The city’s sales tax rate increase would not increase under the Vision proposal, but it could decrease by different percentages depending on which pieces of the Vision renewal package are approved.
Mayor Dewey Bartlett said there may not be enough money to fund all proposed Vision projects currently on the list and that some simply aren’t well understood by the public.
“I think we need to consider putting them off to another time. We might understand them, but if the public doesn’t get it, we run the risk of failure.”
The city of Tulsa’s proposed Vision 2025 renewal package would effectively cut millions in funding for ongoing capital improvements, study shows.
The park renovations are scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2017.
The composition of the city’s Vision 2025 package — including what funding sources would be included — has been fluid up to and including the Dec. 18 City Council/mayor retreat to finalize the draft proposal.
Between 2,000 to 3,500 children in Oklahoma are being cared for by foster families, and the need for those loving homes never ends, state officials say.
The mayor and city councilors are scheduled to meet again the first week of January to further refine the proposal, which must be presented to the Tulsa County Election Board by early February to allow for an April 5 vote.
Councilor Blake Ewing, a strong critic of the layout of the development, said he did not believe the mayor’s office intended to mislead the public during its negotiations with the developer of the 71st Street and Riverside Drive property.
