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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Amec Foster Wheeler Environment and Infrastructure, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, at a cost of $77,844, for professional services for the provision of Phase II design engineering services to stabilize an existing sheet piling wall adjacent to the multi-use path on the north side of Grass Lake Road, appropriating $90,000 of Matching Tax funds, and designated as Section 16-00059-11-BR.
Staff Summary
* Grass Lake Road 2018 Retaining Wall Maintenance, Phase II Design Engineering Services: Consultant Agreement and Appropriation.
* This project includes stabilizing an existing sheet piling wall, adjacent to the multi-use path, on the north side of Grass Lake Road.
* A consultant will be utilized to undertake Phase II design engineering services, including a geotechnical investigation and report which will be used during the design process.
* In accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, the selected, and recommended, firm is Amec Foster Wheeler Environment and Infrastructure, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, with a cost of $77,844.
* This resolution authorizes the execution of the agreement with Amec Foster Wheeler Environment and Infrastructure, Inc., and appropriates $90,000 of Matching Tax funds for these services.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Grass Lake Road, County Highway 18, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, there is a retaining wall on the north side of Grass Lake Road that is in poor condition and is in need of repair in order to prevent failure; and
WHEREAS, it is advisable that a firm be employed to provide professional services to determine appropriate repair strategies for said retaining wall; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, has selected a professional engineering services firm, Amec Foster Wheeler Environment and Infrastructure, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, in accordance with the Local Government Pro...
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