Halloween Safety Tips from the Rocky River Fire Department

As we approach Halloween evening, we’d like to remind everyone about the importance of fire safety, especially concerning fire pits and recreational fires. With windy conditions expected this evening, it is crucial to take extra precautions to ensure a safe celebration.

Fire Safety Tips:

1. Local Ordinances
Fire pits are required to be at least 15 feet from any structure. This includes garages, sheds, decks, fences, etc. If the smoke created by a fire becomes a nuisance, it will be required to be extinguished.

2. Wind Conditions
For windy nights, consider postponing any outdoor fires. High winds can easily spread flames and embers, creating hazards.

3. Set Up Away from Structures
If you decide to use a fire pit, place it at least 15 feet away from homes, fences, or any combustible objects.

4. Supervise at All Times
Never leave a fire unattended. Keep a close watch on children and pets around your fire.

5. Have Safety Gear Ready
Keep a bucket of water, a garden hose, fire extinguisher nearby to quickly extinguish any flames when necessary.

6. Extinguish Properly
When finished, ensure all embers are completely out. Douse all embers with water and stir the ashes to confirm it is extinguished.

Let’s work together to keep our community safe while enjoying the evening. Have a fun and spooky Halloween!

Stay Safe!
Rocky River Fire Department

LEAF COLLECTION - 2024

WHERE ARE WE NOW:

November 12th - Leaf Collection Update

Our crews will be working primarily in the area south of Center Ridge Road off of Spencer. We will be finishing up some of the dead end streets south of Center Ridge off of Wooster today as well.

We will be collecting leaves on the north side of Sunnyhill this morning for those with newly planted tree lines. We will be back tomorrow for the south side of the street. If you are on the north side, but do not have your leaves out for collection today please have them out by the end of day for early collection tomorrow.

Friendly reminder to please keep pumpkins, brush, and other items out of the leaf piles. Please make sure to not block leaf piles with vehicles and communicate this information to your contractors.

Thank you for your consideration and patience during our leaf collection season.

City of Rocky River bulk leaf collection will commence on Monday, November 4, 2024.  Until that time, please bag leaves in yard waste bags for collection.

A friendly reminder as we progress through leaf collection season...

Leaf collection is our top priority at this time of the year, and we will continue to make every effort to keep our City looking beautiful.

During the annual Fall Leaf Collection, our Service Department and the leaf removal trucks work diligently to make one pass throughout the entire City each week, but this is not always possible. Occasional delays occur due to weather, equipment, or heavy leaf volume. Leaf collection may not coincide with the date of your refuse collection. If you wish to keep track of our daily progress, please follow the Rocky River Service Department on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/rockyriverservice

You can assist our crews in efficient leaf collection by raking leaves to the tree lawn and having piles easily accessible. Leaves should not be placed in the street because they can block sewers and create traffic hazards. Additionally, we request that cars do not block the City’s access to leaves on the tree lawn. It is important to let contractors and other visitors know that they cannot park in the street during leaf collection season. Even parking some distance away from piles may prevent the leaf trucks’ accessibility to pick up the leaves. If leaf piles are blocked, they may not be picked up until the following week.

Please put yard waste such as brush, garden items, and grass clippings in a brown bag for pickup on your regular refuse collection day. These items should not be included with your leaves, as they may cause blockages in our leaf collection equipment.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Notice of Public Hearings regarding NOPEC Plan of Operation & Governance for Aggregation of Competitive Retail Natural Gas

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS

Notice of Public Hearings regarding NOPEC Plan of Operation and Governance for the aggregation of competitive retail natural gas

Notice is hereby given that on _Wednesday, November 6th_ 20_24_, commencing at _12-1pm and 5-6pm_ p.m., at the City of Rocky River, David J. Cook Council Chambers in City Hall, 21012 Hillard Boulevard, Rocky River, Ohio 44116, the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (“NOPEC”) , on behalf of the City of Rocky River, a NOPEC member, will hold public hearings with respect to the Plan of Operation and Governance for the aggregation of competitive retail natural gas (the “Aggregation Program”), as authorized by such member pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Sections 4929.26 and 4929.27.  The Aggregation Program will apply to all eligible customers of retail natural gas within the City of Rocky River, without the prior consent of each customer for NOPEC’s natural gas opt-out natural gas program and with prior consent of each customer for NOPEC’s natural gas opt-in program.  NOPEC seeks to provide competitively priced natural gas for consumers by selecting a supplier through a negotiation process and leveraging the combined resources and buying power of member communities in NOPEC.  The Plan of Operation and Governance addresses the following topics regarding the Aggregation Program: (1) goals, operations and funding; (2) consumer participation; (3) customer care; (4) organizational structure and management of NOPEC; and (5) the steps toward establishing the Aggregation Program.

Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council

Important Information from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Regarding the November Election

THE NOVEMBER 5, 2024 PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION

 The November 5, 2024 Presidential General Election will decide The President and Vice-President of the United States, US Senate, US Congress, Ohio Senate, Ohio House, county council and judicial seats as well as state, county and local issues. 

 Voters may Vote-by-Mail, Early In-Person or on Election Day.  Vote-by-Mail Ballot Applications, Early

In-Person Voting hours and important dates and deadlines are on the Board of Elections website: boe.cuyahogacounty.gov.  You may also call the Board of Elections for voter information: 216-443-VOTE (8683).  

 The Board of Elections is hiring poll workers and is also hiring people who would like to work on Election Night.  Visit the Board of Elections website to apply.

 Voters are encouraged to view a sample ballot on the Board of Elections website because there are at least six pages of candidates and issues that need to be read carefully to ensure the ballot is voted properly.  Some of the text is printed on more than one page of the double-sided ballots.

 Those who Vote Early In-Person and on Election Day are reminded to feed their ballots into the scanner slowly and one page at a time as well as following onscreen instruction carefully.  Poll workers will be able to assist voters who have questions about voting procedures.

Click here for the Voter Information Guide

City of Rocky River Construction Update 9-4-2024

2024 Street Repair Program – Phase I

RMH Concrete & Foundations, Inc. continues reconstruction on Sunnyhill Dr with expected completion in mid-October.  So far the contractor has replaced 20 catch basins, installed 495 linear feet of 12 “ storm sewer,  and replaced approximately 1580 square yards of concrete pavement (out of 6434 square yards).  Soil stabilization and underdrain installation is underway on the north side of Sunnyhill moving from east to west.  Both lanes of concrete replacement between Spencer Rd. and Thomson Circle are complete.  Thompson Circle and Sunnyhill (east of Thompson Circle) are accessible via Spencer Rd.  The remainder of access to West River Estates shall continue to be from Beverly Hills Drive.  Drivers must turn right at the stop sign.  Please exercise caution when driving through the construction zone.

 Kensington Road Improvement Project

Fabrizi Trucking and Paving continues the sewer/water/pavement rehabilitation project on Kensington Road, between Lake Road and Beach Cliff Blvd.  Work is expected to last through May, 2025.  Posted construction traffic continues to be one way from Lake Road to Beach Cliff Blvd.  All water line work including main and service connections have been completed,  including the installation of 774 linear feet of 8” water main and 22 service connections.  The contractor has started the installation of the 8” sanitary sewer main.  Sewer work will continue through the winter.  Please use caution around the work zone.

 2024 Asphalt Recycling Program

Asphalt resurfacing on Inglewood and Dorothy is complete.  The alley between Struhar and Wooster was not completed as part of the asphalt recycling program, but it will be resurfaced using typical milling and asphalt overlay on September 5th.  Mercedes between Linden and Idlewild was resurfaced as part of this project in lieu of the alley.

 2024 Street Repair Program – Phase II

Phase II of the 2024 Street Repair Program will include Mark Ave. and Bonnie Bank Blvd.  This project consists of curb ramp upgrades, casting adjustments, curb and apron installation, and asphalt resurfacing.  Work is expected to commence approximately September 16th.

 Linden/City Hall Multimodal Paths

The resurfacing and widening of the asphalt paths at Linden Park and the City Hall campus are complete.  Our Service Department team is currently working on adding a shoulder to the asphalt paths with packed limestone screenings.  Please enjoy the new Storybook Trail at Linden Park provided in part from a grant by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and a local Eagle Scout.

Wooster Gas Main Installation Project

Enbridge’s (Dominion) contractor is continuing work on the gas main installation project for Riverwood Ave (Lakeview Ave to Wooster Rd) and Wooster Rd (Riverwood Ave to Detroit Rd).   All gas line installation work on Riverwood is complete.  The contractor is approaching the intersection of Wooster and Detroit with their gas line work.  Gas main installation is expected to be completed this week.  Pavement restoration has commenced on Riverwood and will continue north on Wooster.  Enbridge will be resurfacing the entire eastbound lane of Riverwood and the southbound lane of Wooster as part of the restoration. The total project is expected to be complete by the end of October.  The contractor will continue to maintain one lane of traffic in either direction with occasional flagging of traffic required.

 Westway Drive Closure

ODOT's contractor has begun the scheduled repairs of the Westway Bridge over I-90. Westway Dr. is closed in both directions between Detroit Rd and Wagar Rd.  The Rocky River Traffic Division adjusted the timing of the Detroit/Wagar signals in hopes of mitigating some of the congestion due to the detour from the Westway bridge closure.  Please consider an alternate route during rush hour if possible.  The bridge is expected to reopen by September 9th.  We thank you for your patience.

 2024 Community Sidewalk Rehabilitation Program

Work is expected to commence between Hilliard Blvd. and Center Ridge Rd. on Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024.  Property owners who were notified and chose to make repairs outside of the City’s sidewalk contract must have already completed any repairs.  If repairs were not made, and approved by the Building Department, the City will replace the non-compliant sections of sidewalk and property owners will be sent a statement of charges for these repairs.  Property owners will pay $12.49/sq. ft. for 4” sidewalk replacement and $15.49/sq. ft. of 6” sidewalk replacement (typically sidewalks crossing driveways).  If you have any further questions regarding this program, please contact the Office of Public Safety Service at 440-331-0600, or by e-mail at mfilipic@rrcity.com or ktaylor@rrcity.com.

 Bradstreet’s Landing Park

Restrooms are on schedule for construction in November/December of this year.  They will be constructed near the southwest corner of the parking lot(see rendering below).  The City has contracted with SmithGroup for the field work, design, and engineering for the rehabilitation of Spencer Creek. This rehabilitation will include interpretive aspects, seating, and additional walkways along Spencer Creek and throughout the Bradstreet’s Landing greenspace. Construction for Spencer Creek is scheduled for late summer of 2025.  Additional parking is under design for the south side of Lake Rd., as well as a road diet in front of the park, pedestrian crossings, and Rapid Rectangular Flashing Beacons (RRFBs) to cross Lake Rd.  These will be implemented in 2025-2026.

 Wooster/Shoreland Neighborhood Park 

The City is applying for funding from Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and Community Development Supplemental Grant (CDSG) funds administered by Cuyahoga County through the Department of Development for construction of the proposed park at the intersection of Wooster and Shoreland.  Construction is expected to begin in the summer of 2025.  Design work for the park is underway.  For further information or to provide comments, contact Kathryn Kerber, Director of Planning and Community Development, at 440-895-2598 or kkerber@rrcity.com.