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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with HDR, Inc., Rosemont, Illinois, to provide professional planning and engineering services to prepare a 2050 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), at a maximum cost of $2,053,836 and appropriating $2,465,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds.
Staff Summary
• State statute requires that the County maintain a 20-year long-range transportation plan. The current long-range plan (Lake County 2040 Transportation Plan) was updated in 2014 and will be replaced with a 2050 planning horizon.
• Elements of the plan will include updating the countywide Traffic Demand Model, identifying highway projects on the state and county network that make up the arterial highway system in Lake County, countywide transit priorities and countywide non-motorized facilities. Updates to the county non-motorized policies and highway weight limits will also be reviewed.
• Lake County selects professional engineering firms in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, 50 ILCS 510/1 et. seq. 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 from four professional firms, and all the firms were presented to a consultant selection committee.
• This study is included in the Transportation Improvement Program and designated as Section 24-00000-23-ES.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, in accordance with 605 ILCS 5/5-301 of the Illinois Highway Code, the County Engineers of the State of Illinois are required to develop and update a 20-year long-range transportation plan for their counties; and
WHEREAS, the County’s current 2040 long-range transportation plan needs to be updated to a 2050 planning horizon; and
WHEREAS, it is advisable that a professional engineering firm experienced in long-range planning, public involvement, and traffic analysis and modelling be employed to update said plan; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, has selected a professional engineering firm, HDR, Inc., Rosemont, Illinois, in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, 50 ILCS 510/1 et. seq.; and
WHEREAS, HDR, Inc., Rosemont, Illinois, is a skilled professional engineering firm with experience in long range transportation planning; 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 they are hereby directed to execute on behalf of Lake County, an agreement, and any amendments, between Lake County and HDR, Inc., Rosemont, Illinois, at a maximum amount of $2,053,836 for planning and engineering services to prepare a 2050 long-range transportation plan; 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 $2,465,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for these services, and designated as Section 24-00000-23-ES; 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 Illinois 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 February 11, 2025.