CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Waive the Naperville Procurement Code to reimburse the Rubin Partnership $74,318.41 for preliminary streetscape design and survey work completed for Special Service Area #30 (SSA #30) contingent upon approval of SSA #30 (requires six positive votes)
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: William J. Novack, Director of TED/City Engineer
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
In 2018, the Rubin Partnership, the property owner of over half of Block 429 in downtown Naperville, hired Hitchcock Design Group and Roake and Associates to provide professional services related to improving the streetscape in portions of Block 429. It was initially believed that the work would be financed and paid back through a limited property owner special service area. As initial design constraints were discovered, such as a less than desired sidewalk width on the west side of Main Street due to the angled parking on the east side of the street, the boundaries of the improvements and the scope expanded.
The project expanded to include the east side of Main Street, which then necessitated rebuilding Main Street, which then lead to replacing and updating the City's electric, water and wastewater utilities along Main Street and Jefferson Avenue. The expanded project now had more City improvements (street and utilities) than the original owner-led streetscape improvements. At that point, City staff decided it would be best for the City to take the lead on the project.
On March 5, 2019, City Council directed staff to prepare an ordinance to establish SSA #30 for streetscape improvements with the property owners paying 40% of the streetscape costs if fewer than fifty percent of the property owners object over the next sixty days. To date there have been no objections and staff is preparing to bring the ordinance to the May 21, 2019 City Council meeting.
DISCUSSION:
During 2018 and the early...
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