R2004-04 ACCEPTING THE BID AND AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT

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,t . COUNCIL COMMUNICATION FORM Engineering & Infrastructure Memorandum NO. 2004-03 January 12, 2004 TO: Honorable Mayor Osborne and City Council FROM: Steve Garman, City Manager Stephen Swanson, P.E., Director of Engineering & Infrastructur�=� Matthew C. Newell, P.E., City Engineer�''� ��, SUBJECT: Traffic Signal/Railroad Interconnect Improvements, City Project 2002-09 SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: I, It is recommended by staff that the City Council approve the attached resolution awarding the II contract for the Traffic Signal / Railroad Interconnect Improvements, City Project 2002-09, to ' Egizii Electric, Inc., as the lowest, responsible bidder in the amount of$166,123.96 and that the ' Mayor be authorized to execute the contract, and the City Clerk to attest. BACKGROUND: On October 25, 1995, in Fox River Grove, Illinois, an express commuter train collided with a school bus, killing 7 students and injuring 24 others. In October, 1996, the National Transportation Safety Board adopted a report on the accident which cited safety issues that contributed to the fatal accident. Since that time, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) has been working to improve the interconnection between traffic signals and adjacent railroad grade crossings. Until recently, most of their work has involved signalized intersections located on State Routes or adjacent to high speed railways. The City has participated with the Illinois Department of Transportation and the ICC in improving these intersections. The ICC has been working with City Engineering over the past two years on upgrading the traffic signals that interconnect with railroad grade crossings. In June 2003, the City Council authorized a Stipulated Agreement with the ICC to install traffic signal / railroad interconnections at the intersections of: Faries Parkway/ Brush College Road, Faries Parkway/ 27th Street, and Wood Street/Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. The work involves the installation of additional warning devices to warn motorists of the approaching train traffic as well as adding signal indications that are placed to increase visibility to approaching traffic. The work will be reimbursed up to 90% from the Illinois Grade Crossing Protection Fund. City costs, after reimbursement,will be approximately$17,000.