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Board delays decision on how to spend $4.2 million in leftover 2020 bond funds
Summary
Staff reported about $4.2 million remaining from the 2020 bond program and asked whether to use it to advance design on Dough Branch or Windsong Community Park or to fill gaps in existing parks; the board asked staff for more detailed options and tabled the decision to a future meeting.
Dan Becker told the board roughly $4.2 million remains unassigned from the 2020 bond program and staff proposed using a portion to advance design on either Dough Branch or Windsong Community Park. Becker said full construction costs would be in the tens of millions, and recommended focusing on staged design milestones rather than advancing to 30% construction documents. "We just want to be able to when there is funding to move forward," Becker said, explaining staff could use a schematic or schematic-design milestone as a logical cutoff.
Board members raised procurement and re-mobilization concerns for consultants and contractors and discussed splitting the available dollars across projects or using some funds to fill needs at existing parks. After discussion the board voted to table the item and asked staff to return with a prioritized menu of specific uses, cost estimates and any legal constraints on bond fund application.
