CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Waive the applicable provisions of the Naperville Procurement Code and award Procurement 25-077, East Highland Area Improvements, to Engineering Resource Associates, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $209,191 (requires 6 positive votes)
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Jennifer Louden, Director of TED
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
Contract 06-034 was initially awarded to Engineering Resource Associates, Inc. (ERA) for CIP Project 216 - East Highlands Improvements on November 15, 2005. The original scope of improvements included full street reconstruction with installation of sidewalks, storm sewers, and streetlights to bring them up to City standards. ERA completed engineering design and plans for full improvements of various streets in the East Highlands subdivisions, including portions of Hillside Road, Julian Street, Parkside Road, Woodlawn Avenue, and others in 2008.
Following the economic recession in 2008, the scope of the East Highlands Improvements was reduced, with Woodlawn Avenue fully improved in 2009 and the rest of the project areas deferred. In 2019, when Julian Street from Gartner Road to Prairie Avenue was approaching its next maintenance cycle, the City contacted ERA to inquire if the original plans and the team who created them were still available. Given that the data and files were accessible, and a majority of the design team was still intact, staff felt that ERA was best suited to update the existing plan for the proposed improvements on Julian Street. On October 15, 2019, the City Council awarded a contract with ERA for design updates to the Julian Street plans.
DISCUSSION:
Hillside Road between Julian Street and Charles Avenue and Parkside Road between Columbia Street and Charles Avenue are approaching their next maintenance cycle; and the City is at a logical point to pursue bringing these portions of Hillside and Parkside Roads u...
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