IS LIVE WITH THE LATEST.
TAYLOR: ALEXANDRA, MAYOR JEAN
STOTHERT SAYS VOTERS SHOULD
DECIDE THE STREETCAR'S FUTURE.
BUT HEATH MELLO SAYS THE WHOLE
PROJECT NEEDS TO BE PUT ON HOL
THE MAYOR, WALKING DOOR TO DOOR
SATURDAY.
BUT ALSO MAKING MOVES ON THE
STREETCAR'S FUTURE, HOPING TO
PUT IT ON THE NOVEMBER 2018
BALLOT.
>> I'VE ALWAYS WANTED THE PEOPLE
TO BE THE FINAL DECISION, THAT'S
NOTHING DIFFERENT.
TAYLOR: BUT MELLO WANTS TO GIVE
PEOPLE A SAY SOONER, AND PUMP
THE BRAKES ON THE PROJECT RIGHT
NOW.
>> I THINK ENGAGING THE PUBLIC
FIRST AND FOREMOST IS WHAT NEEDS
TO HAPPEN, I THINK THAT'S THE
FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS.
PUTTING IT ON THE BALLOT IS THE
LAST STEP OF THE PROCESS.
TAYLOR: STOTHERT SAYS AN
EVALUATION, APPROVED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL, IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
IT WILL DETERMINE THE COST ROUTE
, AND IMPACT OF THE STREETCAR,
IT'S EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED
THIS OCTOBER.
>> UNTIL WE GET TO THAT POINT,
EVERYTHING THAT THE MAYOR'S
TALKING ABOUT IS VERY PREMATURE.
TAYLOR: NOTHING HAS BEEN DECIDED
YET, THIS IS NOT A DONE DEAL AT
ALL.
AND IT MAY NOT WORK FOR OMAHA.
WE MAY FIND OUT IN THE
EVALUATION PROCESS THAT ARE
DOING, IT MAY NOT WORK HERE, AND
IF IT DOESN'T THEN WE WILL KNOW,
BUT WE NEED TO KNOW.
TAYLOR: IF IT MOVES ON TO THE
BALLOT, VOTERS COULD DECIDE
WHETHER OR NOT GENERAL
OBLIGATION BONDS WOULD COVER UP
TO $30 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT.
>> I THINK JUST HEARING THE
MAYOR TODAY COME OUT PUBLICLY TO
COMMIT $30 MILLION FOR A PROJECT
THAT WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT I THINK THAT SHOWS RIGHT
, THERE, THE MAYOR'S TRYING TO
PUSH FORWARD AN ISSUE BECAUSE OF
AN ELECTION.
TAYLOR: BUT THE MAYOR SAYS SH
HASN'T COMMITTED ANYTHING.
AND THAT $30 MILLION FIGURE IS
ONLY AN ESTIMATION OF WHAT BONDS
COULD POTENTIALLY COVER.
BASED OFF A FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT
DONE FOR THE CITY.
>> I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
MISINFORMATION THAT THIS IS A
DONE DEAL AND IT'S GOING TO
RAISE EVERYBODY'S TAXES AND THAT
COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM THE
TRUTH.
>> PEOPLE WHO MIGHT SOMEDAY USE
THE STREETCAR SEEMING SUPPORTIVE
OF A VOTE.
>> I WOULD LOVE IT IF THE PEOPLE
COULD VOTE, IF THE PEOPLE HAD A
VOICE.
>> THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE VOTE
FOR IT THAT'S FINE, BUT I DON'T
THINK IT WILL PASS.
TAYLOR: STOTHERT TELLS ME SHE'S
A PROPONENT OF THE EVALUATION OF
THE STREETCAR PROJECT, AND THAT
WE NEED TO EVALUATE
TRANSPORTATION IN OMAHA.
MELLO SAYS HE SUPPORTS THE
STREETCAR CONCEPT, BUT BELIEVES
THE CITY NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF
BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES, LIKE
FIXING STREETS, FIRST.
REPORTING LIVE IN MIDTOWN,
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