As part of the proposed bond election, $11 million would go to expanding a youth sports park and building a soccer complex. $9 million would go to street improvements, a water park and a farmer's market pavilion. The remaining $5 million would go to widening Garnett Road.
Frosty Turpen, chairman of Destination, said, "We feel it's the right time."
Under this proposal, a homeowner with a house worth around $150,000 would pay an extra $155 a year.
Turpen said, "When you stop and look at the growth, when you look at the private sector and what they've done, it's now time for us to do some
things for our family."
Owasso City Councilor Charlie Brown says city hall could pay off the proposed bonds over nine years if they used a sales tax model instead of a property tax increase. Sam's and another big box store are coming to town but those who like the bond issue said that still wouldn't be enough to fund big changes.
Turpen said, "We feel like sales tax dollars would pay for some of these but it's not going to pay for near all of it and take ten years to do it
and that's not committing the money to anything else."
Alexander said, "We are vested in Owasso, we want to see Owasso grow. It's our community, it's our home."
Lavendusky said, "We want it to grow, we just want a different way of making it grow without taxing the elderly."
Now it will be for both sides to vote on Tuesday, October 11.
