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I enjoyed this Chronicle. Thank you for all the info. I was wondering about the water usage because our family really tried to cut back, but one area that’s hard to cut is filling our swimming pool because of evaporation. It has to be at a certain level or the pump will burn out. I’m sure that’s true for many coppell residents.
FWIW, the 2007 CRDC sales tax authorized the 1/2 cent sales tax was for very specific and limited uses; I believe it was just for the CORE and hike and bike trails. (As I understood it… initially, the funds could only be used for building/improving the CORE and hike/bike trails but later on was re-interpreted that the funds could be used for some operating expenses and a portion of the parks department budget that serviced the CORE and trails was also funded by the CRDC funds). The 2013 re-authorization was all about removing essentially any restrictions to using that money… and now the funds can be used for pretty much anything, which is why the funds have been used much more broadly since 2013 (namely a portion of the Library expansion, Andy Brown redesign and the life safety park - none of which could have been done under the 2007 rules).
I enjoyed this Chronicle. Thank you for all the info. I was wondering about the water usage because our family really tried to cut back, but one area that’s hard to cut is filling our swimming pool because of evaporation. It has to be at a certain level or the pump will burn out. I’m sure that’s true for many coppell residents.
FWIW, the 2007 CRDC sales tax authorized the 1/2 cent sales tax was for very specific and limited uses; I believe it was just for the CORE and hike and bike trails. (As I understood it… initially, the funds could only be used for building/improving the CORE and hike/bike trails but later on was re-interpreted that the funds could be used for some operating expenses and a portion of the parks department budget that serviced the CORE and trails was also funded by the CRDC funds). The 2013 re-authorization was all about removing essentially any restrictions to using that money… and now the funds can be used for pretty much anything, which is why the funds have been used much more broadly since 2013 (namely a portion of the Library expansion, Andy Brown redesign and the life safety park - none of which could have been done under the 2007 rules).
I just added a couple of clarifications to the end of the Buy on Belt Line Bingo article.