R2003-127 AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION

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August 14, 2003 �I', ENGINEERING & INFRASTRUCTURE MEMORANDUM I N'O. 2003 -48 II MEMORANDUM TO: Honorable Mayor Osborne and City Council FROM: Steve Garman, City Manager � Stephen Swanson P. E., Director of Engineering 8� Infrastructure� SUBJECT: Jurisdiction Transfer of Streets with Macon County SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by City staff that the City Council approve the attached resolution that authorizes the Mayor to execute a Local Agency Agreement for Jurisdictional Transfer of Mound Road from Macon County to the City of Decatur; a Local Agency Agreement for Jurisdictional Transfer of Greenswitch Road from Macon County to the City of Decatur; a Local Agency Agreement for Jurisdictional Transfer of sections of Baltimore Avenue from the City of Decatur to Macon County; and a Local Agency Agreement for Jurisdictional Transfer of a portion of Brush College Road from the City of Decatur to Macon County and authorizing the Director of Engineering & Infrastructure to sign the Letter of Understanding for Jurisdictional Transfer- Mound Road & Baltimore Avenue. BACKGROUND: The County Engineer, Bruce Bird, contacted the City's Director of Engineering & Infrastructure last year about the possibility of the City agreeing to assume the jurisdictional control of Mound Road (County Highway 22) from Illinois Route 121 east to Brush College Road. This matter had been discussed in the past between previous City and County staffs but no agreement was reached to take it to the elected bodies of the County and the City. This is attributed to the inability to find and agree to an equitable exchange of streets to avoid either party being viewed as assuming an unfair burden from the other party and the relative priority of this matter to other issues at the time. This proposed transfer resurfaced in the same general time frame as the City's plans for the redevelopment of the Mound School site. The basic thought was that if the City had jurisdictional control of Mound Road it would facilitate the decisions and actions associated with the redevelopment project. In addition, since it was anticipated that the City would be making major expenditures for improvements to Mound Road that it was logical for the City to have jurisdictional control rather than the County. The County Engineer and the City's Director of Engineering & Infrastructure agreed to determine what street transfers could be made between the City and County that would result in Mound Road being transferred to the City.