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Joint resolution appropriating $360,000 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 the improvement of Old McHenry Road, in downtown Long Grove, and designated as Section 11-00083-09-RS.
Staff Summary
* Old McHenry Road in Downtown Long Grove, 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, Old McHenry Road, County Highway 32, 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 Old McHenry Road, in downtown Long Grove, could be improved by reconstructing and drainage improvements; 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 $300,000.
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 Old McHenry Road, in downtown Long Grove, 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...
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