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Public works committee advances Broadview Road design MOU, Rockside lot split and expedited road-bid schedule
Summary
The Seven Hills Public Works committee approved advancing a joint design agreement with Parma and engineering firm GPD Group for Broadview Road design work, referred a five-parcel Rockside Road lot split to the April 29 agenda as an emergency, and set an accelerated schedule for road-program bids.
The Seven Hills Public Works committee voted to advance multiple infrastructure items: approval to participate in a joint design agreement with the city of Parma and GPD Group for Broadview Road, the referral of a Rockside Road lot split to the April 29 council meeting as an emergency, and an accelerated timeline for the city’s spring road program bidding.
Director Gerson told the committee the GPD Group contract totals $559,526 and that Seven Hills would be responsible for 50% of any work performed under that contract: “the total for the GPD contract is, $559,526 of which, if they do all that work, City of 7 Hills would be responsible for 50% of it,” Gerson said. He explained the contract includes a base fee and alternates so the cities can limit pay for only the work actually authorized. Gerson said the Redesign work will include inventories of curb ramps, sidewalks and base repairs where needed and that the contract was reviewed by the law directors and engineers for both cities.
On funding, Gerson said ODOT funding being used for resurfacing covers milling and replacing surface asphalt and that base repairs, sidewalks and handicap ramps are a city responsibility. He said the project will seek additional funding from the Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) later in the year for residual costs and that the two cities intend to submit a joint OPWC application to increase scoring.
On Rockside Road, Gerson described a lot-split that consolidates existing parcels into five parcels: a residential parcel (to be further split later by dedication plat), a city park parcel, a hospital parcel, a commercial parcel that could include up to five outlots, and a retention-basin parcel. The committee agreed to add the lot split to the April 29 council agenda as an emergency so developers can proceed with design work.
Regarding the city road program, Gerson said the legal advertisement for bids is already in the paper, with bids scheduled to open Thursday, April 24 at 11:30 a.m. He asked that council be prepared to review recommended bids at the April 29 meeting to avoid construction delays.
The committee moved each item forward and recorded roll-call affirmations to add the Broadview design MOU and GPD contract as an emergency agenda item, to add the Rockside lot split as an emergency on April 29, and to place the road-program bid recommendation on the April 29 meeting agenda for potential approval. The contract total and the 50% cost-share were specified in the Gerson presentation; the exact split of alternates and final city share will be itemized in the design plans and the contractor’s final billing.
