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Community Development committee approves sidewalk, trails, traffic-calming and park contracts
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Summary
The Community Development Committee on March 17 awarded contracts for sidewalks and ADA repairs, Plaster Creek trail stabilization, traffic calming packages, Riverside Park improvements and approved agreements to support a 20-unit Habitat for Humanity Pleasant Hills development.
The Community Development Committee met at 9:16 a.m. and approved a series of capital and infrastructure contracts across the city’s neighborhoods.
A reported-deficiency contract with C and D Hughes Inc. was approved to repair sidewalks and address ADA deficiencies in 2026 (award amount listed in the packet as $735,825.05 with a not-to-exceed total of $825,000). Commissioners described this as the routine program to respond to citizen reports of trip hazards and ordered repairs. Catskill Remedial Contracting Services Inc. received a contract to repair erosion and bank stabilization along Kennel Shea and Plaster Creek Trails; staff said that permitting through EGLE and U.S. Fish and Wildlife delayed the project, which is expected to take a season.
The committee approved a traffic calming package with Nagel Construction Inc. for work at multiple intersections; staff and city traffic engineer John Bartlett described a transition to a proactive prioritization matrix that will score neighborhoods by proximity to sidewalks, bike facilities, schools, parks and elderly housing and bring two prioritized streets per ward forward each year. Bartlett said the program will incorporate engineering to maintain drainage and grades and would include community feedback prior to construction.
Parks staff presented a contract for Riverside Park improvements to create an outdoor classroom named Mayor’s Grove. A private group raised 50% of the naming threshold (reported $150,000), and the contract to Keterberg VerHage Inc. was approved (packet lists $249,900; total not-to-exceed $310,000). The committee also re-affirmed earlier action on Pleasant Hills: a construction and cost-sharing agreement, plus multiple public-utility and sidewalk easements to support Habitat for Humanity’s 20-unit development including combined sewer separation work; staff said the city will cost-share some sewer/stormwater work and that the project will add 20 housing units.
Commissioners asked several technical questions (lease vs. buy for mowers, electric mower costs, and ADA accommodations in bulb-out designs). Staff agreed to return with additional technical briefings and to walk specific project sites with commissioners. All items were approved by voice vote and the committee adjourned at 9:44 a.m.
