ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from City Manager and Public Works Director with a Request for the Following:
A. To Accept the BID of the Lowest Responsible Bidder, MILENNIA PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, and AWARD the Base Construction CONTRACT for the DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DRIVE (Formerly Seventh Street) RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, in the Amount of $430,397.90, with Additional Authorization of $19,602.10 in Contingency for a Total Authorization of $450,000; and
B. To Approve Reprogramming of $450,000 from the MACARTHUR HIGHWAY BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION Project for the DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. [District 1]
MOTION ON THE FLOOR: Motion to reject all bids.
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BACKGROUND:
The request to award this construction contract was sent to the Regular City Council meeting on January 28, 2014. Council deferred the request to the February 25, 2014 Regular Council meeting in order for Staff to review for a different funding stream for the proposed reconstruction project, in lieu of Southtown TIF funds. Council elected to defer the item again to the March 25, 2014 Regular City Council Meeting requesting staff to continue to look for alternative funding mechanisms. This project is "shovel-ready."
Currently, the MacArthur Highway Bridge project is under contract for engineering services in the amount of $64,500 for the development of a bridge report to ascertain the most feasible option for its improvement; however, the Project has a budget of $600,000. This project does not have to be constructed during 2014. Construction is projected for 2018, at which time the IDOT's Illinois Major Bridge Program funding in the amount of $4.84 million will be utilized.
Restatement of INFORMATION FROM JANUARY 28, 2014 Counsel Item:
The present condition of the slope on the north side of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Drive (formerly Seventh Street) between Richard Allen Drive and Union Street is deteriorating due to storm water flows erod...
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