Improvement Plans

Animal Shelter Improvement

Criminal Justice and Admin. Building Improvement

Fire Department Improvement

Park and Recreational Improvement

Refunding Bonds

Street Improvement

We plan to build a new park in northwest Springdale called the Shaw Family Park. There are also improvements needed for some of the older parks in Springdale, such as the Randall Tyson Recreational Complex (Tyson Park).

Please note that all designs are preliminary and subject to change.

This park will be located on 121 acres at Ball Road and W. Downum Road in Northwest Springdale.

Tyson Park is located at 303 Watkins Ave., and it will be renovated to include new amenities.

The 2018 Bond Program will also fund these additional park improvement projects:

The maximum aggregate principal amount of the Park and Recreational Improvement Bonds is $21,320,000. This includes the cost of selling the bonds. The actual construction fund for park construction and improvements is $19,002,529.25. This amount is subject to change based on the interest earned on the investment.

Related Documents

• Resolution No. 117-18

• Resolution No. 92-18

• Resolution No. 42-18

• Resolution No. 86-17

• Resolution No. 141-12

PARK AND RECREATIONAL IMPROVEMENT BONDS AND 1% SALES AND USE TAX 

An issue of bonds of the City of Springdale in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $21,320,000 for the purpose of financing all or a portion of the costs of new, and improvements to existing, park and recreational facilities and improvements including trails and any necessary land acquisition, equipment and parking, drainage, lighting and utility improvements therefor, professional fees related to any of the foregoing, the establishment of reserves, and bond issuance and any credit enhancement costs, and, in order to pay the bonds, the levy and pledge of a new 1% local sales and use tax within the City that will expire after the bonds have been paid or provision is made therefor in accordance with Arkansas statutes.

FOR

AGAINST

Explanation:

We plan to build a beautiful 120-acre park in northwest Springdale called the Shaw Family Park. There are also improvements needed for some of the older parks in Springdale, such as the Randall Tyson Recreational Complex (Tyson Park). Springdale parks are a heavily used and valuable asset in Springdale. Regardless of where you live in Springdale, we want you to have access to a park for you and your family to enjoy. This ballot measure will also help pay for additional trail development in Springdale.

Note: The "1% Sales and Use Tax" at the end of each ballot item is not a tax increase. It is an authorization to continue the current 1% sales and use tax that was levied in 2003 and continued in 2006 as approved by Springdale voters.