{"id":375268,"date":"2026-06-26T02:07:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T02:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/375268\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T02:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T02:07:16","slug":"public-works-just-not-for-seal-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/375268\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Works, Just not for Seal Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/lettertoeditor2.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"436\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/lettertoeditor2.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"lettertoeditor2\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At last night\u2019s City Council meeting (Monday, June 22) I asked why the contractor (KYA) in charge of resurfacing our tennis courts told the City Council in January they were offering a \u201cSuperior System, bringing the courts resurfacing down to the bare bones\u201d and \u201cWe build it back up using that five layer system.\u201d\u00a0 In practice they just washed the courts off, filled in the cracks and began the system of laying on surfacing.\u00a0 The subcontractor KYA hired to do the job told me \u201cIt\u2019s our cheapest 3 day job, guaranteed to crack almost immediately.\u201d\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t sound \u201cSuperior\u201d to me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tipped off by city staff I would be asking questions last night Public Works Director Lee offered the excuse that the 3 representatives from KYA that appeared at the council meeting weren\u2019t informed enough on the half million dollar project they were asking for and \u201cMisspoke.\u201d Instead of protecting taxpayer money being \u201c Misspent\u201d based on representations to Council \u2026 she is offering up excuses for the contractor?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citizens should also be advised the contract is 161 pages long and the actual proposal of work for the tennis court resurfacing which came to $325,257.80 (with a 10% increase approval given to our city manager if he chooses) was based on only 9 words\u2026 yes, 9 words in five cryptic lines of \u201cScope of Work.\u201d \u00a0 The first two were \u201cGrind Floor\u201d 92,000+ square feet for $75,000+.\u00a0 Sounds like what they proposed in Council Chambers \u2026 But alas Public Works director Lee informed us last night in her world \u201cGrind\u201d and \u201cWash\u201d are interchangeable verbs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public Works arranges for prospective contractors to come to meetings and misrepresent to council what they are offering. \u00a0 Council approves the contract based on those representations and in this case corroboration of same by Public Works Director Lee who didn\u2019t correct those assertions but doubled down on them in January. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say a picture is worth a thousand words?\u00a0 A Tennis and Pickleball resurfacing contract with the City of Seal Beach is worth $36,000 per word. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are receiving another \u201crate adjustment\u201d in the mail next month and the same Public Works team that have overspent by hundreds of thousands of dollars on a simple court resurfacing are beginning $20 million dollars in Capital Improvement Projects.\u00a0 God Help us\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James Jensen\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seal Beach\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At last night\u2019s City Council meeting (Monday, June 22) I asked why the contractor (KYA) in charge 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