What are the CONCERNS?

Additional expenses; No public input

No other agencies were presented for review by TSC of KT-BOS. The Multiple subcontractors automatically increases costs of meetings of the principals involved - $1000/hour when all four principals participate.   

What are the CONCERNS?

Additional expenses; No public input

No other agencies were presented for review by TSC of KT-BOS. The Multiple subcontractors automatically increases costs of meetings of the principals involved - $1000/hour when all four principals participate.   

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What are the CONCERNS?

Delays The need to go back to the drawing table risks losing the grant funding if an extension is not granted.

Increasing costs The $76K for a series of meeting brings the total costs even higher.

Manufactured urgency KTA repeatedly claims that KT BoS must act now, failing to mention KTA's own role in delaying the project by almost two years. 

What are the CONCERNS?

Unnecessary expenses Why would KT pay the designers $100s/hour to learn about a new approach?  

Increasing total costs  

What are the CONCERNS? Biased and flawed analyses

The survey presented the Greenway very positively, with no information about costs or timelines, leading respondents to endorse it. It failed to ask people in the community whether they actually bike or walk trails now.  

What are the CONCERNS? Downplay potential problems Information about the number of trees to be cut down is buried in the report, never mentioned in public meetings. Likewise, there is no mention of issues regarding Right of Way, and the plan emphases mitigation over the thousands of square feet of floodplain to be impacted.

What are the CONCERNS?

Projects=$2.9M The $2.9M project, if granted, requires significant resources from KT and KSQ to implement.

Path to nowhere There is no clear plan or timeframe for the $1M Underpass to connect to any path to the north

Conflicts of Interest? SqRts is not asked to disclose if any of its owners or affiliated business will benefit. It commits to contribute $250K only to over excess.  

What are the CONCERNS? Downplay impact Biohabitats claims that the number of trees is less of an issue because some are Ash, or non-native, and falsely claim that they all threaten power lines.  They still fail to specify  the number of healthy trees lost. 

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What are the CONCERNS? Refusal to consider alternatives KTA refused to allow safety concerns related to cyclists to be heard or alternatives be presented. Leff later refuses to allow the alternative design to be publicly shared, 6 months later, KTA reverses course on safety concerns to consider adjustments to design.   

What are the CONCERNS? Incomplete design

KTA pushes to commit $600+K, an extremely expensive design that assumes that landowners will cede property to KT, and that leaves safety concerns unresolved.

Manufactured urgency KTA again asserts that it is important to move ahead with construction or lose the grant. They reverse themselves 6 months later, 

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Concerns? Refusal to consider alternatives KTA quickly moves to squash any discussion of alternatives that were already approved as part of the original grant proposal 

Misleading claims KTA falsely claims a 3' path is not accessible, and is "dangerous" for wheelchair users

Environmental impact Analyses later suggest that this could save many of the over 100 healthy, mature trees worth protecting on the route. 

What are the CONCERNS? Environmental impact; Lack of transparency  We discover that some trees may suffer significant damage - sometimes risking later loss - and that this was not being accounted for. When queried, KTA provides misleading information that would suggest this this is not a problem, and then fails to follow-up concerns. 

What are the CONCERNS? 

Delays This introduces avoidable delays not just for the traffic study, but for the design changes likely to result. 

Increasing costs The likely design changes will probably add to the escalating construction costs, 

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What are the CONCERNS? Competing budgets $7.9M for paths (including South St) in KT alone will be competing with a similar amount for road and other projects, even as other costs (Fire/EMS, Police, Sewer) appear likely to increase. This budget does not create connections north for CMR or the Underpass. 

What are the CONCERNS? Lack of transparency; Further delays  The failure to inform TSC, or to offer a credible defense underscores how KTA and Ratliff feel little need to confer with the public.  The refusal to discuss design changes arising from new traffic studies, and other issues surfacing later, suggest an intent to conceal delays.

What are the CONCERNS? Delays The failure to advance negotiations will lead to new delays, and new costs as designs must be re-adjusted.

Incomplete design It is clear that the rush to approve $600K of final design in June was premature, as one landowner's likely refusal to cede land will compel significant design changes. 

What are the CONCERNS? Delays The failure to advance negotiations will lead to new delays, and new costs as designs must be re-adjusted.

Incomplete design It is clear that the rush to approve $600K of final design in June was premature, as one landowner's likely refusal to cede land will compel significant design changes. 

What are the CONCERNS? Conflicts of interest Norland is a paid employee of a private business whose interests remain undisclosed. Norland did not volunteer details regarding the nature of the business interests. 

What are the CONCERNS? Conflicts of interest Norland is a paid employee of a private business whose interests remain undisclosed. Norland did not volunteer details regarding the nature of the business interests.