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Joint resolution authorizing a supplemental appropriation of $25,000 of Motor Fuel Tax for the acquisition of necessary right-of-way by extending temporary easements, by agreement or condemnation, and other acquisition costs associated with the widening and reconstruction of Delany Road, from Tannahill Drive to York House Road, and designated as Section 00-00093-17-WR.
Staff Summary
· Delany Road, from Tannahill Drive to York House Road, Right-of-Way Acquisition: Supplemental Appropriation with Condemnation Authority.
· Final plans and specifications for this improvement have been prepared.
· Construction for this improvement is underway, however, utility conflicts have delayed the completion, and there are nine temporary construction easements that will be expiring prior to the completion of the construction.
· Supplemental right-of-way acquisition, for the extension of nine temporary construction easements, is needed for this project and is authorized by agreement or condemnation.
· A supplemental appropriation of $25,000 of Motor Fuel tax is needed.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Delany Road, County Highway 22, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Delany Road, from Tannahill Drive to York House Road, could be improved by widening and reconstruction; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, has caused to be prepared final plans and right-of-way plats, said plats identifying right-of-way needs; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution, has appropriated $950,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds and $120,000 of Matching Tax funds for right-of-way acquisitions and associated costs; and
WHEREAS, utility conflicts have delayed the completion of the improvement, and there are nine temporary construction easements that will be expiring prior to completion of the construction; and
WHEREAS, a supplemental appropriation of $25,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds is needed to extend the temporary construction easements.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board:
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 Delany Road, from Tannahill Drive to York House Road, together with construction and other easements, both temporary and permanent, for said highway, all as 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 from, 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 a supplemental appropriation of $25,000 of Motor Fuel 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 00-00093-17-WR.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this appropriation be processed by the County Engineer for final approval of the Illinois Department of Transportation in accordance with the "Agreement of Understanding" between the Illinois Department of Transportation and Lake County, dated January 22, 2003.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 20, 2012.