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Joint resolution providing for the receipt of $170,332.95, which is the state fiscal year (SFY) 2019 reimbursement from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), to the Lake County Division of Transportation (DOT), of federal highway planning assistance funds that flow through the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT).
Staff Summary
* Planning liaison funds are distributed yearly from the Federal Highway Administration to IDOT and then to CMAP.
* These funds help support transportation planning provided by the DOT and the Lake County CMAP Council of Mayors (DOT staff positions).
* In SFY 2019, which begins July 1, 2018, the allocation to the DOT will be $170,332.95 to cover the workload that CMAP describes in its agreement.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Section 104 of Chapter 1 of Subpart A of Title 23, United States Code, has authorized through the State of Illinois, Metropolitan Planning Funds, hereinafter referred to as "PL" funds, to carry out Section 134 of Chapter 1 of Subpart A of Title 23, United States Code; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois, by and through IDOT, makes this funding available to CMAP for carrying out the responsibilities under Section 134 of Title 23, United States Code, through the CMAP Transportation Committee and the region's designated Metropolitan Planning Organization; and
WHEREAS, CMAP has determined a need for sub-regional transportation planning activities, and has allocated "PL" funds to the Lake County CMAP Council of Mayors to be utilized under the direction of the Lake County CMAP Council of Mayors to perform said planning activities; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County CMAP Council of Mayors and Lake County have determined that it is in their best interest to mutually cooperate in the coordination of transportation planning activities in Lake County; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County CMAP Council of Mayors has processed a resolution agreeing to reallocate their "PL" funds to DOT to retain transpor...
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