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Joint resolution clarifying the language required by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for adding Hawley Street from Midlothian Road to Seymour Avenue to the County highway system as County Highway 70 and creating a municipal extension of County Highway 70/Hawley Street from Seymour Avenue to Illinois Route 176.
Staff Summary
• Hawley Street: Jurisdictional Transfer and Municipal Extension of County Highway 70.
• This County Board at its meeting of April 14, 2015 approved an agreement with the Village of Mundelein and a resolution for the jurisdictional transfer of Hawley Street from Midlothian Road to Seymour Avenue in its entirety, from the Village of Mundelein to Lake County and to create a municipal extension of County Highway 70 from Seymour Avenue to Illinois Route 176, to be effective upon completion of the improvement to Hawley Street and approval by IDOT.
• In May of 2015, LCDOT commenced construction of the Hawley Street improvement project.
• Construction of the Hawley Street improvement project is nearing completion and staff has reached out to IDOT to file the appropriate paperwork for the jurisdictional transfer and municipal extension of Hawley Street/County Highway 70.
• IDOT is requesting clarification of the language for the jurisdictional transfer and the creation of the municipal extension of County Highway 70.
• IDOT approval is required for the jurisdictional transfer and the municipal extension of Hawley Street.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the free flow of traffic along Hawley Street, County Highway 70, is beneficial for the safety and welfare of the motoring public; and
WHEREAS, this County Board at its meeting of April 14, 2015 approved an agreement with the Village of Mundelein which included the jurisdictional transfer of Hawley Street from Midlothian Road to Seymour Avenue in its entirety, from the Village of Mundelein to Lake County, and the creation of a municipal extension of County Highway 70 for Hawley Street, from Seymour Avenue to Illinois Route 176; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), after additional coordination, has requested clarification of the language for the jurisdictional transfer of Hawley Street and the creation of the municipal extension of County Highway 70; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board may, by resolution approved by IDOT, designate that Hawley Street is being added to the highway system of Lake County and that said route is identified as County Highway 70 from Midlothian Road easterly to Seymour Avenue, in accordance with the provisions of the 605 ILCS 5/4-409; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with 605 ILCS 5/5-106, the Lake County Board may, by resolution approved by IDOT, designate Hawley Street, from Seymour Avenue easterly to Illinois Route 176, as a municipal extension of County Highway 70, thereby providing for the orderly planning and design of a future improvement of said highway; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY this Lake County Board that Hawley Street, from Midlothian Road easterly to Seymour Avenue, in its entirety, be added to the County Highway System of Lake County and identified as County Highway 70, as depicted on the map in attached Exhibit A, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Illinois Highway Code and as approved by IDOT.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Hawley Street, from Seymour Avenue easterly to Illinois Route 176, as depicted on the map in Exhibit A, is hereby designated as a municipal extension of County Highway 70.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Clerk, the County Board Chair and the County Engineer of Lake County are authorized and are hereby directed to prepare and transmit whatever information IDOT determines is necessary to document the addition to the County Highway system of Hawley Street, County Highway 70, from Midlothian Road easterly to Seymour Avenue, in its entirety in accordance with the provisions of 605 ILCS 5/4-409 and the designation of Hawley Street, from Seymour Avenue easterly to Illinois Route 176 as a municipal extension of County Highway 70 in accordance with the provisions of 605 ILCS 5/5-106 of the Illinois Highway Code.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on June 13, 2017.