Title
Joint resolution adopting an ordinance requesting the conveyance of parcels of land and easements, both temporary and permanent, from the Lake County Forest Preserve District (LCFPD) to Lake County, and authorizing an agreement relating to the Fairfield Road at Illinois Route 176 intersection improvement, designated as Section 08-00113-16-BR.
Staff Summary
· Fairfield Road at Illinois Route 176 Intersection Improvement, Land Transfer, Lake County Forest Preserve District: Agreement.
· The intersection of Fairfield Road at Illinois Route 176 will be improved in two stages.
· The advance contract includes the realignment of the Millennium and Fort Hill trails, construction of two pedestrian underpasses under Illinois Route 176, and
a new relocated entrance for the Lakewood Forest Preserve.
· The second stage includes the roadway improvement and detention basins for the project, which will be constructed on LCFPD property.
· In order to provide for these improvements, additional right-of-way, permanent easements, temporary easements, and temporary use areas will be provided by the LCFPD at no cost.
· The LCFPD will reimburse the County for the cost of the new relocated entrance for the Lakewood Forest Preserve and the associated design engineering costs in the advance contract.
· An ordinance is required to request conveyance of parcels of land and easements, both temporary and permanent, from the LCFPD to Lake County, and to authorize the execution of an agreement between the LCFPD and Lake County for this improvement.
· This resolution also authorizes the subsequent transfer by the County to the Illinois Department of Transportation of the easements along Illinois Rte 176.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, proposes to improve the intersection of Fairfield Road (County Highway 49) at Illinois Route 176 (the Fairfield/176 Junction Improvement); and
WHEREAS, as part of said improvement, ad...
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