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88-R-17
A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to Sign a Local Assurance Document
and Submit an Application for Grant Funds from the Illinois
Transportation Enhancement Program for the Main Street Corridor
Improvement Project from Maple Avenue to Hinman Avenue
WHEREAS, the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program ("ITEP") is
a Federally -financed program, operated by the Illinois Department of Transportation
("IDOT") in partnership with other state agencies, local governments, interest groups,
and citizens, designed to enhance the transportation system and encourage more
livable communities; and
WHEREAS, ITEP funding can be requested for streetscape
enhancements, signal projects, pedestrian and/or bicycle facilities that facilitate
transportation and are included in a local, regional or statewide plan; and
WHEREAS, the ITEP operates with funding based on the following
formula: eighty percent (80%) Federal funding and twenty percent (20%) non -Federal
match for engineering and construction costs; and
WHEREAS, the City seeks to submit an ITEP application for the Main
Street Corridor Improvement Project from Maple Avenue to Hinman Avenue, hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Project"; and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston wishes to avail themselves of funds from
the ITEP program for the Project; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Evanston has available the funds to finance the
twenty percent (20%) non -Federal match and the financial capability to maintain and
manage the completed project in a safe and attractive manner for the public use; and
WHEREAS, as part of its proposal, the City must sign and submit a Local
Assurance document indicating its willingness and ability to perform the Project,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS THAT:
SECTION 1: The City Manager is hereby authorized to sign, and the City
Clerk hereby authorized and directed to attest, on behalf of the City of Evanston, the
Local Assurance document, attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by
reference, for the ITEP application for the Project.
SECTION 2: The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
negotiate and additional conditions of the application as may be determined to be in the
best interest of the City.
SECTION 3: This Resolution 88-R-17 shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
Att t:
Devon Reid, Clerk
Adopted. Wo �' _ Y _ fl,� , 2017
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