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Old 06-13-2016, 04:48 PM   #1853
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What are your thoughts on that?
I think you're just poking the bear, but just in case:

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Time value of money. Yes, it needs to be done eventually, but all signs seem to indicate that the Flames proposal would force it to happen at least a decade earlier than otherwise planned. Assuming a decade of acceleration and a discount rate of 5%, that's about a 60% increase in net present cost to the city. And I think a decade and 5% is a pretty good middle of the ground assumption.
Note that this also applies to the city claiming that this is a $1.8B project. Sorry, City of Calgary, this might be a $1.8B project but you know damn well you'll eventually have to do a bunch of this stuff. You should have done yourselves a favor and come across as the intelligent one here by calculating and communicating the truth which so obviously lies in the middle here.
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