Lake County Illinois - File #: 15-1178

• File #: 15-1178
• Version: 1
• Name: Illinois Route 43 and Greenleaf Street, Traffic Signal Interconnect: IDOT Agreement and Appropriation
• Type: resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/28/2015
• In control: Public Works and Transportation Committee
• Final action: 11/10/2015
• Title: Joint resolution appropriating $210,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds and authorizing an agreement with the State of Illinois, by and through the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), for the utilization of $752,135 in federal highway funds for the modernization and interconnection of the traffic signals along Illinois Route 43, from Northpoint Boulevard to Illinois Route 137, and along Greenleaf Street, from Washington Street to Northpoint Boulevard, Phase III construction engineering services, and designated as Section 12-00999-28-TL and State Job Number C-91-411-15.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/10/2015	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
11/4/2015	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the consent agenda	Pass
11/4/2015	1	Public Works and Transportation Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass

Title
Joint resolution appropriating $210,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds and authorizing an agreement with the State of Illinois, by and through the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), for the utilization of $752,135 in federal highway funds for the modernization and interconnection of the traffic signals along Illinois Route 43, from Northpoint Boulevard to Illinois Route 137, and along Greenleaf Street, from Washington Street to Northpoint Boulevard, Phase III construction engineering services, and designated as Section 12-00999-28-TL and State Job Number C-91-411-15.

Staff Summary
* Illinois Route 43 and Greenleaf Street, Traffic Signal Interconnect: IDOT Agreement and Appropriation.
* The traffic signals along Illinois Route 43, from Northpoint Boulevard to Illinois Route 137, and the traffic signals along Greenleaf Street, from Washington Street to Northpoint Boulevard, will be modernized and connected to Lake County PASSAGE.
* Lake County has received $752,135 in federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funding, administered through IDOT, for 80 percent of the cost of this improvement, including construction engineering.
* This resolution authorizes the execution of an agreement with the State of Illinois for the utilization of these federal highway funds.
* This resolution appropriates $210,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the County's share of this project.

Body
R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, Lake County PASSAGE is a cooperative initiative of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and Lake County to implement the federal initiative for the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) in Lake County; and

WHEREAS, Lake County and the State of Illinois believe it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if traffic signals situated along Illinois Route 43, from Northpoint Boulevard to Illinois Route 137, and the traffic signals along Greenleaf Stre...