Title
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement between Lake County and the State of Illinois for the utilization of federal highway funds for the modernization and interconnection of the traffic signals in the City of Highland Park including interconnection with Lake County PASSAGE and appropriates $744,000 of ¼ % Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds for this improvement and Phase III engineering and designated as Section 06-00924-00-TL.
Staff Summary
· Lake County PASSAGE, City of Highland Park Signals: Phase III IDOT Joint Agreement and Appropriation.
· Lake County has received federal CMAQ funding, administered by IDOT, for the upgrade of various traffic signals in the City of Highland Park into Lake County PASSAGE.
· Phase II, design engineering, for this improvement has been completed and the project is ready for a state letting.
· This resolution authorizes the execution of an agreement between the State of Illinois and Lake County for the utilization of these federal highway funds for construction.
· This resolution appropriates $744,000 of ¼ % Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds for this improvement and Phase III engineering.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lake County PASSAGE is a cooperative initiative of IDOT and Lake County to implement the federal initiative for the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) in Lake County; and
WHEREAS, the City of Highland Park, Lake County and the State of Illinois believe it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if traffic signals situated in the City of Highland Park could be modernized and interconnected with PASSAGE; and
WHEREAS, this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, at its meeting of March 8, 2005, authorized the execution of an agreement between Lake County and the State of Illinois for the costs of improvements for connection to Lake County PASSAGE associated with traffic signals owned by the state; and
WHEREAS, this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, at its meeting of November 18, 2008 authorized the execution of an agreement between Lake County and the City of Highland Park for costs of improvements for connection to Lake County PASSAGE associated with the traffic signals owned by the City of Highland Park ; and
WHEREAS, Phase III engineering services (Construction Engineering is required to utilize federal highway funds for the above-proposed improvements;
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County are desirous of entering into an agreement to utilize federal highway funds for the above-proposed improvement and also for Phase III engineering services (Construction Engineering), a draft copy of which agreement is attached hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Chair of the Lake County Board, the County Clerk and the County Engineer of Lake County are authorized and they are 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.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is appropriated $744,000 of ¼ % Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds for this improvement and Phase III engineering and designated as Section 06-00924-00-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.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this agreement be administered in accordance with Chapter 605, Act 5, Section 5-205.2 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes without further Board action providing the final contract cost chargeable under the funds appropriated does not exceed the appropriations.
Dated at Waukegan, Illinois, this 11TH day of May A.D., 2010