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17-R-15
A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to Submit an Application for Grant
Funds from the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Control Program
for the Green Bay Road Improvements from Asbury Avenue to
McCormick Boulevard
WHEREAS, the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Control ("CMAQ")
program, is a federal grant program operated by the Chicago Metropolitan Planning
Agency ("CMAP") 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, CMAQ funding can be requested to support projects that will
mitigate transportation congestion, such as lane reduction and signal modernization;
and
WHEREAS, the CMAQ Program funds eighty percent (80%) of the
subject project cost and the remaining twenty percent (20%) must be matched by the
respective program participant for the payment of construction engineering and
construction costs; and
WHEREAS, the City is preparing a CMAQ application for the
construction of the Green Bay Road Improvements from Asbury Avenue to McCormick
Boulevard (hereinafter referred to as the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the total Project cost is estimated to be $2,400,000.00 (Two
Million Four Hundred Thousand and no/100 Dollars) and the City seeks to apply to
CMAP for $1,920,000.00 (One Million Nine Hundred Twenty Thousand and no/100
17-R-15
Dollars) of CMAQ funds for the Project and the City's twenty percent match portion for
the Project will be $480,000.00 (Four Hundred Eighty Thousand and no/100 Dollars),
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 submit the CMAQ
Application for federal funds to CMAP and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and
directed to attest, on behalf of the City of Evanston.
SECTION 2: The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
negotiate any additional conditions of the application as may be determined to be in
the best interests of the City.
SECTION 3: This Resolution 17-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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Eli reth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Attest:
F�odney e nre, City Clerk '
Adopted: Ve-\DY'�,{ (:-)► , 2015
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