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Joint resolution appropriating $780,000 of ¼% Motor Fuel Tax funds for the resurfacing of Ela Road, from Illinois Route 22 to Cuba Road, and designated as Section 15-00144-21-RS.
Staff Summary
• Ela Road Resurfacing: Appropriation.
• Ela Road is in need of resurfacing, from Illinois Route 22 to Cuba Road.
• This resurfacing improvement has been identified within the County’s pavement management system, and is included in the 2015 highway improvement program.
• This County Board, at its meeting of April 14, 2015, approved $225,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the necessary right-of-way and sidewalk construction, on the west side of Ela Road, south of U.S. Route 12, and on the east side of Ela Road, from north of U.S. Route 12 to Illinois Route 22, and designated as Section 14-00144-19-SW.
• The Ela Road resurfacing improvement will be combined with the previously approved sidewalk construction for a single construction letting, and will be designated as Section 15-00144-21-RS.
• Before a project letting can be held, an appropriation of $780,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds is necessary for the resurfacing.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Ela Road, County Highway 60, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to the motoring public if Ela Road, from Illinois Route 22 to Cuba Road, could be improved by resurfacing; and
WHEREAS, this County Board, at its meeting of April 14, 2015, approved an appropriation of $225,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the necessary right-of-way and the construction of a sidewalk on the west side of Ela Road, south of U.S. Route 12, and on the east side of Ela Road, from north of U.S. Route 12 to Illinois Route 22, and designated as Section 14-00144-19-SW; and
WHEREAS, the resurfacing and sidewalk construction will be combined to a single construction letting, and designated as Section 15-00144-21-RS; and
WHEREAS, plans, specifications, and estimates of costs for this improvement have been completed, and this improvement is now ready to proceed to contract letting; and
WHEREAS, before a construction letting can be held, an appropriation of funds is needed for the resurfacing.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that there is hereby appropriated $780,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the resurfacing of Ela Road, from Illinois Route 22 to Cuba Road, and designated as Section 15-00144-21-RS.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the resurfacing of Ela Road, from Illinois Route 22 to Cuba Road, and the sidewalk construction on the west side of Ela Road, south of U.S. Route 12, and on the east side of Ela Road, from north of U.S. Route 12 to Illinois Route 22, be combined to a single construction letting, and designated as Section 15-00144-21-RS.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these appropriations be processed by the County Engineer for final approval of the Illinois Department of Transportation in accordance with the “Agreement of Understanding” between the Illinois Department of Transportation and Lake County, dated January 18, 2013.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on September 8, 2015.