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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with HDR Engineering, Inc., Rosemont, Illinois, to provide Phase I professional engineering services for improvements along Fairfield Road, from Gilmer Road to Illinois Route 60, at a maximum cost of $2,689,513, and appropriating $3,228,000 of the County Option Motor Fuel Tax funds.
Staff Summary
* HDR Engineering, Inc., Rosemont, Illinois, will be utilized to provide Phase I professional engineering services for evaluating roadway improvements, non-motorized travel improvements, and intersection improvements to Fairfield 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 from 13 professional firms.
* This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program and designated as Section 25-00113-21-WR.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Fairfield Road, County Highway 49, 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 traveling public if Fairfield Road, from Gilmer Road to Illinois Route 60, could be improved with roadway improvements, non-motorized travel improvements, and intersection 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 these 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 Profess...
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