
resources of the District is reported as net position.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2
Town of Vail, Colorado
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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Government-wide and Fund Financial Statements - continued
The statement of activities demonstrates the degree to which the direct expenses of a given function or
segment are offset by program revenues. Direct expenses are those that are clearly identifiable with a
specific function or segment. Program revenues include 1) charges to customers or applicants who
purchase, use, or directly benefit from goods, services or privileges provided by a given function or
segment, and 2) grants and contributions that are restricted to meeting the operational or capital
requirements of a particular function or segment. Taxes and other items not properly included among
program revenue are reported instead as general revenues. Separate financial statements are provided for
governmental funds. Major individual governmental funds are reported as separate columns in the fund
financial statements.
Measurement focus, basis of accounting and financial statement presentation
The government-wide financial statements are reported using the economic resources measurement focus
and the accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recorded when earned and expenses are recorded when a
liability is incurred, regardless of the timing of the related cash flow.
Governmental fund financial statements are reported using the current financial resources measurement
focus and the modified accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recognized as soon as they are both
measurable and available. Revenues are considered to be available when they are collectible within the
current period or soon enough thereafter to pay liabilities of the current period. For this purpose, the District
considers revenues to be available if they are collected within sixty days of the end of the current fiscal
period.
The District reports the following governmental funds:
ng fund. It accounts for all financial resources of
the general government except those required to be accounted for in another fund.
The debt service fund accounts for the accumulation of resources for general long-term debt
repayment.
Property taxes
Property taxes are levied on December 15, of each year and attach as an enforceable lien on property as of
January 1. Taxes are due as of January 1, of the following year and are payable in two equal installments
due February 28 and June 15, if paid in installments, or April 30, with a single payment. Taxes are
delinquent as of August 1. If the taxes are not paid within subsequent statutory periods, the tax lien will be
sold at public auction. Eagle County bills and collects the property taxes and remits collections, on a
monthly basis. No provision has been made for uncollected taxes, as all taxes are deemed collectible.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2
Town of Vail, Colorado
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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Fair value of financial instruments
The District estimates that the fair value of all financial instruments at December 31, 2019, does not differ
materially from the aggregate carrying values of its financial instruments recorded in the accompanying
balance sheet. The carrying amount of these financial instruments approximates fair value because of the
short maturity of these instruments.
Use of estimates
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets
and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during
the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Deferred outflows/inflows of resources
In addition to assets, the statement of financial position will sometimes report a separate section for deferred
outflows of resources. This separate financial statement element, deferred outflows of resources, represents
a consumption of net position that applies to a future period(s) and will not be recognized as an outflow of
resources (expense/expenditure) until then.
In addition to liabilities, the statement of financial position will sometimes report a separate section for
deferred inflows of resources. This separate financial statement element, deferred inflows of resources,
represents an acquisition of net position that applies to a future period(s) and will not be recognized as an
inflow of resources (revenue) until that time. The District has one item that qualifies for reporting in this
category. Property taxes are deferred and recognized as an inflow of resources in the period that the amounts
become available.
Fund equity
Fund balance for governmental funds should be reported in classifications that comprise a hierarchy based
on the extent to which the government is bound to honor constraints on the specific purposes for which
spending can occur. Governmental funds report up to five classifications of fund balance: nonspendable,
restricted, committed, assigned, and unassigned. Because circumstances differ among governments, not
every government or every governmental fund will present all of these components. The following
classifications describe the relative strength of the spending constraints:
Nonspendable fund balance be spent because it is either not in
spendable form (such as prepaid amounts or inventory) or is legally or contractually required to be
maintained intact.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2
Town of Vail, Colorado
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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Fund equity - continued
Restricted fund balance that is constrained to be used for specific purpose by
external parties (such as bondholders), constitutional provisions, or enabling legislation.
Committed fund balance y be used for specific purposes pursuant
to constraints imposed by formal action of the govern
the Board of Directors. The constraint may be removed or changed only though formal action of the Board
of Directors.
Assigned fund balance
used for specific purposes, but is neither restricted nor committed. Intent is expressed by the Board of
Directors to be used for a specific purpose. Constraints imposed on the use of assigned amounts are more
easily removed or modified than those imposed on amounts that are classified as committed.
Unassigned fund balance fund balance that does not meet any of the criteria
described above. If more than one classification of fund balance is available for use when an expenditure is
the most restrictive classification first.
Budget
The District conforms to the following procedures in compliance with Colorado Revised Statutes in
establishing the budgetary data reflected in the financial statements:
In the fall of each year, the District Board of Directors prepares a proposed operating budget for the fiscal
year commencing the following January 1. The operating budget for the funds includes proposed expenses
and the means of financing them.
A public hearing is held at a Board of Directors meeting to obtain taxpayer input. Prior to December 15, the
budget is legally enacted through passage of a budget resolution. The Board of Directors can modify the
budget by line item within the total appropriation without notification. The appropriation can only be
modified upon completion of notification and publication requirements.
The Colorado Public Deposit Protection Act (PDPA) requires that all units of local government deposit cash
in eligible public depositories. Eligibility is determined by state regulators. Amounts on deposit in excess of
federal insurance levels must be collateralized. The eligible collateral is determined by the PDPA. PDPA
allows the institution to create a single collateral pool for all public funds. The pool for all the uninsured
public deposits as a group is to be maintained by another institution or held in trust. The market value of the
collateral must be at least equal to 102% of the aggregate uninsured deposits.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2
Town of Vail, Colorado
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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The State Commissioners for banks and financial services are required by statute to monitor the naming of
eligible depositories and reporting of the uninsured deposits and assets maintained in the collateral pools.
As of December 31, 2019, the District had no cash deposits.
Investments
The District has not adopted a formal investment policy, however, the District follows Colorado Revised
Statutes regarding its investments. Colorado Revised Statutes specify the types of investments meeting
defined rating and risk criteria in which local governments may invest. These investments include
obligations of the United States and U.S. government agency entities, certain money market funds,
guaranteed investment contracts and local government investment pools.
CSAFE
During 2019, the District was invested in the Colorado Surplus Asset Fund Trust (CSAFE), which is an
investment vehicle established by State statutes for local government entities to pool surplus funds. At
December 31, 2019, the total amount invested was $122,144. CSAFE adheres to the guidelines outlined in
GASB Statement No. 79, Certain External Investment Pools and Pool Participants, regarding liquidity,
maturity, quality, diversification and shadow NAV pricing. CSAFE measures its investments at amortized
cost for financial reporting purposes and has been rated AAAm by Standard
statements can be found at Csafe.org.
CSAFE operates similarly to a money market fund and each share is equal in value to $1.00, though this is
not guaranteed. Investment objectives focus on safety, liquidity, transparency, and competitive yields
through investment in a diversified portfolio of short-term marketable securities. CSAFE may invest in U.S.
Treasury securities, U.S. governmental agency securities, commercial paper, corporate fixed notes and
repurchase agreements collateralized with securities valued in excess of the repurchase agreement amount.
All securities owned by CSAFE are held by the Federal Reserve Bank in the account maintained for the
custodian. There are no limitations or restrictions on participant withdrawals.
CANT AGREEMENTS
District Operating Reimbursement Agreement
The Districts entered into an Amended and Restated District Operating Agreement (the "Agreement") dated
March 19, 2013, amending and restating the District Operating Agreement dated April 26, 2007. The
Agreement generally provides that the Operating District will perform operations services including
administration, financial management, election management, budget preparation, and insurance
administration for the Taxing Districts and the Taxing Districts have pledged to levy taxes to provide for
payment of the operations. District No. 1 has incurred operations costs in the amount of $5,352,306 since
inception of the agreement in 2007 through December 31, 2019, providing operating services to the Taxing
Districts and the Taxing Districts have paid $5,104,176 toward these costs leaving a balance of $248,131.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2
Town of Vail, Colorado
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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REEMENTS - CONTINUED
District Operating Reimbursement Agreement - continued
Similar to the agreement between District 1 and the Taxing Districts for operations, District 1 has an
obligation to provide certain public facilities for the benefit of the Taxing Districts and the Taxing Districts
have an obligation to reimburse District 1 for the cost of providing these capital facilities. Pursuant to this
obligation, District 1 has incurred capital costs in the amount of $27,275,488 from inception through
December 31, 2019, and the Taxing Districts have paid $26,438,554 toward these costs leaving a balance of
$836,934 at December 31, 2019. The balance has been combined with the obligation for operating costs
and is shown as a capital and service obligation payable on the statement of net position. The obligation
between the Taxing Districts has been allocated proportionately based on the Districts' current assessed
value which attributes 81% to the District and 19% to District No.3.
Capital Pledge Agreement
The District entered into a Capital Pledge Agreement (the "Pledge Agreement") between the Taxing
Districts and the Operating District dated March 1, 2008 in conjunction with the Operating District's bond
issuance. In March 2013, Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2 issued $29,550,000 Property Tax Revenue
Multi-Modal Bonds Series 2013.The proceeds from this bond issuance were transferred to the Operating
District and used by the Operating District to fully repay the Operating District's Series 2008 bonds and the
2008 Capital Pledge Agreement was terminated.
The Districts then entered into a Capital Pledge and Mill Levy Policy Agreement dated March 19, 2013
whereby District No. 2 and District No. 3 pledged to levy taxes to provide for payment of the annual debt
requirements for the Series 2013 bonds. In October 2016, District No. 3 issued $29,330,000 General
Obligation Refunding Bonds Series 2016A and Subordinate Limited Tax General Obligation Refunding
Bonds Series 2016B. A portion of the proceeds from this bond issuance were transferred to District No. 2 to
fully repay the Series 2013 bonds and the 2013 Capital Pledge and Mill Levy Policy Agreement was
terminated.
The Districts then entered into a Capital Pledge and Mill Levy Policy Agreement dated October 13, 2016,
whereby District No. 2 and District No. 3 pledged to levy taxes to provide for payment of the annual debt
requirements for the Series 2016 bonds. The Capital Pledge Agreement provides that the Taxing Districts
will each levy a debt service mill levy not to exceed a maximum of 50 mills in either District (subject to
certain adjustments) and which will not be less than a minimum of 41.67 mills in District No. 2 and 25 mills
in District No. 3. The portion of the annual bond costs to be paid by each Taxing District has been allocated
proportionately based on the Districts' current assessed value which attributes 81% to the District and 19%
to District No.3. The District has recorded an amount payable to Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3 as of
December 31, 2019, in the amount of $28,456,246 which represen
repayment of the Series 2016A and Series 2016B bonds.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2
Town of Vail, Colorado
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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Intergovernmental Agreement with Town of Vail, Colorado
On March 22, 2007, the District, along with District No. 1 and District No. 3 entered into an
Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Town of Vail, Colorado, as required by the Consolidated
Service Plan. Under this Agreement, the Districts must obtain the approval of the Vail Town Council prior
to any inclusion of property located outside of the service area as defined in the Service Plan. Prior to the
issuance of any privately placed Debt, the Districts shall obtain a certificate from an External Financial
Advisor certifying to the reasonableness of the interest rate and the structure. The IGA was amended on
March 4, 2008, increasing the debt authorization limit from $20,000,000 to $40,000,000.
The Consolidated Service Plan of the Districts anticipates the dedication of the public improvements to the
Town of Vail or other appropriate jurisdiction for ownership and maintenance. The Districts are authorized
to operate or maintain any improvements not dedicated to other jurisdictions, including those improvements
known as the "Plaza".
Omnibus Funding and Reimbursement Agreement
On October 13, 2016, the District, along with District 1 and District 3, entered into an agreement with Solaris
Property Owner, LCC. This agreement consolidated several prior agreements and commitments between the
parties. The following agreements were terminated: The Integrated Project Delivery Agreement, The Original
Funding and Reimbursement Agreement, The Joint Resolution Agreement, and the 2010 Costs Agreement.
Furthermore, this agreement included an amendment to the Capital Pledge and Mill Levy Policy Agreement,
whereby the Taxing Districts will impose the Capital levies and pledge the levies to the issuer of the 2016
series bonds (District 3).
The General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2016A and the Subordinate Limited Tax General
Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2016B, in the amounts of $29,330,000 and $4,000,000 respectively,
were issued for the purpose of: repaying the Solaris Property Owner, LLC debt; refunding the Series 2013
bonds; funding the reserve funds; paying the bond issue costs.
The District's Board of Directors are either officers or employees of or have business or professional
relationships with the Developer. The Districts share the same Board of Directors for the year ended
December 31, 2019.
The District is exposed to various risks of loss related to torts, thefts of, damage to, or destruction of assets,
errors or omissions, injuries to employees, or acts of nature.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2
Town of Vail, Colorado
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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The District has elected to participate in the Colorado Special Districts Property and Liability Pool (the
Pool) which is sponsored by the Special District Association of Colorado. The Pool is an organization
created by intergovernmental agreement to provide property, liability, public official liability, and boiler and
machinery and workers compensation coverage to its members. Settled claims have not exceeded this
coverage in any of the past three fiscal years.
The District pays annual premiums to the Pool for property, general liability and public official's liability,
coverage. Members of the Pool may be required to make additional surplus contributions in the event
aggregated losses incurred by the Pool exceed amounts recoverable from reinsurance contracts and funds
accumulated by the Pool. Any excess funds, which the Pool determines are not needed for purposes of the
Pool, may be returned to the members pursuant to a distribution formula. No distributions were made during
the year ended December 31, 2019.
Article X, Section 20, of the Colorado Constitution, commonly known as the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights
(TABOR) contains, tax, spending, and revenue and debt limitations which apply to the State of Colorado
and all local governments.
Spending and revenue limits are determined based on the prior year's "fiscal year spending" adjusted for
allowable increases based upon inflation and local growth. "Fiscal year spending" is generally defined as
expenditures plus reserve increase with certain exceptions. Revenue in excess of the "fiscal year spending"
limit must be refunded unless the voters approve retention of such revenue.
TABOR requires local governments to establish Emergency Reserves. These reserves must be at least 3% of
Fiscal Year Spending (excluding bonded debt service). Local governments are not allowed to use
emergency reserves to compensate for economic conditions, revenue shortfalls, or salary or benefit
increases.
The District's management believes it is in compliance with the requirements of the amendment. However,
the District has made certain interpretations of the amendment's language in order to determine its
compliance.
On March 13, 2020, an emergency was declared for the COVID-19 pandemic. The State of Colorado
subsequently declared a statewide emergency and enacted shutdown orders for significant portions of the
economy, including ski resorts beginning March 15, 2020. At the time of the issuance of these financial
statements, the full economic impact of the events surrounding the pandemic are unknown, but are expected
to be significant.
Positive
Original Final (Negative)
Budget Budget Actual Variance
Revenues
Property and specific ownership tax 1,703,881$ 1,727,347$ 1,726,802$ (545)$
Interest income 250 2,000 1,738 (262)
Total revenues 1,704,131 1,729,347 1,728,540 (807)
Expenditures
Treasurer's fees 49,151 49,150 49,203 (53)
Intergovernmental payments 1,654,730 1,680,000 1,679,337 663
Contingency 10,000 - - -
Total expenditures 1,713,881 1,729,150 1,728,540 610
Excess of revenues over expenditures (9,750) 197 - (197)
Fund balance - beginning of year 78,174 75,499 75,499 -
Fund balance - end of year 68,424$ 75,696$ 75,499$ (197)$
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2
Town of Vail, Colorado
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE -
BUDGET TO ACTUAL - DEBT SERVICE FUND
For the year ended December 31, 2019
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SOLARIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3
TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORT OF
INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
December 31, 2019
CONTENTS
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS 1
BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Government-wide Financial Statements:
Statement of Net Position 6
Statement of Activities 7
Fund Financial Statements:
Reconciliation of the Balance Sheet of Governmental Funds to the Statement
Of Net Position 9
Governmental Funds 10
Reconciliation of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund
to the Statement of Activities 11
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures a
Notes to the Financial Statements 13
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes
Debt Service Fund 24
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To the Board of Directors
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail, Colorado
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the governmental activities and each major fund
Town of Vail, Colorado as of and for the year ended
December 31, 2019, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise the
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the
design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation
of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our
audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements. The procedures selected depend , including the assessment
of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making
those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to
presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness
control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of
accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management,
as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our
audit opinions.
Opinions
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the respective
financial position of the governmental activities and each major fund of Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3,
Town of Vail, Colorado, as of December 31, 2019, and the respective changes in financial position and the
respective budgetary comparison for the General Fund for the year then ended in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
To the Board of Directors
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Page Two
Other Matters
Required Supplementary Information
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United
discussion and analysis on pages 3-5 be presented to supplement the basic financial statements. Such
information, although not a part of the basic financial statements, is required by the Governmental
Accounting Standards Board, who considers it to be an essential part of financial reporting for placing the
basic financial statements in an appropriate operational, economic, or historical context. We have applied
certain limited procedures to the required supplementary information in accordance with auditing standards
generally accepted in the United States of America, which consisted of inquiries of management about the
methods of preparing the information and comparing the information for consis
responses to our inquiries, the basic financial statements, and other knowledge we obtained during our audit
of the basic financial statements. We do not express an opinion or provide any assurance on the information
because the limited procedures do not provide us with sufficient evidence to express an opinion or provide
any assurance.
Other Information
Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming opinions on the financial statements that collectively
of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Bala
additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements.
Actual is the responsibility of management and was derived from and relates directly to the underlying
accounting and other records used to prepare the basic financial statements. Such information has been
subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and certain
additional procedures, including comparing and reconciling such information directly to the underlying
accounting and other records used to prepare the basic financial statements or to the basic financial
statements themselves, and other additional procedures in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States of America. In our opin
al is fairly stated, in all material respects, in
relation to the basic financial statements as a whole.
Grand Junction, Colorado
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Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
December 31, 2019
As management of Solaris Metropolitan Dist r readers of the Di
statements this narrative overview and analysis of the financial activities of the District for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2019.
Overview of the Financial Statements
This discussion and analysis is intended to serve as an introduction to the nancial statements.
ements are composed of three components: 1) government-wide financial
statements; 2) fund financial statements; and 3) notes to the financial statements. This report also contains
additional supplementary information after the notes to the financial statements.
Government-wide financial statements. The government-wide financial statements are designed to provide
om both a short-term fund perspective and a long-term
economic perspective.
The Statement of Net Position presents ts, deferred outflows, liabilities, and
deferred inflows with the difference between the amounts reported as net position. Over time, increases or
decreases in net position may serve as a useful indicator of whether the financial position of the District is
improving or deteriorating.
The Statement of Activities presents information showing how the go ion changed during the
most recent fiscal year. All changes in net position are reported as soon as the underlying event giving rise to the
change occurs, regardless of the timing of related cash flows. Thus, revenues and expenses are reported in this
statement for some items that will only result in cash flows in future fiscal periods.
The governmental activity of the District is primarily financing construction, operation, and maintenance of the
basic public infrastructure that is performed by Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1. There are no business-type
activities within the District.
und financial statements can both be found on pages 6 & 7 of this report.
Fund financial statements. A fund is a grouping of related accounts that is used to maintain control over
resources that have been segregated for specific activities or objectives. The District, like other state and local
governments, uses fund accounting to ensure and demonstrate compliance with finance-related legal
requirements. The District currently has two funds, the General Fund and the Debt Service Fund, both of which
are governmental funds.
Governmental funds. Governmental funds are used to account for essentially the same functions reported as
governmental activities in the government-wide financial statements. However, unlike the government-wide
financial statements, governmental fund financial statements focus on near-term inflows and outflows of
expendable resources, as well as on balances of expendable resources available at the end of the fiscal year.
Such information may be useful in evaluating financing requirements.
Because the focus of governmental funds is narrower than that of the government-wide financial statements, it is
useful to compare the information presented for governmental funds with similar information presented for
governmental activities in the government-wide financial statements. By doing so, readers may better understand
the long-term impact of the ing decisions. A reconciliation of the fund balance as
reported in the governmental funds to the net position reported in the government-wide financial statements and
a reconciliation of the net change in fund balance to the change in net position has been provided to facilitate the
comparison between governmental funds and governmental activities.
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Notes to the financial statements. The notes provide additional information that is essential to a full
understanding of the data provided in the government-wide and fund financial statements. The notes to the
financial statements can be found on pages 13-23 of this report.
Condensed Financial Information
A condensed comparative summary of the de assets, liabilities, deferred inflows, net
position, revenues and expenses follows:
Statement of Net Position
Governmental Activities
2019 2018
Assets:
Cash 2,867,830 2,275,116
Current and other assets 28,978,252 28,765,626
Total Assets
31,846,082
31,040,742
Liabilities:
Current Liabilities 1,104,502 779,901
Long-term obligations 34,253,242 34,380,966
Total Liabilities
35,357,744
35,160,867
Deferred Inflows
Property Taxes 510,737 481,524
Total Deferred Inflows 510,737 481,524
Net Position:
Restricted for Debt Service 2,864,428 2,272,611
Restricted for TABOR 3,518 3,539
Unrestricted (6,890,345) (6,877,799)
Total Net Position (4,022,399) (4,601,649)
Statement of Activities
Revenue:
Operating Grants and Contributions 1,863,417 816,767
General revenue:
Property taxes 507,513 510,884
Interest and other revenue 71,923 52,518
Total Revenue 2,442,853 1,380,169
Expenses:
General government 139,839 139,536
Interest on long-term debt 1,723,764 1,705,194
Total Expenses 1,863,603 1,844,730
Change in Net Position 579,250 (464,561)
(4,601,649) (4,137,088)
(4,022,399) (4,601,649)
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district structure whereby the District is supporting the
financing of the infrastructure provided by Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1. The District consists of commercial
properties. Solaris Metropolitan Distri , has and will continue to
receive capital and service obligation payments from the District and District No. 2 to fund the construction and
operation of infrastructure in the Districts. District No. 3 funds such costs with property taxes.
Government-wide Financial Analysis. vity was to collect property taxes
to pay capital and service costs to District No. 1 for the infrastructure in the Districts and to pay outstanding debt
service.
As mentioned earlier, the District uses fund accounting to ensure and demonstrate compliance with finance-
related legal requirements.
Governmental Funds.unds is to provide information on near-term
inflows, outflows, and balances of expendable resources. Such information is
financing requirements. In particular, unreserved fund balance may serve as a useful measure
net resources available for spending at the end of the fiscal year.
As of the end of the current fiscal year, the Dist reported a combined ending fund
balance of $2,879,099. The $2,879,099 ending fund balance is the result of a cumulative surplus of revenues in
excess of expenditures.
The District adopts budgets for each fund on an annual basis. A budgetary comparison has been provided on
page 12 for the General Fund and on page 24 for the debt service fund.
Capital assets. All public infrastructure capital assets utilized by the Solaris districts are constructed and
operated by District No.1. Therefore, no capital assets are reported by the District.
Long-term debts. In October 2016, the District issued $29,330,000 General Obligation Refunding Bonds Series
2016A and $4,000,000 Subordinate Limited Tax General Obligation Bond Series 2016B. A portion of the
proceeds from this bond issuance was transferred to District No. 2 to fully repay the Series 2013 bonds. This
transaction is more fully described in the Notes to the Financial Statement on pages 18 and 19 of this report.
Subsequent Events. On March 13, 2020, an emergency was declared for the COVID-19 pandemic. The State
of Colorado subsequently declared a statewide emergency and enacted shutdown orders for significant portions
of the economy, including ski resorts beginning March 15, 2020. The full economic impact of the events
surrounding the pandemic are unknown, but are expected to be significant.
Request for Information
This financial report is designed to provide a general over nances for all those with an
Questions concerning any of the information provided in this report or
requests for additional financial information should be addressed to Marchetti & Weaver, LLC, 28 Second Street,
Suite 213, Edwards, CO 81632 or you may call (970) 926-6060.
Governmental
Activities
Assets
Cash and investments 2,867,830$
Due from Treasurer 2,305
Property taxes receivable 510,737
Due from Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1 1,119
Due from Solaris Metroplitan District No. 2 7,845
Capital obligation receivable from Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2 28,456,246
Total assets 31,846,082
Liabilities
Accrued interest payable 1,104,502
Long-term liabilities:
Obligation payable to Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1 206,162
Bonds payable, due within one year 197,856
Bonds payable, due after a year 33,849,224
Total liabilities 35,357,744
Deferred inflows of resources
Deferred property tax 510,737
Total deferred inflows of resources 510,737
Net position
Restricted for Debt Service 2,864,428
Restricted for TABOR 3,518
Unrestricted (6,890,345)
Total net position (4,022,399)$
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail, Colorado
STATEMENT OF NET POSITION
For the year ended December 31, 2019
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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Operating Capital TotalCharges for Grants and Grants and GovernmentalFunction/Programs Expenses Services Contributions Contributions ActivitiesGovernmental activities:General government 139,839$ -$ 1,863,417$ -$ 1,723,578$ Interest on long-term debt 1,723,764 - - - (1,723,764) 1,863,603$ -$ 1,863,417$ -$ (186) General Revenues:Property and specific ownership tax 507,513 Interest income 71,923 Total general revenues 579,436 Change in net position 579,250 Net position, beginning (4,601,649) Net position, ending (4,022,399)$ Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3Town of Vail, ColoradoSTATEMENT OF ACTIVITIESFor the year ended December 31, 2019Program RevenuesThe accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.- 7 -
Debt
General Service
Fund Fund Total
Assets
Cash and investments 13,053$ 2,854,777$ 2,867,830$
Due from Treasurer 499 1,806 2,305
Due from Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2 1,119 7,845 8,964
Property tax receivable 110,660 400,077 510,737
Total assets 125,331 3,264,505 3,389,836
Deferred Inflows of Resources
Deferred property tax 110,660 400,077 510,737
Total deferred inflows of resources 110,660 400,077 510,737
Fund balance
Restricted for debt service - 2,864,428 2,864,428
Restricted for TABOR 3,518 - 3,518
Unassigned 11,153 - 11,153
Total fund balances 14,671$ 2,864,428$ 2,879,099$
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail, Colorado
BALANCE SHEET
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
For the year ended December 31, 2019
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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Amounts reported for governmental activities in the statement of net
position are different because:
Total fund balance - governmental funds 2,879,099$
Long-term debt is recognized in the funds as other financing sources and
expenditures for principal payments but is recognized as a long term liability in
the government wide statements. (33,160,000)
Premiums on bonds issued are recognized as other financing sources in the funds in the
year bonds are issued buy in the government wide statements they are amortized over
the life of the bonds or the to the call date. (887,080)
Accrued interest and fees are not due and payable in the current period and,
therefore, are not reported in the funds. (1,104,502)
Capital obligations receivable are not due and receivable in the current period
and therefore are not recognized in the funds. 28,456,246
Capital and Service obligations payable are not due and payable in the current
period and therefore are not recognized in the funds. (206,162)
Net Position of Governmental Activities (4,022,399)$
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail, Colorado
RECONCILIATION OF THE BALANCE SHEET OF GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
TO THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION
For the year ended December 31, 2019
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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Debt
General Service
Fund Fund Total
General revenues:
Property and specific ownership tax 109,961$ 397,552$ 507,513$
Interest income 702 71,221 71,923
Contribution from Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1 6,613 - 6,613
Contribution from Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2 - 1,679,337 1,679,337
Total revenues 117,276 2,148,110 2,265,386
Expenditures
Audit 4,500 - 4,500
Insurance 2,113 - 2,113
Treasurer's fee 3,133 11,326 14,459
Bank fees - 7,467 7,467
Annual surveillance fee 6,000 6,000
Capital and service costs 105,300 - 105,300
Debt Service:
Principle - 100,000 100,000
Interest - 1,431,500 1,431,500
115,046 1,556,293 1,671,339
Excess of revenues over expenditures 2,230 591,817 594,047
Fund balance - beginning of year 12,441 2,272,611 2,285,052
Fund balance - end of year 14,671$ 2,864,428$ 2,879,099$
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail, Colorado
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
For the year ended December 31, 2019
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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Amounts reported for governmental activities in the Statement of Activities are different
because:
Net Change in Fund Balances - Governmental Funds 594,047$
Governmental funds do not record the amount of interest on long-term debt that
has accrued since the end of the year. However, these liabilities are reported
in the Statement of Net Position and the related expense is reported in the Statement
of Activities. This is the amount by which accrued interest increased over the
prior year. (325,120)
Premiums on bonds are recognized as other financing sources in the funds in the
year the bonds are issued but in the government wide statements they are amortized
and recognized as a component of interest expense. 32,856
Principal payments on long-term debt are recognized as expenditures in the funds but
as reduction of long-term liabilities in the government-wide statements. 100,000
Changes in capital and service obligations payable to Solaris District No. 1 and
and Solaris District No. 2 are recognized as expenses in the funds but as
additions and reductions of long term liabilities in the government-wide
statements
Change in Capital Obligation 200,453
Change in Service Obligation (22,986) 177,467
Change in net position of governmental activities 579,250$
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail, Colorado
RECONCILIATION OF THE STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES
IN FUND BALANCES - GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS TO THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
For the year ended December 31, 2019
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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Original and Positive
Final (Negative)
Budget Actual Variance
Revenues
Property and specific ownership tax 108,503$ 109,961$ 1,458$
Contribution from Solaris MD No. 1 7,700 6,613 (1,087)
Interest income 750 702 (48)
Total revenues 116,953 117,276 323
Expenditures
Audit 3,200 4,500 (1,300)
Insurance 4,500 2,113 2,387
Treasurer's fees 3,130 3,133 (3)
Capital and service costs 104,330 105,300 (970)
Contingency 5,000 - 5,000
Total expenditures 120,160 115,046 5,114
Excess of revenues over expenditures (3,207) 2,230 5,437
Fund balance - beginning of year 13,417 12,441 (976)
Fund balance - end of year 10,210$ 14,671$ 4,461$
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail, Colorado
STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE -
BUDGET AND ACTUAL - GENERAL FUND
For the year ended December 31, 2019
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail Colorado
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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ICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The accounting policies of the Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3, (the District), located in the Town of
Vail, Colorado (the Town), conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America (GAAP) as applicable to governmental units. The Governmental Accounting Standards Board
(GASB) is the accepted standard setting body for establishing governmental accounting and financial
reporting principles. The following is a summary of the more significant policies consistently applied in
the preparation of the financial statements.
Reporting entity
The District was organized in 2006 concurrently with Solaris Metropolitan District No. 1 (District 1) and
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2 (District 2) and is governed by a five-member elected Board of
Directors. On September 19, 2006, a Consolidated Service Plan ("Service Plan") for the Districts was
approved. On April 3, 2007, the first amendment to the Service Plan was approved. As required by GAAP,
these financial statements present the activities of the District, which is legally separate and financially
independent of other state and local governments. The Districts were organized to provide various public
improvements necessary and appropriate for the development of the Solaris Vail project. The public
improvements, which include sanitation, water, streets, traffic and safety controls, and parks and
recreation, are constructed for the benefit of the taxpayers and service users within the Districts'
boundaries.
The District serves as one of the "Taxing Districts," along with District 2, whereas the District levies tax on
commercial property and District 2 levies tax on residential property. District 1 serves as the "Operating
District". The Operating District is responsible for providing the day-to-day operations and administrative
management for all three Districts.
The District has no component units as defined by GASB and is not financially accountable for any other
organization. The District is not a component unit of any other primary governmental entity.
The District has no employees and all services are contracted.
Government-wide and Fund Financial Statements
The government-wide financial statements include the statement of net position and the statement of
activities. These financial statements include all of the activities of the District. For the most part, the effect
of interfund activity has been removed from these statements.
The statement of net position reports all financial and capital resources of the District. The difference
between the (a) assets and deferred outflows of resources and the (b) liabilities and deferred inflows of
resources of the District is reported as net position.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail Colorado
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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ACCOUNTING POLICIES - CONTINUED
Government-wide and Fund Financial Statements - continued
The statement of activities demonstrates the degree to which the direct expenses of a given function or
segment are offset by program revenues. Direct expenses are those that are clearly identifiable with a
specific function or segment. Program revenues include 1) charges to customers or applicants who
purchase, use, or directly benefit from goods, services or privileges provided by a given function or
segment, and 2) grants and contributions that are restricted to meeting the operational or capital
requirements of a particular function or segment. Taxes and other items not properly included among
program revenues are reported instead as general revenues.
Separate financial statements are provided for governmental funds.
Measurement Focus, Basis of Accounting and Financial Statement Presentation
The government-wide financial statements are reported using the economic resources measurement focus
and the accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recorded when earned and expenses are recorded when a
liability is incurred, regardless of the timing of the related cash flow.
Governmental fund financial statements are reported using the current financial resources measurement
focus and the modified accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recognized as soon as they are both
measurable and available. Revenues are considered to be available when they are collectible within the
current period or soon enough thereafter to pay liabilities of the current period. For this purpose, the District
considers revenues to be available if they are collected within sixty days of the end of the current fiscal
period. The District reports the following governmental funds:
primary operating fund. It accounts for all financial resources of the
general government except those required to be accounted for in another fund.
The debt service fund accounts for the accumulation of resources for general long-term debt repayment.
Property taxes
Property taxes are levied on December 15, of each year and attach as an enforceable lien on property as of
January 1. Taxes are due as of January 1 of the following year and are payable in two equal installments due
February 28 and June 15, if paid in installments, or April 30, with a single payment. Taxes are delinquent as
of August 1. If the taxes are not paid within subsequent statutory periods, the tax lien will be sold at public
auction.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail Colorado
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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ACCOUNTING POLICIES - CONTINUED
Property taxes - continued
Eagle County bills and collects the property taxes and remits collections, on a monthly basis. No provision
has been made for uncollected taxes, as all taxes are deemed collectible.
Fair value of financial instruments
The District's financial instruments include property taxes receivable. The District estimates that the fair
value of all financial instruments at December 31, 2019 does not differ materially from the aggregate
carrying values of its financial instruments recorded in the accompanying balance sheet. The carrying
amount of these financial instruments approximates fair value because of the short maturity of these
instruments.
Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires District management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts and disclosures. Accordingly, actual results
could differ from those estimates.
Deferred outflows/inflows of resources
In addition to assets, the statement of financial position will sometimes report a separate section for deferred
outflows of resources. This separate financial statement element, deferred outflows of resources, represents
a consumption of net position that applies to a future period(s) and will not be recognized as an outflow of
resources (expense/expenditure) until then. The District does not have any items that qualify for reporting in
this category.
In addition to liabilities, the statement of financial position will sometimes report a separate section for
deferred inflows of resources. This separate financial statement element, deferred inflows of resources,
represents an acquisition of net position that applies to a future period(s) and will not be recognized as an
inflow of resources (revenue) until that time. The District has one item that qualifies for reporting in this
category. Deferred property taxes are deferred and recognized as an inflow of resources in the period that
the amounts become available.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail Colorado
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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ACCOUNTING POLICIES - CONTINUED
Budgets
The District conforms to the following procedures in compliance with Colorado Revised Statutes in
establishing the budgetary data reflected in the financial statements:
In the fall of each year, the District Board of Directors prepares a proposed operating budget for the fiscal
year commencing the following January 1. The operating budget for the funds includes proposed expenses
and the means of financing them.
A public hearing is held at a Board of Directors meeting to obtain taxpayer input. Prior to December 15, the
budget is legally enacted through passage of a budget resolution. The Board of Directors can modify the
budget by line item within the total appropriation without notification. The appropriation can only be
modified upon completion of notification and publication requirements.
Fund equity
Fund balance for governmental funds should be reported in classifications that comprise a hierarchy based
on the extent to which the government is bound to honor constraints on the specific purposes for which
spending can occur. Governmental funds report up to five classifications of fund balance: non-spendable,
restricted, committed, assigned, and unassigned. Because circumstances differ among governments, not
every government or every governmental fund will present all of these components. The following
classifications describe the relative strength of the spending constraints:
Non-spendable fund balance e that cannot be spent because it is either not in
spendable form (such as prepaid amounts or inventory) or is legally or contractually required to be
maintained intact.
Restricted fund balance that is constrained to be used for specific purpose by
external parties (such as bondholders), constitutional provisions, or enabling legislation.
Committed fund balance y be used for specific purposes pursuant
to constraints imposed by formal action of the governme sion-making authority, the
Board of Directors. The constraint may be removed or changed only though formal action of the Board of
Directors.
Assigned fund balance
used for specific purposes, but is neither restricted nor committed. Intent is expressed by the Board of
Directors to be used for a specific purpose. Constraints imposed on the use of assigned amounts are more
easily removed or modified than those imposed on amounts that are classified as committed.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail Colorado
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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ACCOUNTING POLICIES - CONTINUED
Fund equity - continued
Unassigned fund balance fund balance that does not meet any of the criteria
described above. If more than one classification of fund balance is available for use when an expenditure is
e the most restrictive classification first.
As of December 31, 2019 all cash and investments of the District are invested as follows:
CSAFE $ 24,066
ColoTrust 2,843,764
Total $ 2,867,830
Custodial and Concentration of Credit Risk
The District has not adopted a formal investment policy, however, the District follows Colorado Revised
Statutes regarding its investment. Colorado Revised Statutes specify the types of investments meeting
defined rating and risk criteria in which local governments may invest. These investments include
obligations of the United States and U.S. government agency entities, certain money market funds,
guaranteed investment contracts and local government investment pools.
Colorado Surplus Asset Fund Trust (CSAFE) has been rated AAAm by Standard & P
2019. CSAFE has a weighted average maturity of less than 60 days.
Local Government Investment Pools
During 2019, the District was invested in the Colorado Surplus Asset Fund Trust (CSAFE) and the
Colorado Government Liquid Asset Trust Plus (COLOTRUST Plus), which are investment vehicles
established for local government entities to pool surplus funds. The State Securities Commission
administers and enforces all State statutes governing the pools. These pools operate similarly to a money
market fund with each share valued at $1.00. Investments of the pools consist of U.S. Treasury bills, notes
and note strips, commercial paper allowed by state statute and repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S.
Treasury securities and or U.S. Instrumentalities. A designated custodial bank provides safekeeping and
depository services to the pools in connection with the direct investment and withdrawal functions of the
pools. Securities owned by the pools are held by the Federal Reserve Bank in the account maintained for
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail Colorado
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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Local Government Investment Pools (continued)
the custodial bank.
All securities owned by CSAFE are held by the Federal Reserve Bank in the account maintained for the
U.S. Bank Trust Department. In accordance with GASB 79, Certain External Investment Pools and Pool
Participants, CSAFE meets the criteria to be considered a qualifying external investment pool that elects to
measure all of their investments at amortized cost and adheres to the guidelines regarding liquidity,
maturity, quality, diversification and shadow NAV pricing. There are no limitations on withdrawals from
CSAFE at December 31, 2019.
The following is an analysis of the change in long-term obligations for the year ended December 31, 2019:
Balance Balance Due
December 31, December 31, Within
2018 Additions Retirements 2019 One Year
Series 2016A General Obligation Refunding Bonds (Series 2016A)
On October 13, 2016, the District issued $29,330,000 General Obligation Refunding Bonds Series 2016A.
The Series 2016A bonds were issued for the purpose of refunding the 2013 bonds issued by District No. 2,
repaying Solaris Property Owner, LLC, funding the reserve fund and paying the costs of issuing the bonds.
The bonds have three separate components.
The first component bond is a term bond maturing December 1, 2026 with a principal amount of
$2,590,000. This bond bears annual interest of 3.75% payable semiannually on June 1 and December 1 of
each year commencing on December 1, 2016. Principal payments are due December 1 of each year
commencing December 1, 2020.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail Colorado
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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DEBT - CONTINUED
The second component bond is a term bond maturing December 1, 2036 with a principal amount of
$8,185,000. This bond bears annual interest of 5% payable semiannually on June 1 and December 1 of each
year commencing on December 1, 2016. Principal payments are due December 1 of each year commencing
December 1, 2027.
The third component bond is a term bond maturing December 1, 2046 with a principal amount of
$18,555,000. This bond bears annual interest of 5% payable semiannually on June 1 and December 1 of
each year commencing on December 1, 2016. Principal payments are due December 1 of each year
commencing December 1, 2037.
The Series 2016A bond obligations mature as follows:
Principal Interest Total
2020 $ 165,000 $ 1,427,750 $ 1,592,750
2021 240,000 1,421,563 1,661,563
2022 320,000 1,412,563 1,732,563
2023 350,000 1,400,563 1,750,563
2024 415,000 1,387,438 1,802,438
2025-2029 2,680,000 6,656,625 9,336,625
2030-2034 4,220,000 5,860,500 10,080,500
2035-2039 6,210,000 4,617,750 10,827,750
2040-2044 8,890,000 2,811,500 11,701,500
2045-2046 5,670,000 460,000 6,130,000
Total $ 29,160,000 $ 27,456,252 $ 56,616,252
Series 2016B Subordinate Limited Tax General Obligation Refunding Bonds (Series 2016B)
On October 13, 2016, the District issued $4,000,000 Subordinate Limited Tax General Obligation
Refunding Bonds Series 2016B. The Series 2016B bonds were issued for the purpose of repaying Solaris
Property Owner, LLC, and paying the costs of issuing the bonds. This bond bears annual interest of 7%
payable annually on December 15 of each year commencing on December 15, 2016. This bond matures on
December 15, 2046, and the full principal amount is due on the maturity date.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail Colorado
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2019
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DEBT - CONTINUED
The Series 2016B bond obligations mature as follows:
Principal Interest Total
2045-2046 4,000,000 560,000 4,560,000
Total $ 4,000,000 $ 7,560,000 $ 11,560,000
CANT AGREEMENTS
District Operating Reimbursement Agreement
The Districts entered into an Amended and Restated District Operating Agreement (the "Agreement") dated
March 19, 2013 amending and restating the District Operating Agreement dated April 26, 2007. The
Agreement generally provides that the Operating District will perform operations services including
administration, financial management, election management, budget preparation, and insurance
administration for the Taxing Districts and the Taxing Districts have pledged to levy taxes to provide for
payment of the operations. District No. 1 has incurred operations costs in the amount of $5,352,306 since
inception of the agreement in 2007 through December 31, 2019 providing operating services to the Taxing
Districts, and the Taxing Districts have paid $5,104,176 toward these costs leaving a balance of $248,131.
Similar to the agreement between District 1 and the Taxing Districts for operations, District 1 has an
obligation to provide certain public facilities for the benefit of the Taxing Districts and the Taxing Districts
have an obligation to reimburse District 1 for the cost of providing these capital facilities. Pursuant to this
obligation, District 1 has incurred capital costs in the amount of $27,275,488 from inception through
December 31, 2019 and the Taxing Districts have paid $26,438,554 toward these costs leaving a balance of
$836,934 at December 31, 2019. The balance has been combined with the obligation for operating costs
and is shown as a capital and service obligation payable on the statement of net position. The obligation
between the Taxing Districts has been allocated proportionately based on the Districts' current assessed
value which attributes 81% to District No. 2 and 19% to the District.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail Colorado
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Capital Pledge Agreement
The District entered into a Capital Pledge Agreement (the "Pledge Agreement") between the Taxing
Districts and the Operating District dated March 1, 2008 in conjunction with the Operating District's bond
issuance. In March 2013, Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2 issued $29,550,000 Property Tax Revenue
Multi-Modal Bonds Series 2013. The proceeds from this bond issuance were transferred to the Operating
District and used by the Operating District to fully repay the Operating District's Series 2008 bonds and the
2008 Capital Pledge Agreement was terminated.
The Districts then entered into a Capital Pledge and Mill Levy Policy Agreement dated March 19, 2013
whereby District No. 2 and District No. 3 pledged to levy taxes to provide for payment of the annual debt
requirements for the Series 2013 bonds. In October 2016, District No. 3 issued $29,330,000 General
Obligation Refunding Bonds Series 2016A and Subordinate Limited Tax General Obligation Refunding
Bonds Series 2016B. A portion of the proceeds from this bond issuance were transferred to District No. 2 to
fully repay the Series 2013 bonds and the 2013 Capital Pledge Agreement was terminated.
The Districts then entered into a Capital Pledge and Mill Levy Policy Agreement dated October 13, 2016
whereby District No. 2 and District No. 3 pledged to levy taxes to provide for payment of the annual debt
requirements for the Series 2016 bonds. The Capital Pledge Agreement provides that the Taxing Districts
will each levy a debt service mill levy not to exceed a maximum of 50 mills in either District (subject to
certain adjustments) and which will not be less than a minimum of 41.67 mills in District No. 2 and 25.00
mills in District No. 3.
The portion of the annual bond costs to be paid by each Taxing District has been allocated proportionately
based on the Districts' current assessed value which attributes 81% to the District No. 2 and 19% to the
District. The District has recorded an amount receivable from Solaris Metropolitan District No. 2 as of
December 31, 2019 in the amount of $28,456,246 which represen
repayment of the Series 2016A and Series 2016B bonds.
Intergovernmental Agreement with Town of Vail, Colorado
On March 22, 2007 the District, along with District No. 1 and District No. 3 entered into an
Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Town of Vail, Colorado, as required by the Consolidated
Service Plan. Under this Agreement, the Districts must obtain the approval of the Vail Town Council prior
to any inclusion of property located outside of the service area as defined in the Service Plan. Prior to the
issuance of any privately placed Debt, the Districts shall obtain a certificate from an External Financial
Advisor certifying to the reasonableness of the interest rate and the structure. The IGA was amended on
March 4, 2008 increasing the debt authorization limit from $20,000,000 to $40,000,000.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail Colorado
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The Consolidated Service Plan of the Districts anticipates the dedication of the public improvements to the
Town of Vail or other appropriate jurisdiction for ownership and maintenance. The Districts are authorized
to operate or maintain any improvements not dedicated to other jurisdictions, including those improvements
known as the "Plaza".
Omnibus Funding and Reimbursement Agreement
On October 13, 2016, the District, along with District 1 and District 2, entered into an agreement with Solaris
Property Owner, LCC. This agreement consolidated several prior agreements and commitments between the
parties. The following agreements were terminated: the Integrated Project Delivery Agreement, the Original
Funding and Reimbursement Agreement, the Joint Resolution Agreement, and the 2010 Costs Agreement.
Furthermore, this agreement included an amendment to the Capital Pledge and Mill Levy Policy Agreement,
whereby the Taxing Districts will impose the Capital levies and pledge the levies to the issuer of the 2016
series bonds (District 3).
The General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2016A and the Subordinate Limited Tax General
Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2016B, in the amounts of $29,330,000 and $4,000,000 respectively,
were issued for the purpose of: (i) repaying the Solaris Property Owner, LLC debt; (ii) refunding the Series
2013 bonds; (iii) funding the reserve funds; (iv) paying the bond issue costs.
The District's members Board of Directors are either officers or employees of or have business or
professional relationships with the Developer. The Districts share the same Board of Directors for the year
ended December 31, 2019.
The District is exposed to various risks of loss related to torts, thefts of, damage to, or destruction of assets,
errors or omissions, injuries to employees, or acts of nature.
The District has elected to participate in the Colorado Special Districts Property and Liability Pool (the
Pool) which is sponsored by the Special District Association of Colorado. The Pool is an organization
created by intergovernmental agreement to provide property, liability, public official liability, and boiler and
machinery and workers compensation coverage to its members. Settled claims have not exceeded this
coverage in any of the past three fiscal years.
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail Colorado
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The District pays annual premiums to the Pool for property, general liability, and public official's liability
coverage. Members of the Pool may be required to make additional surplus contributions in the event
aggregated losses incurred by the Pool exceed amounts recoverable from reinsurance contracts and funds
accumulated by the Pool. Any excess funds, which the Pool determines are not needed for purposes of the
Pool, may be returned to the members pursuant to a distribution formula. No distributions were made during
the year ended December 31, 2019.
AND DEBT LIMITATIONS
Article X, Section 20, of the Colorado Constitution, commonly known as the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights
(TABOR) contains, tax, spending, and revenue and debt limitations which apply to the State of Colorado
and all local governments.
Spending and revenue limits are determined based on the prior year's "fiscal year spending" adjusted for
allowable increases based upon inflation and local growth. "Fiscal year spending" is generally defined as
expenditures plus reserve increase with certain exceptions. Revenue in excess of the "fiscal year spending"
limit must be refunded unless the voters approve retention of such revenue.
TABOR requires local governments to establish Emergency Reserves. These reserves must be at least 3% of
Fiscal Year Spending (excluding bonded debt service). Local governments are not allowed to use
emergency reserves to compensate for economic conditions, revenue shortfalls, or salary or benefit
increases.
The District's management believes it is in compliance with the requirements of the amendment. However,
the District has made certain interpretations of the amendment's language in order to determine its
compliance.
On March 13, 2020, an emergency was declared for the COVID-19 pandemic. The State of Colorado
subsequently declared a statewide emergency and enacted shutdown orders for significant portions of the
economy, including ski resorts beginning March 15, 2020. At the time of the issuance of these financial
statements, the full economic impact of the events surrounding the pandemic are unknown, but are expected
to be significant.
Original and Positive
Final (Negative)
Budget Actual Variance
Revenues
Property and specific ownership tax 392,282$ 397,552$ 5,270$
Property tax transfer from SMD No.2 1,654,730 1,679,337 24,607
Interest income 12,000 71,221 59,221
Total revenues 2,059,012 2,148,110 89,098
Expenditures
Interest 1,431,500 1,431,500 -
Principle 100,000 100,000 -
Treasurer's fees 11,316 11,326 (10)
Annual surveillance fee 5,500 6,000 (500)
Bank fees 2,200 7,467 (5,267)
Contingency 10,000 - 10,000
Total expenditures 1,560,516 1,556,293 4,223
Excess of revenues over expenditures 498,496 591,817 93,321
Fund balance - beginning of year 2,208,199 2,272,611 64,412
Fund balance - end of year 2,706,695$ 2,864,428$ 157,733$
Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
Town of Vail, Colorado
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE -
BUDGET AND ACTUAL - DEBT SERVICE FUND
For the year ended December 31, 2019
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