CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of Bid 19-001, 2019 Street Resurfacing Program - MFT, to D Construction for an amount not to exceed $3,175,986, plus a 3% contingency (Item 1 of 2)
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: William Novack, Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The other related item on the City Council agenda is:
* 19-297 Adopt a resolution to allow the expenditure of State Motor Fuel Tax
Roads are vital to our community. They allow goods to be transported around the City and ensure people can get to work, school, the shops as well as visit friends and family. They are essential to the economic prosperity of the City and to the everyday lives of the thousands of people who use them. Hence, ensuring the road network functions efficiently and safely is therefore a priority for the City of Naperville. The City is currently preserving almost 460 centerline miles of road through the street maintenance program.
The Transportation, Engineering and Development (TED) Business Group issued Bid 19-001 seeking a contractor to resurface approximately 46,908 feet (8.88 miles) of various roadways. Subdivisions with work in this contract include the East Highlands, In-town East, Tamarack West, Farmington, Woodlake, and Copperfield. This is an annual program to rehabilitate existing streets by resurfacing.
The TED Business Group conducts two street resurfacing programs: one using City funds and the other using state motor fuel tax (MFT) funds. There are additional constraints the City must follow when using MFT funds, so it is advantageous to separate out the work based upon the funding type. Additionally, having two smaller bids increases the number of vendors with the capacity to perform the work. [SK1]This work will be paid for using state motor fuel tax (MFT) funds. The expenditure of state MFT funds requires the approval and supervision of the Illinois Departme...
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