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Cleveland council recommends WW Blacktopping for major street project; easement recording and yard-restoration terms set
Summary
City Engineer Adam Jacobs reported seven bids for the project, with WW Blacktopping submitting the low bid at just over $2 million versus an engineer’s estimate of $2.6 million; council recommended that bidder and approved recording a long-existing utility easement for a private backyard with contractor seeding requirements.
City Engineer Adam Jacobs of Bolton & Menk told the Cleveland City Council on May 4 that bids opened April 22 for the planned street project ranged roughly from $2.0 million to $2.7 million, and the low bid from WW Blacktopping was just over $2 million compared with the engineer’s estimate of $2.6 million. Jacobs presented a cost breakdown estimating the City’s portion at about $1,428,000.
Councilmember Tonya Schummer moved to recommend WW Blacktopping for the project; Councilmember Sarah McCabe seconded the motion. The motion passed with Yes votes from Schummer, Mayor Don McCabe, Anne Hiller and Sarah McCabe; Nancy Gens abstained.
At the same discussion the council addressed a longstanding, unrecorded utility easement affecting the rear yard of homeowner Reilly McCabe. Mayor Don McCabe and Jacobs said the mapped pipes appear to reflect a mid-20th-century easement that was never formally recorded with the County. Recording the easement would formalize the existing access and help protect the city’s maintenance rights during construction.
Jacobs told the council that roughly 60% of the affected yard is expected to be disturbed during the project; the contractor is required to restore and seed disturbed areas and must demonstrate 70% grass growth before Bolton & Menk will accept the work. If initial seeding fails, the contractor must reseed; the engineer advised homeowners to water new seedings to aid establishment. Jacobs confirmed that once contractor obligations are met the ongoing lawn maintenance responsibility reverts to the property owner.
The council’s recommendation of the low bidder and the decision to record the easement set the project’s next administrative steps: the city will move forward with contractor recommendation paperwork and will record the easement language with the County as discussed. Any further contract awards or final construction authorization will follow standard bid-award procedures and final council approvals.
