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A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to Sign a Resolution for Improvement by
Municipality for the resurfacing of Dodge Avenue
from Oakton Street to Lee Street
WHEREAS, a goal of the City of Evanston is to provide safe transportation
infrastructure within City confines; and
WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the free flow of traffic and insure public
safety, the City seeks to improve City streets by curb replacement, base repair,
drainage and utility structure adjustments, and resurfacing of Dodge Avenue from
Oakton Street to Lee Street, all within the City, a copy of which is attached hereto and
incorporated herein as Exhibit "A"; and
WHEREAS, the improvements to Dodge Avenue will include
grinding/milling the street surface, base repair, adjustment of drainage/utility structures,
and resurfacing the street with any necessary incidental construction; and
WHEREAS, toward the purpose of this project, the City is to receive an
appropriation of funds from the Illinois Department of Transportation ("IDOT") in the
amount of $300,000.00 (Three Hundred Thousand and no/100 Dollars) from the City's
allotment of Motor Fuel Tax funds; and
WHEREAS, to receive the allocation from IDOT, it is necessary for the
City Manager to execute a Resolution for Improvement by Municipality under the Illinois
Highway Code, appropriating $300,000.00 (Three Hundred Thousand and no/100
• Dollars) for the referenced improvements (the "Resolution"), the Resolution is attached
as Exhibit "A"; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Evanston has determined that it
is in the best interests of the City of Evanston to execute said Resolution.
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 and directed to
sign and the City Clerk authorized and directed to attest on behalf of the City the
Resolution for Improvement by Municipality under the Illinois Highway Code, attached
hereto and marked as Exhibit "A".
SECTION 2: That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
negotiate any additional conditions of the Resolution as may be determined to be in
the best interests of the City.
SECTION 3: That this Resolution 17-R-11 shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law. •
Attest:
Rodney Gr�e, City Clerk
Adopted:i ()�f ( , 2011
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Eli eth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
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EXHIBIT A
Resolution for Improvement by Municipality under the Illinois
Highway Code for the Resurfacing of
Dodge Avenue from Oakton Street to Lee Street
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*II0noIS D rtment Resolution for Improvement by
00�4*0 @pa Municipality Under the Illinois
of Transportation Highway Code
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the
Council or President and Board of Trustees
City of Evanston Illinois
City, Town or Village
that the following described street(s) be improved under the Illinois Highway Code:
Name of Thoroughfare Route From To
Dodge Avenue Oakton Street Lee Street
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
1. That the proposed improvement shall consist of Curb replacement, base repair, drainage/utility Structure
adjustment and resurfacing the pavement with necessary incidental construction ($300,000).
and shall be constructed wide
and be designated as Section 11-00261-00-RS
2. That there is hereby appropriated the (additional ❑ Yes ❑ No) sum of Three hundred
thousand Dollars ( $300,000.00 ) for the
improvement of said section from the municipality's allotment of Motor Fuel Tax funds.
3. That work shall be done by Contract ;and,
Specify Contract or Day Labor
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk is hereby directed to transmit two certified copies of this resolution to the
district office of the Department of Transportation.
Approved
Date
Department of Transportation
Regional Engineer
I, Rodney Greene
Clerk in and for the
City of Evanston
City, Town or Village County of Cdok , hereby certify the
foregoing to be a true, perfect and complete copy of a resolution adopted
bythe Evanston City Council
Council or President and Board of Trustees
at a meeting on March 14, 2011
Date
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
29th day of March 2011
(SEAL)
City, 71*'Jilla6e Clerk
Printed 3/4/2011 BLR 09111 (Rev. 11/06)
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