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10/29/2004
69-R-04
A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the Interim City Manager to Sign an
Joint Agreement with the Ciorba Group/Illinois Department of
Transportation for Construction Engineering Services for Asbury
Avenue Bridge Reconstruction Project
WHEREAS, Asbury Avenue (FAU Route 3732) is located in
Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, and as a two-lane highway extends over the
main tracks and across the right-of-way of the Chicago Transit Authority
("Authority"), by means of an existing overpass structure located approximately
one thousand (1,000) feet north of the intersection of the centerline of Howard
• Street and the centerline of Asbury Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the present northbound and southbound highway
traffic is carried over the tracks by a structure built in 1924; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Transportation ("IDOT's")
current improvement program contemplates the replacement of the two-lane
highway bridge at this location, as afforded by 1) removing the 1924 structure,
and 2) constructing a new structure for both northbound and southbound traffic,
along the existing alignment; and
WHEREAS, the City and Ciorba Group/IDOT will enter into a Joint
Agreement relative to the construction inspection by the City under the
supervision of IDOT; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council has determined it is in the best •
interest of the City to approve said Joint Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That the Interim City Manager is hereby authorized to
sign and the City Clerk hereby authorized to attest to the Joint Agreement with
Ciorba Group/Illinois Department of Transportation for the Reconstruction of the
Asbury Avenue Bridge, attached as "Exhibit 1".
SECTION 2: That the Interim City Manager is hereby authorized
and directed to negotiate any additional conditions of the Intergovernmental
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 0
from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
Attest:
Mary yP. Mo r' Tity Clerk
Adopted: N 2004
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,,,:Lorraine H. Mortor , Mayor
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