HomeMy WebLinkAbout077-R-22 Authorizing the City Manager to Submit an Application for Grant Funds from the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program for the Church Street Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvements Project09/12/22
77-R-22
A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to Submit an Application for Grant Funds from the
Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program for the Church Street Pedestrian
and Bicycle Improvements Project
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
construction engineering and construction costs; and
WHEREAS, the City seeks to submit an ITEP application for the Church Street
Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvements Project from Dodge Avenue to the west City Limits,
hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Project"; and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston wishes to avail themselves of funds from the
ITEP program for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston has available the funds to finance the twenty
percent (20%) non -Federal match and the financial capability to maintain and manage the
completed project in a safe and attractive manner for the public use; and
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77-R-22
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 ITEP
application for the Project.
SECTION 2: The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to negotiate
and additional conditions of the application as may be determined to be in the best interest of
the City.
SECTION 3: This Resolution 77-R-22 shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
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Daniel Biss, Mayor
Attest: Approved as to form:
Stephanie Mendoza, City Clerk Nicholas E. Cummings, Corporation
Counsel
Adopted: September 12 2022
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