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Council denies AHSC bids, directs staff to re-advertise with reduced budget
Summary
Ridgecrest denied all bids for the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) project after bids exceeded estimates and directed staff to re-advertise a scaled-back scope to reduce the city’s contribution.
The Ridgecrest City Council voted unanimously April 2 to reject all bids for the city’s AHSC (Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities) community involvement project and to authorize staff to re-advertise the work with a reduced budget.
Staff said the lowest bid returned at approximately $12.21 million, above the engineer’s estimate and beyond what the council preferred as a Measure V contribution. "The lowest bid was $12,210,000," said a staff speaker, and councilmembers said they wanted to pare the project back to avoid drawing on general-fund reserves or…
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