Bond oversight committee reviews 2012 quality-of-life project timeline, balances and possible expansion to 2019/2022 bonds

The El Paso Bond Oversight Advisory Committee on May 2025 received a status update on remaining 2012 Quality of Life bond projects, current balances across project categories and timelines for several trail, park and zoo projects, and asked staff to provide a detailed funding-transfer breakdown for trails that were deprogrammed and reallocated.

Interim Director for Capital Improvements (staff) told the committee that “MPC, budget transfer has already been complete. And you will see that on the table already as showing a 0 balance,” and reported category balances the presentation lists as roughly $13,600,000 for parks, $2.5 million for MCAT, $3.3 million for the zoo and $36,000 for libraries, and said “the balance on the quality of life, we’re down to $17,200,000.”

The update listed project status across design, bidding and construction stages. The committee heard that several trail projects moved from hold status after City Council approved deprogramming, with funds to be transferred to the Montana I‑10 segment, Tierra Del Este segments and the Mountain‑to‑River trails. The interim director said some…