R2026-194 Resolution Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement with the Illinois Central Railroad Company for the Brush College Road Pump Station and Force Main Project, City Project 2020-06

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Council Memo Public Works Department No. 2026-85 DATE: 10/5/2026 TO: Honorable Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and City Council Members FROM: Melissa Hon, City Manager Matt Newell, Director of Public Works SUBJECT: Resolution Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement with the Illinois Central Railroad Company for the Brush College Road Pump Station and Force Main Project, City Project 2020-06 SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached Resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign and the City Clerk to attest an Agreement with the Illinois Central Railroad Company for the Brush College Road pump station's force main at its crossing with the railroad on North 22nd Street (IL 121). BACKGROUND: A crucial component of the City's infrastructure to support development in the Rea's Bridge/Brush College area is the construction of a pump station and force main currently being designed by Clark Dietz Inc. The high flow expected requires the station's forcemain to extend to the Sanitary District's interceptor located in Woodford Street as shown on the location map. The force main route crosses the Illinois Central Railroad twice. The first crossing is in the City's owned on maintained section with the second crossing being owned and maintained by the Sanitary District of Decatur. The agreement requires a onetime $4,800 licensee fee and an insurance policy. The Contractor will be required to apply for a construction permit that will include the railroad protective liability insurance and flagging costs. LEGAL REVIEW: The agreement was reviewed and approved by the Legal Dept. PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION: • September 8,2020—Council approved Resolution No.2020-118,approving a professional service agreement with Clark Dietz, Inc to complete a sanitary sewer service study for an unserved area around the intersection Brush College and Reas Bridge. • December 7,2020—Council approved Resolution No.2020-172,authorizing a redevelopment agreement with Innovafeed that included the extension of City sewer to service the development site. • February 1,2021—Council approved Resolution No.2021-09,approving a professional service agreement with Clark Dietz,Inc to complete Final Design Services for the Brush College and Reas Bridge Lift Station for a fee not to exceed$180,859. • December 18,2023—Council approved Resolution No.2023-279 authorizing a professional services agreement between the City of Decatur and Clark Dietz Inc.to provide final design engineering services for the Brush College Lift Station and Forcemain,for a fee not to exceed S1,388,660. • February 2,2026—Council approved Resolution No. 2026-17 authorizing a Development Agreement between the City of Decatur and Broadwing Energy,LLC to provide funding for the extension water and sanitary sewer to the development. • February 2,2026—Council approved Resolution No. 2026-16 authorizing a professional services agreement between the City of Decatur and Crawford,Murphy&Tilly,Inc.to provide final design engineering services to extend a water main to Brush College,for a fee not to exceed$1,004,597,to improve water capacity. • April 6,2026—Council approved Resolution No. 2026-70 authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Sanitary