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City council backs reduced repair of coastal water tank, signals planning for replacement within 10 years
Summary
After bids came in higher than expected, Seaside city staff and council discussed options to reduce scope, use a state grant and plan for a long‑term replacement (concrete tank) over the next decade; council gave informal backing to a reduced‑scope repair to buy time for a future concrete replacement.
Seaside councilors and staff on July 7 reviewed bids for an interior repaint and rehabilitation of the city’s coastal steel water tank, and gave direction to pursue a reduced scope that would extend the existing tank’s service life roughly ten years while the city plans for a longer‑lived concrete replacement.
Staff reported three bidding rounds produced widely varying prices: an initial single bid around $2.0 million, a second higher bid above $2.2 million, and a later round with five bidders that came in near $1.65 million. City staff said the project’s largest cost component is interior tank painting, particularly the underside of the tank roof where paint was failing; the…
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