Planning Commission Regular Meeting/Work Session

Paul CunninghamI would ask staff, are there any of the other projects that have been moved out, including the projects that have funding coming from other places that we should look more closely at? And do you have any input from other funding sources as to how that is going to go this year and what impact some of those other projects may or may not have in terms of completion dates or slippage or need to relook at funding for the other projects that are down and the other funding source supported projects. I know we just had a discussion at a council work session on George Snyder Trail and the fact that we have a cost overrun because it had been delayed for two years. And I guess that's part of what I'm looking at from the rest of this.

are there any impacts from the strings that are attached to other people's money that we should be aware of because in the back of my mind and i'll bring up george schneider trail again when i traveled on arlington boulevard and i see that there are three or four major bridges that are pedestrian bridges that have been put up along the side of the highway. And I recognize the George Snyder Trail is a connector between those and going out the city in the other direction and the way that the county and other people build infrastructure. And then I look at the bridges in the city and say, we're not constructing to that same engineering quality. bridges alone could be behind that kind of cost overrun besides minor increases in either labor or rock for lining a creek or something along that line.

NaptystaffWe've heard from the staff that are directly involved with these projects, and it's not just the George Snyder Trail, it's other projects that have gone through this, and like you said, it's a trend. From what we heard, the majority of it relates to changes in construction costs, and that's something that certainly it's a concern, but it's something that I don't think we can be prepared to anticipate when we're talking about our CIP recommendations if it's a factor that the Planning Commission wants to wants to include and just assume that any future projects are going to cost more than we think they are so we need to prepare for that then that's fine to make a statement to City Council but I don't think we can get any