DRAFT ballot language for $720M Mobility Bond
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 11:38 am
CM Colleagues:
Starting from Pg. 20 of ACM Goode's presentation, "Proposed 2016 Bond Package and Proposition" (Aug 2nd, 2016), I propose clarifying language shown in [brackets], all in section (i):
The issuance of $720,000,000 transportation and mobility improvement bonds and notes for
(i) $101,000,000 for Regional Mobility Projects including improvements to Loop 360 corridor; Spicewood Springs Road; Oak Hill Parkway; [at least $30,000,000 for three projects:] Anderson Mill Road, intersection of RM 620 and RM 2222, [and] Parmer Lane [in Williamson County];
(ii) $482,000,000 for Corridor Improvement Projects, including (a) implementation of corridor plans for North Lamar Boulevard; Burnet Road; Airport Boulevard; East Martin Luther King Boulevard/969; South Lamar Boulevard; East Riverside Drive; Guadalupe Street; (b) implementation of a South Austin corridor, and (c) preliminary engineering and design for additional critical arterials; and
(iii) $137,000,000 for Local Mobility Projects including (a) $85,000,000 for implementation of the Sidewalk and Urban Trails Master Plans; (b) $20,000,000 for implementation of the Bicycle Master Plan; (c) $15,000,000 for implementation of the Vision Zero Master Plan; and (d) $17,000,000 for sub-standard streets/capital renewal; the levy of a tax sufficient to pay for the bonds and notes.
Starting from Pg. 20 of ACM Goode's presentation, "Proposed 2016 Bond Package and Proposition" (Aug 2nd, 2016), I propose clarifying language shown in [brackets], all in section (i):
The issuance of $720,000,000 transportation and mobility improvement bonds and notes for
(i) $101,000,000 for Regional Mobility Projects including improvements to Loop 360 corridor; Spicewood Springs Road; Oak Hill Parkway; [at least $30,000,000 for three projects:] Anderson Mill Road, intersection of RM 620 and RM 2222, [and] Parmer Lane [in Williamson County];
(ii) $482,000,000 for Corridor Improvement Projects, including (a) implementation of corridor plans for North Lamar Boulevard; Burnet Road; Airport Boulevard; East Martin Luther King Boulevard/969; South Lamar Boulevard; East Riverside Drive; Guadalupe Street; (b) implementation of a South Austin corridor, and (c) preliminary engineering and design for additional critical arterials; and
(iii) $137,000,000 for Local Mobility Projects including (a) $85,000,000 for implementation of the Sidewalk and Urban Trails Master Plans; (b) $20,000,000 for implementation of the Bicycle Master Plan; (c) $15,000,000 for implementation of the Vision Zero Master Plan; and (d) $17,000,000 for sub-standard streets/capital renewal; the levy of a tax sufficient to pay for the bonds and notes.