TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Douglas J. Hewett, ICMA-CM, City Manager
FROM: Jody Picarella, CPA, MBA - Chief Financial Officer
DATE: December 12, 2022
RE:
Title
Resolution Declaring the Result of the Bond Referendum Held in the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina, on November 8, 2022, upon the Questions of Approving $60,000,000 Public Safety Improvement Bonds, $25,000,000 Streets, Sidewalk, And Connectivity Improvement Bonds, And $12,000,000 Housing Bonds
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 4: Desirable place to live and recreate.
Executive Summary:
The Cumberland County Board of Elections met to canvass the Election held on November 8, 2022, at the Cumberland County Board of Elections Office, 227 Fountainhead Lane, Fayetteville, North Carolina, at 11 a.m. on November 18, 2022.
Background:
The Cumberland County Board of Elections certified to this City Council the result of the Bond Referendum held on November 8, 2022, in the form of a resolution titled and read in part:
RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE CANVASS OF THE RETURNS OF THE BOND REFERENDUM HELD IN THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, ON NOVEMBER 8, 2022, UPON THE QUESTIONS OF APPROVING $60,000,000 PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENT BONDS, $25,000,000 STREETS, SIDEWALK, AND CONNECTIVITY IMPROVEMENT BONDS, AND $12,000,000 HOUSING BONDS AND DETERMINING THE RESULTS THEREOF
Section 3. From the canvass made, the Board does hereby determine and certify:
(a) That 129,119 voters were registered and qualified to vote.
(b) At said referendum, 28,796 votes were cast for the order adopted on August 8, 2022, authorizing not exceeding $60,000,000 Public Safety Improvement Bonds of the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina, plus interest, for the purpose of providing funds, together with any other available funds, for acquiring, constructing and equipping various law enforcement and firefighting facilities and improvements for said City, including, without limitation, the acquisition of any related land and rights of way and the furnishing of incidental facilities and equipment, and providing that additional taxes may be levied in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds, and 17,752 votes were cast against said order, and that a majority of the qualified voters of the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina who voted thereon at said referendum voted in favor of said order.
(c) At said referendum, 30,998 votes were cast for the order adopted on August 8, 2022, authorizing not exceeding $25,000,000 Streets, Sidewalk, and Connectivity Improvement Bonds of the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina, plus interest, for the purpose of providing funds, together with any other available funds, for various transportation related improvements inside and outside the corporate limits of the City, including, without limitation, street, road, mobility, sidewalk and streetscape improvements, bridges, bicycle lanes, curbs and drains, traffic controls, and greenways, and the acquisition of any related land, rights of way, and equipment, and providing that additional taxes may be levied in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds, and 15,592 votes were cast against said order, and that a majority of the qualified voters of the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina, who voted thereon at said referendum voted in favor of said order.
(d) At said referendum, 27,641 votes were cast for the order adopted on August 8, 2022, authorizing not exceeding $12,000,000 Housing Bonds of the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina, plus interest, for the purpose of providing funds, together with any other available funds, for community development programs to provide and rehabilitate multifamily and single family housing inside the corporate limits of the City, principally for the benefit of persons of low and moderate income, including, without limitation, the construction or rehabilitation of housing or neighborhood revitalization improvements, programs to provide loans and other financial assistance to such persons and to public and private providers of housing, and the acquisition of any related land, rights of way, and equipment, and providing that additional taxes may be levied in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds, and 18,999 votes were cast against said order, and that a majority of the qualified voters of the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina, who voted thereon at said referendum voted in favor of said order effect.
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Recommended Action:
Staff recommends the Council move to accept the Certification of Results from the Cumberland County Board of Elections, as presented, and adopt the Resolution Declaring the Result of the Bond Referendum Held in the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina, on November 8, 2022, upon the Questions of Approving $60,000,000 Public Safety Improvement Bonds, $25,000,000 Streets, Sidewalk, and Connectivity Improvement Bonds, and $12,000,000 Housing Bonds.
Attachments:
Cumberland County Board of Elections Resolution Relating to the Canvass of the Bond Referendum Held in The City of Fayetteville, North Carolina, on November 8, 2022, upon the Questions of Approving $60,000,000 Public Safety Improvement Bonds, $25,000,000 Streets, Sidewalk, and Connectivity Improvement Bonds, and $12,000,000 Housing Bonds and Determining the Results Thereof
Resolution Declaring the Result of the Bond Referendum Held in the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina, on November 8, 2022, upon the Questions of Approving $60,000,000 Public Safety Improvement Bonds, $25,000,000 Streets, Sidewalk, And Connectivity Improvement Bonds, And $12,000,000 Housing Bonds