Milton creates online resource for green space vote

Milton has created an online resource for the Nov. 8 referendum that would authorize the city to sell $25 million in general obligation bonds to acquire and preserve green space for wildlife habitat, natural areas and trails.

Besides funding parks and park improvements, the proposal also seeks to preserve agricultural land and protect river and stream water quality, according to the city. The City Council would work with a newly created advisory committee and hold public meetings to consider land to be purchased.

The bonds would have terms of 20 years and be repaid out of ad valorem property taxes. If the referendum passes, a property with a fair market value of $300,000 and an assessed value of $120,000 would pay an estimated $96 a year, the city says.