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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Jim Pilmer, Director of Neighborhood Services
DATE: April 6, 2015
SUBJECT:
Requesting approval of purchasing authority for the professional services of Midwest Environmental Consulting Services, Inc. (MEC) in the amount not to exceed $75,000.00 for demolition projects coordinated by the Department of Neighborhood Services.
PURPOSE:
Pursuant to Illinois Environmental Protection Act, 415 ILCS, et seq. the City of Aurora is required to conduct a comprehensive National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) survey of suspect asbestos containing materials (ACM) for compliance with the Illinois EPA.
BACKGROUND:
The Department of Neighborhood Standards is responsible for the residential demolition projects from the Division of Property Standards. In addition, certain commercial demolition projects have been added responsibilities for efficiencies in project coordination and completion. In 2014 specifications for demolition projects were written for the coordinated sequence of completing many projects. Midwest Environmental Consulting Services, Inc. of Yorkville, Illinois is a niche professional services company providing the required NESHAP for government properties. They have been providing Aurora services for the past three years. Attached is an example of a NESHAP Asbestos Survey and Asbestos Project Management Report for a current demolition project located at 574 E. Galena Blvd.
DISCUSSION:
Asbestos abatement begins with a required survey of the project. The cost of a project survey with the project report is $1,200.00. The survey reports the property to be either clean or requiring abatement. Abatement is completed by an approved demolition contractor through a bid process prepared by MEC. Recent abatements completed have ranged from $1,000.00 to $20,000.00. To estimate a budgeted amount for each project is difficult. The ability of having the purchasing authority for projects co...
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