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Joint resolution executing a Letter of Intent and Concurrence related to the Deerfield Road Improvement Project and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $1,839,076 from Public Works reserve funds.
Staff Summary
* The Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) will be making improvements to Deerfield Road (County Highway 11) between US 45/IL 21 (Milwaukee Avenue) and Saunders Road (County Highway 58) starting in 2026.
* The Lake County Department of Public Works (LCPW) owns and operates sanitary sewer, and a sanitary sewer lift station within the Deerfield Road right-of-way.
* The LCPW Deerfield Road lift station and portions of the LCPW sanitary sewer must be relocated as part of the Deerfield Road improvements.
* LCDOT and LCPW wish to enter into a Letter of Intent and Concurrence in which LCPW would pay LCDOT an estimated sum of $7,356,304 paid over four years, in exchange for which LCDOT would design and construct the relocation of the sanitary sewer lift station and sanitary sewer main.
* The initial payment to LCDOT was not included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 LCPW budget. The remaining payments will be budgeted in FY27, FY28 and FY29.
* This resolution authorizes an emergency appropriation and the Director of Public Works to execute the Letter of Intent and Concurrence related to the Deerfield Road Improvement Project.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the County of Lake (County), through its Division of Transportation (LCDOT), will be making improvements to Deerfield Road (County Highway 11) between US 45/IL 21 (Milwaukee Avenue) and Saunders Road (County Highway 58); and
WHEREAS, the County, through its Department of Public Works (LCPW), owns and operates a sanitary sewer lift station and sanitary sewer within the Deerfield Road right-of-way; and portions of the LCPW sanitary sewer must be relocated as part of the Deerfield Road improvements; and
WHEREAS, LCDOT and LCPW wish to enter into a letter of intent and concurrence in ...
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