Updated Nov. 5, 1:10 p.m. CST
Pflugerville voters approved both a transportation bond measure and a park and recreation bond measure worth a combined $53 million Nov. 4, marking the passage of the largest bond package in city history.
Proposition 1, the $28 million road bond, received 7,760 votes, or 75.54 percent of the votes, in favor; 2,513 votes, or 24.46 percent of the total votes, were cast against the measure.
Proposition 2, the $25 million park and recreation bond, took in 6,872 affirmative votes, or 67.15 percent of the total votes. 3,362 Pflugerville voters, or 32.85 percent, voted against the proposition.
"We are very excited that the Pflugerville citizens felt the need, as did the City Council, to pass these bonds for needed infrastructure improvements and improvements to our parks system," Mayor Jeff Coleman said. "The passing of the bonds and the subsequent work that is going to go into our community will do nothing but continue to improve the quality of life our citizens enjoy."
Updated 11:24 p.m. CST
Pflugerville voters appear close to approving both a transportation bond measure and a park and recreation bond measure, according to Travis County voting records.
The $28 million transportation bond measure, called Proposition 1, took 3,925 votes or 75.67 percent of the total, while 1,262 voters, or 24.33 percent, voted against the measure.
Proposition 2—the $25 million park and recreation bond measure—received 3,316 votes in favor, or 64.06 percent of the total vote. There were 1,860 votes cast against the measure, or 35.94 percent.
Pflugerville Public Information Officer Terri Waggoner said, if the measures do pass, the city does not yet have an exact timeline for beginning specific projects noted in the bond measures.
"It is the largest municipal bond package in Pflugerville history," Waggoner said, regarding the two bond packages with a combined cost of $53 million.
There will be the canvassing of the votes at the Nov. 18 special-called City Council meeting, which is when the city will issue the certificate of election for city council places 2 and 4, she said.
Posted 7:25 p.m. CST
Two Pflugerville bond measures appear to be heading toward passage, according to early voting results.
Pflugerville's Proposition 1, which is a $28 million transportation ballot measure, has received 3,915 votes in favor, or 75.56 percent of votes. One thousand two hundred sixty votes have been cast against the transportation bond, or 24.35 percent.
Pflugerville's Proposition 2, a $25 million parks and recreation bond, has 3,308 votes in favor of the measure, or 64.06 percent. 1,856 votes, or 35.94 percent, have been cast against the park bond.
Each bond must receive more than 50 percent of the overall vote to pass.
The cost of the transportation bond for the average Pflugerville homeowner is estimated at $76 per year, and the cost of the parks and recreation bond is estimated at $68 per year, according to city estimates.
If both bonds pass, the exact tax levy on the average city homeowner could change depending when the funds are acquired and project timelines, according to the city.
The transportation bond would fund improvements to six major Pflugerville roads and several streets in the Windermere neighborhoods.
The parks and recreation bond would provide money to build a sports complex, several new trails, improvements to Lake Pflugerville and for a park implementation study.
A detailed list and map of road improvements and the details of the parks and recreation bond are available here.
The transportation bond would include:
- Heatherwilde Boulevard–$8.3 million
- Windermere neighborhoods–$5.02 million
- Pflugerville Parkway –$4.44 million
- Weiss Lane–$3.77 million
- Pfennig Lane–$2.27 million
- Pecan Street–$1.67 million
- Rowe Lane–$1.3 million
The park and recreation bond would include:
- Pflugerville sports complex–$11.27 million
- Lake Pflugerville master plan–$8 million
- Park study implementation–$4 million
- Trails development and improvement–$1 million
Note: Administrative and insurance costs are not noted in bond costs.
