HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 60-25 - 10/14/2025 - SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAMRESOLUTION NO.60-25
A RESOLUTION PLEDGING FINANCIAL COMMITMENT AND SUPPORT IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE VILLAGE'S REQUEST FOR FUNDING ASSISTANCE
THROUGH THE ILLINOIS SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM REGARDING
THE VILLAGE'S OAKTON STREET RESURFACING PROJECT
WHEREAS; the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village are
desirous of improving and enhancing transportation corridors within the Village, including
projects improving bicycle and pedestrian safe access to schools; and
WHEREAS; The Village is considering adopting the Oakton Street Resurfacing Project
which will provide for the addition of safe pedestrian crosswalks, an eight foot wide shared use
path and traffic calming connecting Arlington Heights Road to Shadywood Lane along Oakton
Street to access Rupley Elementary School; and
WHEREAS; the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is accepting grant
applications for their Safe Routes To School Program, which applications require the Village to
provide and pledge financial commitment and support for the project; and
WHEREAS; the Mayor and Board of Trustees find and believe it to be in the best
interests of the Village to pledge financial commitment and support as required.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Elk Grove Village, Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois, as follows:
Section I : That the Village is willing and able to manage, maintain and operate the
herein stated project.
Section 2: That the Village possesses the legal authority to finance and construct the
project and affirm that the project will commence within the timeline outlined in the grant
application.
Section 3: That the Village fully supports the Oakton Street Resurfacing Project and
hereby requests funding assistance for said project pursuant to IDOT's Illinois Safe Routes To
School Program.
Section 4: That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage
and approval according to law.
VOTE: AYES: 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0
PASSED this 1411 day of October 2025
APPROVED this 14th day of October
A
Mayor Craig B. Johi
Village of Elk Grove
ATTEST:
J ni S. Whon, Village Clerk