Lake County Illinois - File #: 18-0386

• File #: 18-0386
• Version: 1
• Name: Fairfield Road at Monaville Road: Phase II Consultant Agreement and Appropriation
• Type: resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/27/2018
• In control: Public Works and Transportation Committee
• Final action: 4/10/2018
• Title: Joint resolution authorizing an agreement for professional engineering services with Alfred Benesch and Company, Chicago, Illinois, for Phase II design engineering services for the intersection improvement at Fairfield Road and Monaville Road in Lake Villa and unincorporated Lake County, Illinois, in an amount of $518,882.36 appropriating $625,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for these engineering services, and designated as Section 15-00120-06-CH.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/10/2018	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
4/4/2018	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the regular agenda	Pass
4/4/2018	1	Public Works and Transportation Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass

Title
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement for professional engineering services with Alfred Benesch and Company, Chicago, Illinois, for Phase II design engineering services for the intersection improvement at Fairfield Road and Monaville Road in Lake Villa and unincorporated Lake County, Illinois, in an amount of $518,882.36 appropriating $625,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for these engineering services, and designated as Section 15-00120-06-CH.

Staff Summary
* This improvement project - which encompasses the change of the intersection of Fairfield Road and Monaville Road from a four-way stop to a roundabout, removal of the intersection of Old Monaville Road and Monaville Road, and installation of a cul-de-sac on Old Monaville Road - is included in the highway improvement program with target construction in 2020 pending available funding and right-of-way acquisition.
* A consultant will be utilized to undertake Phase II design engineering services.
* In accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, the recommended firm is Alfred Benesch and Company, Chicago, Illinois, in the amount of $518,882.36.

Body
R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, Fairfield Road, County Highway 61, and Monaville Road, County Highway 18, are designated routes on the County highway system; and

WHEREAS, Old Monaville Road is a route under the jurisdiction of the Lake Villa Township Highway Department; and

WHEREAS, Lake County believes it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if the intersection of Fairfield Road and Monaville Road could be improved from a four-way stop to a roundabout, and the intersection of Monaville Road and Old Monaville Road could be removed, and a cul-de-sac installed; and

WHEREAS, Phase II design engineering services are required for said project; and

WHEREAS, it is recommended that a consultant engineering firm be employed to provide Phase II design engineering services; and

WHEREA...