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Officials report progress and budget pressures on earthquake-safety and public-safety facility projects
Summary
Program managers told the committee that ESR bond projects have delivered cisterns, new fire-station steel, and a functioning medical examiner facility, but cited market pressures, a major police facility budget gap reduced by value engineering and ongoing questions about capital-versus-maintenance uses of bond funds.
City program managers presented an update on the city's 2010 and 2014 Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response (ESR) bond programs, flagging substantial project completions alongside budgetary and implementation risks.
Charles Agueras, senior project and program manager, said the city completed 30 committed cisterns to improve the Auxiliary Water Supply System and finished key elements of public-safety buildings; the Medical Examiner facility is operational and received its final completion certificate in March. Project managers reported progress on…
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