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INSIDE CITY HALL
Here are some decisions coming out of Tuesday night’s City Council
meeting.
FRIENDS OF OASIS
The second time was a charm for a plan to create a committee to
evaluate the city’s relationship with the Friends of Oasis. The item
was voted down last week when only four council members were present
and one, Dick Nichols, voted against the item. On Tuesday, a majority
of the six council members present approved the plan.
WHAT IT MEANS
A committee of two, Tod Ridgeway and Don Webb, will begin drafting
a cooperative agreement between the city and the Friends of the
Oasis. Until now, the volunteer fund-raising group’s relationship
with the city was governed only by a council policy.
BACK BAY SCIENCE CENTER
A slam-dunk agenda item for a $363,000 contract with architect Ron
Yeo was blocked by Councilman Tod Ridgeway, who questioned the amount
of the contract and the quality of service the city could expect from
Yeo. Ridgeway pulled the item off the consent calendar, saying that
the cost of the contract was high compared to the cost of the
project. The roughly $3-million center will be part of a
state-of-the-art water-quality laboratory and education center at
Shellmaker Island. Ridgeway offered an alternative motion to bring
the item back for closer study.
WHAT THEY SAID
“I think this architect needs to put a sharper pencil to this if
I’m going to approve it,” Ridgeway said.
WHAT IT MEANS
City staff will bring back a more detailed explanation of the
architect’s proposed fees, and the council may consider finding
another architect.
-- Compiled by June Casagrande
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