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23-R-12
A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to Sign a Local Assurance Document for
an Application to Participate in an Interagency / Joint Funding
Agreement through the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program
for the Ladd Arboretum Multiuse Trail
WHEREAS, the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program ("ITEP") is
a Federally -financed program, operated by the Illinois Department of Transportation
("IDOT") in partnership with other state agencies, local governments, interest groups,
and citizens, designed to enhance the transportation system and encourage more
livable communities-, and
WHEREAS, ITEP funding can be requested for pedestrian and/or bicycle
• facilities that facilitate transportation and are included in a local, regional or statewide
plan; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program operates
on an eighty percent (80%) Federal funding and twenty percent (20%) non -Federal
match for preliminary engineering, utility relocations, construction engineering, and
construction costs; and
WHEREAS, the City is preparing an ITEP application for reconstruction
of the Ladd Arboretum's multi -use trail, hereinafter referred to as the "Project"; and
WHEREAS, the request from ITEP for the Project is five hundred eighty
thousand dollars ($580,000.00) and the City's match for the Project is one hundred
forty-five thousand dollars ($145,000.00);and
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WHEREAS, as part of its proposal, the City must sign and submit a Local •
Assurance document indicating its willingness and ability to perform the Project,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: The City Manager is hereby authorized to sign, and the City
Clerk hereby authorized and directed to attest, on behalf of the City of Evanston, the
Local Assurance document, attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by
reference, for the ITEP application for the Project.
SECTION 2: The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
negotiate any additional conditions of the application as may be determined to be in
the best interests of the City.
SECTION 3: This Resolution 23-R-12 shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law. .
Eliz b th B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Attest. -
Rodney G Zne, City Clerk
Adopted: -4LL_, 2012
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EXHIBIT A
ITEP Local Assurance Document
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Local Assurance
This page must be signed for the project to be considered for funding
The project sponsor certifies that it is wiiling and able to manage, maintain and operate the project. The project sponsor
possesses legal authority to nominate the transportation enhancement project and to finance, acquire, and construct the
proposed project; and by this assurance the sponsor authorizes the nomination of the transportation enhancement project,
including all understanding and assurances contained therein, and authorizes the person identified as the official
representative of the sponsor to act in connection with the nomination and to provide such additional information as may be
required. The project sponsor affirms that, if selected, the project will commence within the time periods defined by the
Sunset Clause (refer to Section H) and in accordance with departmental policies.
I certify that the information contained in this transportation enhancement application,
including attachments, is accurate and that I have read and understand the information and
agree to the assurances on this form.
Name:
Please print
Title:
Please print
Signature:
Project Sponsor:
Date:
OPP 2245 (06/23110)
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