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Placentia approves arterial rehab contract, directs staff to pursue full‑depth option for worst residential streets
Summary
The City Council approved a $2.8 million arterial street rehabilitation contract and voted to ask staff to produce options — including full‑depth reconstruction — to fix a long‑deferred residential neighborhood in Group 4, while directing staff to bring back budget amendments to pay for the work.
Placentia officials approved a contract for the city’s 2023–24 arterial street rehabilitation project and directed staff to return with options to pursue full‑depth reconstruction for the Group 4 residential neighborhood.
Public Works Senior Civil Engineer Gabriel Guerrero outlined the two linked efforts, telling the council that “city streets, pavement is the city's largest asset with an estimated replacement cost of approximately $255,000,000.” Staff said the arterial work would pave about 500,000 square feet and that the residential slurry seal project would cover roughly 1,900,000 square feet. The staff recommendation for the troubled Group 4 neighborhood was to use ARAM System 2 — an asphalt‑rubber/aggregate membrane treatment — as a cost‑efficient approach that preserves existing pavement in many areas.
Guerrero described ARAM System 2 as a mixed approach that includes localized full‑depth reconstruction in the worst spots plus an asphalt rubber binder, a pre‑coated aggregate layer and a final type‑2 slurry wearing surface. He said ARAM System 2 typically has a design life of 12–15 years, compared with roughly 20 years for full‑depth reconstruction.
Several councilmembers and residents pushed for full reconstruction in neighborhoods they said had been promised work for years. One councilmember said, “I think that we owe it to the public to do what we told them we would do 10 years ago and completely reconstruct the roads in, in Group 4,” expressing the view that localized repairs would not meet community expectations.
Staff said the available CIP funding would cover the arterial contract (lowest bid of $2,824,600.40, with change‑order authority up to 10% and inspection services) but that completing full‑depth reconstruction in Group 4 would require roughly $700,000 more or a reallocation of other projects. Council gave staff direction to return with budget amendment options and voted 5‑0 to pursue the full‑depth option where feasible while approving the arterial contractor award that same evening.
Next steps: staff will prepare the requested budget resolution and come back to council with financing options and revised contract scopes if necessary; construction is planned to begin in early 2025 and last roughly 50–80 working days depending on the project segment.
