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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Civiltech Engineering, Itasca, Illinois, to provide Phase II design engineering services for improvements to the intersections of Darrell Road with Case Road/Neville Road, Dowell Road and Fisher Road in the Village of Island Lake and unincorporated Wauconda Township, at a maximum cost of $1,276,738.01, and appropriating $1,535,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds.
Staff Summary
• The intersections of Darrell Road with Case Road/Neville Road, Dowell Road and Fisher Road need to be improved, inclusive of non-motorized improvements.
• The intersection improvements include roundabouts, along with non-motorized travel improvements.
• A consulting firm will be utilized to perform these engineering services.
• 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.
• LCDOT received and evaluated Statements of Interest and Qualifications from six professional firms of which three were short-listed and presented to a consultant selection committee.
• The selected and recommended firm is Civiltech Engineering, Itasca, Illinois.
• This project is included in the highway improvement program and targeted for a letting in 2022, and designated as Section 13-00107-09-CH.
• $1,364,102.76 of Motor Fuel Tax funds will be appropriated through excess revenues that have fallen into fund balance and the remaining $170,897.24 will be appropriated through the approved FY2020 budget.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Darrell Road, County Highway 44, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, Lake County believes it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the traveling public if the intersections of Darrell Road with Case Road/Neville Road, Dowell Road and Fisher Road be improved, inclusive of non-motorized improvements; and
WHEREAS, Phase II design engineering services are required for this intersection improvement; and
WHEREAS, it is recommended that a consultant engineering firm be employed to provide these 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, Civiltech Engineering, Itasca, Illinois, are consulting engineers skilled in the provision of said Phase II design engineering services; and
WHEREAS, sufficient funds have been accumulated for this project in the Motor Fuel Tax fund and $170,897.24 have been previously appropriated in the FY2020 budget; and
WHEREAS, excess Motor Fuel Tax revenues have fallen into fund balance and are available to fund approved projects and, therefore, $1,364,102.76 is appropriated from Fund 268 Motor Fuel Tax fund balance, leaving sufficient funds remaining in the fund balance.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, 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, between Lake County and Civiltech Engineering, Itasca, Illinois, at a maximum amount of $1,276,738.01, for Phase II design engineering services for the intersections of Darrell Road with Case Road/Neville Road, Dowell Road and Fisher Road, inclusive of non-motorized improvements; a draft copy of which is attached hereto.
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 there is hereby appropriated $1,535,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for these Phase II design engineering services, and designated as Section 13-00107-09-CH.
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 appropriation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk is hereby directed to transmit four certified originals of this resolution to the district office of the Department of Transportation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this appropriation be processed by the County Engineer for final approval of the Illinois Department of Transportation in accordance with the “Agreement of Understanding” between the Illinois Department of Transportation and Lake County, dated May 3, 2018.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on May 12, 2020.