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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Baxter & Woodman, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois, for Phase III construction engineering services for the widening and reconstruction of Weiland Road, from Deerfield Parkway to Aptakisic Road, at a maximum cost of $1,110,745.45.
Staff Summary
• 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 (IDOT), and the firm selected for this project was selected in accordance with this approved process.
• Phase III construction engineering services are required to utilize federal highway funds for the widening and reconstruction of Weiland Road, from Deerfield Parkway to Aptakisic Road.
• LCDOT received and evaluated Statements of Interest and Qualifications from seven professional firms, of which three were short-listed and presented to a consultant selection committee.
• As a result of the interviews, the selected and recommended firm is Baxter & Woodman, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois, with a maximum cost of $1,110,745.45.
• This improvement will include widening to five lanes, adding a new bike path and sidewalk, street lighting, drainage improvements, and landscape improvements.
• This improvement is included in the highway improvement program, and designated as Section 18-00158-13-WR.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Weiland Road, County Highway 17, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the free flow of traffic on Weiland Road is beneficial to the safety and welfare of the State of Illinois and the County as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County believe it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the traveling public if Weiland Road, from Deerfield Parkway to Aptakisic Road, could be improved by widening and reconstruction, inclusive of non-motorized improvements, and designated as Section 18-00158-13-WR; and
WHEREAS, Phase III construction engineering services are required for these improvements to Weiland Road; 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, Baxter & Woodman, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois, are consulting engineers skilled in the provision of said Phase III construction engineering services.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that Baxter & Woodman, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois, be employed to provide said Phase III construction engineering services at a maximum amount of $1,110,745.45, and designated as Section 18-00158-13-WR, for the reconstruction and widening of Weiland Road, from Deerfield Parkway to Aptakisic Road, 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 required by IDOT, for consultant engineering services between Lake County and Baxter & Woodman, Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois, a draft copy attached hereto.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Engineer shall transmit, in writing, the final agreement, and any amendments required by IDOT, to be executed by the County Board Chair and the County Clerk.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this agreement, and any amendments required by IDOT, when executed in their final form, be submitted to the Illinois Department of Transportation for their approval and final processing.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this agreement be administered in accordance with Chapter 605, Act 5, Section 5-205 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes without further Lake County Board action providing the final contract cost chargeable under the funds appropriated does not exceed the appropriations.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on May 14, 2019.