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Report on Oxnard Big League Dreams complex released
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More from Other NewsConstruction costs for a baseball-softball complex in Oxnard's College Park according to a private company's specifications would run taxpayers $27.2 million, about $5 million more than if the city built the facility, a staff report said.
The costlier version, however, is an "economically superior alternative, saving the city approximately $125,000 to $500,000 a year," the report said.
The report fails to explain how or why.
Released Thursday on the city's Web site, the report confirms figures cited by Councilman Tim Flynn, who unsuccessfully filed a public records request for the document and then sued the city last week to get it.
The City Council will discuss the matter at Tuesday's meeting.
The report was commissioned to help the council members decide whether to have Chino-based Big League Dreams build and operate the complex or leave it to the city.
Original construction estimates for the Big League Dreams scenario ran $15.2 million. Big League Dreams builds replicas of famous stadiums.
Taxpayers would foot the bill, regardless of which scenario the City Council ultimately picks.
The report is available at http://oxnard.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&event_id=8.
Posted by AskingQuestions on July 13, 2007 at 4:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I find it no surprise to see that the estimated construction costs are higher in this report than in the original estimates. I will also guarantee that regardless what the estimates are when and IF the city council approves this project, the costs when construction actually begins will be much higher. Not because the estimates are wrong, but because it is almost impossible to project construction costs three years into the future -- forget that, even one year into the future! Witness the increase in construction costs the college district has had to face after the passage of Measure S. The colleges will not be able to built the majority of the projects the citizens voted for. I am glad that some council members understand this, even if others on the council do not.
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