Title/Name/Summary
Olde Mill Subdivision - Proposals for Professional Landscape Services
History
PROJECT 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 areas still exist.
In order to 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. and 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 contractor, it was discussed with Celtic Development and Construction Co. of Olde Mill to provide cash in lieu of the amount required to complete the proposed landscaping on-site, in exchange for the Village releasing the developer's letter of credit. The Village has agreed to these terms and in turn, the Village acquired a set of bid plans and specifications from Hey and Associates, Inc. as approved by the Board of Trustees on September 3, 2019.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
On January 9, 2020, the Village issued a Request for Proposal (RFP #20-003 Olde Mill Open Space Landscape Improvements) for landscape restoration at Olde Mill Subdivision. Hey and Associates bid plans and specifications were used for this RFP.
The scope of work in the RFP stated that ...
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