Despite two polls that reflect majority support for it, City property owners choose not to form a new Open Space and Parkland Preservation District that would have brought millions of dollars to the City, exclusively for open space and parkland projects.
A total of 49, 500 ballots were mailed six weeks ago to City property owners. Just one-third returned their completed ballots by the November 22, 2005 deadline. The City Clerk’s office began tabulating the returned ballots the next day.