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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH BURGESS & NIPLE, INC. FOR THE DESIGN OF THE FORMER YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER (YDC) BROWNFIELD DEMOLITION PROJECT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Brief Description: In April, 2022, the City was notified by the Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) that it had been awarded Brownfield Remediation Program grant funding for the asbestos materials removal from the former Youth Development Center (YDC) property on Hines Hill Road. The project includes the design and construction of the project that will remove underground steam lines and building pads that have been previously identified to contain asbestos materials.
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Legislative History
22-8 - Submission of Application to Ohio Department of Development; 1/18/2022
22-68 - Acceptance of Brownfield Remediation Grant; 5/17/2022
Purpose & Explanation
The facility that occupied the 428-acre site on Hines Hill Road opened in 1886 as a city farm school, called the Cleveland Boys Home. Cuyahoga County took over the facility in 1958, changing its name to the Youth Development Center in 1968 and expanding to include female residents as well. The Youth Development Center closed in 2008.
The City of Hudson, in partnership with the Western Reserve Land Conservancy and Summit Metro Parks, purchased the 428-acre property in 2009. It featured 14 buildings that included administration facilities, residence halls, a barn, greenhouse, a former farm, athletic fields, a school with indoor pool, auditorium, gymnasium, maintenance facilities, an auto repair shop, wastewater treatment plant, and a steam generation plant.
In 2013, the City determined that the cost of continued maintenance of the abandoned buildings and the needed security to deter vandalism was not justified. The City razed the buildings, including abating the asbestos in all of the buildings.
The concrete pads remaining from three former buildings include asbestos cont...
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