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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with the NICOR Gas Company to relocate a gas main within the easement of Quentin Road to accommodate the upcoming improvement of Quentin Road, from White Pine Road to Illinois Route 22, appropriating $7,080,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds, and designated as Section 17-00090-15-MS.
Staff Summary
* Quentin Road, from White Pine Road to Illinois Route 22, is planned to be widened and reconstructed starting in 2018.
* This project is included in the County's Highway Improvement Program.
* The NICOR Gas Company has a gas main located within an easement along the roadway corridor that must be relocated to accommodate the upcoming highway improvement.
* The Lake County State's Attorney has reviewed this agreement, and while rare, NICOR has a superior easement which causes Lake County to be responsible for the cost of relocation of NICOR's gas line. Lake County has been approved for a federal grant that will reimburse up to 80 percent of these gas main relocation costs.
* The terms of NICOR's existing easement require that Lake County reimburse the NICOR Gas Company for the cost to relocate their facilities, which is estimated to cost $5,900,000.
* This resolution authorizes the execution of an agreement with NICOR that provides for the relocation of their facilities and appropriates $7,080,000, which includes a 20 percent contingency, of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for this utility relocation.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Quentin Road, County Highway 5, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the free flow of traffic at Quentin Road, from White Pine Road to Illinois Route 22, is beneficial to the safety and welfare of the State of Illinois and the County as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois and Lake County believe it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the motoring public if Quentin Road, from White Pine Road to Illinois Route...
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