March 2006 - Future Projects Rest with City Voters

Phoenix City Council District 2 Councilwoman Peggy Neely

Pristine north Phoenix Sonoran desert at dusk


Discover Phoenix	Residents	Businesses	City Government	Employment	Youth & Seniors	e-Services	Home


	Up one level


District 2
	News from District 2

Councilwoman Peggy Neely's
Tatum Sun Times Column

March 2006

Future Projects Rest with City Voters

Phoenix voters will have an opportunity in just two weeks to decide the fate of more than $878 million in major improvements planned for the city over the next five years.

A special city election that will be held March 14 will contain seven propositions. They all are asking whether residents want the city to sell bonds to finance projects ranging from fire stations to schools, parks to libraries and streets to housing.

Past bond elections for community improvements – there have been 11 since 1957 – have received tremendous support from voters who have approved $3.7 billion of the $3.9 billion requested.

District 2 residents have seen many improvements through past bond elections, like the Reach 11 Recreation Area and the Desert Broom Library.

Among the most notable District 2 proposals included in this year’s bond election package are:

A new fire station in the Desert View Village at a cost of $5.4 million. The location has not yet been selected, but it is expected to be somewhere north of Pinnacle Peak Road, between 40th and 56th streets.

The purchase of land for a new police precinct at Smokehouse Trail and Cave Creek Road that would improve police response time in the area. That would cost about $900,000.

Land acquisition for the Sonoran Preserve at a cost of about $3 million. The land purchases would allow the city to continue development of the northern portion of the Sonoran Preserve system.

Improvement of the intersection of Pinnacle Peak Road and Tatum Boulevard, which serves as a gateway to the northeast portion of District 2. The work would cost about $16.2 million, including a drainage system, storm sewers, additional traffic lanes and new traffic signals.

A $2.8 million bridge at 19th Avenue and Jomax Road that would carry traffic over the Central Arizona Project canal.

Renovation of the Mountain View Tennis Center courts. The project would cost about $1 million.

Additional work at the Reach 11 Sports Complex at an estimated cost of $11.5 million. When built out, the "Reach" would house more than 20 sports fields and host local, regional and national youth sports events.

The bond package was put together by 17 committees made up of more than 700 residents from throughout the city. The only instructions the City Council gave the volunteers was to come up with a bond program that required no increases in the property tax rate.

The committees did just that and the city’s property tax – stable for the past 10 years – will not change from $1.82 as the result of the bond program. The bonds would be repaid using a small portion of current property tax revenues.

If you have not already voted an early ballot, then be sure to vote at your polling place on March 14. And, don’t forget, you’ll have to show a valid identification in order to vote at your polling place this year.

For more information on the bond election and the new voter identification requirements, visit phoenix.gov.

Phoenix City Councilwoman Peggy Neely represents District 2, which includes most of northeast Phoenix. She can be reached at 602-262-7445 or through e-mail at council.district.2@phoenix.gov.

Last modified on


Related Links


	Phoenix Legislative Action Network
	Water and Sewer
	Streets
	Garbage and Recycling
	Public Safety
	Paradise Valley Schools
	Deer Valley Schools
	Cave Creek Schools
	Village Planning Committees
	Arizona Youth Soccer Association
	North Black Canyon Design Booklet
	Phoenix Facts
	Neighborhood Associations
	M/W/S/DBE Certification