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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc., Vernon Hills, Illinois, for Phase II design engineering services for the Grass Lake Road Safety Improvement, from State Park Road to Illinois Route 59, at a maximum cost of $219,713, and appropriating $265,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds.
Staff Summary
• The Grass Lake Road Safety Improvement shall include resurfacing, installation of centerline and shoulder rumble strips, and installation of new pavement markings and markers.
• 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 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.
• The selected firm has a satisfactory past relationship with the Lake County Division of Transportation.
• This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program with construction targeted in 2024 and designated as Section 23-00059-14-SP.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Grass Lake Road, County Highway 18, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, Lake County believes it would be beneficial for the safety and welfare of the traveling public if Grass Lake Road, from State Park Road to Illinois Route 59, could be improved by resurfacing, installation of centerline and shoulder rumble strips, and installation of new pavement markings and markers; and
WHEREAS, it is recommended that a consultant engineering firm be employed to provide Phase II design engineering services for said proposed improvement; 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 consultant engineers skilled in the provision of said Phase II design 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 Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc., Vernon Hills, Illinois, at a maximum amount of $219,713, for Phase II design engineering services for the improvement of Grass Lake Road, from State Park Road to Illinois Route 59, 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 $265,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for these engineering services, and designated as Section 23-00059-14-SP; 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; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Clerk is hereby directed to transmit four certified originals of this resolution to the district office of the Department of Transportation; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this appropriation be processed by the County Engineer for final approval on behalf of the Illinois Department of Transportation in accordance with the “Agreement of Understanding” between the Illinois Department of Transportation and Lake County, dated May 3, 2018.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 14, 2023.