POA approves funding for Pavement Project

The POA Board of Directors approved funding in an amount not to exceed $3,425,000 toward the renovations and improvements to 15 community parking lots and Canyon Lake Drive North from Vacation Drive to Goetz Road.

The parking lots include Blue Bird Hall, country club, Diamond Point Park, East Port Park, the equestrian center driveway entrance, Gault Field, Holiday Harbor Park, Indian Beach, lodge/Sunset Beach, Moonstone Beach, north ski east and west, operation yard, Sierra Park and the senior center.

In 2012-13, the POA entered into a $7,800,000 paving project that involved the majority of the roads within the community. That project did not include resurfacing any of the 15 parking lots within the community, Happy Camp, or Canyon Lake Drive North, east of Vacation Drive. Happy Camp was completely repaved during the Campground Renovation Project; however, the rest of these areas are in need of renovation, especially the lodge and country club parking lots.

The lodge project will feature a new concrete ADA ramp and staircase down to the rental docks and walking pathway, retaining walls, planters and additional parking spaces.

In 2016, Willdan Engineering was contracted to put together a set of bid documents for these remaining areas. They were tasked with evaluating each area for ADA compliance and possible expansion and reconfiguration in order to create the maximum available parking spaces in each area. There were asked to evaluate each area for effective drainage and to incorporate other features suggested by the community members and staff.

In July 2019, staff put out the Request for Proposals on this project. Three bids were received and the POA has made its final selection and is currently finalizing the contract with the selected vendor.

The first phase of this project will be the country club parking lot during the annual golf course overseeding closure in October.

Project updates will be posted regularly on the POA website at canyonlakepoa.com/projects.  Residents can sign up for notifications online at canyonlakepos.com/notifyme.