PROPOSITION A: Streets andmobility infrastructure projects To fund infrastructure improvements under the following categories: arterials, established corridors, neighborhood streets, bridge rehabilitation, street lights, intersections, tra c signals, neighborhood/school safety, sidewalks, bicycle facilities, railroad crossings, safety/mobility and grade separated railroad crossings PROPOSITION B: Park and recreation improvements To fund parks and recreation improvements, including speci c facilities, neighborhood parks and trails PROPOSITION D: Police and re public safety facilities BOND ELECTION Five propositions totaling $560 million would fund projects throughout the city. The city’s property tax rate will not increase if they pass. ON THE BALLOT Here is a breakdown of the various measures on the May 7 ballot in Fort Worth.
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820 Member Cary Moon, who led to run for the Texas House of Representatives. The deadline for candidates to le to run for this seat is March 7. The term expires in May 2023. 199 DISTRICT 4 SPECIAL ELECTION Voters will decide who will ll the unexpired term in District 4 to replace Council
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To fund construction of two new re stations to replace Station No. 37 and Station No. 16, and to build a headquarters for the Northwest Patrol Division PROPOSITION E: Natural area and open space conservation To buy and improve land citywide for open space
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constructing a new Northwest Patrol Division headquarters for police. The city also proposes more than $12.5 million to fund land acquisition, design and construction of a new library in far northwest Fort Worth. Also calculated in the price tag for each project is a 2% allocation for public art. Filling the District 4 seat Voters in May will also select a replacement for Moon, whose seat became open when he announced his run for the Texas House of Represen- tatives. Whoever is elected to replace Moon on council will serve until the term expires with the May 2023 elec- tion, according to city documents. Dis- trict 4 includes the area of northeast Fort Worth. Moon was rst elected to council in 2015. He said he has developed a “very e ective record” throughout his seven
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and recreation upgrades, public safety facilities, a new library in northwest Fort Worth and preserva- tion of open space. “The goal is for growth to pay for growth,” District 4 Council Member Cary Moon said during a Feb. 8 meet- ing where council voted unanimously to call the bond election. The bond measures, if passed, would not increase the city’s property tax rate, city o cials said. Nearly two-thirds of the bond pack- age would fund road improvements and mobility projects throughout the city. The bond measure targets 14 arterial roads, 12 intersections and about 110 neighborhood streets along with a host of other projects. Other bond measures propose replacing Fire Station No. 37 at 4721 Ray White Road in Keller and
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years in o ce. Whoever takes his spot, Moon said, will have huge shoes to ll and repre- sent about 115,000 people. “It’s a full-time job,” Moon said. “[District 4 is] bigger than most cities in Tarrant County. There’s only one city that’s bigger than the district I repre- sent, and that’s Arlington. So it’s a very big district [with] a lot of demands. … You’re involved in a $2 billion budget, 7,000 employees, numerous subcom- mittees …34 di erent neighborhoods.” The role of a council member is important, Moon said.
“These positions impact the daily lives of individuals,” Moon said. “[Peo- ple] just don’t always recognize how much they can be impacted by just a pothole or a police patrol.” Increasing council pay The May ballot will also include 13 proposed charter amendments. The majority of the amendments would delete outdated language and change wording in the charter to re ect the organization of city government, according to a news release. But the rst one, labeledProposition
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