R2013-31 AUTHORIZING CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 WITH ILLINOIS VALLEY PAVING

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Public Works Memorandum NO. 2013-12 DATE: March 25, 2013 TO: Honorable Mayor McElroy and City Council FROM: Ryan P. McCrady, City Manager Richard G. Marley, P.E., Public Works Director SUBJECT: Resolution to Authorize Change Order#1 for the Franklin and Main Streets Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Project City Project 2010-13 SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council approve a resolution authorizing a change order to the contract for the Franklin and Main Streets Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Project, City Project 2010-13, in the amount of$40,000. The proposed change order is to install a curb and gutter`bump out'on Franklin Street south of Wood Street to eliminate the east traffic lane. The resolution authorizes an additional $40,000 to perform the work. This brings the full contract expenditure to $1,382,048.80. PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION: See Appendix A for Prior Council Action BACKGROUND: Street Improvement Project As part of the jurisdictional transfer of Business Route 51 between Cleveland Avenue and Eldorado Street from the State to the City, the City received $2,245,000 to improve Main Street and Franklin Street between Cleveland Avenue and Eldorado Street. The Main and Franklin Reconstruction project is improving the old Business Route 51 south of Wood Street. Project Status The Main and Franklin Reconstruction project began in September 2012 and is to be completed by the end of June of this year. The project includes concrete pavement repairs, storm sewer improvements and pavement surface replacement. When the project resumes this spring, a large section of the pavement will be removed and replaced on Main Street near the railroad bridge south of Decatur Street. The project will then conclude with a mill and overlay of the asphalt surfaces of Main and Franklin between Wood Street and Cleveland Avenue along with final striping. Change Order#1 The implementation of the alternate truck route around the downtown now requires north bound truck traffic to make a right turn from Franklin onto Wood Street. With the wide turns trucks make, the east outside lane on Franklin was closed to provide the extra room to accommodate a larger turning radius. Page I 1