CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of Change Order #2 to Contract 24-048, South 40 Environmental Consultant Services, to Gold Wave, Inc., for an amount not to exceed $151,180.31, a total award of $171,870.66, and for an additional 42-month term
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Jennifer Louden, Director of TED
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The City currently has a sales agreement with Gorman to sell approximately 4.01 acres of the vacant land located at the southeast corner of Route 59 and 103rd Street, commonly referred to as the Naperville South 40. The Gorman site will potentially be developed with an affordable housing complex to address a community need. Due to affordable housing grant funding Gorman plans to use, the site is required to be environmentally clean.
On April 11, 2024, the City awarded Bid 24-048 to Gold Wave, Inc. to complete soil investigations and perform professional services necessary to apply to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) for a No Further Remediation Letter (NFR) for the site. The City retained Gold Wave, Inc. to perform Phase I and Phase II environmental testing at the site.
DISCUSSION:
Gold Wave, Inc. enrolled the site in the IEPA Site Remediation Program (SRP). As part of this effort, Gold Wave, Inc. installed groundwater monitoring wells, collected soil samples, observed and documented soil removal and remediation activities, and prepared a comprehensive report of findings. This report was submitted to the IEPA on July 17, 2025, for review in pursuit of an NFR letter.
The IEPA completed its initial review of the report on September 30, 2025, and issued a response letter identifying comments that required additional soil sampling, groundwater investigation, and laboratory analysis. These items were required to be addressed and incorporated into a revised report prior to resubmittal. Follow-up meetings were subsequently h...
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