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PUBLIC WORKS MEMORANDUM <br /> NO. 2018-22 <br /> DATE: May 10,2018 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and City Council Members <br /> FROM: Tim Gleason, City Manager <br /> Matthew C. Newell,P.E.,Public Works Director <br /> SUBJECT: Resolution to Appropriate Motor Fuel Tax Funds for Restoration of Streets and <br /> Highways by Municipality Under the Illinois Highway Code <br /> City Project 2018-08 <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: <br /> It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached Resolution authorizing the Mayor to <br /> sign and the City Clerk to attest to appropriating $1,600,000 in State Motor Fuel Tax (MFT)funds <br /> for the proposed 2018 Street Restoration project, City Project 2018-08. <br /> PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION: <br /> Each year the City Council approves the appropriation of State MFT funds for street improvement <br /> work. State MFT funds are allocated for street improvement work as part of the Fiscal Year 2018 <br /> Capital Improvement Plan. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> State Motor Fuel Taxes are levied and collected by the State of Illinois; funds are allocated to local <br /> agencies, and are administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). The City is <br /> required to adopt a resolution specifying the allocation of State MFT funds to their intended <br /> projects. IDOT must receive an MFT appropriation before they will approve the expenditure of <br /> State MFT money. <br /> Proposed 2018 Street Improvement <br /> The resolution appropriates $1,600,000 in State MFT funds for asphalt street work for the proposed <br /> 2018 Street Restoration project, City Project 2018-08. The Street Restoration project is part of the <br /> annual maintenance program that generally consists of milling off a portion of an existing asphalt <br /> street surface and placing a new asphalt concrete surface course that restores the integrity of the <br /> street surface. The 2018 project will strengthen the edge and perform mill and overlay work on <br /> Airport Road between U.S. 36 and Country Club Road. <br /> The edge of the pavement will be strengthened by removing the existing pavement and replacing it <br /> with a thicker layer of asphalt. The rest of the road surface will be milled then overlayed with two <br /> inches of additional asphalt which will strengthen the road. <br /> - 1 - <br />