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PUBLIC WORKS MEMORANDUM <br /> NO. 2017-18 <br /> DATE: March 10, 2017 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and City Council Members <br /> FROM: Tim Gleason, City Manager <br /> Richard G.Marley, P.E., Public Works Director <br /> SUBJECT: Resolution Appropriating Motor Fuel Tax Funds for Street Improvements <br /> City Project 2017-08 <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: <br /> It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached Resolution authorizing the Mayor to <br /> sign and the City Clerk to attest to appropriating $750,000 in State Motor Fuel Tax(MFT) funds for <br /> the proposed 2017 Street Restoration project, City Project 2017-08. <br /> PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION: <br /> Each year the City Council approves the appropriation of State MFT funds for street improvement <br /> work. State MFT funds are allocated for street improvement work as part of the Fiscal Year 2017 <br /> Capital Improvement Plan. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> State Motor Fuel Taxes are levied and collected by the State of Illinois; funds are allocated to local <br /> agencies, and are administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation(IDOT). The City is <br /> required to adopt a resolution specifying the allocation of State MFT funds to their intended <br /> projects. IDOT must receive an MFT appropriation before they will approve project plans and <br /> specifications. <br /> Proposed 2017 Street Improvement <br /> The resolution appropriates $750,000 in State MFT funds for asphalt street work for the proposed <br /> 2017 Street Restoration project, City Project 2017-08. The Street Restoration project is part of the <br /> annual maintenance program that generally consists of milling off a portion of an existing asphalt <br /> street surface and placing a new asphalt concrete surface course that restores the integrity of the <br /> street surface. The 2017 project will perform mill and overlay work on Mound Road between <br /> Woodford St. and IL Route 48. <br /> This project will also consist of sealing cracks along the streets downtown which were paved as part <br /> of the 2013 Street Restoration Project. After a street is milled and overlaid it is common for cracks <br /> to show up in the new pavement as early as a year after the pavement was laid. Sealing these cracks <br /> is generally a good idea a few years after the pavement is laid once the cracks have had time to <br /> open. Sealing them will help prevent moisture from reaching the layers underneath the pavement <br /> surface. <br /> � 1 � <br />