Committee OKs HR Green agreement, sets August completion for Stonebridge resurfacing

The Infrastructure Committee voted 5-0 on Sept. 8 to approve an engineering agreement with HR Green and appropriate $755,000 for the Stonebridge Boulevard resurfacing project; the engineering contract amount was listed as $251,247. The city’s engineering division presented the project as covering most of Stonebridge Boulevard and tying into previous resurfacing on Indian Trail and a county project. Tim Weidner said the contract is a completion-date contract rather than the city’s usual working-days contract because the project borders an elementary and a middle school; the contract requires summer completion and allows some flexibility for work away from the schools on smaller items. Committee members asked whether additional funds might be required. Weidner said estimates are preliminary because the state letting is two months away; if bids produce a shortfall, the Kane–Kendall Council of Mayors (KKCOM) can approve post-obligation cost increases. A committee member also asked about cash flow and reimbursements; Weidner confirmed the city pays engineering invoices up front and then seeks reimbursement through IDOT and the federal process. A committee member asked whether the project would be complete before school reopened. Weidner said the completion date in the contract is Aug. 7 with a small punch-list window, and that the schedule was timed to finish ahead of the school year. The contract calls for work under traffic with flaggers and barricades rather than full street closures. The committee’s approval authorizes the city to proceed to state letting and, if obligations are met and bids are within estimates, to execute the HR Green contract and move to construction.