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54-R-15
A RESOLUTION
Approving and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Illinois
Department of Transportation Resolution for Improvement by
Municipality under the Illinois Highway Code for Improvements to
Various Evanston Streets
WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the free flow of traffic and insure safety to the
motoring public, the City of Evanston and the Illinois Department of Transportation ("IDOT"),
are desirous of entering into an Illinois Department of Transportation Resolution for
Improvement by Municipality under the Illinois Highway Code, a copy of which is attached
hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit 1, for improvements to various streets within the City
of Evanston; and
WHEREAS, said roadway improvements consist of curb replacement, base
repair, drainage/utility structure adjustment, and resurfacing the pavement with necessary
incidental construction; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the City Manager to execute the IDOT Resolution
for Improvement by Municipality Under the Illinois Highway Code, allocating a portion of the
City's Motor Fuel Tax funds in the principal amount of Three Hundred Fifty Thousand and
no/100 Dollars ($350,000.00) to pay for said street improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of
the City to execute the aforementioned resolution for certain street improvements,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
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SECTION 1: That the attached Resolution for Improvement by Municipality
under the Illinois Highway Code between the City of Evanston and IDOT, attached hereto as
Exhibit 1, is hereby approved; and
SECTION 2: That the City hereby appropriates Three Hundred Fifty Thousand
and no/100 Dollars ($350,000.00) from the City's Motor Fuel Tax funds to pay for said street
improvements; and
SECTION 3: That the City Manager is hereby authorized to sign and the City
Clerk is hereby authorized to attest to the Resolution for Improvement by Municipality under
the Illinois Highway Code.
SECTION 4: That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
negotiate any additional conditions with IDOT for the City roadway construction using the
City's Motor Fuel Tax Funds.
SECTION 5: That this Resolution 54-R-15 shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
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Ro ey Gre e, City Clerk
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AdoptedaU 2015
Eli th B. Tisdahl, Mayor
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EXHIBIT 1
Resolution for Improvement by Municipality Under the
Illinois Highway Code
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Illinois Department Resolution for Improvement by
'a Municipality Under the Illinois
of Transportation Highway Code
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the
Council or President and Board of Trustees
City of Evanston Illinois
City, Town or Village
that the following described street(s) be improved under the Illinois Highway Code:
Name of Thoroughfare I Route I From To
Seward Street
Barton Avenue
Custer Avenue
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
1. That the proposed improvement shall consist of concrete curb replacement, base repair, drainage/utility structure
adjustment, asphalt grinding and resurfacing the pavement and necessary incidental construction at an estimated
construction cost of $350,000.
and shall be constructed various feet wide
and be designated as Section 15-00275-00-RS
2. That there is hereby appropriated the (additional ❑ Yes Zi! No) sum of Three hundred fifty thoasand
Dollars ( 350,000 ) for the
improvement of said section from the municipality's allotment of Motor Fuel Tax funds.
3. That work shall be done by Contract and,
Specify Contract or Day Labor
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk is hereby directed to transmit two certified copies of this resolution to the
district office of the Department of Transportation.
Approved I, Clerk in and for the
City of Evanston
City, Town or Village
County of Cook hereby certify the
Date
foregoing to be a true, perfect and complete copy of a resolution adopted
by the Council
Council or President and Board of Trustees
Department of Transportation at a meeting on
Date
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
day of
Regional Engineer
(SEAL)
City, Town, or Village Clerk
Printed 5/1212015 BLR 09111 (Rev. 11/06)