Lake County, IL
File #: 17-0280    Version: 1 Name: Winchester Road at Illinois Route 83 Intersection Improvement: Consultant Agreement and Appropriation
Type: resolution Status: Passed
File created: 2/28/2017 In control: Public Works and Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action: 3/14/2017
Title: Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Strand Associates, Inc., Joliet, Illinois, for Phase II design engineering services for the intersection improvement of Winchester Road at Illinois Route 83, at a cost of $313,059.76, and appropriating $380,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds, and designated as Section 16-00170-13-CH.
Attachments: 1. 17-0280 Winchester Road Consultant Agreement Draft.pdf
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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Strand Associates, Inc., Joliet, Illinois, for Phase II design engineering services for the intersection improvement of Winchester Road at Illinois Route 83, at a cost of $313,059.76, and appropriating $380,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds, and designated as Section 16-00170-13-CH.

Staff Summary
* Winchester Road, at Illinois Route 83 Intersection, Improvement: Consultant Agreement and Appropriation.
* Winchester Road will be improved at the intersection of Illinois Route 83 with the installation of a traffic signal.
* This engineering design is included in the Highway Improvement Program and a consultant will be utilized to complete Phase II design engineering services.
* Utilizing the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, the selected and recommended consultant is Strand Associates, Inc., Joliet, Illinois, at a cost of $313,059.76.

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R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, Winchester Road, County Highway 69, is a designated route on the County highway system; and

WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Winchester Road at Illinois Route 83, could be improved by the installation of a traffic signal; and

WHEREAS, it is advisable that a firm be employed to provide professional engineering services for the Phase II design engineering services; and

WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, has selected a professional engineering services firm, Strand Associates, Inc., Joliet, Illinois, in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, for the Phase II design engineering services.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by this Lake County Board, that Strand Associates, Inc., Joliet, Illinois, be employed to provide design engineering services for the intersection improvement of Winchester Road at Illinois Route 83, and that the Chair of the County Board, the County Clerk and the County Engine...

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