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7/28/25 COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF CRESCENT CITY
MAYOR RAY ALTMAN MAYOR PRO TEM ISAIAH WRIGHT
COUNCIL MEMBER DARAN DOOLEY COUNCIL MEMBER JASON GREENOUGH
COUNCIL MEMBER CANDACE TINKLER
MONDAY JULY 28, 2025 5:00 P.M.
This meeting will be held in person at the location listed above. The City will broadcast the meeting on YouTube, however, if there is a technological issue with YouTube, the meeting will continue in person as scheduled. The public may access and participate in the public meeting by (1) attending the meeting in person and making public comment when called for by the Mayor or (2) by submitting a written comment via [email protected] or by filing it with the City Clerk at 377 J Street, Crescent City, California, 95531. All public comments (via email or mail) must be received by the City Clerk prior to 12:00 p.m. the day of the meeting. Please identify the meeting date and agenda item to which your comment pertains in the subject line. Public comments so received will be forwarded to the City Council and posted on the website next to the agenda. Written public comments will not be read aloud during the meeting.
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OPEN SESSION
Call to order
Roll call
Pledge of Allegiance
NEW BUSINESS
1. Beachfront Park Tolowa Cultural Trail Project Contract Award • Recommendation: Hear staff report
• Technical questions from the Council
• Receive public comment
• Further Council discussion
• Approve Cultural Gateway and Beautification Project Path of Culture and Interpretive Node Plans, dated 7/7/25
• Approve Beachfront Park Tolowa Cultural Trail Project Specifications • Approve and authorize the City Manager to sign a contract with Tidewater Contractors, Inc for the construction of the Beachfront Park Tolowa Cultural Trail project
• Authorize the City Manager to approve and sign change orders in an aggregate amount not to exceed $60,000 or a single change order not to exceed $25,000 AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CRESCENT CITY
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
210 BATTERY STREET
CRESCENT CITY, CA 95531
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7/28/25 COUNCIL AGENDA
• Reaffirm staff’s CEQA determination that the project is categorically exempt per CEQA guidelines Class 1 § 15301(a) – Existing Facilities and Class 3 § 15303 – New Construction
ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to closed session immediately following open session.
CLOSED SESSION
Call to order
Roll call
• Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation (Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(1)): Walter Meder v. City Council of Crescent City (DNSC Case No. CVCV25-1069) • Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation (Gov. Code § 54956.9(d)(4)):
Application of Water Meder to submit a late government claim. • Conference with Labor Negotiator (Gov. Code § 54957.6): Agency Representative:
Eric Wier, Employee Association: Crescent City Employees Association, Crescent City Management Employees Association, Clerical Employees of Crescent City, Crescent City Police Officers Association, Crescent City Career Firefighters Association, and All Unrepresented Employees
RECONVENE OPEN SESSION
REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION
ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Crescent City on Monday, August 4, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at the Flynn Center, 981 H Street, Crescent City, CA 95531.
POSTED:
July 24, 2025
/s/ Robin Altman, City Clerk/Administrative Analyst
Vision:
The City of Crescent City will continue to stand the test of time and promote quality of life and community pride for our residents, businesses and visitors through leadership, diversity, and teamwork.
Mission:
The purpose of our city is to promote a high quality of life, leadership and services to the residents, businesses, and visitors we serve. The City is dedicated to providing the most efficient, innovative and economically sound municipal services building on our diverse history, culture and unique natural resources.
Values:
Accountability
Honesty & Integrity
Excellent Customer Service
Effective & Active Communication
Teamwork
Fiscally Responsible
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
TO: MAYOR ALTMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: ERIC WIER, CITY MANAGER
BY: DAVID YEAGER, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
ANDREW LEIGHTON, ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGER
DATE: JULY 28, 2025
SUBJECT: BEACHFRONT PARK TOLOWA CULTURAL TRAIL PROJECT
CONTRACT AWARD
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RECOMMENDATION
• Hear staff report
• Technical questions from the Council
• Receive public comment
• Further Council discussion
• Approve Cultural Gateway and Beautification Project Path of Culture and Interpretive Node Plans, dated 7/7/2025
• Approve Beachfront Park Tolowa Cultural Trail Project Specifications • Approve and authorize the City Manager to sign a contract with Tidewater Contractors, Inc. for the construction of the Beachfront Park Tolowa Cultural Trail project
• Authorize the City Manager to approve and sign change orders in an aggregate amount not to exceed $60,000 or a single change order not to exceed $25,000.
• Reaffirm staff’s CEQA determination that the project is categorically exempt per CEQA guidelines Class 1 § 15301(a) – Existing Facilities and Class 3 § 15303 – New Construction
BACKGROUND
The Tolowa Cultural Trail project began in 2020 with the award of Prop 68 funding to complete a Tolowa Interpretive Area in Beachfront Park. On April 21, 2022, City staff formed a Tolowa Cultural Committee, comprised of three Tolowa tribes (Elk Valley Rancheria, Tolowa Nation, and Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation) as well as Tolowa representatives from the Del Norte Historical Society, to provide input for the design of all Tolowa elements proposed in the Beachfront Park Master Plan.
On June 20, 2022, the City entered into a contract with landscape architects from GreenWorks P.C. to complete the design of all new Beachfront Park features under the Prop 68 award. The GreenWorks design team also included interpretive designers from Beachfront Park Tolowa Cultural Trail Project Contract Award July 28, 2025
2 Sea Reach Ltd., who have designed much of what is now known as the Tolowa Cultural Trail. Over the past three years, City staff, the GreenWorks design team, and the Tolowa Cultural Committee have been meeting regularly to help bring this project to fruition.
Since the inception of this project, the City has acquired a total of eight grants to expand the storytelling elements of this park experience beyond the designated Tolowa Interpretive Area to include a total of seven interpretive nodes or public art features strategically placed along the California Coastal Trail. The Tolowa Cultural Trail will now begin at the Visitor's Center and end at Battery Point. Each interpretive node will include QR codes linked to ten (10) videos of Tolowa people describing poignant moments from their history leading up to Tolowa life today.
On September 15, 2023, the City was awarded funding from the California Department of Transportation as part of their Clean California Grant Program for the Crescent City Cultural Gateway and Beautification Project. The objective of this project is to expand on some of the cultural elements that the Tolowa Cultural Trail is bringing to Beachfront Park by including them in some of the gateway and art elements proposed for the Front Street corridor, in addition to providing improved access to the Beachfront Park and Visitor's Center.
On December 16, 2024, the City Council approved and authorized the City Manager to sign a Professional Services Agreement with Sea Reach Ltd. to design and fabricate three of the Tolowa Interpretive Nodes for the Tolowa Coastal Trail project. These include the Redwood Tree, Canoe, and Burden Basket.
On June 16, 2025, the City Council approved and authorized the City Manager to sign Amendment 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with Sea Reach Ltd. for the design and fabrication of a welcome node for the Tolowa Coastal Trail project in addition to the three other interpretive nodes previously awarded.
On June 30, 2025, the City was awarded $2,000,000 in grant funds from the Mellon Foundation to complete all remaining Tolowa Cultural Trail elements, including the Welcome Station or entry to the Tolowa Cultural Trail (with lithomosaic artwork), expanded kiosks/interpretive nodes or public art features along the CA Coastal Trail, and the site improvements (groundwork and landscape design) at Battery Point.
On July 9, 2025, the Council approved and authorized the City Manager to sign a Professional Services Agreement with T.B. Penick & Sons, Inc. to fabricate and install 3 lithomosaic public art elements in Beachfront Park as part of the Tolowa Cultural Trail and Cultural Gateway and Beautification Project.
ITEM ANALYSIS
Due to funding requirement deadlines to install the first three nodes (Redwood tree, Burden basket, and Canoe) by November 30, 2025, City staff published an Invitation for Bids on July 9, 2025 for completing the groundwork for this section of the Tolowa Cultural Trail. This infrastructure is necessary to be completed prior to the installation of the node Beachfront Park Tolowa Cultural Trail Project Contract Award July 28, 2025
3 structures. Staff is requesting City Council approval of the plans and specifications attached to this staff report. One Addenda was published on July 14, 2025 to modify the current trail demolition to match as-built conditions, to provide some clarification pictures of existing conditions at each of the Interpretive Nodes, and to provide a Gannt chart to clarify the project scheduling.
Bids were opened and read publicly on July 21, 2025. Tidewater Contractors was the apparent low bidder and was notified of award on the same day. Tidewater Contractors is a qualified responsive bidder. There has been no bid protestation submitted before the 5 p.m. deadline of July 23, 2025.
Tidewater has been awarded the Base Bid contract only. The alternative bid items are currently not a part of this contract. They are to be included in the re-bidding of the larger Front Street/Gateway Project scheduled to be bid on August 11, 2025. These alternative bid items make up sections of the remainder of the Tolowa Cultural Trail concrete pathway not necessary for the construction and installation of the cultural node and welcome center elements.
The anticipated start of work for this contract is anticipated to be in the middle of August.
This will allow for the installation of the node structures and lithocrete concrete elements prior to our planned trail opening in early November, and the particular grant funding covering the nodes which concludes November 30, 2025.
With a bid date of August 11th for the larger project which includes the balance of the concrete surfacing, it is hoped that this work can be completed prior to the trail opening in November as well. All this section of the trail will be graded and graveled under this contract pending Council’s approval.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
The table below summarizes the bids received. Tidewater Contractors is the apparent low bidder and meets the City’s budget for this construction project. This portion of the groundwork for the Beachfront Park Tolowa Cultural Trails project will be funded entirely by the Clean California Grant.
Engineering
Estimate
Tidewater
Contractors
ST Rhodes
Base Bid $222,891 $213,399 $247,807.85
Alternative Bid $84,815 $ 60,432 $ 90,139
Total $307,706 $273,831 $337,946.85
City staff recommends that the Council approve and authorize the City Manager to sign the agreement with Tidewater Contractors for the construction of the Base Bid for the Beachfront Park Tolowa Cultural Trail project.
Beachfront Park Tolowa Cultural Trail Project Contract Award July 28, 2025
4 STRATEGIC PLAN ASSESSMENT
This report is consistent with the following 2016 Strategic Plan Goals:
GOAL 1: SUPPORT QUALITY SERVICES, COMMUNITY SAFETY, AND HEALTH TO
ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND EXPERIENCE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND
VISITORS
D. Provide and maintain an efficient, adequate infrastructure to provide for both current and future community needs
F. Incorporate health considerations into decision-making across departments and policy areas by:
• Examining methods to maintain, enhance, and expand park and recreation facilities
GOAL 2: PROMOTE A THRIVING LOCAL ECONOMY
F. Plan and prepare for the growth and future needs of the Crescent City community by:
• Expanding on the success of grant funding by maximizing utilization of opportunities with corresponding community needs
ATTACHMENTS
1. Cultural Gateway and Beautification Project Path of Culture and Interpretive Node Plans (on website)
2. Beachfront Park Tolowa Cultural Trail Specifications (on website)
3. Agreement with Tidewater Contractors
4. CEQA determination