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Bond oversight panel flags project delays, urges stronger planning for Laguna Honda and General Hospital rebuilds
Summary
The committee received the Citizens' General Obligation Bond Oversight Committee annual report, which highlighted repeated problems at Laguna Honda, urged project-by-project monitoring for multi-site programs and recommended staffing and planning changes for timely delivery of 2008 bond projects.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee heard the 2009 annual report from the Citizens' General Obligation Bond Oversight Committee (GOBOC), which urged more rigorous project planning, better use of Gantt-chart reporting and close monitoring of change orders to keep bond-funded work on time and within budget.
Hunter Stern, who presented the report as the outgoing GOBOC chair, said the committee—s role is "to ensure that the bond revenues that are expended only in accordance with the ballot initiative" and to monitor that funds are used for capital projects rather than administrative salaries. Stern described a shift toward standardized Gantt…
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