Lake County, IL
File #: 15-0585    Version: 1 Name: Lewis Avenue Resurfacing, Phase III: Consultant Agreement
Type: resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/21/2015 In control: Public Works and Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action: 6/9/2015
Title: Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Ciorba Group, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, at a cost of $193,587.16, for Phase III construction engineering services for the resurfacing of Lewis Avenue, from north of Argonne Drive to 14th Street, and from Sunset Avenue to York House Road, including the removal of a pedestrian bridge at Blanchard Road and the construction of a sidewalk on the west side of Lewis Avenue, from Blanchard Road to Ballentine Street, and designated as Section 14-00999-05-RS.
Attachments: 1. 15-0585 Lewis Avenue Resurfacing Consultant Agreement Draft.pdf
Title
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Ciorba Group, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, at a cost of $193,587.16, for Phase III construction engineering services for the resurfacing of Lewis Avenue, from north of Argonne Drive to 14th Street, and from Sunset Avenue to York House Road, including the removal of a pedestrian bridge at Blanchard Road and the construction of a sidewalk on the west side of Lewis Avenue, from Blanchard Road to Ballentine Street, and designated as Section 14-00999-05-RS.
 
Staff Summary
·      Lewis Avenue Resurfacing, Phase III: Consultant Agreement.
·      Lewis Avenue is in need of resurfacing.
·      This project will include the resurfacing of Lewis Avenue, from north of Argonne Drive to 14th Street, and from Sunset Avenue to York House Road, including the removal of a pedestrian bridge at Blanchard Road and the construction of a sidewalk on the west side of Lewis Avenue, from Blanchard Road to Ballentine Street.
·      A consultant will be utilized to undertake Phase III construction engineering services.
·      In accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, the selected, and recommended, firm is Ciorba Group, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, with a cost of $193,587.16.
·      The County Board, at its meeting of April 14, 2015, approved an appropriation of $1,425,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds, $1,605,000 of Matching Tax funds, and $90,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for the resurfacing of Lewis Avenue, from north of Argonne Drive to 14th Street, and from Sunset Avenue to York House Road, including the removal of a pedestrian bridge at Blanchard Road and the construction of a sidewalk on the west side of Lewis Avenue, from Blanchard Road to Ballentine Street.
 
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
 
WHEREAS, Lewis Avenue, County Highway 27, is a designated route on the County highway system, from Sunset Avenue to York House Road; and
 
WHEREAS, Lewis Avenue, County Highway 27, is a Municipal Extension of a County Highway on the County highway system from north of Argonne Drive to 14th Street; and
 
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Lewis Avenue, from north of Argonne Drive to 14th Street, and Sunset Avenue to York House Road, could be resurfaced; and
 
WHEREAS, this project will include the removal of a pedestrian bridge at Blanchard Road and the construction of a sidewalk on the west side of Lewis Avenue, from Blanchard Road to Ballentine Street; and
 
WHEREAS, Phase III construction engineering services are required for the Lewis Avenue resurfacing project; and
 
WHEREAS, it is advisable that a consultant engineering firm be employed to provide said Phase III construction 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 Professional Services Selection Act, 50 ILCS 510/1 et. seq.; and   
 
WHEREAS, Ciorba Group, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, are consulting engineers skilled in the provision of said Phase III construction engineering services; and
 
WHEREAS, this County Board, at its meeting of April 14, 2015, approved an appropriation of $1,425,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds, $1,605,000 of Matching Tax funds, and $90,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for the resurfacing of Lewis Avenue, from north of Argonne Drive to 14th Street, and from Sunset Avenue to York House Road, including the removal of a pedestrian bridge at Blanchard Road and the construction of a sidewalk on the west side of Lewis Avenue, from Blanchard Road to Ballentine Street.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that Ciorba Group, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, be employed to provide said Phase III construction engineering services for the resurfacing of Lewis Avenue, from north of Argonne Drive to 14th Street, and from Sunset Avenue to York House Road, including the removal of a pedestrian bridge at Blanchard Road and the construction of a sidewalk on the west side of Lewis Avenue, from Blanchard Road to Ballentine Street, at a cost of $193,587.16, and that the County Board Chair, the County Clerk and the County Engineer of Lake County are authorized, and they are directed to execute on behalf of Lake County, an agreement, and any amendments, for Phase III construction engineering services between Lake County and Ciorba Group, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, a draft copy of which is attached hereto, and designated as Section 14-00999-05-RS.
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Engineer shall transmit, in writing, the final agreement, and any amendments, to be executed by the County Board Chair and the County Clerk.   
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this agreement be administered in accordance with Chapter 605, Act 5, Section 5-205.2 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes without further Board action, providing the final contract cost chargeable under the funds appropriated does not exceed the appropriations.
 
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on June 9, 2015.