![]() The group identified the city’s abandoned sugar factory as a frontrunner for the center’s home.īallot Issue 3C would have approved funding for a second library in the city and for the existing Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave., to operate at a higher level of service. The Longmont Alliance for Arts and Entertainment would have tried to raise the $35 million in five years. ![]() “So the fact that they are showing as not passing at this point … shows that this probably was a tough year to push any kind of tax measures, particularly with property taxes being where they have been this year.”īallot Issue 3D would have authorized $45 million in property tax collections to build the center, with no taxes being collected until $35 million was raised by the Longmont Alliance for Arts and Entertainment, the main group backing the project. “From the city’s standpoint, it was very important for us to take these critical issues to the voters,” said Sandi Seader, assistant city manager for Longmont. Longmont voters were voting against funding an arts and entertainment center, a new branch library and new recreation facilities in the city. ![]() Wednesday, 68% of voters rejected Ballot Issue 3D out of 24,840 total votes, 67% rejected Ballot Issue 3C out of 24,831 total votes, and 70% rejected Ballot Issue 3E out of 24,833 votes. Three Longmont ballot items continued to trail dramatically Wednesday morning after another round of unofficial results from Boulder and Weld counties.Īs of 10:30 a.m. ![]()
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