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Public Works <br /> DATE: 11/8/2021 <br /> MEMO: 2022-02 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and City Council Members <br /> FROM: Scot Wrighton, City Manager <br /> Matt Newell, P.E., Public Works Director <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Resolution Authorizing Local Public Agency Agreement for Federal Participation with the <br /> State of Illinois for the Brush College/Faries Parkway Grade Separation <br /> City Project 2009-33 <br /> Section 09-00933-01-BR <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: <br /> It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached Resolution authorizing a Local <br /> Public Agency Agreement for Federal Participation and funding for the construction of the Brush <br /> College Road/ Faries Parkway railroad grade separation. The Agreement authorizes the <br /> expenditure of$48,640,691 for the construction of the grade separation which represents the <br /> following funds: <br /> 1. $25,800,000 in National Highway Freight Program funds (Federal Funding). <br /> 2. $11,424,255 in Grade Crossing Protection funds. <br /> 3. $6,000,000 in Multi-Model Transportation Bond Funds (Rebuild Illinois Funds). <br /> 4. $1,500,000 in State fund commitment for Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive / Wood Street <br /> reallocated to Brush College Road. <br /> 5. $3,916,436 in City funds. City funds are budgeted to include State MFT, Water, and <br /> Storm Water funds. The final allocation of City funds will be determined once bids are <br /> received and actual costs are known. Under an agreement with the Norfolk Southern <br /> Railway Company, the City will be reimbursed $1 million for this project. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The Brush College Road Grade Separation Project was advertised for bid in the State bulletin on <br /> Friday, December 10th with a planned bid opening on Friday, January 21, 2022. The foundation <br /> document of the project is the $48.6 million Local Public Agency Agreement between the State of <br /> Illinois and the City of Decatur. This agreement establishes the funding for the project and will <br /> allow bids to be received and construction to begin under the direction of the State of Illinois with <br /> Page 32 of 163 <br />