Title
Ravinia Avenue Extension - Costco to 161st Street - Proposal
History
In 2006, V3 Companies of Illinois, Ltd. (V3) of Woodridge, Illinois, was asked to provide a scope and fee proposal to the Village to provide Design Services Engineering (DSE) work required to extend Ravinia Avenue from the east boundary of the Costco Wholesale property to the west boundary of the Main Street Village West property (approximately 1,000 feet). As V3 undertook and completed engineering services associated with the Costco project, it was logical and prudent to award continued work for the Village’s portion of the Ravinia extension project to V3.
On December 18, 2006, the Village Board approved a contract totaling $111,100 to V3 for DSE services to explore, prepare and develop contract documents to complete the extension of Ravinia Avenue from the Costco development to the Main Street Village West development on LaGrange Road (161st Street).
During November 2009, a request was received by the Village to add $4,000 to the approved not-to-exceed value due to increased technical services costs associated with the subcontracted Geotechnical services contained within the V3 contract. The added costs were due to new labor rates for geotechnical technicians mandated by their new labor agreement. Due to lack of site accessibility (entry approval had not been granted the Village by the property owners - Chermak and Petey’s), work was suspended in late 2009 and 2010, and this request was not brought to the Board for action.
With the continued desire by the Village to complete this street to provide additional mobility to Costco and Ravinia directly from LaGrange Road, along with the recent cooperation of the two property owners upon which the street needs to be built, the Village has re-commenced design efforts for this extension. During May 2010, the Village met with legal and engineering representatives of the two property owners and V3 in an effort to determine the status o...
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