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Originally Posted by billethkid
It is a no brainer choice wise. The problem becomes one of whther there is sufficient money in the budget to accomodate ex budget requests?
Ususally exbudget items are covered by slack or contingency in the budget. Or traded dollars from a lessor priority expenditure. Or, GOD forbid it doesn't start, raise the amenity fees.
Soon we will be on our own as a community with no developer around to fund niceties. Then we as a community will have to learn to live within the means of the budget.
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You are correct. An un-budgeted project of this size would be not be possible during current budget year.
However, it has to begin somewhere so start the planning and funding process now.
Spread the project (to improve visibility by painting all tunnel interiors) over the next 2-3 years. Just as any large organization does, budgeted items are approved based on needs and priorities. Some budget requests "win", others are delayed and others are dropped.
As an example, a strong case can be made that improving safety in our tunnels is a more important item (budget-wise) than our extensive and wonderful landscaping. In my opinion, painting tunnels could be funded from landscaping $$, without any noticeable change to the greenways we all enjoy today.
Don