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Council rejects Dignity Moves’ submitted budget; requests more detailed contractor bids and a focused review
Summary
The Ojai City Council declined to accept the budget and schedule Dignity Moves submitted for the planned Cabin Village permanent supportive housing project at the public works site, directing the developer to return with more detailed contractor bids and arranging a document review in October.
The Ojai City Council on Sept. 9 declined to accept a pro forma budget and schedule from Dignity Moves for a 30‑unit permanent supportive housing project that would house residents from the Ojai tent community.
Dignity Moves representatives presented a design‑development budget that the group said it had compiled from four prequalified general contractors and a design‑development set of drawings. Maureen Boyer, project lead for Dignity Moves, told council the group was contractually obligated to deliver a project within a $9.5 million construction cap backed by an Encampment Resolution Fund (ERF) grant; the total ERF grant amount and city soft‑costs were summarized in the materials.
Concerns and context: Several council members and many members of the public raised substantive objections to the budget and schedule as presented. Commenters and some council…
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