California:
Agoura Hills: Measure B: Open space preservation Los Angeles County May have passed.
http://www.latimes.com/editions/valley/sfnews/19991103/t000099852.html
Antelope Valley Union HS Measure E: $91 million in bonds for school facilities "to relieve serious overcrowding"  May have failed.
http://www.latimes.com/news/metro/19991103/t000099967.html
Capistrano Unified: $65 million bond issue for building schools, whittling class sizes and replacing antiquated electrical wiring. Passed. Yes: 70%  No: 30%
El Monte City School District (Los Angeles County) Measure K: $40 million in bonds "to relieve sever overcrowding"  May have failed.
http://www.latimes.com/news/metro/19991103/t000099967.html
William S. Hart Union HS District (Los Angeles County) Measure A: $52 million in bonds "to relieve severe overcrowding" 
Huntington Beach Unified High School District : (Vote Nov. 9): Seeking: $123 million in school bonds to fix cracked and sinking buildings; add classrooms to replace portables; fix aging plumbing and heating systems; add computer wiring. (LA Times, Nov. 1)
Livermore Measure B: Proposes a general urban growth limitation plan and requires voter approval for development projects of more than 20 dwelling units. Supported by Citizens Alliance for Public Planning (CAPP) Failed.  No: 61.4%  Yes: 43.6%
Los Altos: Measure H: Community improvement plan 
Pleasanton: Measure D: Requires voter approval for development projects of more than 10 dwelling units. Approval for any rezoning over 2 acres, and developers required to pay for elections. Supported by Citizens Alliance for Public Planning (CAPP) Failed. No: 56.4 Yes: 43.6%
San Diego County, Poway Unified School District: Proposition A: $149 million school improvement bond. 
San Francisco, Proposition E: Proposal to Create a Muncipal Transporation Agency.  Passed. Yes: 61.10%  No: 38.80%
San Francisco, Proposition H: Propsal to extend CalTran Station Downtown.  Passed Yes: 69.20%  No 30.70%
San Francisco, Proposition I: Central freeway corridor housing and transportation improvement act.  Passed. Yes: 54.40%  No:45.50%
San Francisco, Proposition J: Expand Freeway. Failed. Yes: 46.90% No: 53%
San Ramon, Measure F: Require voter approval for development projects of more than 10 dwelling units. Approval for any rezoning over 2 acres, and developers required to pay for elections. Supported by Citizens Alliance for Public Planning. (CAPP) Failed. No: 52.4%  Yes: 47.6%  Measure G was passed  which creates a 2-year building moratorium.
Santa Ana Unified School District (Orange County -- Measure C: $145 million in bonds "to relieve severe overcrowding". Passed. Yes: 70% No 30%
Santa Barbara Community College District, Measure T99:  $44.8 million in bonds "to reduce classroom overcrowding."

Colorado:
Statewide: Referendum A will allow the Colorado Department of Transportation to borrow $1.7 billion to accelerate the widening of  I-25 and complete 23 other projects around the state ahead of time.  Supported by the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry, Colorado Farm Bureau. Major donors include the Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association and Colorado Contractors Association Inc. Passed. Yes: 65.56% No: 34.44%
Referendum 4A:  Proposal to voters in Denver and five contiguous counties to allow the state to borrow $457 million to expand Denver's modest light-rail system.  Passed. Yes: 72%  No: 27.14%
Adams County: County wide sales tax to raise $5.5 million to buy farms and open space.  The tax will be an additional penny for every $5 purchase, except food, pharmaceuticals or farm equipment. Passed. 62% No: 38%
Adams County School District: Question 3B. Proposal to issue general obligation bonds to repair and construct schools. Failed. Yes: 48.24%  No 51.76%
Adams County -- Arvada: Issue 200. Proposal to increase taxes by $4.5 million annually by the imposing of a new 2% road impact tax on the sale price of newly constructed dwelling units. Revenues would be used to minimize the impact of increased traffic on commonly used roads. Residential dwellings building permits would be limited to 350 dwelling units per year. Failed. 
Aspen: Light rail proposed. Failed.
Boulder County,  Issue 1A: Open space and use tax extension. Passed Yes:69.2%  No: 30.8%
Brighton (Adams County): Question 2A. Reallocation of existing sales tax for open space preservation and parks and recreation. Passed.  Yes: 65.83% No: 34.17%
Erie: Ballot Issue 2A: Open space preservation and trail improvement. Failed.
Lafayette, Ballot Question 2A: Increases the legacy tax for open space preservation, estimated to raise $750,00.  Passed. Yes: 64.1%  No: 35.9%
Louisville,  Ballot Question 2A: Proposal to exceed limitations set for TABOR (Tax Payers Bill of Rights) for transportation and open space enhancements. Passed. Yes: 76.6% No 23.4%
Larimer County, Issue 100: Extends an existing quarter cent sales tax for open space preservation and recreation areas. Passed.  Yes: 59.69%  No: 40.31%
Longmont, $22.8 million in bonding authority approved to pay for a recreations center, museum and renovations to the Roosevelt Park and Memorial Center. Passed.
Nederland, Purchase Mud Lake, 60 acres--that will begin a series of events including completing an open space purchase or 230 acres and a housing and business park. Passed.
Pitkin, Co., Extend the Pitkin County Space Program for an additional 10 years. Property tax will be doubled to preserve the program which will amount to $5.6 million annually. The tax is based on increasing the mill levy from the current 2.5 mills to up to 3.75 mills. Passed.

Florida:
Miami voters decided on a bond issue for improved neighborhood infrastructure, parks and beaches. 

Georgia:
Athens-Clarke $99 million 1% Sales Tax Levy (10% devoted to Land Conservation) Passed.

Maine:
Maine voters decided two issues related to open space and historic preservation: Passed.  Yes: 69% No: 29%
Question 9: Reduced property taxes on property maintained for historic preservation. Passed.  Yes: 54% No: 46%
Statewide: $50 million bond authority for public land purchases and easement. Passed.
Statewide: $12.5 million in bond authority for environmental purposes including protecting water qulaity and public health. Passed.
Link to: http://www.ballot.org/

Maryland:
Baltimore voters decided on several bond issues related to community revitalization and historic preservation. 
Ballot question A: Authorizes a $13 million community development loan.Passed. Yes:83%  No:16%
Ballot question D: $2 million for recreation and parks renovation, including redevelopment of historic Druid Hill Conservatory and its gardens and renovation of historic Patterson Park boat lake. Passed. Yes: 90%  No: 9%
Ballot Question F: $1 million living classrooms loan. Passed.  Yes: 82% 
No: 17%
Ballot question I: $500,000 Maryland Historical Society Loan. Passed. Yes:76%  No 23%

Minnesota
St. Paul: Voters decided on an ordinance that would greatly limit billboards throughout the city. A "yes" vote would prompt the city to remove about half of the billboards within its boundaries within five years.  Proponents see the issue as one in which beautification supports economic development. Billboard owners, who already have tried to stop the effort in court, call it an unconstitutional attack on a perfectly legal, useful business.
Failed. 

Missouri:
Kansas City: Light rail transit initiative. Failed.

New Jersey
Statewide: $500 million transportation bond issue "Statewide Transportation and Local Bridge Bond Act of 1999" NJ Transit will receive $80 million of the bond issue. The bond spending plan allocates $9 million to bicycling and pedestrian projects, and $8 million to rail frieght infrastructure. Passed.
Edgewater municipal elections: Ballot question: Voters will be asked if the borough should impose an annual tax levy at the rate of .03$ per $100 of assessed value to acquire the Grand Cove Marina for preservation and recreational purposes. Passed.  Yes: 594 votes No: 511 votes
Berlin Township: Proposal to authorize open-space trust funds to raise money to buy, develop or maintain land for recreation, farming or conservation. For home owners with a house assessed at $100,000, the additional tax would be about $40. Passed.
In Gloucester County--Franklin Township: Proposal to authorize open-space trust funds to raise money to buy, develop or maintain land for recreation, farming or conservation. For home owners with a house assessed at $100,000, the additional tax would be about $10. Passed.
Logan Township: Proposal to authorize open-space trust funds to raise money to buy, develop or maintain land for recreation, farming or conservation. For home owners with a house assessed at $100,000, the additional tax would be about $10.  Passed.
In Burlington County, Bordentown: Proposal to authorize open-space trust funds to raise money to buy, develop or maintain land for recreation, farming or conservation.For home owners with a house assessed at $100,000, the additional tax would be about $30.  Passed.
Westampton: Proposal to authorize open-space trust funds to raise money to buy, develop or maintain land for recreation, farming or conservation.For home owners with a house assessed at $100,000, the additional tax would be about $20. Passed.
Springfield: Proposal to authorize open-space trust funds to raise money to buy, develop or maintain land for recreation, farming or conservation.For home owners with a house assessed at $100,000, the additional tax would be about $20. Passed.
North Hanover: Proposal to authorize open-space trust funds to raise money to buy, develop or maintain land for recreation, farming or conservation.For home owners with a house assessed at $100,000, the additional tax would be about $20. Passed.

New York:
Suffolk Co. Increase of .25 cent sales tax levy to purchase open space. Passed.

North Carolina:
Mecklenburg Co. $220 million bond authority to purchase open space. Passed.

Ohio:
Statewide, voters considered Issue 1: Constitutional amendment to authorize the state to use bonds to pay costs of facilities for a system of common schools throughout the state.  Passed.
Columbus, The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) in Columbus had two issues on the ballot.  Both were for a .25 percent sales tax. One was for permanent funding PASSED (COTA) now has permanent funding for the first time in its history; and the other was for a period of ten years.FAILED
Link: http://www.state.oh.us/sos/

Pennsylvania
In Buckingham County: Solebury Township: Proposal to authorize the borrowing of $10 million to purchase open space. Passed. In 1996, voters approved a $4 million open-space bond issue.  The township's Land Preservation Committee estimates the typical taxpayer would pay $392 a year to retire the combined $14 million debt.  The Committee had calculated that if 315 new houses were built in Solebury, the owner of a property at the average assessment would pay $482 more a year in school and other taxes.
Buckingham Township: For open space preservation --  Proposal to authorize borrowing $9.5 million that taxpayers would pay back through their real-esate taxes over 20 years. Passed.

In Chester County: East Marlborough: Proposal to raise real-estate taxes to buy open space. Calls for a tax increase of $20 per $100,000 of assessed value. Passed.
Hatfield:$950,00 annually from an increase in earned income tax to purchase open space. Passed.
West Vincent: Proposal to raise real-estate taxes to buy open space. Calls for a tax increase of $56 per $100,000 of assessed value. Failed.
Willistown: Raise local earned income tax for open space purchases.  The proposed amount is 1/8 percent of 1% of earned income tax with a goal to raise $340,00 per year -- Enough to pay costs for $5 million in bond authority. Passed.

Virginia:
Fairfax County asked voters to fund bonds totaling $297 million to address school overcrowding. Passed. Yes: 77%  No: 23%
Virginia Beach: Proposal to continue study of light rail transit system. Failed.

Washington:
Seattle voters decided on Proposition 1: $72 million for the Seattle Center, community centers, and to improve the Opera House. Passed.  56.32% No: 43.78%
Yakima County, Formation of a Grandview Park and Recreation Service Area. Passed. Yes: 59.3%  No: 34.1%

Sources: Linked websites and the America Institute of Architects press release, October 30, 1999.