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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with the Village of Round Lake Beach to clarify the right-of-way, property ownership, and easement rights near the Rollins Road and Hook Drive intersection.
Staff Summary
• The County made previous improvements along Rollins Road and realigned Hook Drive.
• A no-cost clarification is needed on the ownership of property at Rollins Road and Hook Drive.
• The County will dedicate to the Village of Round Lake Beach, for public road purposes, a piece of real property to construct a multi-use path along Hook Drive.
• The County will transfer a piece of excess property, via a Quit Claim Deed, to the Village of Round Lake Beach for greenspace, detention, or other public use purposes.
• The Village of Round Lake Beach will grant a permanent easement to the County for public roadway and detention purposes over an area of real property of the Old Rollins Road right-of-way upon which existing County drainage and a detention facility are located.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Rollins Road, County Highway 31, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, the County made previous improvements along Rollins Road and realigned Hook Drive; and
WHEREAS, the County and the Village of Round Lake Beach (hereinafter the Village) are desirous of entering into an agreement to clarify the right-of-way, property ownership, and easement rights near the Rollins Road and Hook Drive intersection, a draft copy of the agreement is attached hereto which includes exhibits describing the properties involved; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the 765 ILCS 5/16, the County Board may authorize its County Board Chair to convey real estate belonging to it; and
WHEREAS, the Local Government Property Transfer Act (hereinafter the ACT), 50 ILCS 605/0.01 et seq., authorizes units of local government to agree to transfer land between said units of local government, and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the ACT, the County may dedicate to the Village, for public road purposes, a piece of real property to construct a multi-use path along Hook Drive upon such terms as agreed upon by the corporate authorities of the County and the Village; and
WHEREAS, the County desires to dispose of a piece of excess property and transfer said property to the Village of Round Lake Beach via Quit Claim Deed for greenspace, detention, or other public use purposes; and
WHEREAS, the County will require the Village to request approval from the County Engineer should the Village desire to lease, sell and/or change the use of said excess property in the future; and
WHEREAS, the Village desires to grant a permanent easement to the County for public roadway and detention purposes over an area of real property of the Old Rollins Road right-of-way upon which County drainage and a detention facility are located; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that the County Board Chair, the County Clerk, and the County Engineer of Lake County, Illinois, are authorized, and are hereby directed to execute an agreement, and any subsequent amendments, between Lake County and the Village of Round Lake Beach stating the terms and conditions for the aforementioned dedication of right-of-way, transfer of excess property ownership, and granting of a permanent easement near the Rollins Road and Hook Drive intersection.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Board Chair, the County Clerk, and the County Engineer on behalf of Lake County, Illinois, be authorized, and are hereby directed to execute whatever documents are necessary to effectuate such conveyance of the aforementioned dedication of right-of-way, transfer of excess property ownership, and granting of a permanent easement near the Rollins Road and Hook Drive intersection.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Engineer shall transmit, in writing, the final agreement, any amendments and documents to be executed by the County Board Chair and the County Clerk.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on March 13, 2018.