Its good to see there are a few wild-eyed optimists left in the Springs- the ones who HOPE that the gym will ONLY cost TWICE what Gym says and ONLY take TWICE what time is allocated for completion. It totally ignores Gym's history tho - no project the City Manager has been associated with in the past four years has come in any less than a TRIPLE, or 300%, of what was quoted at the beginning, and some were MUCH more, 400% and up. In addition, no project the City Manager has been associated with in the past four years has been completed in less than TWO YEARS. It took over TWO years to enclose the 520 sq foot CC project, and 500k, for a project that was intially projected to cost 150k. More recently, it took over two years to complete a 1116 sq foot bathroom project that should have cost 140k but has cost us at LEAST TRIPLE that amount. The final figures havent been released but it will probably be OVER 500k. Using that history as a guide, and knowing that history is the best predictor of future behavior, the gym will cost 18-20 million and take FIVE YEARS to complete. It DID take over TWO years to build two bathrooms (1116 sq feet) at a price that is at least TRIPLE the usual costs. How long, and at how much cost, do you think it will take them to build a 32,000+ sq foot gym? City officials are not concerned because A) its NOT their money they are wasting, and B) they will just raise our fees and taxes to cover their butts. The Mayor and Council's policy of NO OVERSIGHT or controls will continue until there IS no more tax monies to waste, at which point they will refill the municiple coffers by raising our taxes and fees, and the change orders and cost overruns will continue unabated. The contractors will do VERY WELL, on the backs of the taxpayers.