A portion of Yosemite Avenue is getting a facelift this summer, while the Escalon Library is getting a new roof.
Both projects were previously approved by the Escalon City Council.
Council members awarded the Yosemite Avenue ‘Sidewalk Infill, Waterline and Street Overlay Project’ to the Elk Grove-based Yancy-Gwerder Inc. at the May 19 council meeting and work is already well underway.
“This project is part of the City’s recent efforts to install sidewalks in areas that do not currently have sidewalks near schools to improve pedestrian safety to and from schools,” City Manager Jaylen French said, with the Dent Sidewalk Project being the first area complete.
Work on Yosemite near Dent Elementary School runs from Mitchell east to Elisabeth and will include installation of ADA compliant sidewalk and curb ramps on Yosemite the length of the project. It also will include asphalt, concrete and landscape removal prior to the installation of the new concrete sidewalks, the ADA curb ramps and more.
The Yancy-Gwerder Inc. bid of $954,345.86 was the lowest of seven bids received; with the highest bidder West Valley Construction Company, Inc. coming in at over $1.44 million.
In addition to sidewalk work, the project will include abandoning an existing 10” water line and subsequent installation of a new PVC 10” water line within Yosemite Avenue.
“The roadway and sidewalk portion of the project is funded through state and federal transportation dollars received by the City. The waterline replacement project is funded by the water enterprise fund and is part of the city’s ongoing effort to replace or improve old or failing waterlines,” added French. “Further, we have made a practice of improving roadways at the same time as repairing/replacing waterlines to minimize disruption to the area.”
He said the timing of this project was “specifically planned to begin directly after school ended, with the major roadway work complete by the end of summer.”
Because of the scope of the work, French said the project will extend into September, but has been planned to minimize disruption to the street and to traffic when school returns to session.
Meanwhile, work is also underway at the Escalon Library on Second Street, though it is open during the construction.
“The City, in coordination with San Joaquin County, is currently repairing the roof and walls of the library building downtown,” said French. “The project, funded by the County and managed by the City, is to repair the leaking roof and minor damage to the walls caused by the leak.”
That work was awarded to T&S Intermodal Maintenance, Inc. doing business as T&S West, out of Linden.
The project will see removal of the existing metal roof at the library and replacing it with a new metal roof, complete with temperature underlayment and flashing.
Crews will also repair the existing gutters and clean them from the roof to the discharge point.
City officials noted that the area of work “will be sectioned off from areas open to the public” and after the construction is complete, all areas impacted by the work will be deep cleaned before reopening for public use.
Four bids were received for the project, with T&S West the low bidder; Perfection Painting Corp. came in as the highest bidder, at $435,030. The City of Stockton – which serves as the Contract Administrator for the San Joaquin County Library System – allocated $304,427 of county funds to Escalon for the project.
