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Overview The City of Allen's June 12`" bohd election is the result of many hours of reseazch, deliberations ond decisions made by the City Council, City staff and citizen vqlunteers. The election, if ap- proved, would fund capital imprOvement projects determined dur- ing this planning phase. ' The City of Allen began the Cap tal Improvement Program (CIP) planning process in August 1998~ when the City Council approved the process. In November 1998, Ian eight-member CIP Steering Committee was appointed by the City Council. The City then asked for citizen vbiunteers to serve on seven CIP subcommittees based on project peeds submitted by City staff, in- cluding Finance, Public Safety, Parks and Recreation, Streets and Drainage, Water and Sewer, Libtary and Arts and Public Build- ings. The purpose of these subcqmmittees was to review capital project needs of the City for the text five years, consider bond funds needed for these projects ahd recommend projects to be un- dertaken through the use of votec approved bonds. The committee consisted of 177 ¢itizen volunteers who, with the assistance of City staff and consultants, devoted more than 2,000 manhours to the program, analyz;ng projects and cost data to en- sure present and future needs of Allen are adequately addressed in a cost-effective manner. On February 24, 1999, the indiviqual subcommittees completed their work and presented recommiendations to the full CIP com- mittee. The CIP Steering Commiitee then presented final recom- mendations to the City Council oo March 4. Further citizen input was gathered at a public hearing qonducted on March 16. The City Council made its final decision on'i the bond proposal on April 1 and set a bond election date of Juhe 12.