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LAKEPORT, Calif. – In a special Monday evening meeting, the Lakeport City Council approved a contract for a new sidewalk in Library Park.
In a 4-0 vote, the council approved awarding the Library Park Sidewalk Replacement Project to Granite Construction, which submitted the lowest of three bids staff opened last week. Councilman Kenny Parlet was absent for the meeting.
The project will remove and replace the sidewalk along the promenade that lines the lakeshore that was damaged, along with the seawall, in the 2017 and 2019 storms. West Coast Contractors is currently replacing the original damaged cinder block seawall with a sheet pile wall.
Public Works Director Doug Grider’s written report to the council said other aspects of the project will include installing trench drain and features, pipe sleeves, modification of existing light pole bases and relocation of existing light poles.
Because the storms triggered federal disaster declarations, Grider and his staff successfully pursued funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency to build the new seawall and sidewalks.
Grider said Granite Construction was the lowest of three bidders at $399,495.
Grider said the other bidders were Mendocino Construction, $429,986, and Darren Taylor, $479,066.01.
The city engineer’s estimate for this project was $435,811.25, Grider said.
“We're very happy with these bids. We think they were very competitive,” Grider said.
Councilwoman Stacey Mattina asked when the work on the sidewalks will begin.
Grider said it will depend on when the seawall work is done, which it’s hoped will be completed by the end of March in order for the sidewalk work to start at the beginning of April.
In the meantime, Grider said it’s possible that they could do the center promenade which leads to the Carnegie Library.
Grider said the goal is to have the seawall and sidewalks done by Memorial Day weekend, with the rest of the finishing touches to the park – including placement of tables – to be completed by July 4.
City Manager Margaret Silveira told the council that the annual Wood and Glory show, which features classic boats and cars, has expressed interest in returning to Lakeport. That event takes place the week after Memorial Day.
Councilwoman Mireya Turner moved to approve the contract, with Mattina seconding and the council voting 4-0.
Grider told Lake County News after the meeting that the sidewalk work is expected to take three weeks to a month to complete.
The promenade area along the lakeshore will be 10 feet wide, with the middle 8-foot-wide section having a wood pattern stamped on the concrete and a 1-foot-wide unstamped plain concrete border on each side. That design, recommended by the Lakeport Parks and Recreation Committee, was approved by the council at its last meeting in December.
The other portion of the sidewalk work will extend in a t-shape from the lakeside to the fountain behind the Carnegie Library, said Grider. The fountain will remain in place.
That portion extending to the library fountain will be plain, unstamped concrete, so as to match the look of the other concrete around it, Grider said.
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022420 Lakeport City Council special meeting agenda packet by LakeCoNews on Scribd
