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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Jim Birchall, Chief Public Facilities Officer
DATE: May 14, 2024
SUBJECT:
Emergency Court Ordered Structural Building Repairs at 35 N Broadway, Aurora, IL 60505
PURPOSE:
To ensure the immediate health and safety of the general public and to preserve the overall aesthetics of Downtown Aurora.
BACKGROUND:
Located at the southeast corner of North Broadway and New York Street, the two-story, commercial structure at 35 North Broadway, Aurora, Illinois, 60506-5816 (Parcel #15-22-332-001), was erected in the Central Business District of Downtown Aurora, circa 1900. The structure's foundation rests on the property lot line which is directly adjacent to public sidewalks (Ex. 1 & 2).
On March 27, 2023, due to observed exterior masonry failure and to protect the public from falling debris, the City retained F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielson & Associates LLC, the City's Job Order Contracting (JOC) program contractor, to affix emergency scaffolding on the building's north wall, to perform emergency repairs on the exterior walls for the deteriorating masonry, and to begin removal of the failing components.
Following removal of most of the wall exterior layer and exposure of the underlying walls, the City directed F.H. Paschen to commission a field structural site analysis which was performed by A. Rowe Construction Consulting, LLC, of Chicago, IL. On July 26, 2023, the City was provided a final field structural site analysis evaluation report which describes the building deficiencies (Ex. 3). All of the emergency Court ordered work was completed in the fall of 2023.
DISCUSSION:
The cost of the initial emergency scaffolding totalled $38,644.85 (Ex. 4). Based on the findings and recommendations in the structural site analysis report, F.H. Paschen proposed to perform the necessary building repairs for $720,800.93 (Ex. 5), which results in an overall total of $759,445.78.
Funding for this project will be drawn from account: 601-0000-4...
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