With a list of improvements identified by the city and council adding up to 150 million dollars over the next 10 years, we thought we would open the conversation to all readers and ask you to submit your answers, opinions, encouragements and anything else you’d like to share to [email protected] These 3 questions have been pulled from the multi question survey that many (but not all) residents have been receiving.
1) The City of Wheat Ridge has identified significant capital improvement needs over the next 10 years, including new police and city facilities, bike and pedestrian network improvements, proactive street maintenance, pool replacement, and other projects. This survey will first ask about capital projects generally before discussing specific projects.
2) If the City could only fund some of these projects, please choose up to two that you would like to see funded first:
Replacement of the Anderson Outdoor Pool
Bike and pedestrian network improvements (beyond current investments)
A combined Parks and Public Works maintenance facility
A new Civic Center with City Hall and Police headquarters
Acquisition of parks and athletic fields at closed school sites (Kullerstrand and Wilmore-Davis) for continued community use
Proactive infrastructure maintenance
3) One option for raising revenue for capital improvements is a 1% sales tax increase ($1 on a $100 purchase) that would raise approximately $11 million annually. Would you support or oppose a 1% sales tax increase for capital improvements?
Another option for raising revenue for capital improvements is a 10-mill property tax increase that would generate approximately $8.4 million annually, at an estimated additional cost of approximately $375 per year for a home valued at $600,000.
Some neighborhoods are flooding after heavy rains. Should they alone pay for storm drainage? Our city staff are spread across multiple owned and leased locations. Shouldn’t it befit us for them to all be under one roof? Is it time to invest in our infrastructure or is it time to safeguard our savings and as we struggle at the gas pump or produce store, maybe the city should slow down its spending?
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