Title
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Alfred Benesch & Company, Chicago, Illinois, for Phase II professional engineering services for the intersection improvements of Hunt Club Road and Stearns School Road, at a maximum cost of $2,097,498 and appropriating $2,517,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.
Staff Summary
• Alfred Benesch & Company, Chicago, Illinois, will be utilized to perform the Phase II professional engineering services for the intersection improvements of Hunt Club Road and Stearns School Road.
• Lake County selects professional engineering firms in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, 50 ILCS 510/1 et. seq.
• The Lake County Division of Transportation’s (LCDOT) Consultant Selection Process has been approved by the Federal Highway Administration and the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the firm selected for this project was selected in accordance with this approved process.
• LCDOT received and evaluated Statements of Interest and Qualifications for this project from 20 professional firms, of which three were short-listed and presented to a consultant selection committee.
• This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program and designated as Section 22-00095-20-CH.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Hunt Club Road, County Highway 29, and Stearns School Road, County Highway 74, are designated routes on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, Lake County believes it would be beneficial for the safety and welfare of the traveling public to improve the intersection of Hunt Club Road and Stearns School Road, inclusive of intersection improvements and non-motorized improvements; and
WHEREAS, Phase II professional engineering services are required for these improvements; and
WHEREAS, it is recommended that a consultant engineering firm be employed to provide Phase II professional engineering services for these proposed improvements; 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, Alfred Benesch & Company, Chicago, Illinois, are consultant engineers skilled in the provision of these Phase II professional engineering services; and
WHEREAS, an appropriation of funds is required.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the County Board Chair, the County Clerk, and the County Engineer of Lake County are authorized and hereby directed to execute on behalf of Lake County an agreement, and any amendments, between Lake County and Alfred Benesch & Company, Chicago, Illinois, at a maximum amount of $2,097,498, for Phase II professional engineering services for the intersection improvements of Hunt Club Road and Stearns School Road, a draft copy of which is attached hereto; and
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; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that there is hereby appropriated $2,517,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for these Phase II professional engineering services, and designated as Section 22-00095-20-CH; and
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 appropriation.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 12, 2024.