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Seaside to reallocate CDBG funds for ADA curb ramps, awards $614,000 hotspot pavement contract
Summary
Council adopted a HUD-required amendment to move $340,000 from the San Pablo Bridge project to curb-ramp ADA upgrades and awarded a $614,032.50 construction contract for a 2024 Hotspot Pavement Repair Project.
The Seaside City Council voted Jan. 16 to adopt a substantial amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2024–25 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) action plan and to award a construction contract for localized pavement repairs.
Community Development staff said recent American Community Survey data mean the previously planned San Pablo Bridge demolition and reconstruction no longer meets the low- and moderate-income national objective required for CDBG funding. With HUD’s timeliness test looming, staff recommended reallocating the $340,000 that had been allocated to the bridge to a new public-works curb-ramp improvement project that will construct ADA-compliant curb returns at selected intersections across Seaside.
Administrative Analyst Haroon Noori told council the draft amendment was posted for public review and that the public comment period runs through Jan. 21. Upon conclusion of the hearing the council approved sending the amendment to HUD and authorized the city manager to sign required documents.
On the pavement side, the City awarded the 2024 Hotspot Pavement Repair Project to JV Lucas Pavement Inc., the low bidder, for a base construction amount of $614,032.50. With construction contingency, inspection, testing and construction management the total project budget authorized by council is $706,137.38. The scope includes about 14,000 square feet of localized dig-outs, roughly 89,000 square feet of thin maintenance overlays on multiple streets, targeted skin patches in trench-failed sections (notably along Hamilton), and attention to SeeClickFix requests prioritized by age and urgency.
Pavement consultant Joe Ryrie and Public Works staff said the city’s pavement condition index (PCI) had slipped from 59 in 2021 to 55 after the recent reevaluation; replacements costs have grown substantially and the city faces an estimated deferred maintenance backlog. Staff said the city is using a three-pronged preservation strategy combining annual paving, hotspot repairs and targeted rehabilitation and recommended proceeding with the hotspot contract to address the most urgent localized repairs.
Council approved the contract and the CDBG amendment unanimously and asked staff to return with the CIP amendment that maps the specific curb-ramp locations and details coordination with larger street rehabilitation projects. Public commenters supported repurposing the CDBG funds to curb ramps and urged staff to prioritize particularly hazardous tripping locations identified in SeeClickFix reports.
