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Staff flags levy/bond and grants as funding paths for plan implementation
Summary
Staff told the board the PROS plan includes options to diversify funding — grants, adjusting park-impact fees, and a potential voter-approved levy or bond — and suggested a likely timeline for a levy attempt in November next year.
Staff told the board the plan identifies several funding approaches to deliver projects and expanded services: pursuing grants, re-evaluating park-impact fees, and exploring a voter-approved property-tax levy or bond for capital and operational needs. Staff said some staffing projections are aspirational and recommended a phased approach to expansion.
On timing, a staff member said staff are already developing financial scenarios and that a voter measure could appear as early as November next year. "I would say that it would be likely, November of next year that you would see that levy perhaps a little sooner," a staff member said when asked about timing for a levy or bond. Staff emphasized final timing and scope depend on further council decisions and related conversations (including other jurisdictional issues such as a possible RFA for fire services).
