Title
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with V3 Companies, Ltd., Woodridge, Illinois, to provide professional engineering services for improvements of Cedar Lake Road, from Illinois Route 60 to Illinois Route 120, at a maximum cost of $3,615,705 and appropriating $4,340,000 of County Option Motor Fuel Tax funds.
Staff Summary
* V3 Companies, Ltd., Woodridge, Illinois, will be utilized to provide Phase I and Phase II professional engineering services for improvements of Cedar Lake Road, including roadway improvements, new multi-use path, and intersection improvements.
* 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 17 professional firms.
* This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program and designated as Section 25-00266-03-WR.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Cedar Lake Road, County Highway 28, 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 Cedar Lake Road, from Illinois Route 60 to Illinois Route 120, could be improved with roadway improvements, a new multi-use path, and intersection improvements; and
WHEREAS, Phase I and Phase II 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 Governmen...
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