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A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to Sign a
Joint Agreement with the
Illinois Department of Transportation
For the Reconstruction of the Dempster Street
Bridge and the Improvement of Dempster Street
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois ("State"), in order to facilitate the free flow of
traffic and insure safety to the motoring public, is desirous of improving approximately
1,181 feet of Dempster Street by removing and replacing the Dempster Street bridge
over the North Shore Channel and widening and resurfacing Dempster Street from
McCormick Boulevard to Fowler Avenue; and
• WHEREAS, the City of Evanston ("City") has requested the State to install
combination traffic signal/light poles and to relocate other light poles; and
WHEREAS, the State is agreeable to incorporating construction of said
combination traffic signal/light poles and light pole relocation in its project; and
WHEREAS, the State and City are desirous of entering into an Agreement to
facilitate the above improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Evanston has determined it is in the
best interests of the City of Evanston to enter said Agreement, and
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 hereby authorized to attest to the Joint Agreement with IDOT for the
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reconstruction of the Dempster Street Bridge and the improvement of Dempster Street, •
attached as Exhibit A.
SECTION 2: That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
negotiate any additional conditions of the Agreement as may be determined to be in the
best interests of the City.
SECTION 3: That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage and approval in the manner provid y law.
Lorraine H. orton, Mayor
ATTEST:
erk
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Adopted: �'� �,.� , 2002 •
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