Lake County Illinois - File #: 24-0793

• File #: 24-0793
• Version: 1
• Name: Roberts Road Shared Use Path Crossing (Village of Tower Lakes) Agreement and Appropriation
• Type: resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/12/2024
• In control: Public Works and Transportation Committee
• Final action: 7/9/2024
• Title: Joint resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement with the Village of Tower Lakes, stating the terms and conditions for the construction and maintenance of a shared-use path crossing of Roberts Road from North Lake Shore Drive to South Circle Drive, and appropriating $54,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/9/2024	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
6/27/2024	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the consent agenda	Pass
6/26/2024	1	Public Works and Transportation Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass

Title
Joint resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement with the Village of Tower Lakes, stating the terms and conditions for the construction and maintenance of a shared-use path crossing of Roberts Road from North Lake Shore Drive to South Circle Drive, and appropriating $54,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds.

Staff Summary
* This improvement will construct a shared-use path crossing of Roberts Road, from North Lake Shore Drive to South Circle Drive.
* The Village of Tower Lakes will construct the shared-use crossing and agrees to assume ownership and maintenance of the existing shared-use path along Roberts Road from North Lake Shore Drive to East Lake Shore Drive. The County will reimburse the Village for the County's share of construction, estimated at $45,000.
* The Village Board approved this agreement at its meeting on June 17, 2024.
* The Village plans to construct the crossing this year and the project is designated as Section 24-00086-10-BT.

Body
RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Roberts Road, County Highway 35, is a designated route on the County highway system; and

WHEREAS, in order to increase non-motorized connectivity and provide benefit to the safety and welfare of the traveling public, Lake County and the Village of Tower Lakes (Village) desire to install a shared-use path crossing of Roberts Road from North Lake Shore Drive to South Circle Drive; and

WHEREAS, in 2002, the County, through its Division of Transportation, signed a Letter of Concurrence for a joint project with the Village of Tower Lakes to construct a bike path along Roberts Road from North Lake Shore Drive to East Lake Shore Drive (hereinafter 2002 AGREEMENT); and

WHEREAS, the County constructed this existing shared-use path as a county facility in accordance with the 2002 AGREEMENT; and

WHEREAS, the Village desires to construct a shared-use path crossing to provide safe access to the existing path and agrees to assume ownership and maintenance responsibility ove...