Lake County Public Works, Planning & Transportation Committee met August 5

By Kristine Gonzales-Abella

Aug 14, 2020

Lake County Public Works, Planning & Transportation Committee met Aug. 5.

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Addenda to the Agenda

4. Public Comment

5. Chair's Remarks

6. Old Business

7. New Business

REGULAR AGENDA

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT COMMISSION

7.1 19-1494

Stormwater Management Commission’s annual update.

DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION

7.2 20-1017

Joint committee action item approving Change Order Number One consisting of an increase of $5,640 to the Phase II engineering consultant agreement for the reconstruction of the Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) visitor parking lot, 600 West Winchester Road, Libertyville, Illinois.

· Change Orders need to be approved by the standing committees for cumulative net increases over ten percent.

· The LCDOT visitor parking lot reconstruction is under contract with Hey & Associates, Volo, Illinois, in the amount of $27,950 as approved by the County Board on December 10, 2019, and designated as Section 19-00214-26-MG.

· Additional services are necessary for the development of a landscaping plan as detailed in the attached Supplement Number One.

7.3 20-1016

Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with Hampton, Lenzini and Renwick Inc., Elgin, Illinois, for Phase II design engineering for the replacement of 12 culverts located on North Avenue, Gages Lake Road, and the Skokie Valley Bike Path, at a maximum cost of $222,810, appropriating $270,000 of County Bridge Tax funds.

· Twelve culverts located on North Avenue, Gages Lake Road, and the Skokie Valley Bike Path are at the end of their life cycle and need to be replaced.

· A consulting firm will be utilized to complete these design engineering services.

· Lake County selects professional engineering firms in accordance with the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act, 50 ILCS 510/1 et. seq.

· The selected firm has a successful past relationship with the Lake County Division of Transportation.

· The selected, and recommended, firm is Hampton, Lenzini and Renwick Inc., at a maximum cost of $222,810.

· This project is included in the highway improvement program with target construction in 2021, and designated as Section 20-00999-71-DR.

7.4 20-1015

Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with the State of Illinois, by and through the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), for the modernization of the traffic signals along Butterfield Road, between Illinois Route 137/Buckley Road and Allanson Road/Gregg’s Parkway, appropriating $1,671,600 of 1⁄4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.

· The traffic signals along Butterfield Road, from Illinois Route 137/Buckley Road to Allanson Road/Gregg’s Parkway, will be modernized and connected to a new adaptive signal control technology.

· Lake County Division of Transportation selected an Adaptive Signal Control Technology through a Request for Proposal (RFP) administered with Lake County Purchasing and the selected technology system will be procured through this contract.

· Flashing yellow arrows will be installed for left turn movements at the traffic signals along the corridor, the first in Lake County.

· Federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds have been secured to cover up to 80 percent of project construction costs.

· This project is included in the highway improvement program with target construction in 2021, and designated as Section 16-00142-08-TL and State Job Number C-91-279-17.

7.5 20-1014

Discussion on Paratransit - Lead Agency Working Group Recommendation.

Attachments: 20-1014 Presentation - Paratransit Lead Agency Working Group Recommendation

20- 1014 Letter - Paratransit Lead Agency Working Group Recommendation

7.6 20-0003

Director’s Report - Transportation.

PLANNING BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT

7.7 20-1041

Ordinance amending the Lake County Temporary Emergency Public Nuisance Ordinance.

· On May 12, the County Board adopted the Lake County Temporary Emergency Public Nuisance Ordinance to enact a temporary ban on open burning in the unincorporated area for a period extended from May 12 to June 10, coinciding with the spring landscape waste burning season. This ban was further extended by the County Board on June 9, and again on July 14, and is currently set to expire on August 12.

· The ordinance recognizes the increased risk of negative health impacts from open burning on individuals who have been infected with COVID-19.

· At the July 29 PWPT meeting, the Committee directed staff to prepare an amendment to the Temporary Emergency Ordinance to extend the ban subject to an exception allowing open burning on unincorporated residential properties at specified times and on limited days.

· Staff’s proposed amendment will allow open burning of specified landscape waste and woody materials only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from sunrise to sunset, and will continue to allow small recreational fires and the use of self-contained outdoor burn devices under certain criteria.

· County Board action is anticipated on August 11.

· This amended temporary ordinance will go into effect immediately upon County Board adoption of Exhibit A and expire on October 14, 2020.

7.8 20-1038

Discussion on short-term rental regulations in unincorporated Lake County.

7.9 20-0041

Director’s Report - Planning, Building and Development.

PUBLIC WORKS

7.10 20-1031

Ordinance amending Chapter 51: Water and Sewer Rates and Charges of the Code of Ordinances for certain Lake County systems to account for Village of Fox Lake pass through increase, publish Lakes Region Sanitary District connection and user fees for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 and adjust the previously approved rate ordinance for FY2021.

· Chapter 51 of the Lake County Code of Ordinances establishes all water and sewer user rates and connection fees for the County’s water and sewer systems and is periodically modified as needed.

· The County has been notified by the Village of Fox Lake of an increase to its sewer user fees effective May 1, 2020.

· Additionally, the connection and user fees previously captured in the rate ordinance for the former Lakes Region Sanitary District will be incorporated into this most recent update. The FY2020 rates will be included in the County’s Rate ordinance with two rates corrected from what was published in the Lakes Region Sanitary District Rate Ordinance. The FY2021 rates include the percentage increases based on the multi-year rate study.

· Wholesale and retail customers will be notified of the ordinance changes.

· Pass-through increases will be applied at the end of the next appropriated billing cycle.

· Rate increases for FY2021 will take effect on December 1, 2020.

7.11 20-1032

Presentation and Endorsement of the Public Works Proposed Capital Improvement Program.

7.12 20-0042

Director’s Report - Public Works.

8. Executive Session

9. Public Comment

10. County Administrator's Report

11. Members' Remarks

12. Adjournment