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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with TranSystems Corporation, Schaumburg, Illinois, for Phase I professional engineering services for improvements along Old McHenry Road, from Abbey Glenn Drive to Bonnie Lane, and along Quentin Road, from Old McHenry Road to Illinois Route 22, including a possible grade separation at the Canadian National railroad tracks, at a maximum cost of $6,177,075, and emergency appropriating $7,415,000 of Motor Fuel Tax fund balance made available through the Rebuild Illinois Bond funds.
Staff Summary
• Old McHenry Road, County Highway 32, from Abbey Glenn Drive to Bonnie Lane, and Quentin Road, County Highway 5, from Old McHenry Road to Illinois Route 22, will be evaluated for widening and reconstruction, non-motorized improvements, and intersection improvements.
• 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 eight professional firms, of which three were short-listed and presented to a consultant selection committee.
• $7,415,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds will be appropriated through excess revenues that have fallen into fund balance and made available through the Rebuild Illinois Bond funds.
• This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program and designated as Section 19-00999-65-ES.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Old McHenry Road, County Highway 32, and Quentin Road, County Highway 5, 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 Old McHenry Road, from Abbey Glenn Drive to Bonnie Lane, and Quentin Road, from Old McHenry Road to Illinois Route 22, could be improved, inclusive of non-motorized improvements; and
WHEREAS, Phase I professional engineering services are required for these improvements; 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, TranSystems Corporation, Schaumburg, Illinois, are consulting engineers skilled in the provision of these Phase I professional engineering services; and
WHEREAS, excess Motor Fuel Tax revenues have fallen into fund balance and are available to fund approved projects and, therefore, $7,415,000 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 hereby directed to execute on behalf of Lake County, an agreement, and any amendments, between Lake County and TranSystems Corporation, Schaumburg, Illinois, at a maximum amount of $6,177,075, for Phase I professional engineering services for improvements along Old McHenry Road, from Abbey Glenn Drive to Bonnie Lane, and along Quentin Road, from Old McHenry Road to Illinois Route 22, 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 emergency appropriated $7,415,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds made available through the Rebuild Illinois Bond funds for these Phase I professional engineering services, and designated as Section 19-00999-65-ES.
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 April 13, 2021.