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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement for Phase III professional engineering services with Hey and Associates, Volo, Illinois, for the construction of a proposed wetland mitigation bank at the Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve at a maximum cost of services described as $213,500, appropriating $260,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for these engineering services, and designated as Section 01-00000-00-ES.
Staff Summary
* Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve Wetland Bank: Phase III Consultant Agreement and Appropriation.
* The County has an intergovernmental agreement with the Lake County Forest Preserve District for construction of a County wetland mitigation bank, and a site has been identified at the Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve.
* A consultant will be utilized to undertake the Phase III construction engineering, as well as a five-year monitoring and management period, after construction, to ensure final permit compliance with the Army Corp of Engineers' bank certification requirements.
* In accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, the selected, and recommended, firm is Hey and Associates, Volo, Illinois, with a cost of $213,500.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the construction of improvements to designated routes on the County highway system sometimes results in minor impacts to adjacent wetlands; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to mitigate for impacts to wetlands caused by the construction of improvements to designated routes on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the use of wetland mitigation bank credits is an environmentally appropriate and cost-effective way of handling the mitigation of said minor wetland impacts; and
WHEREAS, Phase III construction engineering services are required for the proposed wetland mitigation bank at the Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve; and
WHEREAS, it is advisable that a consultant engineering firm be employed to provide said Phase III construction engineering services, as well as a fiv...
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