Title
Joint resolution authorizing the execution of the Central Lake County Area Transportation Improvement Intergovernmental Agreement among the Villages of Grayslake, Libertyville and Mundelein, and Lake County, which addresses the developer portion of funding of various county long-term highway improvements in six sub-areas. This resolution also amends the existing County/Grayslake Central Range Transportation Agreement to make the County the lead agency with $4 million in funding from the Village for the intersection improvements at Peterson Road/Allegheny Road and Peterson Road/IL Rte 83.
Staff Summary
• Central Lake County Area Transportation Improvement Intergovernmental Agreement
• The County and the Villages of Grayslake, Mundelein and Libertyville have evaluated the traffic demands from the anticipated future development of the Central Lake County Area.
• The normal access-related, developer-funded highway improvements in this Area, by themselves, will not create interconnected improvements for existing and long-range traffic needs.
• The Agreement creates a way to pay for the needed long-range interconnected improvements with public and developer funding (approximately 50% each) that would efficiently convey the anticipated traffic.
• Six sub-areas were established with calculated per acre developer costs (with cost indexing) to fund 50% of an associated list of specific roadway improvements.
• The Agreement establishes the criteria for a village or county (unincorporated development) collection of developer payment of highway fees.
• The County will be responsible to financially manage, by sub-area accounts, the funds collected.
• The LCDOT will be the lead on implementing the listed highway improvements, with 50% county share in response to various milestone events.
• The Villages of Round Lake, Round Lake Park and Hainesville are able to choose to join the intergovernmental agreement in the future.
• The 5/5/2005 Grayslake Central Range Transportation Agreement between Lake County and Grayslake is amended to have the Village of Grayslake provide $4 million dollars to the County for the LCDOT to be the lead agency implementing intersection improvements at Peterson Rd/Allegheny Rd and Peterson Rd/Il Rte 83 instead of the Village being the lead agency.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Villages of Grayslake, Libertyville, and Mundelein and Lake County (the "Governmental Units") have jurisdictional responsibility over portions of the territory generally described as the Central Lake County Area; and
WHEREAS, the Governmental Units recognize that the quality of life and the public health, safety, and welfare of the Central Lake County Area are dependent upon ensuring that public facilities and particularly roadways are designed and developed in a manner that can efficiently convey the anticipated vehicular traffic in the area; and
WHEREAS, as additional property in the Central Lake County Area develops, the Governmental Units acknowledge and agree that they and their residents will all benefit by ensuring that adequate rights-of-way and various roadway improvements are provided so that traffic in the Central Lake County Area can be safely and efficiently transported upon and through area roadways; and
WHEREAS, the Governmental Units have evaluated the traffic demands that anticipated future development will have upon Peterson Road (County Highway 20) and those existing or planned roadways within the Central Lake County Area that are tributary to or otherwise contribute substantially to vehicular traffic upon Peterson Road or within the Central Lake County Area; and
WHEREAS, in response to such anticipated future development, the Governmental Units have identified roadway improvement projects (hereinafter the "Improvements") that will be required upon County Highways to meet the demands of increased traffic generated from said anticipated future development, including right-of-way acquisitions necessary to construct the Improvements; and
WHEREAS, cost estimates have also been developed relating to the Improvements (including the cost of right-of-way acquisitions); and
WHEREAS, in order to provide a means for collecting payments to cover the estimated costs of the Improvements, the Governmental Units have developed a "Central Lake County Area Transportation Improvement Intergovernmental Agreement" (the "Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 and the Illinois Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 5 ILCS 220/1, et seq. (the "Cooperation Act"), the Governmental Units may contract or otherwise associate among themselves, or transfer any power or function, in any manner not prohibited by law or ordinance; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Cooperation Act and 605 ILCS 5/5-101 et seq., 65 ILCS 5/11-15.1-1 et seq., and 65 ILCS 5/11-12-4 et seq., the Governmental Units have authority to enter into the Agreement and to enforce the terms thereof; and
WHEREAS, at least 30 days (and not more than 120 days) prior to the approval of this Agreement, the Villages of Grayslake, Libertyville, and Mundelein have posted public notice of this Agreement for at least 15 consecutive days and they have caused notice of this Agreement to be published at least once in a paper of general circulation within the Central Lake County Area in accordance with 65 ILCS 5/11-12-9; and
WHEREAS, Lake County and the Village of Grayslake have previously entered into that certain "Agreement for Transportation Improvements" dated April 5, 2005
(the "Grayslake Central Range Transportation Agreement") affecting certain developments with Grayslake that are located in the Central Lake County Area; and
WHEREAS, consistent with the objectives of the said Grayslake Central Range Transportation Agreement, Lake County and Grayslake desire to amend the said Grayslake Central Range Transportation Agreement, by inclusion of the said amendments in the Central Lake County Area Transportation Improvement Intergovernmental Agreement (i.e. the Agreement); and,
WHEREAS, the Governmental Units desire to provide for the participation in the Agreement to three other villages in the Central Lake County Area (Round Lake, Round Lake Park and Hainesville) and to that end, Lake County will be authorized to enter into codicils to the Agreement for purposes of adding any of said parties to the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement sets forth the rights, responsibilities and obligations of the Governmental Units; and
WHEREAS, execution of the Agreement must be authorized by Resolution of the County Board.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Chair of the County Board and the Clerk of said County be and they are hereby authorized and directed to execute the attached Agreement, in the form substantially contained herein.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Engineer shall transmit, in writing, the final Agreement to be executed by the Chair of the County Board and the County Clerk.
DATED at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, on this 10th day of November, A.D., 2009