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PUBLIC WORKS MEMORANDUM <br /> NO. 2015-23 <br /> DATE: June 1,2015 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor McElroy and City Council <br /> FROM: Tim Gleason, City Manager <br /> Richard G. Marley, P.E., Public Works Director <br /> SUBJECT: Resolutions Appropriating Motor Fuel Tax Funds for Street Improvements <br /> City Project 2015-08 and City Project 2015-24 <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: <br /> It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached Resolutions authorizing the Mayor <br /> to sign and the City Clerk to attest to the following items related to 2015 Street Improvement <br /> Proj ects: <br /> 1. Resolution appropriating $1,300,000 in Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) funds for the proposed <br /> 2015 Street Restoration project, City Project 2015-08. <br /> 2. Resolution appropriating $140,000 in Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) funds for the proposed <br /> 2015 Micro-surfacing project, City Project 2015-24. <br /> PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION: <br /> Each year the City Council appropriates MFT funds for street improvement work. MFT funds <br /> are allocated for street improvement work as part of the Fiscal Year 2015 Capital Improvement <br /> Plan. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> 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 MFT funds to their intended projects. <br /> IDOT must receive an MFT appropriation before they will approve project specifications. <br /> Proposed 2015 Asphalt Street Improvement <br /> The resolution appropriates $1,300,000 in MFT funds for asphalt street work for the proposed <br /> 2015 Street Restoration project, City Project 2015-08. The Street Restoration project is part of <br /> the annual maintenance program that generally consists of milling off a portion of an existing <br /> asphalt street surface and placing a new asphalt concrete surface course that restores the integrity <br /> of the street surface. The 2015 project will perform mill and overlay work on portions of Mound <br /> Road and Franklin Street. Arbor Drive will be reconstructed as the material underneath the <br /> Page 11 <br />