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Joint resolution appropriating $200,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for the installation of 1,000 lineal feet of storm sewer and drainage structures to replace the failing drain tile in the Four Corners Drainage Basin which is flooding Wilson Road, and designated as Section 10-00070-08-DR.
Staff Summary
· Wilson Road Drainage Improvement; Appropriation.
· Wilson Road has 1,000 lineal feet of failing drain tile in the Four Corners Drainage Basin which must be replaced.
· The drainage work is contiguous to the emergency work that was installed northeast of this improvement during the fall of 2011, and is part of the overall solution to the Four Corners Drainage Basin issues.
· Before a project letting can be held, an appropriation of $300,000 of County Bridge Tax funds is necessary.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Wilson Road, County Highway 7, 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 Wilson Road could be improved by the installation of 1,000 lineal feet of storm sewer and drainage structures to replace the failing drain tile in the Four Corners Drainage Basin; and
WHEREAS, plans, specifications and estimates of costs for this improvement have been completed, and this improvement is now ready to proceed to contract letting; and
WHEREAS, before a construction letting can be held, an appropriation of funds is needed.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that there is hereby appropriated $300,000 of County Bridge Tax funds for the installation of 1,000 lineal feet of storm sewer and drainage structures to replace the failing drain tile in the Four Corners Drainage Basin which is flooding Wilson Road, and designated as Section 10-00070-08-DR.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 20, 2012.