File #: TMP-24-3072   
Type: FP Resolution Status: Reported to County Board
File created: 10/14/2024 In control: Forest Preserve District Executive Committee
On agenda: 11/7/2024 Final action:
Title: Resolution Approving a Change Order for the Carpentersville Dam Removal Project
Attachments: 1. 2024-1011Caprenters-Demo.pdf, 2. CountyLocMap_Fox River Shores F.P..pdf, 3. EX2_Dam Profile Sections_2024 1011.pdf, 4. EX1_Removal Quantities Exhibit_2024 1009.pdf, 5. Revised Quantities_Version 01_2024 1011.pdf

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Resolution Approving a Change Order for the Carpentersville Dam Removal Project 

 

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WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and desirable for the Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County, Illinois to authorize an increase in the contract amount with RES Environmental for the removal of Carpentersville Dam at Fox River Shores Forest Preserve; and

 

WHEREAS, The District received a river obstruction removal project grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) for the proposed dam removal at the Fox River Shores Forest Preserve of which $911,112.16 remain for the project; and

 

WHEREAS, a contract was awarded to RES Environmental for $1,197,089.85.  plus, $119,708.99 aside as contingency to cover any unanticipated additional costs, for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,316,798.84; and

 

WHEREAS, during the demolition of the dam, a previously unknown stone causeway adjacent to the upstream side of the dam was discovered; and

 

WHEREAS, the removal of the stone causeway material is necessary for the success of the project and the initial estimate for removal of $430,000.00 is $310,291.01 higher than the authorized contract limit.

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Kane County, Illinois, that the current contract with HGS LLC., doing business as RES Environmental Operating Company LLC. for the removal of the Carpentersville Dam bid for an amount not to exceed $1,316,798.84 be amended to allow an additional contingency of $400,000.00 for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,716,798.84 be, and hereby is accepted and approved.

 

APPROVED AND PASSED on this 12th day of November 2024.

 

___________________________                           ____________________________

Christopher Kious                                                       Myrna Molina

President, Kane Forest Preserve                              Secretary, Kane Forest Preserve

Kane County, Illinois                                                   Kane County, Illinois