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PUBLIC WORKS MEMORANDUM <br /> NO. 2014-16 <br /> DATE: April 25, 2014 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor McElroy and City Council <br /> FROM: Ryan P. McCrady, City Manager <br /> Richard G. Marley, P.E., Public Works Director <br /> SUBJECT: Resolution Appropriating Motor Fuel Tax Funds for Street Improvements <br /> City Project 2014-08 <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: <br /> It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached resolution appropriating <br /> $1,400,000 in Motor Fuel Tax(MFT) funds for the proposed 2014 Street Improvement Project <br /> and that the Mayor be authorized to sign said resolution, and the City Clerk to attest. <br /> PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION: <br /> Each year the City Council appropriates MFT funds for street improvement work. MFT funds are <br /> allocated for street improvement work as part of the Fiscal Year 2014 Capital Improvement 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 2014 Asphalt Street Improvement <br /> The resolution appropriates $1,400,000 in MFT funds for asphalt street work for the proposed <br /> 2014 Street Restoration project, City Project 2014-08. 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 2014 project will perform mill and overlay work on portions of Mound <br /> Road, Grand Avenue, and Oakland Avenue. A portion of Oakland Avenue will also be <br /> reconstructed as the material underneath the pavement has failed. Reconstruction generally <br /> involves the full removal of the pavement, stabilizing the base material with cement, and then <br /> relaying an asphalt surface. In total, 3.61 lane miles of the City's 825 total lane miles will be <br /> rehabilitated as part of this project. <br /> Page I 1 <br />