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10/29/2004
70-R-04
A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the Interim City Manager to Sign an
Intergovernmental Agreement with the Illinois Department of
Transportation for Construction Funding 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 State, the City of Evanston ("City") and the
Authority propose to construct a .new overpass structure and approaches along
Asbury Avenue spanning the railroad tracks, said improvements to be designated
as City Section 00-00215-00-BR, State Job Number C-91-416-99, and Federal
Aid Project No. BHM-7003-(801); and
WHEREAS, the proposed grade separation improvements shall be
financed in part with Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Funds (BRRP) as
made available by the Federal -Aid Highway Act; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council has determined it is in the best •
interest of the City to approve said Intergovernmental 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 Intergovernmental
Agreement with the 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 •
from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
Attest: r
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Mary . M�rn �C�ty Clerk
Adopted: �j Y , 2004
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Lorr�ne H. Morton, ayor
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