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Capital Improvement Sales Tax Projects

The following list of items were designated as projects for the 1989 and 1994 One-Half Cent Sales Tax Capital Improvement Program.  All items have been completed.

CITY FACILITIES:
•City Hall Renovation
•Data Processing Updates
•Public Works Building
•Recycling/Composting
•Sewer System Upgrades

DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON:
•Miscellaneous Downtown Improvements
•Passenger Depot Restoration

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
•Heidmann Industrial Park
•Schulze Industrial Park

EMERGENCY SERVICES:
•E-911 Upgrade
•Fire Station Headquarters
•Fire Station House 3
•Fire Station House 4
•Weather Warning System

PARKS & RECREATION:
•Additional Park Land
•Burger Park
•Lakeview Park
•Leisure Pool
•Miscellaneous Park Improvements
•Optimist Park
•Riverfront Bike Trail

TRANSPORTATION:
•Airport Expansion
•Bernard Street
•Bieker Road to City Limits
•Bieker/Steutermann Alignment
•East/West Parkway Right-of-Way
•East/West Parkway Study
•Fifth Street – Grand to Highway 100 (Year 2003)
•Fifth Street – Louis to Grand
•Front Street – Tiemann to Stafford
•Slurry Seal Program
•South Point Road
•Steutermann Reconstruction
•Street Renovation Program

The following items were designated as projects for the 2002 One-Half Cent Sales Tax Capital Improvement Program.  All items have been completed.

CITY FACILITIES:
•Potential Renovation of Elks Building
•Provide Additional Space for Library and Police

DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON:
•Improvements to Downtown Parking
•Improvements to Streetscape
•Relocation of Railroad Siding

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
•Fund Property Improvements to Industrial Tracts

EMERGENCY SERVICES:
•Additional Emergency Sirens
•Fire Ladder Truck
•Fire Training Tower
•New Fire Station to the South

PARKS & RECREATION:
•Additional Park Land
•Aerial Truck to Service Existing Facilities
•Replacement of Swimming Pool Equipment
•Riverfront Improvements

SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM:
•Eliminate Storm Water Infiltration
•Place Liners In Aging Sewer Lines
•Rehabilitate Aging Manholes

STORMWATER PROJECTS:
•Correct Stormwater Problems

TRANSPORTATION:
•Rebuild Bridge on Madison Avenue
•Rebuild Bridge on Sunnyside Street
•Provide Funds for Grants to Relieve Congestion

VISION 20/20:
•”SEED” Money for 20/20 Projects
•Civic Center Study

The following items were designated as projects for the 2010 One-Half Cent Sales Tax Capital Improvement Program.  All items have been completed.

AIRPORT:
•Airport Improvements

CITY FACILITIES:
•City Hall Improvements

DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON:
•Improvements to Downtown

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
•Heidmann Industrial Park Lot Development
•Union Pacific Team Track

EMERGENCY SERVICES:
•Apparatus Replacement
•Court Docket Package
•Emergency Notification System (Code Red)
•Fire Training Center
•Outdoor Siren
•Phase I – East Fire Station/Police Substation
•Police Mobile Data Terminals
•Radio Transmitters with Voting Module

FINANCE & TECHNOLOGY:
•Hardware Improvements

LIBRARY:
•Library Expansion Project

PARKS & RECREATION:
•Fairground Fencing
•Fairground Loading Dock
•Lakeview Parking Lot Improvements
•Pavilion/Restroom – Lions Lake North Side
•Pavilion/Restroom – Phoenix Park
•Skatepark
•Tennis Court Reconstruction/Resurfacing

RECYCLING CENTER:
•Improvements to Building and Parking Lot

SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM:
•Infiltration Slip Lining in Aging Sewer Lines
•Rehabilitate Aging Manholes
•Rehabilitate Walnut Street Lift Station

The following list of items were designated as projects for the 2018 One-Half Cent Sales Tax Capital Improvement Program.  These items have not been completed.

CITY FACILITIES:
•Energy Efficiency Improvements

DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON:
•Passenger and Freight Depot Maintenance and Waterworks Building Maintenance
•Paver Replacement at Downtown Intersections
•Replacement and New Light Standards
•Utility Burial
•Wifi Network

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
•Airport Master Layout Plan Improvements
•Infrastructure for New Industrial Park

FIRE DEPARTMENT:
•Additional Fire Station
•Additional Pumper for New Station
•Replace Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
•ITI Vehicle Application

IT:
•Server/Network Upgrades/Library

PARK IMPROVEMENTS:
•Krog Park Playground
•Mainstage Roof Structure
•Perimeter Fencing Around Fairgrounds
•Phoenix Park Playground
•Riverfront Park Project
•Ronsick Field Improvements
•Skate Park Phase II
•Storage and Office Remodel

PARKS MAINTENANCE:
•Pavilion Projects
•Various Roofing Projects

PARKS REHABILITATION:
•City Auditorium
•Hillermann Park and Restroom Improvements
•Pool House/Aquatic Complex

POLICE/COMMUNICATIONS:
•Moswin Communication Project
•Siren(s) Replacement

PUBLIC WORKS:
•Equipment Storage Facility
•Sewer Slip Lining
•Water Tower