Stafford County officials will hold three public information meetings on the parks and recreation bond referendum that will be on the November 3, 2009 General Election ballot. The meetings will take place at the following times and locations in Stafford:

Thursday, October 15, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Rowser Building
1739 Jefferson Davis Highway

Thursday, October 22, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Park Ridge Elementary School
2000 Parkway Boulevard

Thursday, October 29, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Berea Fire and Rescue Station
20 Sebring Way

Stafford citizens will be asked to consider the bond referendum question to allow the County Government to use general obligation bond financing to make parks and recreation improvements and acquisitions in Stafford.

The following question will appear on the November 3 ballot:

QUESTION: Shall Stafford County, Virginia contract a debt and issue its general obligation bonds in the maximum amount of Twenty-Nine Million Dollars ($29,000,000) for the purpose of paying the costs, in whole or in part, of the following parks and recreation projects:

(1) Development of Chichester Park at 75 Stafford Indians Lane for park, baseball complex, and related facilities; (2) Development of the Belmont-Ferry Farm Trail, the Dominion Virginia Power Easement Trail and the Belmont to Cannon Ridge Trail; (3) Development of Musselman Park at 750 Truslow Road for baseball fields, rectangular fields, trails, playground, picnic shelter, restrooms, parking and related facilities;   (4)  Development of rectangular athletic field complex; (5)  Improvements to existing parks, including renovations to playgrounds, picnic shelters, trails, courts, handicapped accessibility and signage; (6) Land acquisition; (7) Renovation or reconstruction of Curtis Park Pool; and (8) Development of Phase II of Duff McDuff Green Park?

(     ) YES

(     )  NO

Residents should receive a brochure in their mail with information about the parks and recreation referendum within the next few days. Information about the referendum is also available online at the official Stafford County Web site: www.staffordcountyva.gov and on Stafford’s government cable channels, which are Comcast Channel 23, Cox Channel 24 and Verizon Channel 39.