HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - R-10-013 - 08/30/2010 - SUPPORT SUBMISSION ITEP APPLICATION AND AGREEMENTResolution No. R-10-013
Project Title: Illinois Department of Transportation Enhancement Program (ITEP)
A Resolution Supporting the Submission and Execution of an Illinois Transportation Enhancement
Program (ITEP) Application and Agreement between the City of McHenry and the Illinois
Department of Transportation.
Whereas, the City of McHenry (the "City"), is a municipal cooperation granted the authority to study public
transportation problems and developments; and to conduct, in cooperation with other public and private agencies, such
studies; and
Whereas, the City, understands that these transportation issues are multimodal in nature, and that the livability
and sustainability of the community is based upon a functional transportation network, which supports these various
modes; and
Whereas, the Illinois Department of Transportation (the "Department"), through the Illinois Transportation
Enhancement Program (ITEP) allocates resources to well -planned projects that provide and support alternate modes of
transportation, enhance the transportation system through preservation of visual and cultural resources and improve the
quality of life for members of the communities; and
Whereas, the City has planned and developed a series of redevelopment and enhancement projects to support the
accessibility and pedestrian environments of its central business district and historical core; and
Whereas, the City has the power to make and execute contracts, intergovernmental agreements, and other
instruments necessary or convenient to further the efforts of planning and implementing such projects, and
Whereas, approval for said funds will impose certain financial obligations upon the recipient in the amount of
20%, the local share of the project costs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the governing Council of the City of McHenry:
Section 1. That Mayor Susan Low is authorized to execute and file applications on behalf of the City of
McHenry with the Illinois Department of Transportation for an Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program (ITEP)
Application and Agreement.
Section 2. That Mayor Susan Low is authorized to furnish such additional information, assurances, certifications
and amendments as the Department may require in connection with this Grant Agreement and application.
Section 3. That Mayor Susan Low is authorized and directed on behalf of the City of McHenry to execute and
deliver Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program Grant agreements and all subsequent amendments thereto between
the City and the Department for technical assistance grants; and the City Clerk of the City is authorized and directed on
behalf of the City of McHenry to attest said agreements and all subsequent amendments thereto.
Section 4. That Mayor Susan Low is authorized and directed to take such action as is necessary or appropriate to
implement, administer and enforce said agreements and all subsequent amendments thereto on behalf of the City of
McHenry.
Passed and approved this 30" day of August, 2010.
Voting Aye: SANTI, GLAB, SCHAEFER, BLAKE, WIMMER, PETERSON, CONDON
Voting Nay: NONE
Not Voting: NONE
Abstaining: NONE
Absent: NONE
Signed:
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Attest:
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