HomeMy WebLinkAbout018-R-23 Authorizing the City Manager to Submit an Application for Shared STP Grant Fund for Chicago Avenue Corridor Improvement Project2/27/2023
18-R-23
A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to Submit an Application for Shared STP
Grant Fund for Chicago Avenue Corridor Improvement Project
WHEREAS, the Shared STP Fund program is a federal program to be
awarded on a competitive basis by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
(CMAP) allowing for local governments to fix and modernize their infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, Shared STP Program funding can be requested to support
projects that will improve transportation connectivity for complete streets and multi
modal users such as cars, bike, buses, and pedestrians; and
WHEREAS, the Shared STP Fund program grants fund eighty percent
(80%) of the subject project cost and the remaining twenty percent (20%) must be
matched by the respective program participant for the payment of engineering and
construction costs; and
WHEREAS, the City is preparing an Shared STP Grant Fund program
application for the Chicago Avenue Corridor Improvement Project from Howard Street to
Davis Street (hereinafter referred to as the “Project”), and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: The foregoing recitals are found as fact and incorporated
herein by reference.
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SECTION 2:The City Manager is hereby authorized to submit the Shared
STP Fund Program Grant Application for federal funds to CMAP and the City Clerk is
hereby authorized and directed to attest, on behalf of the City of Evanston.
SECTION 3: The City Manager is also 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 4: That this Resolution 18-R-23 shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
_______________________________
Daniel Biss, Mayor
Attest:
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Stephanie Mendoza, City Clerk
Adopted: __________________, 2023
Approved as to form:
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Nicholas E. Cummings, Corporation CounselFebruary 27
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