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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Tim Weidner, P.E., Engineering Coordinator
DATE: October 25, 2021
SUBJECT:
A Resolution authorizing the execution of a Local Public Agency Agreement for Federal Participation with the State of Illinois and the execution of a Phase 3 Construction Engineering Agreement with H.W. Lochner, Inc. in the not to exceed amount of $139,376.00 for the Access to Transit - Aurora Transportation Center (ATC) East Platform Parking Lot Enhancement.
PURPOSE:
To execute the Local Public Agency Agreement there by reserving sufficient funds to cover the local agency share of the project cost by resolution, and to approve the Phase 3 Construction Engineering Services Agreement with H.W. Lochner, Inc
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 split with RTA up to a maximum dollar value. The cost sharing is shown in the Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Aurora, Illinois and Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) that was approved in 2020 (R20-079).
The proposed Aurora Transportation Center (ATC) East Platform Parking lot is located west of the R.R track and no...
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