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Street Lights
The Cherokee Metro District as part of it's purview maintains the Street Lights within the Districts Boundaries. The Street lights were started as a Special District that was implemented by the Cimarron Corporation. To provide street lights within the Cimmaon Hills. The Cimarron Corporation was the original developer of Cimarron Hills. The Special District was later incorporated and dissolved when the Cherokee Metro District was formed in 1992.

Expenses for the Street Lights
 The District pays a flat rate of $10.63 per month for each street light. Included in this price are the electric power consumptions and also the parts and labor to maintain each light.

The District has a contract with the City of Colorado Springs and also Mountain View Electric to perform the maintenance of the Street Lights.

Revenue
The Street Light fee is $1.00 per month which is added to each account the District Bills out.

Responsibility of the District
The District's responsibility is to inspect each street light once a month and report outages to the corresponding agency CSU or MVE.

Responsibility of Residence
As a resident of the District please report problems or street light outages to the District Office a 719-597-5080.

The response time is on average 30 days depending on back log.