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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Tim Weidner, P.E., Engineering Coordinator
DATE: February 16, 2023
SUBJECT:
A Resolution authorizing the execution of a Phase 3 Construction Engineering Supplement #1 with HR Green, Inc. in the amount of $175,903.00 for the East New York Street - Segment III (Farnsworth Avenue to Welsh Drive) Project.
PURPOSE:
To approve the Phase 3 Construction Engineering Services Agreement Supplement #1 with HR Green, Inc.
BACKGROUND:
The East New York Street - Segment III (Farnsworth Avenue to Welsh Drive) Project has been under construction since the summer of 2021. The project consists of reconstructing East New York Street from a 4-lane section to a 5-lane section. The widening will provide either a two-way left turn lane or 16' barrier median with grass interior, with intermittent left turn lanes.
The project is approximately 70% completed. The southern portion of new concrete pavement has been constructed and traffic is currently in Stage 3. The contractor has been doing some utility work over the winter, and the project is anticipated to be completed in summer of 2023.
The federal funding in the project includes Surface Transportation Program (STP) - Local funding administered by the Kane Kendall Council of Mayors (KKCOM), Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP-L) and STP - Shared Fund (STP-SF). The funding agreement with IDOT and the original HR Green, Inc. contract in the amount of $895,105.94 was approved in October 2020 by City Council (R20-251).
DISCUSSION:
Even though the agreements were approved by the City Council in October 2020, they were originally drafted in early March 2020. The project was delayed almost an entire year due to land acquisition. Over the course of that year, a number of things changed including cost increases by HR Green as well as some design changes which affected the level of effort required for Construction Engineering.
Additionally, there have been some construction delays and une...
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