After weeks and weeks of no movement whatsoever on the fully-funded, District 1 Bellview Library project--I requested a meeting this week with staff to go through the issue in detail to figure out what the holdup is.
Apparently the parking on the facility as it sits has been deemed insufficient and so additional parking has been contemplated and added to the project.
But the addition of this additional parking apparently triggers the requirement for the addition of stormwater mitigation--due to the creation of an additional, impervious surface. And this, in turn, is triggering a cascade of delays that could push this project back by more than 2 YEARS!
After the meeting, a new timeline flowchart was provided, (above) illustrating what could be up to a yearlong delay ----if additional parking is tied to the project---before any of the project could even be put out to bid!!
I believe this is unacceptable and I am having staff research two possible work arounds so that we can get this project jumpstarted:
1. Beginning the work on the facility alone---with the parking/stormwater project continuing on a separate track and as a standalone project.
2. Making the overflow parking (over and above what is currently on the property) of a type that is porous and therefore not a feature that would trigger the necessary stormwater mitigation that an asphalt parking lot would.
I'll make a follow-on post that details what the new plan going forward will be.
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