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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Alfred Benesch & Company, Chicago, Illinois, to provide Phase I professional engineering services for improvements along Bonner Road, from Darrell Road to Fairfield Road, at a maximum cost of $3,267,871, and appropriating $3,922,000 of the County Option Motor Fuel Tax funds.
Staff Summary
* The scope of these services includes evaluating potential improvements to Bonner Road, from Darrell Road to Fairfield Road, including non-motorized facilities within the project limits.
* 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 15 professional firms, of which three were short-listed and presented to a consultant selection committee.
* This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program and designated as Section 25-00999-17-WR.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Bonner Road, County Highway 61, 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 Bonner Road, from Darrell Road to Fairfield Road 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 these professional engineering 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 Professio...
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