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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Tim Weidner, P.E., Engineering Coordinator
DATE: October 29, 2020
SUBJECT:
A Resolution authorizing the execution of Phase 2 Design Engineering Amendment #1 with HR Green, Inc., Aurora, IL, in the not to exceed amount of $94,402.31 for the East New York Street - Segment III (Farnsworth Avenue to Welsh Drive) Project.
PURPOSE:
To obtain approval of the Addendum #1 Agreement with HR Green, Inc., 2363 Sequoia Drive, Suite 101, Aurora, IL 60506., for the East New York Street - Segment III (Farnsworth Avenue to Welsh Drive) Project, IDOT MFT Section 14-00210-02-PV.
BACKGROUND:
The City has been awarded federal Surface Transportation Program (STP) funding in the maximum allowable amount of $2.5 million through the Kane Kendall Council of Mayors (KKCOM) for the East New York Street - Segment III (Farnsworth Avenue to Welsh Drive) project. The City also been awarded $428,680 of Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funding for the construction of a bike path on this portion of E New York Street. In the fall of 2019, the City was awarded an additional $3,125,600 of federal funding for construction through the STP - Shared Fund, a new program implemented by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP).
The City continues to work with their consultant, HR Green, on design plans under an agreement approved in 2014 (R14-175) in the amount not to exceed $513,126.80. The plans are 99% complete and the "Initial Final" Plans, Specifications, and Estimates (PS&E) were submitted to the IDOT on March 6, 2020 and October 5, 2020. The project is targeting a January 15, 2021 IDOT letting, subject to the land acquisition process.
When the agreement was approved in 2014, it was noted that right-of-way acquisition services and the preparation of plat of highways were not included and were to be completed under separate contract. In March 2019 the City approved an agreement with Civiltech Engineering, Inc. to provide appraisal ...
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