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3/12/2021 Item Coversheet <br /> In <br /> Public Works <br /> DATE: 3/5/2021 <br /> MEMO: 2021-28 <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 Highways by Municipality <br /> Under the Illinois Highway Code <br /> City Projects 2021-08 <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: <br /> It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached Resolutions authorizing the Mayor to sign and the City Clerk to <br /> attest to the following: <br /> 1. Appropriating$950,000 in State Motor Fuel Tax(MFT)funds for the proposed 2021 Street Restoration project,City <br /> Project 2021-08;and <br /> 2. Appropriating$1,450,000 in State MFT funds for the proposed 2021 Concrete and Brick Street Rehabilitation <br /> project,City Project 2021-11. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> State Motor Fuel Taxes are levied and collected by the State of Illinois;funds are allocated to local agencies and are administered <br /> by the Illinois Department of Transportation(IDOT). The City is required to adopt a resolution specifying the allocation of State <br /> MFT funds to their intended projects. IDOT must receive an MFT appropriation before they will approve the expenditure of State <br /> MFT money. <br /> 2021 Street Restoration Project 2021-08 <br /> The first resolution appropriates$950,000 in State MFT funds for asphalt street work for the proposed 2021 Street Restoration <br /> project,City Project 2021-08. The Street Restoration project is part of the annual maintenance program that generally consists of <br /> milling off a portion of an existing asphalt street surface and placing new asphalt that restores the integrity of the street surface. <br /> The 2021-08 project will perform mill and overlay work on two sections of Jasper Street and overlay a section of concrete on <br /> Airport Road just north of U.S.36. <br /> The proposed street list for asphalt rehabilitation is as follows(see attached location map): <br /> Begin End Surface Treatment Length(feet) Length <br /> Street (Lane Miles) <br /> S.Jasper E.Lake Shore E. Cantrell St. Mill and Overlay 2,530 1.44 <br /> Street Dr. <br /> N/S Jasper E.Wood St. E. Eldorado Mill and Overlay 1,965 0.74 <br /> Street St. <br /> Airport US Route 36 End of Concrete Overlay 1,100 0.42 <br /> Road Concrete <br /> Total Length 5,595 2.6 <br /> 2021 Concrete and Brick Street Rehabilitation Project 2021-11 <br /> The second resolution appropriates$1,450,000 in State MFT funds for concrete and brick street work for the proposed 2021 <br /> Concrete and Brick Street Rehabilitation project,City Project 2021-11. The Concrete and Brick Street project is being prepared as <br /> a separate project from the annual Street Restoration project,because of the amount of concrete street patches being proposed this <br /> https://decatur.novusagenda.com/AgendaWeb/CoverSheet.aspx?ltemlD=3308 1/2 <br />