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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Dan Feltman
DATE: February 27, 2014
SUBJECT:
Resolution Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Local Agency Agreement for Federal Participation with the State of Illinois and the Phase II Engineering Agreement with V3 Companies for IL. Rte 59 Metra Commuter Parking Lot Modifications and Station Blvd Extension Project, Section 13-00300-00-PK
PURPOSE:
To authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Local Agency Agreement (Exhibit A) and Phase II engineering services agreement with V3 Companies (Exhibit B)
BACKGROUND:
Station Boulevard is a regional north-south roadway that is now open to traffic from New York Street to Meridian Lake Drive. Station Blvd. is designed to connect transit-oriented developments and surrounding commercial areas and to reduce congestion from Rte. 59 Train Station parking lot. Station Blvd construction was funded through a public and private partnership.
Route 59 Metra Commuter train stop has the highest boarding and ridership numbers of any of the 27 stops on Metra's BNSF train line. In a 2007 survey, 72% of commuters identified congestion existing and entering the parking lot as the number one problem. The parking lot has 100% occupancy and there's a waiting list for parking permits. There are approximately 2,228 existing parking spaces available for commuters. To address the traffic issues and to achieve the goals of CMAP, the proposed improvements consists of : reconfiguration and expansion of the existing parking lot (addition of 429 parking spaces), intersection improvements with new traffic signals and interconnect, extension of Station Blvd into the parking lot, reducing vehicle, bike and pedestrian conflict, relocation of Pace staging area and installation of utilities.
In February of 2013, the City applied for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ 80/20) grant from CMAP to address the above issues. In November ...
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