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Bond committee reports polling results and plans for a bond package presentation to the board
Summary
Bond development committee members reported receiving polling results and are finalizing a bond package for public education and outreach; the committee expects to present the recommended package to the board at an upcoming meeting.
Director Bills provided the bond-development committee update, saying the committee received polling results from its consultant and that members have been working to “package, present, and educate the public about the bond package that we are looking to present.”
Bills said committee members have coalesced around the general contents of the package but are still finalizing language and expect to complete the work within a week or so. He said members anticipate presenting the bond package to the board at a future meeting for consideration and public comment.
Why it matters: a bond package would be placed before voters only after committee and board work on scope, language and outreach; polling results and committee decisions shape ballot content and voter education.
Board members asked whether the ballot language or legal analysis was finalized; staff indicated that the current discussion is about the package content and that legal review and final ballot language would come later in the process. Bills said there may be one more committee meeting but that the committee expects to move forward to a board presentation soon.
