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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement for professional engineering services with Infrastructure Management Services (IMS), Tempe, Arizona, at a maximum cost of $80,000, for the annual pavement testing services, and associated components, and appropriating $100,000 of Matching Tax funds.
Staff Summary
* The pavement data in the County's Automated Repair Guidance System (Argus) is updated on a yearly basis, utilizing information collected from dynamic load testing and laser testing procedures.
* Approximately 25 percent of the County's highway system is retested each year.
* Information from the pavement management system is used to generate recommended resurfacing projects for the next five years.
* Lake County selects professional engineering firms in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, 50 ILCS 510/1 et. seq. and the selected firm has a satisfactory past relationship with the Lake County Division of Transportation.
* This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Section 21-00219-00-ES.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the County highway system of Lake County consists of approximately 912 lane miles of pavement; and
WHEREAS, said pavements have a replacement cost of approximately $2,400,000,000; and
WHEREAS, the County annually makes investments to keep said system in a serviceable condition; and
WHEREAS, on January 14, 1986, this Lake County Board authorized the County Board Chair to execute an agreement for professional engineering services with IMS, Tempe, Arizona, said agreement providing for the implementation of a pavement management system; and
WHEREAS, said pavement management system, entitled Argus by the Lake County Division of Transportation, has been beneficial to the County as a whole; and
WHEREAS, it is presently advisable to perform annual pavement testing to approximately one quarter of the designated County highway system in order to update the comp...
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