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26-R-16
A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to Sign an 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 repairs, sidewalk
curb replacement, pavement base repair, drainage/utility structure adjustment, asphalt
grinding and resurfacing, and parkway restoration 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 One Million Four
Hundred Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($1,400,000.00) 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,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: 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 between the City of Evanston and IDOT, attached hereto
as Exhibit 1.
SECTION 2: 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 3: That this Resolution 26-R-16 shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
YRodyCree
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, ity Clerk
Adopted: �T \ " , 2016
Eli a eth 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
of Transportation
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council
Resolution for Improvement by
Municipality Under the Illinois
Highway Code
Council or President and Board of Trustees
City of Evanston
City, Town or Village
that the following described street(s) be improved under the Illinois Highway Code:
Name of Thoroughfare Route From
Brown Avenue n/a Cleveland Street
Chicago Avenue n/a Dempster Street
Crain Street n/a Florence Avenue
Ewing Avenue n/a Colfax Street
To
Washington Street
Grove Street
Asbury Avenue
Harrison Street
of the
Illinois
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
1. That the proposed improvement shall consist of curb repairs, sidewalk curb ramp replacement, pavement base
repairs, drainage/utility structure adjustments, asphalt grinding and resurfacing, parkway restoration and related
incidental work.
and shall be constructed various
wide
and be designated as Section 16-00277-00-RS
2. That there is hereby appropriated the (additional ❑ Yes ® No) sum of One million four hundred thousand
Dollars ( 1,400,000 ) 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 3/25/2016 BLR 09111 (Rev. 11/06)