As far as the flower-filled medians and tree-line streets cited in the city’s web survey of “services used”, exactly which citizens asked for these flowers to be planted in the medians and why? What happened to the great push for xeriscaping that the city actually pioneered nearly 2 decades ago?

The U.S. is a nation of amazing volunteerism and Colorado Springs is home to a great number of community-minded groups. I’ll bet an appeal to volunteerism would enable us to maintain a great deal of the open space and other facilities and enable the city to focus limited resources on maintaining core services during this temporary downturn without creating a permanent tax increase.