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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with the State of Illinois/Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for the intersection improvement of Ela Road, at U.S. Route 12, appropriating $185,000 of Matching Tax funds, and designated as Section 14-00144-18-CH.
Staff Summary
· Ela Road, at U.S. Route 12, Intersection Improvement: IDOT Agreement and Appropriation.
· U.S. Route 12, at the intersection of Ela Road, will be improved with right turn lanes, traffic signal modifications, and the installation of pedestrian accommodations as part of the improvement being designed for the Village of Lake Zurich's Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) project.
· The Village and the County have entered into an agreement providing for the change of Local Agency Designation for this CMAQ project implementation.
· The County will oversee the construction of this improvement and provide the local share of construction costs for the intersection improvement.
· This agreement provides IDOT will pay approximately 80 percent of the construction cost and the County will be eligible to receive approximately 80 percent reimbursement for the construction engineering cost (approximate federal share $694,222).
· This resolution authorizes the execution of an agreement with the State of Illinois for the use of Federal funds, and appropriates $185,000 of Matching Tax funds for the local share of this improvement.
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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, in 2000 the Village of Lake Zurich (Village) received approval to utilize federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funding for the addition of right turn lanes on U.S. Route 12, at the intersection of Ela Road; and
WHEREAS, the Village, the State of Illinois and Lake County believe it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if the intersection of Ela Road and U.S. Route 12 could be improved; and
WHEREAS, the Village and the County have entered into an agreement providing for the change of Local Agency Designation for CMAQ project implementation; and
WHEREAS, IDOT and Lake County are desirous of entering into an agreement to utilize federal highway funds for the above construction and Phase III construction engineering services, setting forth the terms and obligations to each agency, a draft copy of which is attached hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that the County Board Chair, the County Clerk, and the County Engineer of Lake County are authorized, and they are directed to execute on behalf of Lake County, an agreement, for the intersection improvement of Ela Road, at U.S. Route 12, and such authorization shall include any subsequent amendments.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Engineer shall transmit, in writing, the final agreement, and any subsequent amendments, to be executed by the County Board Chair and the County Clerk.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is hereby appropriated $185,000 of Matching Tax funds for the County's share of this improvement, and designated as Section 14-00144-18-CH.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this agreement, and any amendments, when executed in its final form, be submitted to the Illinois Department of Transportation for their approval and final processing.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on April 14, 2015.