Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Noncompliance Reasons topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Contractors’ timelines and hard‑money loans cited as main reasons people skip 811 notifications
Summary
Workshop participants said the primary reasons for failing to notify 811 are project time pressures and economic incentives for contractors and property flippers; the group discussed enforcement, cost-of-damage messaging and targeting investor networks.
Multiple participants told the board that the leading behavioral drivers for skipping 811 notifications are time and money pressures in contracting and renovation markets. Vanessa Johnson and others said contractors often prioritize speed because project delays can cost businesses revenue; Derek Fries, describing real-estate flips, said short loan terms make waiting impractical for some investors.
Derek Fries, a local real-estate agent, said: "3 days of a hard money loan is hundreds of thousands of dollars of interest, and they're not interested in waiting." Speakers suggested remedies including cost-of-damage messaging (showing estimated repair costs), permit-office insertions, trade‑focused outreach and increased follow-up with frequent offenders listed in utilities' enforcement outreach programs.
