Title
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) for the Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) to provide transportation planning staff assistance for the Lake County Council of Mayors (LCCOM) and receive an allocation of federal funds to cover these services.
Staff Summary
• Metropolitan Planning funds are distributed yearly from the Federal Highway Administration to the Illinois Department of Transportation and then to CMAP.
• These funds help support transportation planning provided by the LCDOT for the LCCOM (LCDOT staff positions).
• For State Fiscal Year 2027, the allocation to LCDOT will be $205,360 to cover the scope of services described in the attached agreement.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Section 104 of Chapter 1 of Subpart A of Title 23, United States Code, has authorized through the State of Illinois, Metropolitan Planning funds, to carry out Section 134 of Chapter 1 of Subpart A of Title 23, United States Code; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois, by and through the Illinois Department of Transportation, makes this funding available to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), as the region’s designated Metropolitan Planning Organization, for carrying out the responsibilities under Section 134 of Title 23 of the United States Code; and
WHEREAS, CMAP has determined a need for sub-regional transportation planning activities, and has allocated Metropolitan Planning funds to the Lake County Council of Mayors (LCCOM) to be utilized for these planning activities; and
WHEREAS, the LCCOM and Lake County have determined that it is in their best interest to mutually cooperate in the coordination of transportation planning activities in Lake County; and
WHEREAS, the LCCOM has processed a resolution agreeing to reallocate their Metropolitan Planning funds to the Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) to retain transportation planning professionals to carry out various tasks; and
WHEREAS, Lake County must enter into a grant agreement with CMAP to receive these Metropolitan Planning funds in the amount of $205,360; and
WHEREAS, CMAP and Lake County are now desirous of entering into a grant agreement, stating the terms and conditions by which Lake County will provide transportation planning activities for the LCCOM.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the County Board Chair, the County Clerk, and the County Engineer be authorized and are hereby directed to execute a Metropolitan Planning funds grant agreement and any future revisions thereto with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. The County Engineer shall transmit, in writing, the final Metropolitan Planning Funds grant agreement and/or revised Metropolitan Planning Funds grant agreement to be executed by the County Board Chair and the County Clerk; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that said Metropolitan Planning funds contract be administered in accordance with Section 5-205.2 of the Illinois Highway Code without further Lake County Board action.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on September 8, 2026.