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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Tim Weidner, P.E., Engineering Coordinator
DATE: August 27, 2020
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Requesting Authorization for the Mayor to Execute the Local Public Agency Agreement for Federal Participation with the State of Illinois, the Mayor to Execute the Phase 2 Design Engineering Agreement with Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd., 9575 W. Higgins Road, Suite 600, Rosemont, IL 60018 in the amount of $108,541.29 for the Access to Transit - Aurora Transportation Center (ATC) East Platform Parking Lot Enhancement Project, MFT Section 18-00325-00-PK.
PURPOSE:
To execute the Local Agency Agreement to reserve sufficient funds to cover the upfront cost of Phase 2 engineering by resolution, to approve Phase 2 design engineering services agreement with Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd.
BACKGROUND:
The City sought the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning's (CMAP) and Regional Transportation Authority's (RTA) assistance to increase Metra and Pace ridership by enhancing the walkability and bikeablility at the Aurora Transit Center (ATC). This led the City to apply for and receive the Local Technical Assistant grant (LTA) with CMAP & RTA back in 2014. The initiation led to a study and thus "Aurora Access to Transit Improvement Plan" was developed in April 2016.
To put the recommendations from the plan into action, the City sought the RTA - Access to Transit Program Grant in August 2018. The City was selected/approved for the RTA program. RTA, on behalf of the City, applied for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Federal Funds in early 2019 for the same project and was approved in October 2019. CMAQ's funding is an 80/20 split (80% federal, 20% local). The 20% local share shall be divided into half, with RTA taking 50% of that 20% local share to make the improvements. An Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Aurora, Illinois and Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) was approved earlier this year (R20-...
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