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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Tim Weidner, P.E., Engineering Coordinator
DATE: October 29, 2020
SUBJECT:
A Resolution authorizing the execution of real estate contracts to purchase properties and to Appropriate Motor Fuel Tax Funds required for the East New York Street - Segment III (Farnsworth Avenue to Welsh Drive) Project, Section 14-00210-02-PV, in the amount of $21,500.00.
PURPOSE:
To authorize the purchase of right-of-way for the East New York Street - Segment III (Farnsworth Avenue to Welsh Drive) Project.
BACKGROUND:
The City has been awarded federal Surface Transportation Program (STP) funding in the maximum allowable amount of $2.5 million through the Kane Kendall Council of Mayors (KKCOM) for the East New York Street - Segment III (Farnsworth Avenue to Welsh Drive) project. The City also been awarded $428,680 of Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funding for the construction of a bike path on this portion of E New York Street. In the fall of 2019, the City was awarded an additional $3,125,600 of federal funding for construction through the STP - Shared Fund, a new program implemented by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP).
The City continues to work with their consultant, HR Green, on design plans under an agreement approved in 2014. The plans are 99% complete and were submitted to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) earlier this year. The project is targeting a January 15, 2021 IDOT letting, subject to the land acquisition process.
During design, it was determined that twenty (20) parcels required additional right-of-way, permanent easement and/or temporary easements to construct the improvements. The current number of parcels needed for acquisition is now sixteen (16). The plat of highways were approved by IDOT on January 23, 2019. In March 2019 the City approved an agreement with Civiltech Engineering, Inc. to provide appraisal and review appraisal services (R19-106). In July 2020 the Cit...
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