After being listed for years on the City’s sustainability plan, the transformation of City Hall’s parking lots into solar generating centers began this past summer.

Then, in August, construction of a new Animal Care Center was finally OK’d to go to bid — four years after the design contract had been approved.

And in November, a pedestrian-and-bicycle overpass at the 5 Freeway — to link the north and south legs of the Jeffrey Open Space Trail — was given the green light to go to bid, also four years after the design had been approved.

What do these long-delayed projects have in common?

They are all now in the hands of the City’s new Project Delivery and Sustainability Department, whose sole job is to "get 'er done."