R2011-60 FOR RESTORATION OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS

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Associates to design improvements to South Main Street and South Franklin Street between Wood Street and Cleveland Avenue. BACKGROUND: Motor Fuel Taxes are levied and collected by the State of Illinois; funds are allocated to local agencies and are administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation(IDOT). The City is required to adopt a resolution specifying the allocation of MFT funds to their intended project. IDOT must receive an MFT appropriation before they will approve project specifications. 1. The first resolution appropriates $1,718,000 in MFT funds for asphalt street work which will be the proposed 2011 Mill and Overlay project, City Project 2011-08. The Mill and Overlay project is part of the annual maintenance program that generally consists of milling off a portion of an existing asphalt street surface and placing a new asphalt concrete surface course that restores the integrity of the street surface. This year's project includes a significant amount of patching to repair failed street sections that are becoming more prevalent throughout the City as capital improvements to the street system are reduced. Portions of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Garfield Avenue are also included to improve the deteriorated street sections that recently were involved in the major water main extension work. The proposed street list is as follows: Street Begin End Surface Treatment Length (feet) Martin Luther King, Jr. Grand Avenue Garfield Avenue Mill and Overlay 2,640 Drive Garfield Avenue MLK,Jr. Drive Garfield Bridge Mill and Overlay 960 Martin Luther King,Jr. Clay Street Eldorado Street Mill and Overlay— 2,500 Drive East side only Grand Avenue M.L. King Jr. Clinton Street Mill and Overlay 900 Drive Millikin Place East Right of Way Wast Right of Mill and Overlay 250 -F Total Length F 5,800 2. The second resolution appropriates $350,000 in MFT funds for concrete street reconstruction work which will be the proposed L &A Industrial Park Drive Concrete Pavement Reconstruction project, City Project 2011-11. This project will replace half of the failed concrete pavement providing access to this industrial park. The work will include removing the south half of the pavement, stabilizing the base and replacing it with an alternate of either concrete or asphalt. It is intended that the remaining portion of the street will be completed in the summer of 2012 if funding is available. 3. The third resolution appropriates $1,730,000 in MFT funds to improve South Main Street and South Franklin Street between Wood Street and Cleveland Avenue. The Route 51 Street Improvement project, City Project 2010-13 will reconstruct a portion of Main Street between Decatur Street and the Canadian National Railroad Bridge to the south. Page 12