Title
Landscape Architecture Services, Contract Award
History
Request for Proposals (RFP #26-047), Landscape Architecture Services was issued on July 9, 2026, to solicit proposals from qualified consulting firms to provide landscape and wetland reviews and inspections.
The selected consultant is required to have an understanding of the Village Land Development Code, especially Section 6-305 for Landscape and Tree Preservation and MWRD's Watershed Management Ordinance (WMO). The consultant will provide plan reviews, landscape code reviews, and wetland reviews for proposed developments or for other projects as requested by the Village. The consultant will be responsible for inspecting wetlands and landscaping for projects and providing Village staff with recommendations for acceptance or further action to be completed by the petitioner. The consultant will also perform annual landscape and WMO inspections of landscaping, detention basins, and stormwater best management practices (BMPs) as required by MWRD post-construction. In addition, the consultant will be expected to provide concept planning services, attend coordination meetings with Village staff, and provide input on applicable Village Land Development Code modifications. Landscape architectural services will be provided to the Village on an as-needed basis. A wetland specialist is required to be retained by the Village to maintain authorized municipality status with MWRD.
The Village's contract with its current landscape architecture and wetland consultant, Hey and Associates, Inc., is set to expire at the end of 2026. Hey and Associates was recommended by Village staff and approved by the Village Board in 2017, and has been the Village's landscape consultant since the beginning of 2018.
The contract with the selected consultant is proposed to be a three (3) year agreement with the option (at the Village's discretion) to extend the agreement for an additional two (2), one (1) year extensions.
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