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Joint resolution appropriating $35,000 of Matching Tax funds for the County’s portion of design engineering services for a portion of the Grass Lake Road Bike Path from N. Beck Road to Hastings Lake Trailhead, and authorizing reimbursement to the Lake County Forest Preserve District for the design engineering services, and designated as Section 09-00075-14-BT.
Staff Summary
· Grass Lake Road Bike Path (Hastings Lake Forest Preserve Connector), Design Engineering Services: Appropriation
· This bike path along Grass Lake Road will link the proposed Hastings Lake Forest Preserve Trail System to the Lindenhurst Trail System.
· The County’s grant application to the IDNR has been submitted to fund up to 50% of the cost of this bike path.
· The LCFPD is in the process of designing the Hastings Lake Trail System and has agreed to add the design for the Grass Lake Road section to their agreement for engineering services.
· This resolution appropriates $35,000 of Matching Tax funds for engineering services and authorizes the County Engineer to reimburse the LCFPD for these services.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Grass Lake Road (County Highway 18) is a designated route on the county highway system; and
WHEREAS, Lake County by and through its Division of Transportation proposes to construct a bike path along the south side of Grass Lake Road connecting the Hastings Lake Forest Preserve Trail to the Lindenhurst Park District Trail System (the Hastings Lake Forest Preserve Connector); and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, has applied for grant funding assistance from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for the Hastings Lake Forest Preserve Connector; and
WHEREAS, Lake County Forest Preserve District has employed Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd., for design engineering services for the Lake County Forest Preserve Hastings Lake public access improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Transportation...
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