Title/Name/Summary
Olde Mill Landscape Improvements - Hey and Associates, Inc. - Consultant Fee for Bid Plans and Specifications
History
The Village is currently holding a number of letters of credit for commercial properties and residential subdivisions with longstanding, unresolved landscaping issues. Olde Mill Subdivision, which is located near 173rd and 108th Avenue, is one of those projects. The Village of Orland Park has been holding a letter of credit with this developer since 2004. Currently, a large number of landscape issues related to tree planting and naturalized landscaping area still exist.
In trying to decide how to help accelerate conformance and approval of the landscaping at these problem sites, it was determined that developers would be offered a “final” punch list which detailed the landscape related work to be completed for final acceptance. A punch list would be created by the Village’s landscape consultant Hey and Associates, Inc. The developer could then either a) complete the entire punch list by a set date or b) opt to have their letter of credit pulled by the Village. At that point, the Village would contract with a qualified contractor to complete the work.
After several failed attempts to complete this punch list by the developer's contractor, it was discussed with the developer of Olde Mill to instead provide the Village with a check for the amount required to complete the proposed landscaping on site, under the condition that the Village release the developer's letter of credit. The Village is poised to agree to these terms and in turn the Village will require a set of bid plans and specifications in order to proceed with the RFP process.
Hey and Associates, Inc. will provide an accurate and updated set of plans and specifications for the RFP process for a fee of $5,400. The payment of this fee will come from the Prepaid Expense Account number 010-0000-150000. The Village will be reimbursed for this fee by the developer wh...
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