City asking for another $1.5 million to fill holes in the parking ramp
l3wis As I heard earlier in the week, the rumors were true (Item #79);
Public Parking
Amend Capital Improvements Program Project No. 19002, New Parking Facility, by increasing the amount of funding for construction by $1,500,000 in 2019. The additional funding will not require an increase in appropriations as it will be funded by public parking user fees.
As you can see from the resolution, few details of what the money is for. I asked some city officials today about it and they said the administration is giving few details, and that the city attorney says they will probably get very few on Tuesday night. I guess they think this will be a way to quell the litigation by blocking the holes.
Why do I have an image of a Dutch boy and a leaking Levee in my mind?
The biggest question is why we didn’t have enough in our contingency fund to complete the ramp? Isn’t that why we have CMAR’s is to handle these things? You know, like when we got the million dollar event center settlement from money that was ours to begin with.
This of course will pass, but I at least hope a little shaming ensues by those opposed before hand.