This May, Southlake residents may be asked to vote on a city bond referendum. If called, this would be the first city bond election since the ‘90s, Mayor Laura Hill said.
The bond would ask voters to commit to setting aside an amount of money for the city to use to purchase land, Hill said.
Hill said while the city has been interested in purchasing land, it has been limited in its ability to acquire more of it. The city typically uses a third-party resource to purchase land, and city staff has to return to council to negotiate back and forth, which can only take place during City Council meetings, she said.
“It’s been so difficult, and we've lost a couple of nice pieces of property that I would have liked to have bought, but we just couldn't move fast enough,” Hill said.
