Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 06-06-2018
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Consideration, discussion, and possible approval of and authorization to execute a Special Election and Proclamation and Notice providing for the calling and holding an election in the City of Broken Arrow, State of Oklahoma, for the purpose of submitting to the registered qualified electors of said City the question of the issuance of bonds and said City in one or more series in amounts not to exceed the sums set forth in Ordinance No. 3528
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Background:
Over the past year, the City Manager, Assistant City Managers, and staff, in collaboration with the Department Directors, began working on a proposed list of projects for a General Obligation Bond Election. Recommended projects were compiled pursuant to Council direction for an August 28, 2018 election date. The final product was the result of a collaborative effort of multiple city departments including City Manager's Office, Finance, Legal, Engineering and Construction, Development Services, General Services, Streets and Stormwater, Fire, Police, and Parks and Recreation. The theme of the 2018 General Obligation Election is Build our Future BA.
On January 13, 2018, the City Council and staff held a work session to review the initial draft list of projects. Public input meetings were held on February 22nd, 26th and 27th. Staff made presentations concerning the overall program as well as established individual breakout stations for the specific proposed propositions.
In accordance with the presentations, the City Manager reached out to a small cross-section of residents to form an ad-hoc advisory committee to help the City in its efforts to reduce the originally proposed GO Bond program's total amount of $281,320,000 to approximately $211,000,000. This committee met on March 27, 2018 and reviewed each project as well as discussed the results of the public meetings contained in a summary prepared by our consultant, sixPR.
On April 23, 2018, the ...
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