Construction costs for the clubhouse at the Mission Bay Golf Course have ballooned to more than $10 million — double the initial contract that city officials signed.
The San Diego Active Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted unanimously at its meeting earlier this month to approve the project’s latest increase. Under the project, the clubhouse was torn down at the city-operated golf course and replaced with portable structures.
Staff said 3-D Enterprises Inc. had initially been awarded $5 million in work in 2021, but a new design and finish of the interior of the modular food service building bumped up the price. The increase approved this month was for nearly $500,000.
Councilmember Marni von Wilpert, who sits on the committee, said the project is needed and will bring more revenue to the city. She also stressed that construction costs have risen across the board.
In other meeting news, the committee:
- Unanimously approved changes to pedicab regulation that would prohibit the placement of sound amplification devices in pedicabs and require pedicab operators to provide passengers with invoices before departing.
- Unanimously approved an estimated two-phase, $45.2 million contract to Black and Veatch Corp. for a design to replace the Lake Hodges Dam. The dam was rated “unsatisfactory” by California’s Division of Safety of Dams.
Correction, Aug. 5, 2024:
An earlier version of this brief mischaracterized the status of the project. The clubhouse has been torn down.
This story came from notes taken by Brett Vollrath, a San Diego Documenter, at an Active Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meeting this month. The Documenters program trains and pays community members to document what happens at public meetings. Read more about the program here.
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