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LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCY AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF DU PAGE AND
THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
CH 9/LEMONT ROAD (83RD STREET TO 87TH STREET) AND
CH 31/87TH STREET (HAVEN DRIVE TO LEMONT ROAD)
SECTION 16-00232-00-CH
(ESTIMATED COUNTY COST $1,541,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the County of DuPage (hereinafter referred to as COUNTY) and the State of Illinois Department of Transportation (hereinafter referred to as STATE), in order to facilitate the free flow of traffic, desire to improve CH 9/Lemont Road (83rd Street to 87th Street) and CH 31/87th Street (Haven Drive to Lemont Road), Section 16-00232-00-CH (hereinafter referred to as the IMPROVEMENT); and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY and the STATE desire to cooperate in an effort to construct the IMPROVEMENT because of the immediate benefit of the IMPROVEMENT to the people of the State of Illinois and to the residents of DuPage County; and
WHEREAS, a Joint Funding Agreement for Construction Work for Federal Participation, (hereinafter referred to as AGREEMENT) has been prepared and attached hereto, which outlines the financial participation of the parties related to construction of the IMPROVEMENT; and
WHEREAS, the STATE will be the awarding authority for the construction of the improvement, with an estimated total cost of construction of $6,900,000.00, of which up to $5,359,000 is to be funded by the STATE, resulting in an estimated cost to the COUNTY of $1,541,000.00; and
WHEREAS, sufficient funds have been appropriated by the COUNTY to pay for its share of the construction cost of the IMPROVEMENT; and
WHEREAS, said AGREEMENT must be executed before construction of the IMPROVEMENT can begin.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the County Board of DuPage County, that the Clerk and Chair of the Board be hereby directed and authorized to execute the referenced AGREEMENT with the STATE; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk transmit a copy of this Resolution and any associated Illinois Department of Transportation BLR form appropriating the necessary motor fuel tax (bond) funds to pay for the improvement to the State of Illinois Department of Transportation, by and through the Division of Transportation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that six (6) original copies of the Resolution and AGREEMENT be sent to the STATE, by and through the DuPage County Division of Transportation.
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Enacted and approved this 22nd day of August, 2023 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK