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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with the State of Illinois, Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), for the use of federal highway funds for the construction and Phase III construction engineering to reconstruct and improve 14th Street, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Sheridan Road, and appropriating $5,490,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds, and designated as Section 99-00260-01-WR.
Staff Summary
• 14th Street will be reconstructed and improved, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Sheridan Road.
• This improvement will include the reconstruction of the road to three lanes with a shared center turn lane, a new bike path and sidewalk, street lighting, drainage improvements, and installation of a roundabout at 14th Street and Dugdale which will replace the existing four-way stop.
• The County has been allocated federal funds to reconstruct and improve 14th Street, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Sheridan Road, and IDOT administers all federal highway funds.
• This agreement provides that IDOT will pay up to 80 percent of the construction cost, and the County will be eligible to receive up to 80 percent reimbursement for the construction engineering cost dependent upon the availability of federal funds.
• This improvement is included in the Highway Improvement Program with construction planned to begin in 2019.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, upon completion of construction and the jurisdictional transfer, 14th Street, County Highway 78, will be a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the free flow of traffic at 14th Street is beneficial to the safety and welfare of the State of Illinois and the County as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County believe it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if 14th Street, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Sheridan Road, could be reconstructed and improved; and
WHEREAS, Phase III construction engineering is required to utilize federal highway funds for the above-described improvement; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County are desirous of entering into an agreement to utilize federal highway funds for the reconstruction and improvement of 14th Street, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Sheridan Road, and for 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 an agreement, and any subsequent amendments thereto, pertaining to the financing of the above-named improvement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Engineer shall transmit, in writing, the final agreement, and any amendments required by IDOT, to be executed by the County Board Chair and the County Clerk, and grant plan and specification approval to IDOT.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is appropriated $5,490,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds, and designated as Section 99-00260-01-WR
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this agreement, and any amendments required by IDOT, when executed in their final form, be submitted to IDOT for their approval and final processing.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 13, 2018.