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Council leans to Option 1A for Southeast Community Center, weighing partner commitments and affordable-housing tradeoffs
Summary
After a lengthy presentation and Q&A, staff and council discussed scope reductions and funding stacks for the Southeast Community Center; council signaled a preference for Option 1A — reduced size with 10 lanes — while considering redirecting some CCIP reserves toward affordable housing.
Fort Collins staff presented schematic designs, value-engineering options and funding stacks for the Southeast Community Center and sought council direction on the scope to bring forward for appropriation. The presentation described an original September estimate of about $93 million and options to reduce cost back toward the project budget ceiling by scaling amenities and reallocating CCIP and 2050-tax resources.
Leanne Williams, director of recreation, said the VE work reduced several program elements: "we did remove the licensed childcare…
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