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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 a Local Public Agency Agreement for Federal Participation with the State of Illinois, the execution of a Phase 3 Construction Engineering Agreement with HR Green, Inc. in the not to exceed amount of $895,105.94, and the appropriation of $4,448,257.00 of REBUILD Illinois Bond Funds for the East New York Street - Segment III (Farnsworth Avenue to Welsh Drive) Project.
PURPOSE:
To execute the Local Public Agency Agreement there by reserving sufficient funds to cover the local agency share of the project cost by resolution, to approve the Phase 3 Construction Engineering Services Agreement with HR Green, Inc., 2363 Sequoia Drive, Suite 101, Aurora, IL 60506 and to appropriate REBUILD Illinois Bond Funds by Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Resolution).
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 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP-L) 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. 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. The project consists of reconstr...
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