Lake County Illinois - File #: 19-0770

• File #: 19-0770
• Version: 1
• Name: Russell Road Intersection Corridor: Phase I Consultant Agreement and Appropriation
• Type: resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/25/2019
• In control: Public Works, Planning & Transportation Committee
• Final action: 5/14/2019
• Title: Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with TranSystems Corporation, Schaumburg, Illinois, for Phase I preliminary engineering services for improvements of Russell Road, at the intersections with Kilbourne Road, Kenosha Road and Lewis Avenue, at a maximum cost of $1,257,244, and appropriating $1,510,000 of Matching Tax funds.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/14/2019	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
5/9/2019	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the consent agenda	Pass
5/8/2019	1	Public Works, Planning & Transportation Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass

Title
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with TranSystems Corporation, Schaumburg, Illinois, for Phase I preliminary engineering services for improvements of Russell Road, at the intersections with Kilbourne Road, Kenosha Road and Lewis Avenue, at a maximum cost of $1,257,244, and appropriating $1,510,000 of Matching Tax funds.

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, and the firm selected for this project was selected in accordance with this approved process.
* This project involves Phase I engineering and environmental studies of Russell Road, at the intersections with Kilbourne Road, Kenosha Road and Lewis Avenue.
* LCDOT received Statements of Interest and Qualifications from 17 professional firms, of which three were short-listed and interviewed by a consultant selection committee.
* The selected, and recommended, firm is TranSystems Corporation, Schaumburg, Illinois, in the amount of $1,257,244.
* This improvement is included in the highway improvement program, and designated as Section 18-00999-57-EG.

Body
R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, Russell Road, County Highway 19, Kilbourne Road, County Highway 37, Kenosha Road, County Highway 52, and Lewis Avenue, County Highway 27, are designated routes on the County highway system; and

WHEREAS, Lake County believes it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the traveling public if Russell Road, at the intersections with Kilbourne Road, Kenosha Road, and Lewis Avenue, could be improved; and

WHEREAS, Phase I preliminary engineering services are required for these intersection improvements; and

WHEREAS, it is advisable that a consultant engineering firm be employed to provide said Phase...