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TO: Mayor John Laesch
FROM: Ian Wade, Capital Projects Manager
DATE: January 26, 2026
SUBJECT:
A Resolution authorizing the Director of Purchasing to enter into an agreement with Fehr Graham of Rockford, IL in the amount of $135,380 to complete a Comprehensive Site Investigation at 720 N. Broadway and submit the necessary reports to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)
PURPOSE:
To obtain approval to complete a Comprehensive Site Investigation at 720 N. Broadway and submit the necessary reports to the IEPA.
BACKGROUND:
The City recently completed the construction of a new Public Works Facility that houses the Streets Division which was previously located at 720 N. Broadway (known as "Central Garage"). Now that the new facility is complete and the Streets Division is relocated, Central Garage will no longer be occupied and due to it's deteriorated condition, is anticipated to be demolished in the coming years.
Among the first steps in this demolition are a handful of environmental assessments of the primary structure and fueling station areas. The first such assessment ("Phase 1") was completed in March 2023 by Fehr Graham, followed by a Phase 2 subsurface site investigation in November 2024 and preliminary sampling for contaminants at the fuel station Underground Storage Tanks (UST's) in July 2025 by others. Based on the results to date, it has been determined that a Comprehensive Site Investigation is required. The scope of this investigation, which is the subject of this request, is broken into two components which are priced and generally described as indicated in the two separate (and attached) proposals and as follows:
1. $102,880 for Site Remediation Program (SRP) assistance - Fehr Graham will complete a Comprehensive Site Investigation of the property and prepare the IEPA SRP Reports to get a No Further Remediation (NFR) determination letter for the site. Note that two options were presented to the City for this item, and the...
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