51st Ave NE sidewalk project contract with P & A Civil was scheduled for a vote

What the records say

City staff recommended that the Marysville City Council, meeting in special session on July 6, 2026, authorize the Mayor to sign a construction contract with P & A Civil LLC for the Shoultes Elementary School – 51st Avenue NE Improvements project: $1,018,228.00 plus a 10% management reserve of $101,823.00, for a total allocation of $1,120,051.00 ¹. The project would build a new sidewalk, curb and gutter, ADA improvements, stormwater work, channelization and signage along 51st Ave NE between 132nd St NE and the elementary school ¹. The city received seven bids at a June 17 opening; P & A Civil was the low bidder, below the engineer's estimate of $1.4 million ¹. On June 18, the second-low bidder, SRV Construction, filed a written protest raising six concerns; staff, in consultation with the city attorney, deemed the items minor irregularities and waived them, delaying the award request from the June 22 meeting to July 6 ¹. Grants from WSDOT ($394,073) and the Department of Ecology ($253,875) would cover most of the cost, leaving a total city cost of $472,103 ¹. The same agenda also scheduled Amendment No. 1 to the Ecology grant agreement (WQC-2023-MaryPW-00143), which would extend the grant term from 6/30/2026 to 1/31/2027 to allow construction to finish while remaining eligible for reimbursement ¹.

• The recommended contract with P & A Civil LLC was $1,018,228.00, with a $101,823.00 management reserve, totaling $1,120,051.00; the city's share after WSDOT and Ecology grants would be $472,103.00.
• The project would construct a new sidewalk, curb and gutter, ADA improvements, stormwater improvements, channelization and signage along 51st Ave NE between 132nd St NE and Shoultes Elementary School.
• Seven bids were received; the second-low bidder, SRV Construction, protested the award on June 18, 2026, and staff waived the six raised items as minor irregularities, delaying the award request from June 22 to July 6.
• The agenda also scheduled Amendment No. 1 to Ecology Grant Agreement WQC-2023-MaryPW-00143, extending the grant term from 6/30/2026 to 1/31/2027; the recommended motion would have authorized the Mayor to sign both documents.

Why it matters

The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome. If approved as scheduled, residents along 51st Avenue NE near Shoultes Elementary would see sidewalk, ADA, and stormwater construction begin, with most of the $1.12 million cost paid by state grants rather than the city's general funds, and the Ecology grant extension would keep the project eligible for reimbursement through January 2027 ¹.

What changed / what's next

• No change is documented; the record is a pre-meeting agenda packet, and the available records do not establish the meeting's outcome ¹.
• The available records do not establish whether the contract award or the Ecology grant amendment were approved on July 6, 2026; the supplied packet contains only the agenda and agenda bills ¹.