Submitted By
Emily A. Egan, Development Services Director
Reviewed By
Ahmad M. Zayyad, Deputy Village Manager
Agenda Item Title
Title
A Resolution Authorizing a Professional Services Agreement with Wight & Company for Architectural Design Review Services for Fiscal Year 2025 and an Option to Renew for Two Additional One-Year Terms in an Amount Not to Exceed $35,000.00 Annually.
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Overview
Overview
The Development Services Department issued a Request for Proposals for professional services for fiscal year 2025 which includes two renewable one-year terms. The Village Board approved a Professional Services Agreement in 2019 and again in 2021 with a two-year renewal provision that ends this year 2024. The attached agreement is for a new professional services agreement for 2025 with two one-year renewal options. These services are for architectural design consultation associated with Planned Development applications and applicable building permit applications.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Adopt the Resolution.
Background
The Village first engaged the firm of Lohan Anderson (later consolidated with Wight and Company) for a pre-planned development architectural design review of the Vantage building located at the northeast corner of Lake Street and Forest Avenue. Their services were later contracted by the Village on a case-by-case basis for planned developments starting in July 2015. A professional services agreement was approved by the Village Board for fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018.
Design standards were introduced as part of the 2017 Zoning Ordinance revision process. At that time, the design standards applied to new non-residential construction and mixed-use developments, multiple-family developments of three units or more, substantial enlargements of non-residential, mixed-use, and multiple-family dwellings and planned developments. Subsequent to that, the Plan Commission reviewed and the Village Board approved new single-family ...
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