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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Kenneth Schroth, P.E.,CFM, Director of Public Works/City Engineer
DATE: October 10, 2017
SUBJECT:
Resolution authorizing the City's Corporation Counsel and the City Engineer to proceed with the acquisition of temporary and permanent easements and Right of Way associated with the Aurora Transportation Center (ATC) Regional Facility Enhancement Project.
PURPOSE:
To obtain authorization for the City's Corporation Counsel and the City Engineer to proceed with the acquisition of temporary and permanent easements and Right of Way associated with the Aurora Transportation Center (ATC) Regional Facility Enhancement Project in a total amount not to exceed $375,000 dollars.
BACKGROUND:
The proposal is part of the Aurora Transportation Center (ATC) Regional Facilities Enhancement Project (CIP A059). Located in downtown Aurora, the proposed improvements will help serve as a catalyst to future development. The project is comprehensive in nature and focused on renovating Broadway / IL Route 25, the ATC parking facilities, and providing a bicycle/pedestrian bridge that will span the Fox River. The vehicular improvements will include the relocation of the existing Pace Bus staging area and traffic signal to the main ATC parking facility, the reconfiguration parking stalls to add efficiency, a landscaped median in Broadway, and additional parking stalls in Lot W. The new bicycle/pedestrian bridge will provide access to the west side of the river, connect two regional trails, and provide access to additional parking for the ATC and RiverEdge Park. Please refer to the Overall Project Location attachment.
The approximately $14.7M dollar project is being funded largely by a CMAQ grant in an amount up to $11.4M, additional construction funding is being provided by the Kane County Forest Preserve in the amount of $1.65M, and the balance of the funding is to come from the 2017 GO Bond Issuance in the amount $1.65M for construction and c...
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