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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Tim Weidner, P.E., Engineering Coordinator
DATE: January 27, 2022
SUBJECT:
A Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a Local Public Agency Amendment #1 for Federal Participation with the State of Illinois and to allocate $103,361.50 of additional funds for the Access to Transit - Aurora Transportation Center (ATC) East Platform Parking Lot Enhancement.
PURPOSE:
To give the Mayor authority to execute a Local Public Agency Amendment in the future and to appropriate additional funding for the project.
BACKGROUND:
The Aurora Transportation Center (ATC) East Platform Parking lot is located west of the R.R track and north of Spring Street and west of Lincoln Avenue parking lot. The City has been moving forward various stages of the project and the bids were opened at the IDOT State Letting on Friday January 21, 2022.
DISCUSSION:
Alliance Contractors, Inc. of Woodstock, IL was the lowest responsible bidder, with a low bid amount of $1,093,661.50. The Local Public Agency Agreement that was previously approved by Council estimated the Construction (C) amount at $990,300.00 (R21-304). As explained in that legistar this project has Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Federal Funds at an 80/20 split (80% federal, 20% local). The 20% local share was split with the Regional Transportation Authority's (RTA). Both of these funding sources have maximum participation amounts which were achieved at the time of the last agreement. At the time of the Local Public Agency Agreement, the City's true local share of Construction and Construction Engineering was estimated to be $331,615.15.
Staff is currently in the process of working with Kane-Kendall Council of Mayors (KKCOM), RTA and IDOT staff to obtain additional CMAQ Funds to cover 80% of the additional construction costs and RTA funds to cover a portion of the local share.
For purposes of this resolution, we are assuming that no additional federal funds will be obtaine...
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