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Staff outlines permitting delays, inspection issues and McCormick Trails complications; water-zone changes affected fire-flow requirements
Summary
Staff told the Land Use Committee that public-works staffing shortages and project-management issues contributed to permit and inspection delays; McCormick Trails encountered fire-flow and shop-drawing mismatches after the 660-zone reservoir activation, prompting revisions and additional engineering reviews.
City staff briefed the Land Use Committee on April 16 about permitting and inspection delays and a series of construction issues at McCormick Trails and McCormick Village.
Nick Bond, community development director, said staffing shortages in Public Works — with one employee on military leave and another on part-time FMLA — had slowed coordination and lengthened permit timelines: "everything is just taking longer because there is so much less coordination"; staff said they were working to clear plan-review backlogs and…
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