Lake County, IL
File #: 24-1095    Version: 1 Name: Rollins Road Resurfacing and Non-Motorized Travel ROW Appropriation
Type: resolution Status: Passed
File created: 8/16/2024 In control: Public Works and Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action: 9/10/2024
Title: Joint resolution appropriating $1,200,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the acquisition of necessary right-of-way, by agreement or condemnation, and other right-of-way costs associated with the improvements along Rollins Road, from Fairfield Road to Civic Center Way.
Attachments: 1. 24-1095 Location Map, Rollins Road Resurfacing and Non-Motorized Travel ROW
Title
Joint resolution appropriating $1,200,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the acquisition of necessary right-of-way, by agreement or condemnation, and other right-of-way costs associated with the improvements along Rollins Road, from Fairfield Road to Civic Center Way.

Staff Summary
* Rollins Road will be improved with resurfacing and non-motorized travel improvements.
* Preliminary engineering plans and right-of-way plats identifying the right-of-way needs for the improvement have been prepared, and property values and associated right-of-way costs have been estimated.
* This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program with construction anticipated to begin in 2025 and designated as Section 21-00999-82-RS.

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RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Rollins Road, County Highway 31, from Fairfield Road to Civic Center Way, is a designated route on the County highway system; and

WHEREAS, Lake County believes it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the traveling public if Rollins Road, from Fairfield Road to Civic Center Way, would be improved, inclusive of resurfacing and non-motorized travel improvements; and

WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, has caused to be prepared preliminary plans and right-of-way plats identifying right-of-way needs for the improvement; and

WHEREAS, property values and associated right-of-way costs have been estimated; and

WHEREAS, an appropriation of funds is required.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois:

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, and any reasonable modifications to the right-of-way lines along Rollins Road, from Fairfield Road to Civic Center Way, together with construction and other easements, both temporary and permanent, and any reasonable modifications to the proposed ...

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