Title
Resolution granting a utility easement to North Shore Gas on the Lake County Health Department’s Grand Avenue Campus.
Staff Summary
• Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center is constructing new facilities on the Grand Avenue campus in Waukegan.
• This project requires the relocation and replacement of various underground public utility services.
• The natural gas service provided by the North Shore Gas Company must be moved as a result of building construction.
• The Lake County Board needs to grant the utility easement because the County of Lake is the property owner.
Body
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center is constructing new facilities on the Grand Avenue campus in Waukegan; and
WHEREAS, these construction projects require the relocation and replacement of various underground public utility services; and
WHEREAS the underground services for telephone, sewer, water, and cable television extend from south to north along the eastern edge of the property and the natural gas service provided by the North Shore Gas Company must be moved as a result of building construction; and
WHEREAS, North Shore Gas Company must place new underground infrastructure to provide natural gas service to existing buildings toward the northern end of the property and are requesting the dedication of an easement along the western edge of the property from Grand Avenue to Grandville Avenue as defined in the attached Plat of Easement for North Shore Gas Company; and
WHEREAS the timely establishment of this easement will allow for efficient and timely relocation of the existing natural gas services to avoid delays in the ongoing construction efforts; and
WHEREAS the property of the Grand Avenue campus as described in the Plat of Easement is owned by Lake County and any action to establish the requested easement must be authorized by the County Board.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Lake County Board authorizes the Lake County Board Chairman and the Lake County Clerk to execute documents as necessary to grant the Plat of Easement for North Shore Gas Company as defined in the attached Plat of Easement.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on this 18th day of November A.D., 2008.