If passed by voters, the bond issue will provide $835 million for infrastructure improvements and economic development in Oklahoma City.
More than half of the bonds will bededicated to street and traffic improvements, while the rest will go toward park upgrades, police, fire, drainage, libraries, facility improvements, transit and economic development.
The bond will be paid off over 10 years at a rate of 16 mills, which will not raise property taxes. A property tax rate of 16 mills means a homeowner of a $150,000 home pays $248 per year in property taxes. Citizens have been paying the same rate since 1989.
The City Bond Election is tentatively set for December 11, 2007. Eleven propositions, under review by City Council, are scheduled to be on the ballot. Voters will decide each proposition separately.
View the Community Meeting, held in City Hall on August 28, to discuss Oklahoma City's
2007 City Bond Election. The meeting was open to the public and gave citizens an opportunity to hear presentations from City leaders about proposed projects and to ask questions.
The eleven propositions
Proposition 1
- 32 street resurfacing projects
- 60 street widening projects
- 4 new street projects, including infrastructure for the new downtown boulevard that will be where the Crosstown Expressway is now
- 85 rehabilitation and rebuilding projects which also include streetscapes
- 4 projects to improve ADA compliance on OKC Trails
- 1 project to improve bus shelter ADA compliance
- 1 project to purchase equipment
- 1 project for unlisted street improvements
Proposition 2
- 17 projects to replace load-restricted bridges
- 1 project for unlisted bridge improvements
Proposition 3
- 18 traffic signal projects
- 16 intersection improvement projects
- 1 unlisted traffic improvement project
Proposition 4
- 16 drainage improvement projects
- 1 unlisted drainage improvements project
Proposition 5
- 15 playground improvement projects for City parks
- 24 shelter improvement projects for City parks
- 48 projects to build and improve walking paths at City parks
- 9 projects to build basketball courts at City parks
- 26 projects to improve paving at City parks
- 12 projects for general park improvements
- 2 projects to build new neighborhood parks
- 15 projects to improve community centers in City parks
- 5 projects to improve park party houses and shelters
- 2 projects to improve golf course clubhouses
- 1 project to purchase land for the Core to Shore area
- 1 project for unlisted parks improvements
Proposition 6
- 1 project for Police headquarters improvements
- 1 project for Courts building improvements
- 1 project to build a new detox facility
- 1 project for a briefing new station
- 1 project for unlisted Police improvements
Proposition 7
- 3 new fire station projects
- 2 fire station reconstruction projects
- 1 project for unlisted Fire improvements
Proposition 8
- 5 projects for library improvements
- 1 project for unlisted library improvements
Proposition 9
- 1 project to improve facilities for General Services, Traffic, Parks & Recreation and the Public Works River Yard
- 1 project to extend the Oklahoma River 'Zone G'
- 1 project for unlisted facility improvements
Proposition 10
- 1 project to purchase new buses
- 1 project to add a River Trolley
- 1 project for the May Avenue COTPA facility
- 1 project for unlisted transit improvements
Proposition 11
- Economic Development Incentive Program
Download a draft list of all propositions
(a revised version of this draft will be available soon)
Read questions and answers about G.O. Bonds and this proposal