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TO: Mayor John Laesch and City Council
FROM: Timothy Weidner, P.E., Engineering Coordinator
DATE: December 11, 2025
SUBJECT:
A Resolution authorizing the execution of a Joint Funding Agreement with the State of Illinois, the execution of a Phase 3 Construction Engineering Services Agreement with Baxter & Woodman, Inc. in the not to exceed amount of $29,731.00, and the appropriation of $352,731.00 of MFT Funds for the Edgelawn BNSF Bike Path Crossing Project.
PURPOSE:
To execute the Joint Funding Agreement for State-Let Construction Work there by reserving sufficient funds to cover the local agency share of the project cost by resolution, to approve the Phase 3 Construction Engineering Services Agreement with Baxter & Woodman, Inc. and to Appropriate MFT Funds by Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Resolution for Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) Section No. 20-00335-00-FL.
BACKGROUND:
The City has recently submitted 99% Final Plans to IDOT for the construction of a bike and pedestrian crossing at the BNSF Railroad at Edgelawn Drive. This agreement is required to fund construction, construction engineering, and railroad reimbursements for this project.
DISCUSSION:
This project received Local Rail-Highway Crossing Safety Program federal funds, 90% federal funding up to $631,682.
The project limit span is from the commercial driveway (south of the BNSF tracks) to the Virgil Gilman Trail (north of the BNSF tracks). The proposed improvements include constructing an 8' asphalt bike path on the east side of Edgelawn Drive, through the BNSF tracks. The bike path will connect to the Virgil Gilman Trial to the north and paved shoulder to the south at the commercial driveway using off and on-street bike path, pavement marking and signage. Other improvements include railroad track crossing material and railroad gate/flasher infrastructure and circuitry.
The City selected Baxter & Woodman, Inc. of Naperville, Illinois to perform the Phase 3 Construction Engineering ...
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