Jul. 21—Due to the availability of Senate Bill 1 and Measure C funds, the Marysville City Council on Friday awarded a $3.3 million dollar contract for several road improvements slated to be completed in the coming weeks.
Termed the 2023 Measure C/SB 1 Pavement Project, the improvements are part of a "city-wide effort to address the failing roadway system of Marysville using two major funding sources," according to officials.
Measure C, which was passed by voters in 2016, is a 1% sales tax that is intended for general municipal purposes, including fire safety, police protection and emergency response services, traffic safety, streets and sidewalks repair, park improvements and maintenance, reducing debt and rebuilding financial reserves, according to the city.
Senate Bill 1, which was signed into law in 2017, established fuel taxes and vehicle fees which generate funding for roadways, according to officials. These funds are distributed directly to counties and cities for local road maintenance, safety improvements and complete street improvements.
With the funding made available, the city council on Friday unanimously approved the award of a $3,336,937.60 contract to Lamon Construction Co. for various road improvements throughout the city — everything from minor repaving work to complete road reconstruction.
"The bid package has roadways that need to be overlaid, repaved, recycled or otherwise reconstructed as well as roadways that require preventative maintenance measures in order to slow the deterioration of the roadway sections and extend their lives and curtail expensive reconstruction," the city said in a staff report.
The areas chosen for the needed improvements include the following: — E. 22nd Street (Cheim Boulevard to State Route 20) — Cheim Boulevard (E. 22nd Street to Nadene Drive) — Del Pero Street (Rideout Way to Toddwick Avenue) — E. 19th Street (Covillaud Street to Sampson Street) — 14th Street (Phase 1: Levee to railroad overcrossing) — Johnson Avenue (Cheim Boulevard to Hall Street) — Nadene Drive (Cheim Boulevard to Hall Street) — 14th Street (H Street to F Street) — A Street (4th Street to 6th Street) — Olson Court — Glen Street (Hobart Drive to Nadene Drive)
Another potential location that was under consideration — E. 22 Street from Hall Street to Cheim Boulevard — was put on hold because the city expects Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) funding to pay for that portion.
"No sense in spending our money when a grant will pay for it," Marysville City Manager Jim Schaad said Friday.