Evanston council approves amendment with Tesco Associates to move Mason Park plan into construction documents

Evanston City Council voted to approve contract amendment No. 1 with Tesco Associates to advance the Mason Park expansion and the Church Dodge Transportation Improvement Project into Phase 2, which will prepare construction documents for bidding and construction.

The amendment moves the project from concept planning to the preparation of final construction documents. A city staff member said, "Phase 2 is the preparation of the construction documents," and added that the consultant had been chosen through a request-for-qualifications process and that the city negotiated the consultant's cost proposal: "We actually negotiate…