R2009-21 APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR AGREEMENT WITH ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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' � . Engineering& Infrastructure Memorandum NO. 2009-13 DATE: February 18, 2009 TO: Honorable Mayor Carrigan and City Co ncil FROM: Ryan P. McCrady, City Manager ZC-� ��,J�-1 Richard G. Marley, P.E., Director of Engineering& Infrastivcture SUBJECT: Agreement with the State of Illinois for Federal Participation for the Eldorado Street Enhancement Project, City Project 06-25 SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by staffthat the City Council adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign, and the City clerk to attest, the following actions: 1. An Agreement with the State of Illinois to utilize Federal and State funds for the construction of the Eldorado Street Enhancement Project. The Resolution and Agreement authorizes a City expenditure of$308,280 to provide matching funds and fund items that are not eligible for Enhancement funding. 2. An Agreement with URS Corporation to reimburse for additional design work required to revise the plans and specifications to meet the budgetary constraints and to provide construction engineering assistance. The Agreement authorizes an expenditure of $41,640 which includes $26,268 for added design work and $15,372 for construction engineering assistance. The Eldorado Street Enhancement Project provides streetscape and pavement improvements on Eldorado Street from Church Street to the Canadian National-Illinois Central Railroad, east of Front Street. BACKGROUND: Prior Council Action February 5, 2007—Council approved Resolution R2007-16 authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with the State of Illinois for the Eldorado Street Enhancement Project and to appropriate funds to pay$155,000 for phase I preliminary engineering. February 5, 2007—Council approved Resolution R2007-17 approving an agreement in the amount of$154,705.74 with URS Corporation for phase I preliminary engineering on the Eldorado Street Enhancement Project. Page � 1