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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
So watching the full CSEC press conference, there was a question from Meghan Potkins (Postmedia) regarding this November 18 meeting. A paraphrase of the response was "CPC is a forum for development approvals matters, not for who is responsible for those costs. This would not have been discussed at that meeting."
Which to be fair, is correct. Who pays what is a commercial matter, of which CPC has no relevance to. Still, people on both sides should have seen these costs coming at that point....
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Correct. But if the (climate) requirement doesn’t exist, then the cost doesn’t exist. They not only supported it, but as the councillors said, they boasted about supporting. Even so, the Mayor offered to find funding.
With respect to sidewalks, they are clearly squarely in project scope - to the curb. As such additional unanticipated cost estimates are the project’s.
Of the $12m, the City has offered $6.4m because those are unanticipated costs happening outside the curb line in the road itself.
But even saying all that, CSEC cited this as ONE of the reasons, not the only reason. The main one (the 3rd point on their statement) being overall cost escalation, and uncertainty. So while everyone is trying to cast blame on the City, the City doesn't control material prices or supply chain problems.