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City receives low bid for Clay School abatement; manager outlines police headquarters site redevelopment plan
Summary
Wheeling city manager reported the low bid for Clay School asbestos abatement and presented a concept and RFQ plan for use of the former Center Market parking structure site, including a proposed sally port and vehicle storage for the police department and space for private development.
WHEELING, W.Va. — At the Wheeling City Council meeting on May 20 City Manager Herron said the city received two competitive bids for asbestos abatement at Clay School and outlined a preliminary plan for reusing land vacated by the demolition of the Center Market parking structure adjacent to police headquarters.
Herron said Reclaim out of Fairmont submitted the low bid for Clay School asbestos abatement at $498,000 and that the amount was in line with expectations though slightly higher than internal estimates; he said the city would bring a recommendation to council at a future meeting.
On the former Center Market parking structure site, Herron described a multi‑part concept developed by M and G Architects: sealing the exposed wall of the police headquarters, constructing an adjacent sally port door at-grade, and building a two‑story garage for police vehicles on the back of the site with access from Chaplin Street. Herron said the design would include a first‑floor sally port and cruiser parking above, as well as a separate two‑story garage building for SWAT and auxiliary vehicles; that footprint would occupy roughly 30% of the site, leaving the remainder for private development. Herron said the city intends to issue a request for qualifications (RFQ) for development services to solicit private developers for the remaining parcel and noted the announced cancer center project across the street as complementary development.
Herron characterized the sally port and vehicle storage as “desperately needed” and said the plan was expensive but would free the bulk of the site for private mixed‑use development. He said the city had already purchased materials for a sally port and will proceed to present recommendations and the RFQ to council.
The meeting record shows council will receive a recommendation on the Clay School abatement and further RFQ materials and site designs at upcoming meetings; no formal vote on redevelopment direction was recorded at the May 20 meeting.
