HomeMy WebLinkAbout037-R-20 Authorizing the Mayor to Sign the Local Public Agency Agreement & City Manager to Sign a Preliminary Engineering Agreement with the IDOT & Kimley Horn & Associates Inc. for Federal Participation for Ridge Ave Traffic Signals Improvement Project04/06/2020
37-R-20
A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the Mayor to Sign the Local Public Agency Agreement and
City Manager to Sign a Preliminary Engineering Agreement with the
Illinois Department of Transportation A Kimley-Horn & Associates
Inc. for Federal Participation for the Ridge Avenue Traffic Signals
Improvement Project
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston seeks to utilize the Highway Safety
Improvement Program Grant Funds to improve seven (7) signalized intersections along
Ridge Avenue from Oakton Street to Church Street with east -west left turn signals,
upgrading emergency signal pre-emption, accessible pedestrian signals,
Americans with Disability Act ("ADA") improvements and other pedestrian and vehicular
safety improvements including high visibility cross walks and advanced stop bars, said
improvement to be identified as IDOT State Section Number: 19-00284-00-CH, State Job
Number: P-91-023-20, and Project Number: 5N67(356) hereinafter referred to as the
"Project"; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and the City of Evanston wish to avail
themselves of federal money committed to fund the Project and the City Council of the
City of Evanston hereby determines it is in the best interest of the City to enter into the
Preliminary Engineering Services Agreement with IDOT & Kimley-Horn & Associates
Inc.; and
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WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and the City of Evanston are all desirous of
said Project because it will have an immediate benefit to the residents of the area and be
permanent in nature,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: The Mayor is hereby authorized to sign and the City Clerk is
hereby authorized to attest to the Local Public Agency Agreement for Federal
Participation Agreement to fund the Project, attached hereto as Exhibit A and
incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2: The City Manager is hereby authorized to sign and the City
Clerk is hereby authorized to attest to the Preliminary Engineering Services Agreement
for Federal Participation to fund the Project, attached hereto as Exhibit B and
incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 3: The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
negotiate any additional conditions of the Local Public Agency Agreement and
Preliminary Engineering Services Agreement as she may determine to be in the best
interests of the City.
SECTION 3: That this Resolution 37-R-20 shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
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Stephen H. Hagerty, Mayor
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Eduardo Gomez, Deputy City Clerk
Adopted: April 27, 2020 , 2020
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Approved as to form:
Kelly A. Gandurski, Corporation Counsel
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EXHIBIT A
Local Public Agency Agreement For Federal Participation
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EXHIBIT B
Preliminary Engineering Services Agreement For Federal Participation