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Joint resolution providing for the receipt of the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2013 reimbursement from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) to the Lake County Division of Transportation of federal highway planning assistance funds that flow through the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT).
Staff Summary
· SFY 2013 Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) PL Agreement
· Planning Liaison funds are distributed yearly from the Federal Highway Administration to IDOT and then to CMAP.
· These funds help support transportation planning provided by the Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) and the Lake County CMAP Council of Mayors, i.e., LCDOT staff positions.
· In SFY 2013, which starts July 1, 2012, the allocation to the LCDOT will be $156,527.92 to cover the workload that CMAP describes in its agreement.
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
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, hereinafter referred to as "PL" 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 IDOT, makes this funding available to CMAP for carrying out the responsibilities under Section 134 of Title 23, United States Code, through the CMAP Transportation Committee and the region's designated Metropolitan Planning Organization; and
WHEREAS, CMAP has determined a need for sub-regional transportation planning activities and has allocated "PL" funds to the Lake County Council of Mayors to be utilized under the direction of the Lake County CMAP Council of Mayors to perform said planning activities; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County CMAP Council of Mayors and Lake County have determined that it is in their best interests to mutually cooperate in the coordination of transportation planning activities in Lake County; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County CMAP Council of Mayors has processed a resolution agreeing to re-allocate their "PL" funds to the Lake County Division of Transportation to retain transportation planning professionals to carry out various transportation planning tasks; and
WHEREAS, Lake County must enter into a grant agreement with CMAP to receive "PL" funds in the amount of $156,527.92, to provide said various transportation planning activities; 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 Lake County CMAP Council of Mayors.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that the County Board Chair, the County Clerk, and the County Engineer be authorized and are hereby directed to execute a "PL" grant agreement and any future revisions thereto with CMAP, as required by IDOT. The County Engineer shall transmit, in writing, the final "PL" grant agreement and/or revised "PL" grant agreement to be executed by the County Board Chair and the County Clerk.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said "PL" 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 May 8, 2012.