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Joint resolution appropriating $600,000 of ¼% 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 the improvement of Cedar Lake Road, from Illinois Route 120 to Nippersink Road, and designated as Section 08-00065-02-RS.
Staff Summary
• Cedar Lake Road, from Illinois Route 120 to Nippersink Road, Reconstruction; Right-of-Way Acquisition: Appropriation with Condemnation Authority.
• Preliminary plans and specifications for this improvement have been prepared.
• Before right-of-way acquisitions can proceed, appropriation and condemnation authority are necessary.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Cedar Lake Road, County Highway 28, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Cedar Lake Road, from Illinois Route 120 to Nippersink Road, could be improved by widening, reconstructing and adding non-motorized facilities; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, has caused to be prepared preliminary plans and right-of-way plats, said plats identifying right-of-way needs; and
WHEREAS, the right-of-way and associated costs are estimated to be $500,000.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board of 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 of Cedar Lake Road, from Illinois Route 120 to Nippersink Road, together with construction and other easements, both temporary and permanent, for said highway, all as outlined in plats of highways made under the direction of Paula Trigg, Lake County Engineer, copies of which are filed in the office of the Lake County Engineer, which said real property and easements are necessary, required, and needed for the improvement of said highway.
SECTION 2: That the Lake County Division of Transportation, or its agents, on behalf of Lake County be, and they are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to negotiate with and purchase therefrom the owner or owners of all the real property determined to be necessary under this resolution and described in the plats of survey of said highway.
SECTION 3: In the event that said Lake County Division of Transportation is unable to agree with the owner or owners of said real property upon the compensation to be paid therefore, then title to and possession of said real property described in Section 1 of this resolution shall be acquired by condemnation by Lake County. The State’s Attorney of Lake County is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to institute proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to acquire title to and possession of said property for Lake County in accordance with the Eminent Domain Laws of the State of Illinois.
SECTION 4: That there is hereby appropriated $600,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the purchase of the real property determined to be necessary under this resolution and described in the said plats of highways and associated costs, and designated as Section 08-00065-02-RS.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on June 14, 2016.