Title/Name/Summary
LaGrange Road Enhancements - Presentation
History
The current roadway design efforts for the LaGrange Road Corridor (Corridor) are under the control and direction of the Illinois District of Transportation (IDOT). IDOT design criteria include standard landscape and roadway improvements defined within their Bureau of Design Engineering (BDE) manuals and related specifications.
On April 19, 2010, the Village adopted a Corridor Master Plan that was developed by T.Y. Lin Associates following a series of public meetings. The corridor plan was envisioned to include the entire project, including the corridor communities of Palos Park, Orland Hills and Tinley Park. The vision of the Corridor Master Plan is to provide certain aesthetic enhancements and multi-mobility options that provide corridor connectivity while retaining community identity.
In order to include Corridor Master Plan elements within the IDOT Corridor plans being developed, the corridor communities must hire a landscape architect to develop plans, specifications and estimates for inclusion within the plans being developed by IDOT. Norris Design was retained in 2011 by the Village to develop a coordinated plan for the LaGrange Road aesthetic enhancements.
IDOT is in the final stages of design and currently has LaGrange Road scheduled for a March 2013 letting. As part of IDOT's coordination efforts with the corridor communities, intergovernmental agreements (IGA) will be developed for each community which will include the various enhancement costs and potential credits each community is obligated or entitled. To develop the agreements, IDOT recently sent out a matrix of all of the enhancement items considered along LaGrange Road. Each community will check the various items that they want included in the IDOT contract as well as items that will be part of the LaGrange Road enhancements but included in a separate construction contract.
Staff has reviewed the matrix submitted by IDOT and the items listed are consistent with the Village's vision of the LaGrange Road aesthetic enhancements. In order for IDOT to finalize and deliver the IGA the Village must respond to the Matrix with the appropriate items checked and signed. At this time, the completed Matrix does not financially obligate the Village but provides IDOT with enhancement items necessary to develop the IGA. The IGA will include credits associated with various enhancement items that IDOT would normally include in their contract but are part of the Village's independent enhancement contract, such as parkway trees. Other items that the Village can expect to be in the agreement are water main, sanitary sewer and fiber optic conduit. Once the IGA is drafted, the Village will have the opportunity to review and approve the IGA and associated costs prior to construction. At such time the IGA is approved by both the Village and IDOT, each party will be responsible/obligated to the financial terms of the agreement. At this time, staff is only requesting approval of the completed landscape enhancement matrix to be submitted to IDOT.
At the October 15, 2012 Development Services & Planning Committee meeting, Norris Design will be present to discuss the various landscape enhancements along the LaGrange Road corridor. This item will also be considered at the October 15, 2012 Board of Trustees Meeting.
Recommended Action/Motion
I move to recommend to the Village Board of Trustees approval of the completed IDOT landscape enhancement matrix for the LaGrange Road improvement project as attached and completed.