DP3

DecisionPoint
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DP3

Did Engineer K fulfill the obligation to provide objective and truthful professional reporting by presenting both design alternatives completely at the City Council meeting, and did Engineer K have an additional affirmative duty to formally document in writing the Traditional Approach's material inconsistency with the City's adopted climate resilience policy beyond the verbal City Council presentation?

Engineer K's obligation to objectively and completely present both design alternatives — including formal written documentation of the Traditional Approach's inconsistency with the City's climate resilience policy and its long-term infrastructure risks — versus the risk of suppressing the Traditional Approach based on personal professional preference for the Sustainable Approach

Present both design alternatives completely and objectively at the City Council meeting and additionally produce a formal written professional report documenting the Traditional Approach's material inconsistency with the City's adopted climate resilience policy, its 15-year deterioration timeline, lack of expandability, and long-term infrastructure adequacy risks — creating a clear professional record that the City's decision was made with full awareness of these institutional and technical concerns

Present only the Sustainable Approach to the City Council, omitting the Traditional Approach entirely on the grounds of personal professional preference and alignment with the City's climate resilience policy, treating the policy alignment as sufficient justification to pre-filter the options available to the client

Present both design alternatives verbally at the City Council meeting with full comparative information and treat that verbal presentation as a complete discharge of all reporting, policy alignment, and long-term risk communication obligations — without producing any formal written documentation of the policy inconsistency or long-term infrastructure risks

Engineer K Flood Control Design Engineer