Title
Joint resolution appropriating $2,100,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the acquisition of necessary right-of-way, by agreement or condemnation, and other right-of-way costs associated with intersection improvements at Hunt Club Road and Stearns School Road.
Staff Summary
* The intersection at Hunt Club Road and Stearns School Road needs to be improved, inclusive of non-motorized improvements.
* Preliminary engineering plans and right-of-way plats identifying the right-of-way needs for the improvements have been prepared.
* This project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program with target construction in 2029 and designated as Section 22-00095-20-CH.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Hunt Club Road, County Highway 29, and Stearns School Road, County Highway 74, are designated routes on the county highway system; and
WHEREAS, Lake County believes it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the traveling public if the intersection at Hunt Club Road and Stearns School Road could be improved, inclusive of non-motorized 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 Hunt Club Road and Stearns School Road, together with construction and other easements, both temporary and permanent, and any reasonable modifications to the proposed easements, for the improvement of said highways, all as outlined in pl...
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