 Lake County Council of Mayors Members,
The Lake County Council of Mayors will meet at the Lake County Division of Transportation.
The meeting will be at 9 am on November 7, 2019.
Meeting Materials are below for the upcoming Full Council meeting. If you need a paper copy of the entire packet, please print your own copy and bring it to the meeting. Meeting materials can also always be found on the LCCOM website.
November 7th Agenda (PDF)
November 7th Full Meeting Packet (PDF)
The LCDOT parking lot improvement that affected parking for the recent Transportation Committee meeting is now complete. We will have parking spaces reserved at LCDOT for those attending the meeting and there is over flow parking available at the Winchester House parking lot. A map of parking for the meeting is available HERE.
If you have any questions on Council activities please feel free to contact us.
We look forward to seeing you next week,
Emily Karry and Mike Klemens
Council Liaisons
 News and Information
CMAP recently released the new programming marks for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2021-2025. Per the agreement between the City of Chicago and the Council of Mayors Executive Committee (Agreement), the marks were calculated using 5 federally approved performance measures. The measures are Pavement Condition, Congestion, Safety, Bridge Condition and Single Occupancy Vehicle (SOV) Travel.
In 2017, CMAP provided estimates of the programming marks for each Council that they shared throughout the region. At that time, the Lake County Council of Mayors was estimated to increase from approximately $8.5 million per year to just over $11 million per year. In accordance with the terms of the Agreement, CMAP recalculated the programming marks this year with updated data. The Lake County programming mark is now calculated to decrease to just over $7.5 million per year.
LCCOM staff has prepared a memo to discuss the change in the programming marks, click here for information. The new programming marks will also be discussed at the November 7th Full Council meeting.
 As part of the upcoming STP Call for Projects, all LCCOM applications will be evaluated using the approved STP methodology. Components of that methodology include pavement condition and IDOT safety tier data.
The GIS staff at Lake County DOT has put together an online GIS webmap to allow communities and partners to access these data sets. The map is best viewed in Google Chrome.
Click here for the GIS Webmap for Pavement Condition and Safety Data.
Pavement condition on project applications will be scored using an average PCI score for the limits of the proposed project. Safety data will use a "weakest link" approach, the highest scoring safety tier located within the project limits will be used to determine the safety score for the project.
There is a layer panel icon at the bottom of the map which can be used to switch between the pavement condition data and the safety tier data.
Pace, the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority, is holding public hearings on its proposed program and budget for the year 2020 (January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020), the operating financial plan for 2020-2022 and the capital plan for 2020-2024.
Pace presents a balanced and stable budget for 2020 as no general fare increases are proposed for Suburban Service or Regional ADA Paratransit.
The following routes do not meet minimum performance standards of efficiency, productivity and ridership, and are proposed to be discontinued during 2020.
- Route 186 East Lisle Evening Service
- Route 187 West Lisle Evening Service
- Route 509 Joliet-Fairmont (Saturday service discontinued only)
- Route 540 Farnsworth Avenue
- Route 559 Illinois Route 59 (Saturday service discontinued only)
- Route 570 Fox Lake-CLC (Saturday service discontinued only)
- Route 669 Western Springs - Indian Head Park
- Route 806 Crystal Lake-Fox Lake
Click here for the online public comment form.
IDOT provided a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) on October 25th, 2019 with a Funding Opportunity Number of 20-1006-01. This program is listed in the Catalog of State Financial Assistance (CSFA) as 494-00-1006. The Department intends to add a FY 2025 local increment to the Illinois Special Bridge Program (ISBP) as we develop our FY 2021-2026 proposed Highway Improvement Program. The “Illinois Major Bridge Program” has been renamed the “Illinois Special Bridge Program.” Local and state major highway bridges meeting all the criteria will be eligible. This is a discretionary program, and all proposed projects must compete statewide.
Click here for the circular letter.
Metra unveiled a proposed $827.4 million operating budget that keeps expenses in check and does not require a fare increase and outlined $480.5 million in proposed capital spending, including major investments in locomotives and railcars, stations, bridges and yards.
Click here to see the full press release.
Edens Spur Tollway
The Tollway completed a traffic shift last week on the Edens Spur Tollway (I-94) between Pfingsten Road and the Edens Expressway, moving westbound traffic from the eastbound side back onto the newly reconstructed westbound side of roadway. Traffic remains reduced to a single lane in both directions with a work zone in the middle.
Drivers will remain in this configuration until the end of the year. The overall project is scheduled to be complete next year.
Tollway Tentative 2020 Budget
The Illinois Tollway is inviting public review and comment on its Tentative 2020 Budget. A copy of the Tentative 2020 budget is posted on the Tollway’s website.
Staff has put together a balance spending plan that allocates $1.54 billion in revenue, including $380 million for annual maintenance and operations on the 294-mile system and funding to support $1.46 billion in capital spending for ninth year of the Move Illinois Capital Program.
Public attending the budget hearings may submit comments orally or in writing. In addition, public comments also may be mailed to 2700 Ogden Avenue, Downers Grove, IL 60515, or submitted here through November 18. The Tollway Board is expected to vote on the new budget at its December meeting.
The Illinois Tollway will host three public hearings, including:
- November 12, 3 p.m. at the Illinois Tollway Headquarters
- November 13, 6 p.m. at the Burr Ridge Police Department
- November 14, 6 p.m. at Village of Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts –
Overall, the 2020 Budget includes funding for annual maintenance and operations activities including services that focus on Tollway customers.
The budget allocates $98.8 million in Business Systems to support and tolling and customer service, $34.8 million in State Police for safety services, $78.5 million in Engineering to support roadway maintenance and traffic operations, as well as $24.1 million in Information Technology.
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