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Joint resolution appropriating $325,000 of Matching Tax funds for the acquisition of necessary right-of-way by agreement or condemnation, and other right-of-way costs associated with construction of roundabouts on Hunt Club Road at its intersections with Wadsworth Road and also Millburn Road and designated as Section 02-00076-13-CH.
Staff Summary
• Hunt Club Road at Wadsworth Road and at Millburn Road Roundabout Improvements, Right-of-way Acquisition: Appropriation with Condemnation Authority
• Preliminary plans and specifications for this improvement have been prepared.
• Before right-of-way acquisitions can proceed an appropriation and condemnation authority is necessary.
• The appropriation is $325,000 of Matching Tax funds.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Hunt Club Road, Wadsworth Road and also at Millburn Road are designated routes on the county highway system; and
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if the intersections of Hunt Club Road and Wadsworth Road and also Hunt Club Road at Millburn Road could be improved by the construction of roundabouts; and
WHEREAS, Lake County by and through its Division of Transportation has caused to be prepared preliminary plans and right-of-way plats, said plats identifying right-of-way needs; and
WHEREAS, the right-of-way and associated costs are estimated to be $325,000.00.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois:
SECTION 1: It is hereby determined that it is necessary and desirable that Lake County acquire title to and possession of all of the real property within the proposed new right-of-way lines of Hunt Club Road at its intersections with Wadsworth Road and also at Millburn Road together with construction and other easements, both temporary and permanent, for said highway, all is outlined in plats of highways made under direction of Martin G. Buehler, County Engineer of Lake County, Illinois, copies of which are filed in the office of the Lake County Engineer, which said real property and easements are necessary, required, and needed for the improvement of said highway.
SECTION 2: That the Lake County Division of Transportation, or its agents, on behalf of Lake County be, and they are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to negotiate with and purchase therefrom the owner or owners of all the real property determined to be necessary under this resolution and described in the plats of survey of said highway
SECTION 3: In the event that said Lake County Division of Transportation is unable to agree with the owner or owners of said real property upon the compensation to be paid therefore, then title to and possession of said real property described in Section 1 of this resolution shall be acquired by condemnation by Lake County. The State’s Attorney of Lake County is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to institute proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to acquire title to and possession of said property for Lake County in accordance with the Eminent Domain Laws of the State of Illinois.
SECTION 4: That there is hereby appropriated $325,000.00 of Matching Tax funds for the purchase of the real property determined to be necessary under this resolution and described in the plats of survey of said highway and designated as Section 02-00076-13-CH.
Dated at Waukegan, Illinois this 8h day of September 2009