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• � <br /> � <br /> l { � I <br /> COUNCIL COMMUNICATION FORM <br /> Engineering & Infrastructure Memorandum <br /> NO. 2001-05 <br /> March 12, 2001 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Howley and City Council <br /> FROM: Steve Garman, City Manager <br /> c <br /> Stephen P. Swanson, P.E., Director of Engineering & Infrastructure •�J <br /> Matthew C. Newell, P.E., City Engineer d���/ <br /> SUBJECT: IDOT Joint Agreement: <br /> Improvement of U.S. Route 51 Business and IL 105 <br /> i <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: <br /> An item on the agenda for the March 19, 2001, City Council meeting is an agreement between <br /> the City of Decatur and the State of Illinois covering the proposed improvement of U.S. Route 51 <br /> (Business) on the south side of the City. <br /> It is recommended by staff that the City Council approve the attached ordinances on: parking <br /> restrictions within the project area, prohibiting the release of waste water into storm sewers; and <br /> regulating encroachments into the public right-of-way; along with the attached resolution <br /> approving Agreement No. JN-500004 with the State of Illinois acting through its Department of <br /> Trans ortation. <br /> P <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) plans to reconstruct and resurface U.S. Route <br /> 51 (Business) between Lincoln Park Road and the FAP 412 interchange near Elwin. Included <br /> with this project will be geometric work at Medial Drive / Rt. 51, Imboden Drive / Rt. 51 along <br /> with some resurfacing of IL 105 (Lake Shore Drive) through the interchange. Traffic signals will <br /> be installed at the intersection of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Lake Shore Drive along with <br /> signal reconstruction at the intersections of South Side Drive/Rt. 51 and First Drive/Rt. 51. <br />