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Engineering& Infrastructure Memorandum <br /> NO. 2008-81 <br /> DATE: September 8, 2008 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Carrigan and City Council <br /> FROM: John A. Smith, Interim City Manager �/ �`����� <br /> Richard G. Marley, P.E., Director of Engineering& Infrastructur " <br /> Richard N. Berard, Civil Engineer I � <br /> �'�� <br /> SUBJECT: Agreements with Illinois Central Railroad Company for Four(4) Water <br /> Main Crossing Permits, City Project 03-23 and City Project 07-01 <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: <br /> It is recommended by staffthat City Council approve the attached resolutions authorizing the <br /> total payment of$23,700 for License for Underground Pipeline Agreements with Illinois <br /> Central Railroad Company(CNIC). These permits are necessary for the construction of <br /> water mains across the railroad at four locations. ' <br /> BACKGROUND: I�i <br /> City staff is proposing two water main extension projects to improve water pressure in the <br /> distribution system and to increase service reliability. <br /> The first project is to construct a section of 12 inch diameter water main in Southwest <br /> Decatur. This section is part of a loop that eventually will extend from South Franklin Street <br /> Road to Taylor Road along County Highway No. 30 (Elwin-Mt. Zion Road). This water <br /> main will be crossing the railroad in Elwin. <br /> The second project is to construct water supply mains from the South Water Treatment Plant I <br /> to the two existing water elevated tanks. A 30 inch diameter water main is proposed to be <br /> constructed on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive together with 16 inch diameter branches, one <br /> extending to the Division Street Tank and the other to the Garfield Avenue Tank. The water <br /> mains will be crossing the railroad at the following three locations: <br /> 1. Wood Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, <br /> Z. Peoria Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive <br /> 3. Garfield Avenue at the overpass. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTION: There are no known objections to these <br /> resolutions. <br /> Page � 1 <br />