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Joint resolution appropriating a supplemental amount of $40,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds for the 2013 non-motorized travel improvement along Hunt Club Road, from Grand Avenue to West Brook Lane, and designated as Section 13-00095-16-SW.
Staff Summary
· Non-Motorized Travel 2013, Hunt Club Road Sidewalk Improvement: Construction Supplemental Appropriation.
· The 2010 Non-Motorized Travel Study included a Gap Analysis that identified areas along Hunt Club Road, County Highway 29, with gaps in non-motorized facilities.
· This project is for the construction of a municipal sidewalk on the east side of Hunt Club Road, from Grand Avenue to West Brook Lane, the upgrade of ADA ramps, and adding a pedestrian crossing on the north side of Grand Avenue at Hunt Club Road.
· This County Board, at its meeting of July 9, 2013, appropriated $115,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds.
· This County Board, at its meeting of March 11, 2014, awarded a contract to Alliance Contractors, Woodstock, Illinois, in the amount of $128,954.52.
· This resolution appropriates a supplemental amount of $40,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, non-motorized travel on the County highway system affects the safety and welfare of the motoring public; and
WHEREAS, non-motorized travel on the County highway system is increasing as the County becomes more urbanized; and
WHEREAS, Hunt Club Road, County Highway 29, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the 2010 Non-Motorized Travel Study included a Gap Analysis that identified a gap in the municipal sidewalk system along the east side of Hunt Club Road, from Grand Avenue to West Brook Lane; and
WHEREAS, this County Board, at its meeting of July 9, 2013, appropriated $115,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds for this improvement; and
WHEREAS, this County Board, at its meeting of March 11, 2014, awarded a contract to Alliance Contractors, Woodstock, Illinois, in the amount of $128,954.52 for this improvement; and
WHEREAS, a supplemental appropriation of $40,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety Funds is required.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that there is hereby appropriated a supplemental amount of $40,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds for the construction of a municipal sidewalk on the east side of Hunt Club Road, from Grand Avenue to West Brook Lane, the upgrade of ADA ramps, and adding a pedestrian crossing on the north side of Grand Avenue at Hunt Club Road, and designated as Section 13-00095-16-SW.
DATED at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, on April 8, 2014.