With the city facing a $4 billion project backlog, supporters call the streamlining key, but critics stress the loss of oversight
The legislation includes funding for fixing up poor housing for homeowners in underserved areas.
“Infrastructure is one of the key things we are trying to catch up on and there are limited dollars,” said Councilmember Joe LaCava. Councilmember Marni von Wilpert, who helped oversee negotiations of the changes as chair of the council’s infrastructure committee, said the policy changes adopted Tuesday should be viewed as a hard-fought compromise.
“To take council and what we approve out of this large picture of what it takes to deliver a capital improvement project is not in our best interests at this time,” she said.
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