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The bond financing covers more than one project, while construction-in-progress figures describe particular accounting periods.
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Police facilities and lease-revenue bond scope
The bond financing covers more than one project, while construction-in-progress figures describe particular accounting periods. A contractor should keep its own billings and retained amounts separate from city financing totals. Tidwell can help reconcile project costs and payment applications so an owner can see the balance still owed for authorized work.
- New Police Station (replacing seismically deficient facility), financed by $122.0 million 2024 Lease Revenue Bonds with Dwight Murphy Field Park renovation. Amount recorded: $7.3 million construction in progress FY2025; $122.0 million bonds (Dec 2024) for both projects. Source status (2025): Groundbreaking; foundation system completed FY2025. Agency: City of Santa Barbara.
- Library Plaza Renovation. Amount recorded: $6.2 million construction in progress. Source status (2025): Underway FY2025. Agency: City of Santa Barbara.
Sources: records.santabarbaraca.gov: police facilities and lease-revenue bond scope
Desal conveyance and wastewater electrical renewal
Pipeline construction and electrical renewal call for separate cost categories and labor assignments. Preserve the project reference when a supplier serves both jobs, then review change orders before updating expected margins. Our team can support construction bookkeeping and certified payroll from the contract instructions and source records for each scope.
- Desal Conveyance Pipeline. Amount recorded: $24.5 million construction in progress. Source status (2025): Underway FY2025. Agency: City of Santa Barbara (Water).
- El Estero Electrical Renewal (wastewater). Amount recorded: $8.0 million construction in progress. Source status (2025): Construction awarded and started FY2025. Agency: City of Santa Barbara.
Sources: records.santabarbaraca.gov: police facilities and lease-revenue bond scope
Local population and how we meet
Santa Barbara's population is 87,779 (ACS 2024). Census PEP records population change of -2.6% from 2020 to 2025; this uses a different Census series from the ACS count.
Santa Barbara is about 92.6 miles from our Atascadero office, measured in a straight line. We work remotely, with meetings at our Atascadero office by arrangement.
Sources: Census ACS 2024: population; Census Gazetteer 2025: straight-line distance; Census PEP 2025: change since 2020
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