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Joint Resolution authorizing the Chair of the County Board, the County Clerk and the County Engineer to execute an agreement for the use of Federal Highway Funds between the State of Illinois and Lake County for Phase II engineering services (Design Engineering) for the proposed improvements to the traffic control signals situated at fourteen (14) intersections along Lewis Avenue (County Highway 27) between York House Road (County Highway 65) and 14th Street (County Highway 13) and designated as Section 08-00259-00-TL.
Staff Summary
• Lewis Avenue (York House Road to 14th Street) Traffic Signal Interconnect; Phase II: IDOT Agreement.
• The county has been allocated federal CMAQ funds to improve the traffic signals and interconnect along Lewis Avenue and IDOT administers all federal funds.
• This agreement provides for the county to receive 80% reimbursement for the cost of Phase II.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, portions of Lewis Avenue (County Highway 27) between York House Road (County Highway 65) and 14th Street (County Highway 13) is a designated route on the county highway system; and
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if the traffic control signals situated along Lewis Avenue between York House Road and 14th Street could be modernized and interconnected; and
WHEREAS, the intersections with said traffic control signals are: 1) York House Road, 2) Ballentine Street, 3) Sunset Avenue, 4) Williamsburg Drive, 5) Roger Edwards Avenue/Harding Avenue, 6) Glen Flora Avenue, 7) Ridgeland Avenue, 8) Grand Avenue, 9) Brookside Avenue, 10) Washington Street, 11) Belvidere Street, 12) Dougdale Road, 13) 10th Street and 14) 14th Street; and
WHEREAS, the free flow of traffic along Lewis Avenue is beneficial to the safety and welfare of the State of Illinois, the City of Waukegan and the county as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the City of Waukegan and Lake County have entered into an agreement for the improvement and maintenance of the traffic control signals along Lewis Avenue between York House Road and 14th Street, approved at the June 10, 2008 County Board Meeting; and
WHEREAS, Lake County under terms of said agreement, is the local lead agency for the improvement of said traffic control signals; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County are desirous of entering into an agreement to utilize federal highway funds for the Phase II engineering services (Design Engineering) setting forth the terms and obligations to each agency, a draft copy of which is attached hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Chair of the Lake County Board, the County Clerk and the County Engineer of Lake County are authorized and they are hereby directed to execute an agreement pertaining to the financing of the above-named improvement. The County Engineer shall transmit in writing the final agreement to be executed by the Chair of the Lake County Board and the County Clerk, and grant plan and specification approval to the Illinois Department of Transportation. This improvement is designated as Section 08-00259-00-TL.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this agreement, when executed in its final form, be submitted to the Illinois Department of Transportation for their approval and final processing.
Dated at Waukegan, Illinois
this 12th day of August 2008