Volume 23 - San Diego Union-Tribune

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1 SELL ALL THE BONDS NOW AND DELIVER THE CONSTRUCTION NOW. AND THE
2 MASTER PROGRAM SCHEDULE THAT I HAD PUT TOGETHER SHOWED US
3 FINISHING THE PROJECT 11 YEARS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND
4 TRANSITIONING $72 MILLION OF WHAT WOULD BE LOST ESCALATION INTO
5 HARD CONSTRUCTION.
6 I REMEMBER STATING TO THAT COMMITTEE THAT IF WE DON'T DO
7 THIS, THE MONIES THAT WE COULD RENOVATE AN ENTIRE FOOTBALL
8 STADIUM FOR OR A WHOLE WING OF CLASSROOM BUILDINGS, IN 2016 WE'LL
9 BE ABLE TO MODERNIZE THE SNACK SHACK AT THE FOOTBALL STADIUM.
10 THAT'S HOW MUCH WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET DONE TODAY IF WE DO IT
11 SOONER. THAT RECOMMENDATION WENT TO THE BOARD. THE BOARD
12 APPROVED IT AND THAT'S WHAT LED TO THE RFQ FOR THE FOUR CM FIRMS
13 THAT WAS EXPANDED TO FIVE. PUT OUT A RFQ FOR INSPECTION AND
14 MATERIALS TESTING AND PUT UNDER CONTRACT A -- I THINK THREE OR
15 FOUR, POSSIBLY FIVE FIRMS TO DEPLOY DSA CLASS 1 THROUGH 3
16 INSPECTORS.
17 THE REASON I DO THAT -- I DO THAT ON EVERY MAJOR PROGRAM I'M
18 A PART OF IS I THEN DEMAND FROM EACH CONSULTANT FIRM THAT THEY
19 DELIVER THEIR A PLAYERS. BECAUSE EVERY COMPANY HAS A, BAND C,
20 AND I WANT THE A'S, BECAUSE I WANT US TO DO THE BEST JOB FOR THE
21 CLIENTS. I ALSO BUILT IN IF ANYBODY DIDN'T DELIVER AN A TEAM TO
22 ONE OF THE SCHOOL SITES THAT I HAD PREAPPROVED AS PART OF THE
23 BOND LANGUAGE THAT ONE OF THE OTHER CM FIRMS WAS ALREADY THE
24 APPROVED ALTERNATE AND THAT THEY COULD TAKE IT WITHOUT -- I COULD
25 JUST GO NEGOTIATE WITH ONE OF THE OTHER FIRMS.
26 WE -- I WAS THERE ON SITE FULL TIME, LIVING OVER IN LITTLE
27 ITALY, WHEREAS MY HOME AT THE TIME WAS IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.
28 I COMMUTED HOME ON WEEKENDS, BUT I LIVED DOWN HERE FOR TWO --