Dobbs Ferry approves $182,500 engineering contract for Palisade Street retaining wall; design allowance includes viewing platform option

At the Nov. 18, 2025 Board of Trustees meeting, Anthony Oliveri presented the professional-engineering proposal for work on the Palisade Street and Station Plaza retaining wall and associated streetscape options. Oliveri said the scope covers crack and drainage repairs to the retaining wall, a conceptual-design allowance to study a modest viewing platform adjacent to the sidewalk, and options for a sidewalk extension to the station plaza. He cautioned that altering the existing hairpin geometry at Station Plaza would be a much larger highway-engineering project outside the scope of this contract.

Mayor Vincent Rossello moved to approve the professional engineering services contract as presented. During the roll call on the contract amount, the mayor corrected the record to state the contract price as $182,500. The motion (moved and seconded by trustees) passed unanimously.

Officials said the conceptual-design allowance would allow staff and the selected engineer to prepare sketches of multiple schemes (viewing platform, sidewalk, or a combination) and then carry the preferred scheme into full design and bid documents if the board chooses to proceed. Trustees noted potential trade-offs, including roadway narrowing and the need for further community discussion if design work points to one-way street changes or substantial geometric work.

Next steps include finalizing the engineering agreement with the contracted firm and beginning concept sketches; the board assigned the action item number for this matter and recorded the unanimous vote to proceed with the $182,500 contract.