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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with the Village of Grayslake for the installation of an aesthetic bridge railing treatment within the project limits for the Washington Street Grade Separation, from Haryan Way to Lake Street, and designated as Sections 11-00121-11-BR.
Staff Summary
• Washington Street, from Haryan Way to Lake Street: Village of Grayslake Agreement.
• Washington Street, from Haryan Way to Lake Street, will be improved by widening and constructing a grade separation under the Canadian National Railway.
• As part of these improvements, the Village of Grayslake and Lake County desire to install an aesthetic bridge railing treatment.
• The County will reimburse the Village of Grayslake $100,000 towards the cost of the installation of the aesthetic bridge railing treatment.
• The County, at its meeting of August 12, 2014, approved an appropriation of $8,420,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the Washington Street Grade Separation project.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Washington Street, County Highway 45, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Grayslake and Lake County believe it would be beneficial for the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Washington Street, from Haryan Way to Lake Street, could be improved by widening and constructing a grade separation under the Canadian National Railway; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Grayslake and Lake County are desirous to include the installation of an aesthetic bridge railing treatment within the limits of the County’s improvement; and
WHEREAS, the County will reimburse the Village of Grayslake $100,000 towards the cost of the installation of the aesthetic bridge railing treatment; and
WHEREAS, Lake County and the Village of Grayslake are desirous of entering into an agreement stating the terms and conditions for the installation of an aesthetic bridge railing treatment within the project limits for the Washington Street Grade Separation, from Haryan Way to Lake Street, a draft copy of which is attached hereto; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that the County Board Chair, the County Clerk, and the County Engineer of Lake County, Illinois, are authorized, and are hereby directed to enter into an agreement and any amendments, with Village of Grayslake stating the terms and conditions for the installation of an aesthetic bridge railing treatment within the project limits for the Washington Street Grade Separation, from Haryan Way to Lake Street, and designated as Section 11-00121-11-BR.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Engineer shall transmit, in writing, the final agreement and any amendments to be executed by the County Board Chair and the County Clerk.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on January 17, 2017.