R2003-46 FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS

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- R COUNCIL COMMUNICATION FORM Engineering & Infrastructure Memorandum NO. 2003-06 March 27, 2003 TO: Honorable Mayor Howley and City Council FROM: Steve Garman, City Manager Stephen Swanson,P.E.,Director of Engineering & Infrastructur� Matthew C. Newell, P.E., City Engineer�,� SUBJECT: Resolution Authorizing the Allocation of Motor Fuel Tax Funds for � Street Improvements SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: It is recoinmended by staff that the City Council approve the attached resolutions authorizing the allocation of $1,800,000 for Street Reconstruction, City Project 2003-24 and $1,500,000 for Street Restoration, City Project 2003-08 in Motor Fuel Tax (NIFT) funds, and that the Mayor be authorized to sign said resolutions, and the City Clerk to attest. BACKGROUND: The MFT funds allocated to local agencies are administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). The local agency is required to adopt a resolution specifying the allocation of MFT funds to their intended project. The resolutions authorize the allocation of $3,300,000 in MFT funds for the City's proposed street improvement projects. These projects are our annual Street Reconstruction, City Project 2003-24 ($1,800,000) and Street Restoration, City Project 2003-08 ($1,400,000). Street reconstruction generally consists of removing existing pavement and replacing it with a stabilized base and a new asphalt concrete surface. Street restoration generally consists of milling off a portion of the existing asphalt surface and installing a new asphalt concrete surface course.