Updated subcontractor estimates put site work at about $1.2–$1.3 million and the overall package roughly $1 million above the committeeoard million target; the team will pursue value engineering, grants for equipment, and schedule permitting to tighten bids.

Staff told the committee 71 projects comprised the dataset for construction-budget KPMs; 10 were over budget (average overage ~ $500,000), and staff said escalation in fuel and liquid asphalt prices was the primary contributor, with two projects affected by landslide and hazmat conditions.

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Construction bids for Highland High returned more than $24 million above the board’s estimate, prompting staff to propose design adjustments and value-engineering; West High phase 1 remains under budget, and crews will start above-ground work next week at West High.

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Staff told the Sewer Authority Mid‑Coastside board that multiple recent capital projects exceeded original budgets because of long lead times, supply‑chain impacts and unforeseen scope changes discovered during construction; staff proposed clearer reporting, a new non‑CIP capital line and benchmarking with similar JPAs.

The Measures H and I oversight committee approved third-quarter expenditures for both sales-tax measures and heard from the city manager that Measure H is about $800,000 over budget and Measure I about $1.2 million over budget at the three-quarter mark; staff will investigate a flagged $76,264.71 ‘unavailable revenue’ line item.