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Paso Robles updates: Creston Road work, pickleball courts, minor road repairs and airport drainage project
Summary
City staff reported progress on multiple capital projects, including near‑completion of Creston Road phase work, pending delivery of a prefab restroom delaying Sherwood Park pickleball courts, a new $500,000/year small road‑repair program, and emergency drainage stabilization at the airport funded through a recent contract.
City staff gave the council a progress update on several capital projects on Oct. 7, reporting near‑completion of Creston Road work, upcoming construction on Twelfth Street Railroad Park, and a range of pipeline, paving and pedestrian projects.
“Creston Road, of course, is just about done,” capital projects staff Ditas Esperanza said, noting a traffic signal will be activated around the week of Oct. 21 and remaining paving and striping will finish the project. Esperanza said the Sherwood Park pickleball courts are “coming along well” but the completion is contingent on delivery of a prefab restroom; staff expect delivery soon and an opening in the first quarter following installation.
Public Works Operations Manager David Licaro described the new small road‑repair program funded at $500,000 per year. He said the city’s crews recently completed a minor repair on Clubhouse Drive and that the program was structured so in‑house forces can handle repairs below a $75,000 procurement threshold. “This total cost of this project was calculated before below that $75,000 threshold,” Licaro said, adding the finished repair covered about 450 square feet.
Licaro also updated the council on stormwater and drainage repairs. He said the city has completed 4 of 5 stormwater projects and highlighted an urgent stabilization job on the airport’s satellite drainage that threatened adjacent private property (the transcript identified the company as Coast Southwest Surfactants). Licaro said the council authorized a contract with Sperco; Sperco began work Oct. 1, recontouring the drainage and installing rock and base materials to protect tanks and containment at the neighboring site. “We gave them 60 days,” Licaro said, “but these guys are moving so quick. I’m hoping by the end of the month.”
Engineering staff also summarized other upcoming projects the council previously awarded, including Crestline and Fairview neighborhood repairs, West Side fiberized slurry, Riverside Capitol Hill pipeline work and construction management services for Creston Road Phase 2; staff said preconstruction meetings or submittal approvals are in progress. Dante Paganino, senior development review engineer, briefed the council that a Scott Street sewer upgrade will require closures and detours; the contractor hit an unknown utility and the planned Oct. 14 start date will be delayed.
On the consent calendar the council approved a range of contracts and expenditures, including (by unanimous vote) an agreement to provide construction management services for Creston Road Phase 2 and other routine contract amendments.
Council members asked for clarifications about pervious concrete (used at the Sherwood Park parking lot for on‑site stormwater infiltration) and for scheduling details to minimize disruption to access at the Veterans and Senior Center during Scott Street work.
No new appropriations were taken at the meeting; council action approved existing consent items and staff returned with status updates and scheduling.
