Title
Joint resolution executing an agreement with the State of Illinois for Phase II design engineering services for the Deerfield Road bike path, from Illinois Route 21/45 to the Des Plaines River Trail, and designated as Section 10-00038-05-BT.
Staff Summary
* Deerfield Road Bike Path, from Illinois Route 21/45 to the Des Plaines River Trail: Phase II IDOT Agreement.
* The County has been allocated federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds to improve this bike path and IDOT administers all federal highway funds.
* Phase I engineering has been completed.
* Phase II, design engineering, is required on all federally funded improvements, allowing the County to receive 80 percent reimbursement.
* The County Board awarded the Phase II design engineering contract to Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. on January 14, 2014.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Deerfield Road, County Highway 11, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois, acting by and through its Illinois Department of Transportation, IDOT, and Lake County believe it would be beneficial for the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Deerfield Road could be improved with the construction of a bike path to connect to the existing path at the southwest corner of Illinois Route 21/45 to the existing path west of the Des Plaines River; and
WHEREAS, Phase II design engineering services are required to utilize federal highway funds for the above-proposed improvements, and Phase II design engineering services were awarded to Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. by the Lake County Board on January 14, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County are desirous of entering into an agreement to utilize federal highway funds for the above proposed Phase II design engineering services, setting forth the terms and obligations to each agency, a draft of which is attached hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVE...
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