KANE COUNTY DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION

STEARNS ROAD WETLAND MITIGATION SITE

SECTION NO.06-00214-03-BR

PRE-BID MEETING

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

PROJECT LOCATION

PROJECTLOCATION

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 

STEARNS ROAD DIRECT IMPACT MITIGATION SITE

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

CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERINGKANE 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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

KEY SPECIAL PROVISIONS

• COORDINATION BETWEEN CONTRACTORS

• MANAGEMENT OF SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL

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