Avondale staff outlines $68M parks and $55M public-safety bond propositions for November mail ballot

Assistant City Manager Katie Gregory told the City of Avondale Planning Commission on May 21 that the city will place two general obligation bond questions on the November special election ballot: Proposition 404, a $68 million authorization for parks, trails and library improvements; and Proposition 405, a $55 million authorization for public safety projects.

Gregory said the City Council unanimously approved forwarding the two questions to voters after recommendations from a seven-member citizens bond committee that met last year. "This fall, we will be holding a special election. The city council has approved for the, for us to forward 2 questions to our voters," Gregory said.

The propositions, she said, were structured so the city would not increase its property tax rate to accommodate the debt. "What we're sharing ... is that it will not require a future increase to our…