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Bent Grass Metropolitan District
Bent Grass Metropolitan District
Here you will find everything about our local metro district - what it does, how to reach it, and the covenants that govern our homes. This is a resident-maintained summary; official documents and the final word live on the official BGMD website.
About the District
About the District
The Bent Grass Metropolitan District (BGMD) is the local metropolitan district formed for our neighborhood in 2007, approved by El Paso County. A metro district is a form of local government that builds and maintains neighborhood infrastructure and pays off the debt used to fund it.
BGMD does two main jobs for Bent Grass:
Neighborhood infrastructure and features - it carries the infrastructure debt residents help pay through the mill levy, and maintains features like the pocket parks, open space, drainage, and entry monuments.
Covenants and architectural review - BGMD handles the covenant side of things for Bent Grass, including the architectural request process and covenant enforcement (see the Covenants section below).
So for day-to-day neighborhood matters - submitting an architectural request, asking about a covenant, or reporting a concern - Bent Grass MD is your district.
Mill Levy
Mill Levy
Your mill levy, collected through your property taxes, is how the district's debt and ongoing maintenance get paid. BGMD's current mill levy is 26.000 mills obligated to debt and 8.641 mills for operations and maintenance. The debt levy stays in place until the obligated debt is paid off, with a current maturity date of December 1, 2049. (Figures per the district; confirm current numbers on the official site.)
Board Meetings
Board Meetings
BGMD generally meets the first Tuesday of each month at 119 N. Wahsatch Ave, Colorado Springs, and virtually. Dates and times can change month to month, so confirm the next meeting on the BGMD Board Meetings page.
Official District Links
BGMD Tax / Boundary Map:
About the Bent Grass Covenants (CC&Rs)
About the Bent Grass Covenants (CC&Rs)
If you own a home in Bent Grass, your neighborhood has its own recorded covenants - the Bent Grass CC&Rs (Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions). These are the rules covering things like home appearance, landscaping, fencing, and what you can build or change on your property. BGMD handles the architectural review process and covenant enforcement.
A quick note on which covenants apply to your home: Covenants are recorded against specific platted filings of land, not against a whole neighborhood. Bent Grass has more than one filing, and the official site posts separate CC&Rs for Filing 1 and Filing 2. To be sure which set applies to your lot, look up your property's legal description on the El Paso County Assessor's property search - it names your exact filing.
Recorded Covenant Documents
Find all current district documents on the Bent Grass Meadows District Resources page.
Not sure if your home is covered by the covenants?
Not sure if your home is covered by the covenants?
Covenants apply based on the specific platted filing your lot sits in - and in some parts of the neighborhood, homes within the same filing can differ, with some lots annexed into the covenants and others not. Because this is easy to misread, we don't publish lot-by-lot lists here.
If you're not certain whether your property is subject to the Bent Grass covenants, the district can confirm it for you directly. Reach out to the district manager at BGMD, and they'll tell you exactly where your home stands.
→ You can also find your filing on the El Paso County Assessor's property search, but for a definitive answer on covenant annexation, please contact the district.
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