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3/31/06
28-R-06
A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to enter into an Agreement with the Illinois
Department of Transportation for Federal Funding for the
Twiggs Park Bike Path Project
WHEREAS, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation
Equity Act: A Legacy of Users (SAFETEA-LU) includes $200,000 in federal funding
earmarked to assist the City of Evanston in constructing a citywide bicycle path
network; and
WHEREAS, the Evanston Bicycle System Improvement Plan was approved
by the City Council in 2002; and
WHEREAS, the Twiggs Park Bike Path Project is included in the
improvement plan; and
•WHEREAS, the Twiggs Park Bike Path Project will extend the existing off-
street bike path in the park northeasterly to Green Bay Road, thereby eliminating a
significant transportation gap in the City's bicycle network; 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 enter into an
Agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation to utilize federal funding
for the design and construction of the Twiggs Park Bike Path Project.
SECTION 2: That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and
after the date of its passage and approval in the manner required by law.
Mayor
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