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Council approves $1.575M street-improvement contract and $24,938 pavement-management study
Summary
Council unanimously awarded a $1,575,000 contract to Hardy & Harper for Zones 3 and 5 street improvements (with a 15% contingency and budget amendments) and approved a $24,938 pavement-management plan to guide future projects; members flagged road sloughage and directed feasibility study on charging property owners for debris removal.
La Habra Heights voted Oct. 13 to award its fiscal-year 2023–25 Zones 3 and 5 street-improvement construction contract to Hardy & Harper Inc. for the low bid of $1,575,000. Council authorized a budget amendment to match the bid and a 15% contingency to cover change orders, and the motion passed unanimously.
The project covers resurfacing and related work on multiple streets including Dorothia, Tuman, Fullerton, East, Skyline Drive, Canola, Avocado Crest, Pepper Tree, Cena and Oldander. City staff said seven firms picked up bid packets and six bids were opened, with amounts ranging from $1.575 million to about $2.2 million.
Council also approved a professional-services agreement with Buckham Infrastructure Group for a pavement-management plan (PMP) update for $24,938 — a Metro-required document that will establish a PCI baseline and recommended treatments; staff estimated a draft PMP by late November and final report in early 2026.
In a lengthy discussion tied to a recent fire-department workshop, councilmembers raised recurring costs from dirt and debris (sloughage) encroaching on roads that increase paving costs. Council directed staff to study feasibility, due-process and potential mechanisms to document encroaching properties and recover abatement costs from property owners, noting that the ordinance and yearly legal notice already authorize abatement and assessment but that a concrete operational approach is needed.
Mayor Papiscotta and staff said construction management and inspection are being procured separately and that schedule details with the contractor will follow contract award. Work timing and phasing were not finalized at the meeting.
