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Joint resolution appropriating a supplemental amount of $318,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds and approving Change Order Number One in the amount of $317,911 for additional professional engineering services for improvements along Deep Lake Road, from Illinois Route 173 to the Illinois/Wisconsin state line.
Staff Summary
* The County Board, at its March 10, 2020, meeting, approved an appropriation of $1,315,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds and a professional engineering services agreement with HR Green, McHenry, Illinois, at a maximum cost of $1,094,522.95, for improvements along Deep Lake Road.
* Change Order Number One includes additional services needed for increased public outreach and property owner coordination, additional multi-use path evaluation, including retaining walls to minimize impacts to adjacent properties, and to include pavement resurfacing of the southern project limits.
* Change orders need to be approved by standing committees for cumulative net increases over 10 percent.
* The sum of all contract change orders to date is $317,911, which represents a 29.1 percent increase over the original awarded contract.
* This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Section 19-00132-05-CH.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Deep Lake Road, County Highway 36, 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 to improve Deep Lake Road, from Illinois Route 173 to the Illinois/Wisconsin state line; and
WHEREAS, the County Board, at its meeting on March 10, 2020, approved an appropriation of $1,315,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds and an engineering services agreement with HR Green, McHenry, Illinois, in the amount of $1,094,522.95; and
WHEREAS, a supplemental appropriation of funds is necessary for the additional scope of work; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance requires the Public Works and Transportatio...
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