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Joint resolution appropriating $1,370,000 of Matching Tax funds and $905,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the resurfacing of Rollins Road, from Washington Avenue to Fairfield Road, and designated as Section 14-00080-59-RS.
Staff Summary
· Rollins Road Resurfacing: Appropriation.
· Rollins Road, from Washington Avenue to Fairfield Road, is in need of resurfacing.
· This project will include milling 3 3/4 inches and placing a 3 3/4 inch overlay on Rollins Road, from Washington Avenue to Hellendale Avenue, milling 3 inches and placing a 5 inch overlay on Rollins Road, from Wilson Road to Fairfield Road, and constructing hot mix asphalt paved shoulders adjacent to the overlay in areas without curb and gutter sections.
· Rollins Road, from Hellendale Avenue to Wilson Road, was resurfaced in 2014 as part of the drainage improvement and will not be included in this resurfacing project.
· Before a project letting can be held, an appropriation of $1,370,000 of Matching Tax funds and $905,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds is necessary.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Rollins Road, County Highway 31, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Rollins Road, from Washington Avenue to Hellendale Avenue, could be improved by milling 3 3/4 inches and placing a 3 3/4 inch overlay, and if Rollins Road, from Wilson Road to Fairfield Road, could be improved by milling 3 inches and placing a 5 inch overlay, and constructing hot mix asphalt paved shoulders adjacent to the overlay in areas without curb and gutter sections; 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.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that there is hereby appropriated $1,370,000 of Matching Tax funds and $905,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the resurfacing of Rollins Road, from Washington Avenue to Fairfield Road, and designated as Section 14-00080-59-RS.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this appropriation 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 February 10, 2015.