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Council flags delivery bottlenecks if water projects are accelerated
Summary
Councilmembers warned that accelerating pipeline projects (under a bonding or large-capital scenario) could overwhelm staff and consultant capacity; a councilmember said the city already struggles to get projects designed on current timelines and that doubling project volume could create a bottleneck.
During the discussion of a borrowing scenario, several councilmembers raised concerns about whether staff and contractors could design and deliver an expanded package of projects within the model’s three‑year spending window. Councilmember (S9) said the city already struggles to get projects designed in current timeframes and cautioned that doubling the workload could create a bottleneck.
“we already struggle to get our projects designed in the window that we've got,” S9 said, arguing the city’s design and delivery pipeline may not scale to a significantly larger capital program. Staff acknowledged the constraint and suggested the city could phase projects or issue smaller bonds over time to match capacity. Council asked staff to include capacity and delivery timelines in any follow-up modeling.
