Title
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Peralte-Clark, LLC, Arlington Heights, Illinois, for Phase I professional engineering services for improvements to Riverwoods Road, from Deerfield Road to Illinois Route 22, and to Duffy Lane, from Riverwoods Road to the I-94 Bridge at a maximum cost of $1,173,752 and appropriating $1,410,000 of County Option Motor Fuel Tax funds.
Staff Summary
• This study will evaluate improvements under the Illinois Department of Transportation 3R design criteria which include roadside safety and drainage enhancements. The study will also consider upgrading the existing non-motorized facilities on Riverwoods Road and filling a bike path gap along Duffy Lane.
• 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 from 18 professional engineering firms.
• This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Section 22-00106-09-RS.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Riverwoods Road, County Highway 58 and Duffy Lane, County Highway 56, 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 if Riverwoods Road, from Deerfield Road to Illinois Route 22, and if Duffy Lane, from Riverwoods Road to the I-94 Bridge, could be improved, inclusive of non-motorized improvements; and
WHEREAS, Phase I professional engineering services are required for these improvements; and
WHEREAS, it is recommended that a consultant engineering firm be employed to provide Phase I professional 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, Peralte-Clark, LLC, Arlington Heights, Illinois, are consultant engineers skilled in the provision of said Phase I 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 Peralte-Clark, LLC, Arlington Heights, Illinois, at a maximum amount of $1,173,752, for Phase I professional engineering services for improvements to Riverwoods Road, from Deerfield Road to Illinois Route 22, and to Duffy Lane, from Riverwoods Road to the I-94 Bridge, 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 $1,410,000 of County Option Motor Fuel Tax funds for these Phase I professional engineering services, and designated as Section 22-00106-09-RS; 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 December 12, 2023.