Can you assure the citizens that this would fix the drainage problems in the City?
Drainage on the island is not something anyone can fix in the next five years. We can make incremental progress by increasing drains and such but it all comes down to how it gets to the bay or the bayou and the tides at that time. Newer cities have retention and detention. Much like every City our age, Galveston was by design built to provide retention/detention within the street itself. We will continue to upsize the drains and now have a program to attempt to keep them free from tidal silt. Tidal slit can fill up to 50%-60% of some drains when we have high tides and this program has proven to help improve drainage when in place. Solutions beyond what we are doing would be in the billions of dollars and a burden that could not be sustained by local taxpayers. It will take federal intervention, like in New Orleans or New Jersey, to solve it completely and most likely with a coastal barrier of some type.

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1. Will senior citizens be affected by this increase?
2. Why are the projects on the informational handouts and online listed as “Sample Projects”? Is it a complete list?
3. How do they know the cost of these projects? Have they received bids?
4. What is the timeline and priority for each project?
5. Why does the ballot language for the bond election include the words "and other related public infrastructure"?
6. The City received a significant amount of federal funding after Ike. Why would you need to ask for additional funds?
7. Will the proposed tax rate increase be rescinded after the completion of the projects?
8. If the bonds pass is the City going to raise the value of my home by 3.5%?
9. My tax bill has increased significantly each year, this is only going to increase it more. Why are taxes so high on the island?
10. How did the city come up with the $60 annual increase suggested in the educational materials?
11. Why is the City holding a bond election rather than paying for the projects as we go?
12. Can you assure the citizens that this would fix the drainage problems in the City?
13. What does this mean for commercial property owners?
14. Why can’t you increase the sales tax or gas tax to fund these projects?
15. Why does the ballot language for the bond election include the words "and other related public infrastructure"?