2006-97 REGARDING CLASS II HIGHWAY DESIGNATION

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" . ENGINEERING & INFRASTRUCTURE MEP�IORANDUM , NO. 2006-58 � October 10, 2006 I TO: Honorable Mayor Osborne and City Council FROM: Steve Gar , City Manager � Matthew C well, P. E., Acting Director of Enginee�-ing and Infrastruct � SUBJECT: Designation and Removal of Class II Truck Routes ' SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: � It is recommended by staff that the City Council approve the attached �rdinances authorizing the designation and removal of Class II Truck Routes at various locations throughout the City and that the Mayor be authorized to sign said Ordinances, and the City Clerk t attest. This is not adding new Class II Truck Routes but authorizing those already designated�for which the ordinances could not be found. This is a housekeeping issue to inform the Illinois Department of Trc�ns ortation o the Ci 's currentl aaithorized Class II Tracck Ro tes. p f ry y � Designate• 23rd Street beriveen Logan and Garfield; Hubbard Avenue between 27`h Street and IL Route 48; _ Woodford Street between Garfield and Pershing; 27`n Street between Garfield/Faries Parkway and IL Route 48; and, Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive between Garfield and Pershing. Remove: ' Warren Street between Marietta Street and Grand Avenue; Morgan Street between Condit Street and Grand Avenue; ' Clinton Street between Cond�t Street and Grand Avenue; ' Leafland Avenue between Warren Street and Clinton Street; � Condit Street between Warren Street and Clinton Street; Orchard Street between Warren Street and Martin Luther Kin , Jr. Drive; and, Marietta Street between Warren Street and Martin Luther Kin , Jr. Drive. Staff recommends that the City Council approve the attached Ordinan es designating and removing the above streets as a Class II truck routes. BACKGROUND: Public Act 94-0763, effective January 1, 2007, requires the Illinois D partment of Transportation (IDOT) to maintain a listing of all Class I, Class II, and Class III truc routes in the State, including those under the jurisdiction of municipalities. Accordingly IDOT has requested the City to provide a map of the City's marked truck routes along with the designating or inances.