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(14) (Railroad Related Work Only) The estimates and general layout plans for at-grade crossing improvements should be forwarded to
<br /> the Rail Safety and Project Engineer,Room 204,Illinois Department of Transportation,2300 South Dirksen Parkway,Springfield,
<br /> Illinois,62764. Approval of the estimates and general layout plans should be obtained prior to the commencement of railroad
<br /> related work. All railroad related work is also subject to approval be the Illinois Commerce Commission(ICC). Final inspection for
<br /> railroad related work should be coordinated through appropriate IDOT District Bureau of Local Roads and Streets office.
<br /> Plans and preemption times for signal related work that will be interconnected with traffic signals shall be submitted to the ICC for
<br /> review and approval prior to the commencement of work. Signal related work involving interconnects with state maintained traffic
<br /> signals should also be coordinated with the IDOT's District Bureau of Operations.
<br /> The LPA is responsible for the payment of the railroad related expenses in accordance with the LPA/railroad agreement prior to
<br /> requesting reimbursement from IDOT. Requests for reimbursement should be sent to the appropriate IDOT District Bureau of Local
<br /> Roads and Streets office.
<br /> Engineer's Payment Estimates shall be in accordance with the Division of Cost on page one.
<br /> (15) And certifies to the best of its knowledge and belief its officials:
<br /> (a) are not presently debarred,suspended,proposed for debarment,declared ineligible or voluntarily excluded from covered
<br /> transactions by any Federal department or agency;
<br /> (b) have not within a three-year period preceding this Agreement been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them
<br /> for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining,attempting to obtain,or performing a public(Federal,
<br /> State or local)transaction or contract under a public transaction;violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes or commission of
<br /> embezzlement,theft,forgery,bribery,falsification or destruction of records,making false statements receiving stolen property;
<br /> (c) are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity(Federal,State,local)with
<br /> commission of any of the offenses enumerated in item(b)of this certification;and
<br /> (d) have not within a three-year period preceding the Agreement had one or more public transactions(Federal,State,local)
<br /> terminated for cause or default.
<br /> (16) To include the certifications,listed in item 15 above,and all other certifications required by State statutes,in every contract,
<br /> including procurement of materials and leases of equipment.
<br /> (17) (State Contracts) That execution of this agreement constitutes the LPA's concurrence in the award of the construction contract to
<br /> the responsible low bidder as determined by the STATE.
<br /> (18) That for agreements exceeding$100,000 in federal funds,execution of this Agreement constitutes the LPA's certification that:
<br /> (a) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid,by or on behalf of the undersigned,to any person for influencing
<br /> or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency,a Member of Congress,an officer or employee of Congress or
<br /> any employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract,the making of any
<br /> cooperative agreement,and the extension,continuation,renewal,amendment or modification of any Federal contract,grant,
<br /> loan or cooperative agreement;
<br /> (b) if any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to
<br /> influence an officer or employee of any agency,a Member of Congress,an officer or employee of Congress or an employee of
<br /> a Member of Congress,in connection with this Federal contract,grant,loan or cooperative agreement,the undersigned shall
<br /> complete and submit Standard Form-LLL,"Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying",in accordance with its instructions;
<br /> (c) The LPA shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award documents for all subawards at all ties
<br /> (including subcontracts,subgrants and contracts under grants,loans and cooperative agreements)and that all subrecipients
<br /> shall certify and disclose accordingly.
<br /> (19) To regulate parking and traffic in accordance with the approved project report.
<br /> (20) To regulate encroachments on public right-of-way in accordance with current Illinois Compiled Statutes.
<br /> (21) To regulate the discharge of sanitary sewage into any storm water drainage system constructed with this improvement in
<br /> accordance with current Illinois Compiled Statutes.
<br /> (22) To complete this phase of the project within three(3)years from the date this agreement is approved by the STATE if this portion of
<br /> the project described in the Project Description does not exceed$1,000,000(five years if the project costs exceed$1,000,000).
<br /> (23) To comply with the federal Financial Integrity Review and Evaluation(FIRE)program,which requires States and subrecipients to
<br /> justify continued federal funding on inactive projects. 23 CFR 630.106(a)(5)defines an inactive project as a project which no
<br /> expenditures have been charged against Federal funds for the past twelve(12)months.
<br /> To keep projects active,invoicing must occur a minimum of one time within any given twelve(12)month period. However,to
<br /> ensure adequate processing time,the first invoice shall be submitted to the STATE within six(6)months of the federal authorization
<br /> date. Subsequent invoices will be submitted in intervals not to exceed six(6)months.
<br /> (24) The LPA will submit supporting documentation with each request for reimbursement from the STATE. Supporting documentation is
<br /> defined as verification of payment,certified time sheets or summaries,vendor invoices,vendor receipts,cost plus fix fee invoice,
<br /> progress report,and personnel and direct cost summaries.and other documentation supporting the requested reimbursement
<br /> amount(Form BLRS 05621 should be used for consultant invoicing purposes). LPA invoice requests to the STATE will be
<br /> submitted with sequential invoice numbers by project.
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