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DGS narrows French Landing renovation scope; members press on demolition and printed budget figures
Summary
Department officials told the committee French Landing's FY27 line was reduced after narrowing scope to interior office renovations to speed tenant moves; members also questioned why a lab demolition figure varies between $7.5 million and $13.05 million in budget materials.
Representative Crawford pressed Department of General Services officials about capital funding for French Landing and related demolition work during the Feb. 23 hearing.
"The FY '27 capital budget line item is now funded at 29.3. How confident are you in this projection, and can it be completed for 29.3?" Crawford asked. Michael Winston and Deputy Commissioner John Hall said the scope was reduced to interior office renovations—walls, carpet and mechanical adjustments needed to move tenants quickly—so the committee could be confident in the lower figure with the revised scope.
Crawford also questioned demolition funding set aside for a laboratory: "The demo demolition that you had set aside for the lab, I've seen, has been cut down to 7.5. What is, what makes you think you can do it for 7.5 when the original estimated cost was 13,000,000?" DGS representatives said they would verify the budget book, which still printed $13,050,000, and provide clarification to the committee.
DGS emphasized the narrowed project focus intended to facilitate tenant moves and the state's downtown real estate strategy, but committed to follow up on the apparent discrepancy in printed demolition amounts.
