Albert Webb of Lies: Feasibility Study

On January 22, 2018 the City of Beaumont along with Brian Knoll from Albert Webb & Associates presented a workshop slideshow on why the City can impose a Sewer Fee Increase without Voter Approval.

Brian Knoll’s slideshow contained Webb & Associates’ Feasibility Study’s Option #1 and Option #2 Cost Estimate Comparisons. The January 22, 2018 slideshow included Recycled Water and listed the following Feasibility Study Cost Estimates:

Option #1 Total Project Costs: $100,650,000

Option #2 Total Project Costs: $163,850,000

However; Webb & Associates November 2, 2016, Workshop did not include Recycled Water and listed the following Cost Estimates:

Option #1 Total Project Costs: $95,744,000

Option #2 Total Project Costs: $163,919,000

Last heard; Project Cost is pushing $110 Million.

It’s a little hard to believe that Knoll made an ‘honest mistake’ when the source of the Sewer Feasibility Study is himself.

Webb & Associates’ Feasibility Study also didn’t include the cost to replace the clay sewer pipes that were installed in the original parts of Beaumont in 1929.