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Addison council votes 5-2 to keep May 2 DART withdrawal election on the ballot
Summary
After hours of public comment and council debate about an interlocal agreement and funding offers from DART, Addison's council voted 5-2 to deny cancelling the May 2 special election on whether the town should withdraw from Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART).
Addison 's City Council voted 5-2 on Feb. 24 to deny an ordinance that would have cancelled a May 2 special election on whether the town should withdraw from the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system, leaving the withdrawal question on the ballot.
The council's discussion stretched more than three hours and followed a nearly four-hour public-comment period in which dozens of residents, business owners, civic leaders and DART representatives urged opposite outcomes. Supporters of rescinding the election pointed to a recently negotiated interlocal agreement and a General Mobility Program (GMP) that would return an estimated $8.2 million to Addison over six years for projects that must be used for transit or complementary mobility. Opponents said the decision is sufficiently important that voters should decide.
"We have eligible projects ready to go that can…
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