Title
2026 Storm Basin Stewardships - Award
History
The Public Works Department currently maintains one hundred eighty-six (186) wet and dry storm water basins. In 2021, the Village contracted with Christopher B. Burke Engineering (CBBEL) to complete an assessment of all the Village-owned basins. Basins were rated on a scale of one (1) through five (5). Basins rated at a level of one (1) were in the best condition, and level five (5) were in the worst condition. Since then, the Utility Division has been working with Village pre-qualified Ecological Restoration Contractors (ERCs), Stantec Consulting Services Inc., Davey Resource Group, Pizzo & Associates, and V3 Companies, to get the level 4s and 5s down to a level 3 condition or better. Beginning in 2026, Baxter & Woodman Natural Resources will be joining the list of ERCs maintaining stormwater basins as well.
Typical restoration projects begin with one (1) year of establishment, followed by three (3) to five (5) years of maintenance. After the initial stewardship period is completed, proposals for a continuation of maintenance, typically for three (3) to five (5) years, are requested from Village ERCs, and the project is renewed. Beginning in 2026, Public Works intends to institute four (4) year basin management cycles in an effort to simplify and standardize the stormwater basin management and contract period going forward. Once sites have been restored, stewardships should continue indefinitely. Maintaining these sites annually incurs lower maintenance costs over time, as long as funding is available.
The scope of work over the four (4) year stewardship includes the establishment and maintenance of existing native plantings, the control of invasive woody and herbaceous flora, one (1) prescribed burn (if needed), and supplemental seeding (if needed). The proposals attached to the Committee packet represent the cost for four (4) years of maintenance from 2026 until 2029.
A request for proposals for fifty-...
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