SEASIDE >> The city of Seaside accepted sealed bids up until Tuesday afternoon for work on the Fort Ord Military Reservation Property Demolition Project Phase 1B near Phase 1A, which is anticipated to be the first place to see development of the Campus Town project.

The City Council recently adopted a resolution that included the approval of the Campus Town Specific Plan Final Map Phase 1 and approved the Draft Subdivision and Improvement Agreement for Phase 1A.

The bids for the demolition project on Phase 1B includes the work to furnish all labor, services, material, tools, equipment, supplies, transportation, utilities, skills, and all other items and facilities necessary for the completion of the project, according to city documents. The work generally consists of decontamination, demolition, removal, and proper disposal of select buildings, structures, parking lots, improvements and select trees, shrubs, bushes, and vegetation.

The work site is bordered by General Jim Moore Boulevard to the west, Lightfighter Drive and Colonel Durham Street to the north, Arnhem Road to the east and Gigling Road to the south.

The project consists of four areas that will be demolished including select portions of the Fire Station at 4400 Gen. Jim Moore Blvd., south of Lightfighter Drive, consisting of a 440-square-foot structure, 5,600 square feet of asphalt concrete pavement, and miscellaneous Portland cement concrete improvements.

The job also encompasses the abandoned Burger King fast-food restaurant building and its property at 4401 Gen. Jim Moore Blvd., at Gigling Road, which has a 4,000-square-foot structure, 61,000 square feet of asphalt concrete pavement, and miscellaneous Portland cement concrete improvements.

Another piece of the project is parking lot “A” at the northwest corner of Gigling Road and Malmedy Road with 158,000 square feet of asphalt concrete pavement, and miscellaneous Portland cement concrete improvements.

The last portion of the project is the “Surplus II” area north of Gigling Road, between Malmedy and Arhem roads that consists of 45,000 square feet of asphalt concrete pavement, and miscellaneous Portland cement concrete improvements.

The demolition work includes the removal and disposal of the subject structures in their entirety to include roof structures, exterior walls, interior walls, concrete slabs and foundations, windows, doors, plumbing, mechanical, communications and electrical systems.

The site work includes removal and disposal of asphalt concrete parking lots, concrete, retaining walls, steps, excavation and backfill/fill, disconnection, capping, removal, and disposal of water, wastewater, gas, and electrical utilities, rough grading for mitigating safety concerns and facilitating drainage, and hydroseeding for final soil stabilization.

The work includes hazardous materials removal and proper disposal, including asbestos, lead-based paint and/or materials, lead-containing paint, universal waste, suspect polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and other hazardous materials, says the city document. The project footprint also includes asbestos cement pipe (ACP) on-site and below-grade. Proper handling of all hazardous materials including pressure treated wood, biohazards, refrigerants, chemicals, gases, and so forth is the contractor’s responsibility.

The city of Seaside and the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the city of Seaside, and developer KB-Bakewell Seaside Venture, LLC., a California limited liability company, entered into a purchase and sale agreement Feb. 6, 2020, for the property described as “Surplus II” and “26 Acre Parcels” and is about 103.5 acres.

The proposed Campus Town project would permit the construction and operation of 1,485 housing units, 250 hotel rooms, 75 hostel beds, 150,000 square feet of retail, dining and entertainment uses, and 50,000 square feet of office, flex, makerspace (collaborative workspace) and light industrial floor space.

It would also include park and recreational areas (including about 9 acres of public open space and 3.3 acres of private open space), roadways, parking and supporting infrastructure, on about 122.23 acres of land, through the adoption of the Campus Town Specific Plan and associated entitlements, according to the city of Seaside.