Council Members to Consider More Funds for Arbolitos Lights Project

The City Council will be asked Tuesday to allocate more funding for the Arbolitos lights project after the lowest bid exceeded the estimated cost.

After much discord among Powegians last year over the project and the for the project, council members will be asked to allocate enough money to cover the cost of a $781,645.50 bid from Fordyce Construction Inc. with an additional $110,000 "to cover expected legal expenses."

According to the staff report, the bids were more than the anticipated cost of $600,000 to $610,000. Council members will be asked to appropriate an additional $250,000 from the Park Development Fund and $60,000 from the General Fund for the project, with the cost being offset by donations from the Poway Youth Soccer League.

The $110,000 from the General Fund will be applied to the entire $360,000 cost of the legal battle against Poway residents who claimed the installation of lights could impact the threatened California species gnatcatchers. A San Diego Superior Court .

Other items on the City Council agenda include:

• Council members will be asked to adopt a resolution waiving the parking fee at Lake Poway for active-duty service members. 
• Council members will be asked to adopt a resolution establishing the amount of special tax within the Community Facilities District.
• Council members will be asked to approve a Minor Development Review Application to construct a 6,704-square-foot home with a 1,144-square-foot detached garage and a 502-square-foot detached guest house on Sunset Ridge Court.

The meeting begins at 7 p.m. inside the . See the full agenda here.