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Wellington authorizes property acquisitions for Cleveland Avenue improvements
Summary
The Board approved Resolution No. 52-2025 allowing staff to acquire multiple properties and temporary construction easements to complete the Cleveland Avenue improvement project, relying in part on roughly $4.44 million in CDOT grants.
The Wellington Board of Trustees on Nov. 18 authorized staff to proceed with right-of-way acquisitions needed for the Cleveland Avenue improvement project.
Public Works Director Bob Dowling told the board the town has secured approximately $4,444,000 in CDOT funding from five sources, executed an IGA with CDOT in 2023, completed 90% design, and advanced appraisals and fair-market-value determinations. Dowling said the town had sent out memoranda of agreement and temporary construction-easement packets; at the time of the presentation two MOAs and corresponding TCEs were signed and additional closings were scheduled.
Dowling asked the board to grant authority to spend in excess of staff-approval limits for two of the purchases and to allow closings consistent with MOAs and CDOT fair-market-value findings. He described a target schedule (advertise contract in January, anticipated construction start in early March and completion in November) and noted grant-spend and close-out deadlines the town must meet.
A trustee moved to pass Resolution No. 52-2025 authorizing staff to acquire the properties; the board approved the resolution by roll call.
The project will proceed through the right-of-way acquisition process and subsequent contract and construction phases; staff said some closings were scheduled two days after the meeting and could be delayed if the board preferred.
