(a) With the concurrence of the Board of Control, as required by Section 77 of the Charter, there is established in the Office of the Mayor, the Office of Capital Projects, to be administered and controlled by an Executive Assistant or Special Assistant to the Mayor, to be appointed by the Mayor to be the Director of Capital Projects and subject to the Mayor’s supervision and control. The Director shall manage and supervise all capital projects of the City except as otherwise provided by the Charter and ordinances of the City, right-of-way management including the granting of permits for the use of encroachment upon the public highways in the City as may be provided for by ordinance, and perform all other duties pertaining to the Office of Capital Projects which may be required of him or her by ordinance or by the Mayor. The Director shall appoint, in accordance with the civil service provisions of the Charter, clerical or office support employees as may be required for the performance of the duties of the Office, and shall be responsible for their supervision.
(b) The Director may appoint a Consulting Engineer who shall be immediately responsible to the Director. The Consulting Engineer shall have such special engineering matters, investigations and reports referred to him or her as may be directed by or through the office of the Director. The Consulting Engineer shall conduct the engineering investigation and preliminary planning upon such projects as may be referred to him or her, and his or her services shall be made available for consultation in engineering matters such as river and harbor improvement, sewage treatment, street extensions, city planning, grade crossing eliminations and kindred projects arising in the Department, and may render similar service to the Mayor and other departments upon written request from the director of the department desiring the same and bearing the written approval of the Director.
(c) The Director is authorized to enter into successive agreements, each for a term not to exceed one (1) year, with the County to perform annual bridge inspections in the City of Cleveland. The cost of the contract shall be subject to annual appropriations.
(d) There is established a Division of Engineering and Construction in the Office of Capital Projects, which shall be administered and controlled by a Special Assistant to the Mayor, appointed by the Mayor to be the Manager of Engineering and Construction. The Manager of Engineering and Construction shall prepare or cause to be prepared all surveys, maps, plats, plans, drawings, estimates and engineering specifications necessary for public improvements, works and undertakings under the charge of the Office of Capital Projects other than buildings, and render similar service to other departments of the City government upon requisition from such departments, approved by the Director of the Office of Capital Projects. The Manager shall have charge of making the City boundaries where the same shall be necessary; the numbering of lots and houses; the construction, maintenance and repair of sidewalks; the planning, construction, improvement, repair and maintenance and operation of bridges and viaducts; the construction and repair of sewers pertaining to streets and freeways, subject to the approval of the Director of Public Utilities; and the supervision and inspection of construction of sewers. The Manager shall further perform all duties required of him or her by ordinance or by the Director of Capital Projects. The Manager is designated the Platting Commissioner of the City as the same is provided for in Charter Section 171.
(e) The Manager of Engineering and Construction may ascertain the carrying capacity of every City bridge, and when such carrying capacity of any such City bridge is ascertained, warning notice thereof shall be conspicuously painted in large letters at each end of such bridge. Notice shall also caution all persons against driving thereon a loaded conveyance of greater weight than the carrying capacity thereof. No person shall disregard such caution and drive on such bridge a loaded conveyance of greater weight than the carrying capacity of such bridge.
(f) There is established a Division of Architecture and Site Development in the Office of Capital Projects, which shall be administered and controlled by a Special Assistant to the Mayor, appointed by the Mayor to be the Manager of Architecture and Site Development. The Manager of Architecture and Site Development shall design and prepare or cause to be designed and prepared drawings, plans, estimates and architectural specifications for all City buildings and all City park and recreational properties and facilities upon written request from the director of the department desiring the same and bearing the written approval of the Director of Capital Projects.
(g) There is established a Division of Real Estate in the Office of Capital Projects, which shall be administered and controlled by a Commissioner to be known as the Commissioner of Real Estate, subject to the provisions of the Charter and ordinances of the City and subject to the direction of the Director of Capital Projects. The Commissioner of Real Estate shall, with the approval of the Director of Capital Projects appoint all officers and employees in his or her division. The Commissioner of Real Estate shall control and manage the real estate functions for the various departments of City government including the creation and maintenance of property records for all acquisitions, sales and leases of City property not under the control of another city department; such property records shall indicate each property’s source, use, price, funding source, tax status, and legal descriptions.
(Ord. No. 1332-10. Passed 11-22-10, eff. 11-22-10) (BOC Res. No. 562-10. Adopted 12-29-10)