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PUBLIC WORKS MEMORANDUM <br /> NO. 2019-226 <br /> DATE: November 27,2019 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and City Council Members <br /> FROM: Scot Wrighton, 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 2020-08 <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 $650,000 in State Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) funds for <br /> the proposed 2020 Street Restoration project, City Project 2020-08. <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 2020 <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 projects. <br /> IDOT must receive an MFT appropriation before they will approve the expenditure of State MFT <br /> money. <br /> Proposed 2020 Street Improvement <br /> The resolution appropriates $650,000 in State MFT funds for asphalt street work for the proposed <br /> 2020 Street Restoration project, City Project 2020-08. 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 street <br /> surface. The 2020 project will perform mill and overlay work on lst Drive located in South Shores, <br /> and E. Prairie Street located east of Downtown. In addition,there will be some asphalt patching and <br /> crack sealing on various streets in the City. <br /> � � � <br />