The 2019 bond election we’ve been contemplating, given that our current Bonds for Better Bellaire 2016 program was from the outset expected to last three years, will no longer be necessary. We’ve determined that we’ll be able to maintain the same pace of infrastructure work for at least another year with existing bond authority, for two reasons. First, in response to significant public input last fall we canceled standalone sidewalks, freeing up the associated bond funding for street and drainage projects instead. Second, the earlier phases of BBB16 have come in quite a bit below cost estimates, leaving us with some remaining funds which, when combined with the unused sidewalk money, will be enough for the next round of street and drainage improvements.
