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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc., Vernon Hills, Illinois, at a cost of $51,614.01 for design engineering support and providing a Plat of Right-of-Way for the reconstruction and jurisdictional transfer of Hawley Street, from Midlothian Road to Seymour Avenue, and designated as Section 07-00273-01-WR.
Staff Summary
• Hawley Street, from Midlothian Road to Seymour Avenue: Consultant Agreement.
• This improvement will include three lane reconstruction, new signalized intersections, water main, sanitary and sidewalk replacement, a new off roadway bike path, and drainage improvements.
• A consultant will be utilized to provide design engineering support and a Plat of Right-of-Way for the reconstruction and jurisdictional transfer of Hawley Street, from Midlothian Road to Seymour Avenue.
• In accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, the selected and recommended firm is Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc., Vernon Hills, Illinois, with a cost of $51,614.01.
• This County Board, at its meeting of April 14, 2015, approved an appropriation of $11,710,000 for the Hawley Street improvement.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Hawley Street, County Highway 70, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, Lake County believes it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Hawley Street, from Midlothian Road to Seymour Avenue, could be improved by reconstruction; and
WHEREAS, design engineering support and a Plat of Right-of-Way for the reconstruction and jurisdictional transfer are required for the Hawley Street improvement; and
WHEREAS, it is advisable that a consultant engineering firm be employed to provide said engineering services; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, has selected a professional engineering services firm in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, 50 ILCS 510/1 et. seq.; and
WHEREAS, Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc., Vernon Hills, Illinois, are consulting engineers skilled in the provision of said engineering services; and
WHEREAS, this County Board, at its meeting of April 14, 2015, approved an appropriation of $11,710,000 for the Hawley Street improvement.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc., Vernon Hills, Illinois, be employed to provide said engineering services for the reconstruction and jurisdictional transfer of Hawley Street, from Midlothian Road to Seymour Avenue, at a cost of $51,614.01, and that the County Board Chair, the County Clerk and the County Engineer of Lake County are authorized, and they are directed to execute on behalf of Lake County, an agreement, and any amendments, for consultant engineering services between Lake County and Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc., Vernon Hills, Illinois, a draft copy of which is attached hereto.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Engineer shall transmit, in writing, the final agreement, and any amendments, to be executed by the County Board Chair and the County Clerk.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this agreement be administered in accordance with Chapter 605, Act 5, Section 5-205.2 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes without further Board action, providing the final contract cost chargeable under the funds appropriated does not exceed the appropriations.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on September 8, 2015.