ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Interim Director of Public Works with a Request to APPROVE Supplement No. 2 to a Preliminary Engineering Services AGREEMENT with HERMANN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, in the Amount Not to Exceed $20,000.00 for Engineering Services for the NORTH UNIVERSITY STREET PROJECT (Pioneer Parkway to Townline Road). (Council District 5)
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BACKGROUND: The City has received approximately $2 million in funding from an Economic Development Program (EDP) grant and approximately $2 million in funding from an Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to fund the Project.
Hermann & Associates, teamed with Hutchison Engineering, was selected for the Phase 1 and 2 engineering for the Project (Ref. Council Item 17-162). During 2018 construction, the contractor requested changes on several drainage related items designed by Hutchison which required additional time beyond the initial scope of work. Further, Hutchison is supporting the City in the completion of a petition to the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) to coordinate completion of the new sidewalk and pedestrian trail at the railroad crossing.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Over 60% is covered by two grants received for the Project and the remaining funds were budgeted in the 2018-2019 Community Investment Plan.
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: Plans to modernize North University were developed in response to reoccurring concerns over several years from many businesses within the industrial park on the street's inadequacy because of its: a) narrow width, b) lack of turning lanes, c) poor drainage, d) lack of curb and gutter, and d) weak subsurface. University Street has an average of 7,500 to 10,000 vehicles traveling on it daily.
The modernization of North University within Pioneer Industrial Park will directly support the job retention and creation capacity for Advanced Technology Services, Inc. (ATS), G&D Integrated Contracted Logistics, Inc. (G&D), JT Fennell Co., Inc. ...
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