One thing the mayor keeps bringing up is the cost of making a plan the 45-page document cost the city $200k to produce, he said. The issue is that plan is hidden behind a court-ordered non-disclosure agreement. That accounts for about $80 million in water spending over five years.īut there’s another - seemingly more comprehensive - plan that Jackson crafted with the EPA, and which, according to the city, shows the $1 billion spending need that the mayor keeps mentioning.

That’s probably the closest thing we’ve seen to plan during Mayor Lumumba’s administration, but it’s unclear how closely the city has been following it, which is something for us to follow up on. The 45-page report you talked about was done by AJA, SOL and Neel Schaffer, published in 2020. Might want to check their connections to the city government.Ī: It’s a great question, and I think the confusing part about it is that the city has a number of “plans.” I really hope they didn’t pay AJA Management much for that piece of paper. A list of currently ongoing projects and a “wishlist” from each councilperson is not a “long-term plan”, the majority of it isn’t even about water. Who does the city have putting this plan together? I really hope it’s someone with actual technical expertise, and not just delegated city council members.Īnd I actually read that 45-page report Lumumba keeps pointing to as a plan that is referenced in the article you link.

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