2001-34•
RESOLUTION NO. 2001- 34
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A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN EVALUATION
OF THE LAKE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
WHEREAS, the Lake County Transportation Improvement Project is scheduled
to release the draft EIS later this year, related to its transportation study in the Lake
County region; and,
WHEREAS, it would be desirable to have an independent expert evaluation of the
environmental impact statement in order to determine if the draft EIS has any substantive
errors or omissions related to the physical environmental impacts and to independently
review the related findings and recommendations of the draft EIS; and,
WHEREAS, it has been determined that the desired evaluation could be
effectively conducted as denoted by Robert S. Gemmell, Professor of Civil Engineering
and Assistant Chairman of Academic Programs of Northwestern University and his
colleagues as identified in his attached "Proposal for the Review of the Lake County
Transportation Alternatives Environmental Impact Statement."
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD
OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE
COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, as follows:
Section 1. The attached "Proposal for the Review of the Lake County
Transportation Alternatives Environmental Impact Statement" is hereby accepted.
Section 2. The Village Manager is hereby authorized and directed to approve
the purchase order for the services described in the "Proposal for the Review of
the Lake County Transportation Alternatives Environmental Impact Statement."
A copy of said service proposal is attached hereto and made apart hereof.
AYES: 6 - Marienthal, Braiman, GLover, Berman, Johnson, Kahn
NAYES: 0 None
ABSENT: 0 - None
PASSED: September 10 52001
APPROVED: September 10 22001
APPROVED:
ATTEST: Village President
Village Clerk
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Proposal for the Review
of the
Lake County Transportation Alternatives
Environmental Impact Statement
The Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois State To11 Iiighway Authority
sponsored a study proposing a variety of improvements to the transportation facilities and
operations serving part of Lake coumy and northern Cook County. A Draft
Environmental Impact Statement covering their proposals is expected to be issued early
this summer. A group of communities located in the area have expressed interest in
sccuringlobraining an assessment of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement by a
disinterested group of exports. The assessment is to focus pardmudy, if not exclusively,
on the impacts affecting the physical ararommem rather than those impacting the
economic and social environmeat.
Two of my faculty colleagues of the Civil Fgineeriog Department at Northwestern
University have agreed to join mein offexing our services to prepare such an evaluation.
Together, we are:
• Joseph L. Schofer, Professor and Department Chairman: transportation and planning
specialist
• Barbara -Ann Lewis, Associate Professor. specialist in soil science, wetlands, aquatic
chemistry and envimnnreatal impact assessment;
• Robert S. Gemmell, Professor and Assistant Department C. airmaw specialist in
water resources, fiydr+olM, and environmental engineering.
All of us have had experience in impact evaluation for large public w= projects. If
faculty with other expertise we neoded, we will attempt to enlist their services as well.
We propose to perform the review and evaluation of the EIS subject to a limitation on
faculty time commitment of no more than 3 to S days per person (avmp), unless an
explicit agreement to increase the time is mutually approved. We will provide your group
with up town (10) copies of a report describing our frodings and impoentions of the draft
environmental impact statement. One or more of our am members (depending on the
nature: of our findings) will meet once with your group to respond to go dons you may
have regarding our report and its findings if such is desired. This effoetwould be
completed within a sixty (60) day period following our receipt of three (3) copies of the
draft EIS. Any additional effort on our part, inchxft testimony or intervention in the
EIS process or other activities, would require a separate agreemem.
We propose to provide these for a fee not to exceed $16,000. We will bill for our services
at a rate of $12S per person4mw for the principals involved. If we dean it desirable, we
may employ students or others (as appropriate) and dmrge $20 to 3" per hour for their
time, depending on the level of their expertise. Incidental expenses anmsted with the
project will be billed as experienced. On behalf of the faculty group, Robert S. Gemmell
will serve as the project administrator.
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We understand that our role is limited to the evaluation of the strengths andfor
weaknesses (if any) of the draft EIS. Involvement in the preparation or conduct of
additionelffiuther impact evaluation is not up=W as it would seriously our
role as disinterested assessors of tie EIS.
Submitted on behalf of my colleagues,
Robert S. Qemmell, Ph.D.