KANE COUNTY DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION STEARNS ROAD WETLAND MITIGATION SITE

1. KANE COUNTY DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION STEARNS ROAD WETLAND MITIGATION SITE SECTION NO. 06-00214-03-BR PRE-BID MEETING

2. PROJECT LOCATION • NEW ALIGNMENT WEST OF IL ROUTE 25 AND EAST OF THE FOX RIVER • SOUTH OF CNIC TRACKS AND NORTH OF MIDWEST GROUNDCOVERS • ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP, KANE COUNTY • THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED IN A SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AREA

3. PROJECT LOCATION PROJECT LOCATION

4. PROJECT DESCRIPTION • 11.7 ACRES OF WETLAND MITIGATION • 12.8 ACRES OF COMPENSATORY FLOODPLAIN STORAGE • 1,500 FT OF STREAMBANK RESTORATION • 3,417 FT (0.65 MI) OF NEW ALIGNMENT • ROADWAY EMBANKMENT • THE PROJECT INCLUDES SPECIAL WASTE REMOVAL 

5. STEARNS ROAD DIRECT IMPACT MITIGATION SITE

6. PROJECT DESCRIPTION • THIS IS A WETLAND MITIGATION PROJECT FIRST AND FOREMOST. • THIS PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES: • ROADWAY EMBANKMENT • COMPENSATORY FLOODPLAIN STORAGE • TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT STABILIZATION • SPECIFC TREE PROTECTION AREAS

7. CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING KANE COUNTY DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION • COUNTY ENGINEER CARL SCHOEDEL • PROJECT MANAGER MARK BAGHERPOUR • CONSTRUCTION MGR DAVE BOESCH CONSULTANT - CHRISTOPHER BURKE ENGINEERING • ENGINEER OF RECORD MIKE KERR, CBBEL • CONSTRUCTION DAN CROSSON, CBBEL • ENVIRONMENTAL PAT KELSEY, CBBEWL

8. PHASING • PHASE 1 – ALL WORK, EXCEPT FOR LANDSCAPING AND TEMPORARY SESC SHALL BE COMPLETED BY OCT 15, 2007 • PHASE 2 – ALL SEEDING SHALL BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 1, 2007 • PHASE 3 – ALL PLANTINGS SHALL BE COMPLETED BY JUNE 1, 2008 • PHASE 4 --ALL CONTRACT WORK INCLUDING PUNCH LIST, SHALL BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 15, 2008

9. FAILURE TO COMPLETELIQUIDATED DAMAGES • PHASE 1 -- $1,100.00/DAY • PHASE 2 -- $ 550.00/DAY • PHASE 3 -- $ 725.00/DAY • PHASE 4 -- $1,300.00/DAY

10. 404 PERMIT COMPLIANCE • USACE SECTION 404 INCLUDING SECTION 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION • KANE-DUPAGE SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT OVERSIGHT • KANE COUNTY STORMWATER ORDINANCE SESC -- NPDES PHASE II

11. 404 PERMIT COMPLIANCE • CONTRACTOR SHALL MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS OF 404 PERMIT INCLUDING SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL AND PROTECTION OF HIGH QUALITY AQAUTIC RESOURCES • NO DIRECT DISCHARGES TO THE EAST BRANCH OR NORTH ARM OF BREWSTER CREEK • NO DIRECT DISCHARGES TO THE FOX RIVER

12. KEY SPECIAL PROVISIONS • DEBRIS REMOVAL • BREWSTER CREEK CONCRETE REMOVAL • SELECTIVE CLEARING • LIMITED ACCESS TO SOME AREAS • SEEDING, CLASS 4 AND 5 MODIFIED • 8 SEED TYPES FOR CLASS 4 • 8 SEED TYPES FOR CLASS 5 • 4 INTERSEEDING SEED TYPES • LOCAL GENOTYPE – 150 MI RADIUS

13. KEY SPECIAL PROVISIONS • PERENNIAL PLANTS • WETLAND EMERGENT TYPE • WETLAND TYPE • PERENNIAL PLANTS • IDOT WILL TAG TREES & SHRUBS • IDOT & RE WILL INSPECT ALL PLANTS ON ARRIVAL TO THE JOBSITE.

14. KEY SPECIAL PROVISIONS • COORDINATION BETWEEN CONTRACTORS • MANAGEMENT OF SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL

15. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS • ELECTRIC SERVICE TO MIDWEST GROUNCOVERS SHALL BE UNINTERUPPTED • CONTRACTOR AND RESIDENT ENGINEER TO WORK WITH MIDWEST GROUNDCOVERS ON TREE REMOVAL NEAR PROPERTY LINE • USACE TO MAKE REGULAR SITE VISITS ALONG WITH KDSWCD