NW Valley Times

The Glendale City Council will host five more public meetings on four bond questions that ask voters to approve almost $188 million in new financing for flood control, landfill, parks and recreation and street projects.

“Financing with bonds is a way to build or improve parks, storm drains, streets and the landfill so that residents now, and in the future, pay for them a little at a time,” Lisette Camacho, Glendale’s budget and finance director, said, the city’s Glendale Bond 2020 webpage reported.

Camacho described bonds as debt like a home mortgage. The city uses the funds to finance big construction projects.

Question 1: $87.2 million for existing Glendale parks, including build out of Heroes Regional Park, a new splash pad at O’Neil Park, improved park play structures and new park restrooms

Question 2: $81.5 million for street work, including 59th, 67th and 83rd Avenues

Question 3: $9.9 million to expand the Glendale Landfill

Question 4: $9.3 million for flood control projects designed to improve storm drains and overall drainage

In addition to public, in-person meetings, some meetings will be livestreamed on Facebook, YouTube, the city’s website and on the Glendale 11 cable TV station, Assistant City Manager Vicki Rios said, the bond webpage reported. That dedicated page has information and videos on the projects.

The five remaining public meetings before the election include:

Sept. 15 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Foothills Recreation and Aquatics Center, also livestreamed at http://www.facebook.com/GlendaleAZ

Sept. 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Heroes Regional Park Library

Oct. 3 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Glendale Civic Center

Oct. 5 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Foothills Recreation and Aquatics Center

Oct. 12 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Glendale Main Library Center, also livestreamed at http://www.facebook.com/GlendaleAZ

The voter registration deadline is Oct. 5, with the election on Nov. 3.