Interactive workshops scheduled throughout Oklahoma City in January and February will provide the latest chance to learn more about OKC’s 2017 Bond Election and share your priorities.
Thursday Jan 19, 2017
Tuesday Feb 28, 2017
January 25, 2017
An Oklahoma City Council member will make remarks at each come-and-go workshop.
The City Council and staff are working on project lists for the election, which is set for September 12. Public feedback is among the information the Council considers when building project lists for the ballot.
The workshops will include information about community needs and benefits for project areas, remarks by a Council member Ward and ways to provide feedback.
You can drop in anytime during the come-and-go workshops.
Standing displays at each workshop with information, maps and more will be accompanied by a booklet with more details to take home. Staff members will be available for questions and comments.
Staff members can also guide residents on using the OKC Connect smartphone app (http://bit.ly/2hydjsq) as a way to give feedback about project priorities in specific places. App users can press the black “Submit a Request” button, then scroll down to select “2017 GO Bond Input.”
Everyone is invited to attend any of the workshops. The information at each one will be the same, regardless of where it is.
Information, feedback and updates online
The Ward workshops aren’t the only ways to get information or have your say about the 2017 Bond Election.
Visit okc.gov/go to learn more about the bond election and bond programs, take an online feedback survey (http://bit.ly/2hp15BI) (también en español - http://bit.ly/2hyb2xe) and subscribe to updates (http://bit.ly/2hKn339).
Online surveys are also available for neighborhoods (http://bit.ly/2hp15BI) (también en español - http://bit.ly/2hp1ofQ). Call Neighborhood Alliance at (405) 528-6322 to coordinate a neighborhood meeting “To GO” about the bond issue.
GO bonds are the City’s most important tool to fund major infrastructure projects like building or rebuilding streets, bridges, sidewalks and more. They’re funded by property taxes.
The entire project list is determined before the election, but plans for unforeseen needs are made by including a line item for unlisted projects.
The City of Oklahoma City’s most recent bond election was in 2007, when voters approved an $835.5 million package that has funded hundreds of completed, ongoing and future infrastructure projects.
You can zoom in on an interactive map of the 2007 bond projects at http://bit.ly/2gPerXt, and a complete project list is at http://bit.ly/2gPtoZt.
The Mayor and City Council authorize all expenditures and projects.Date and Time
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson Avenue
Remarks by Ward 6 Councilwoman Meg Salyer at noon.
February 2, 2017
5 to 8 p.m.
Windsor Hills Elementary School, 2909 North Ann Arbor Avenue
Remarks by Ward 3 Councilman Larry McAtee at 6 p.m.
February 18, 2017
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Southern Oaks Community Center, 400 Southwest 66 Street
Remarks by Ward 4 Councilman Pete White at noon
February 21, 2017
5 to 8 p.m.
Pioneer Southwest Library, 2201 Southwest 134 Street
Remarks by Ward 5 Councilman David Greenwell at 6 p.m.
February 28, 2017
5 to 8 p.m.
Metro Tech (Springlake campus), 1900 Springlake Drive
Remarks by Ward 7 Councilman John A. Pettis Jr. at 6 p.m.
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