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Joint resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement between Lake County and MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, for phase II professional engineering services for design of the replacement of precast concrete deck beams on the southbound bridge carrying Arlington Heights Road over Buffalo Creek; and appropriates $100,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for this improvement designated as Section 10-00193-07-BR.
Staff Summary
· Arlington Heights Road at Buffalo Creek, Southbound Bridge: Consultant Phase II Agreement and Appropriation.
· Phase II engineering is the design for bridge deck beam replacement and traffic requirements to facilitate the proposed improvements.
· The selected and recommended consultant is MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, at a maximum cost for services described as $81,882.
· This resolution authorizes the execution of a professional engineering services agreement with MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, and appropriates $100,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for these services.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Arlington Heights Road, County Highway 79, is a designated route on the county highway system; and
WHEREAS, the deck beams of the bridge carrying southbound Arlington Heights Road over Buffalo Creek are at the end of their useful life; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Transportation, IDOT, has allocated Lake County federal Highway Bridge Replacement funds, HBR, for the proposed replacement of the deck beams of the bridge carrying southbound Arlington Heights Road over Buffalo Creek; and
WHEREAS, the Phase I preliminary engineering study for the proposed improvement has been completed, and Phase II design engineering needs to begin; and,
WHEREAS, it is advisable that a firm be employed to provide professional services for design of the replacement of the deck beams on the said bridge; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Divisi...
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