Makes perfect sense to me.....install a $2 million dollar pump station and then suddenly 'discover' that the real problem is that the creek is clogged with up to 5 feet of sediment.....due to lack of maintenance for years.  
And this is accompanied by much hand-wringing about where to get the funds to clean the ditch....... by the same people who had no problem finding a paltry $1 million to prettify medians on Pacific Highway through a warehouse district.....or by their inneptitude, squander another million $ with lawyer fees on the failed sale of Pine Tree Park.
Why would anyone have a problem with failed performance like this ?
I guess there is always more to learn.....even with twenty five years as a superintendent / scheduler / estimator I've yet to discern how the performance of this City government works for those who hired them.....or doesn't.