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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Amec Foster Wheeler Environment and Infrastructure, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, for a maximum cost of $174,512.13, for Phase II design engineering services for the repair of bike path bridges at five locations on the North Shore and Robert McClory Bike Paths, appropriating $120,000 of County Bridge Tax funds and $90,000 of Matching Tax funds, and designated as Section 15-00999-15-BR.
Staff Summary
* Bike Path Bridges at Railroad Abutments, Phase II: Consultant Agreement and Appropriation.
* The bike path bridges on the North Shore Bike Path, over the CN Railroad, over the Metra Railroad, and over the Skokie River, and on the Robert McClory Bike Path, over Russell Road, and over Illinois Route 173, are in need of repair.
* A consulting engineering firm will be utilized to provide Phase II design engineering services for this improvement.
* In accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, the selected, and recommended, consultant is Amec Foster Wheeler Environment and Infrastructure, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, at a cost of $174,512.13.
* This resolution also appropriates $120,000 of County Bridge Tax funds and $90,000 of Matching Tax funds for these engineering services.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the bike path bridges on the North Shore Bike Path, over the CN Railroad, over the Metra Railroad, and over the Skokie River, and on the Robert McClory Bike Path, over Russell Road, and over Illinois Route 173, are in need of repair; and
WHEREAS, it is advisable that a consultant engineering firm be employed to provide Phase II design engineering services for this improvement; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, has selected a professional engineering services firm in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act (50 ILCS 510/1 et. seq.); and
WHEREAS, Amec Foster Wheeler Environment and Infrastruct...
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