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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with the City of Waukegan for the reconstruction of 14th Street, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Sheridan Road, the jurisdictional transfer of the portion of 14th Street within the municipal limits of the City of Waukegan, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Victoria Avenue, from the City of Waukegan to Lake County, and designated as Section 99-00260-01-WR.
Staff Summary
• 14th Street will be reconstructed and improved from, Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Sheridan Road.
• This improvement will include reconstruction of the road to three lanes with a shared center turn lane, a new bike path and sidewalk, street lighting, drainage improvements, and installation of a roundabout at 14th Street and Dugdale which will replace the existing four-way stop.
• The City of Waukegan owns a watermain and sanitary sewer within the project limits that requires modification, and desires that the County install a sidewalk, a multi-use path and street lighting as part of the improvement.
• The City of Waukegan will reimburse Lake County for the engineering and construction costs associated with this work, estimated to be $155,666.61.
• Jurisdiction of the portion of 14th Street, within the municipal limits of Waukegan, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Victoria Avenue (just east of Jackson Street), will be transferred from the City of Waukegan to Lake County.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, to ensure the free flow of traffic and the safety and welfare of the motoring public, Lake County is desirous of reconstructing and improving 14th Street, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Sheridan Road; and
WHEREAS, the City of Waukegan owns a watermain and sanitary sewer within the project limits requiring modification; and
WHEREAS, the City of Waukegan desires that the County include, as part of the improvement, the construction of a sidewalk, a multi-use path and installation of street lighting; and
WHEREAS, 14th Street, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Jackson Street, is currently a municipal extension of County Highway 78; and
WHEREAS, 14th Street, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Victoria Avenue, is currently under the jurisdiction of the City of North Chicago, except for the north half of 14th Street, from west of Dugdale Road to Glenn Drive, which is under the jurisdiction of the City of Waukegan; and
WHEREAS, 14th Street, County Highway 13, from Victoria Avenue to Sheridan Road, is a designated route on the County highway system; and
WHEREAS, Lake County is desirous of renumbering 14th Street, from Victoria Avenue to Sheridan Road, from County Highway 13 to County Highway 78 to be contiguous with the section to the west; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board may, by resolution approved by IDOT, designate that 14th Street, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Victoria Avenue, is being added to the highway system of Lake County and that said route is identified as County Highway 78, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Sheridan Road, in accordance with the provisions of the 605 ILCS 5/4-409; and
WHEREAS, Lake County and the City of Waukegan are desirous of entering into an agreement stating the terms and conditions for watermain and sanitary sewer modifications, construction of a sidewalk and a multi-use path, installation of street lighting, and the jurisdictional transfer of that portion of 14th Street within the municipal limits of the City of Waukegan, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Victoria Avenue, from the City of Waukegan to Lake County, a draft copy of which is attached hereto.
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 enter into an agreement and any amendments, between Lake County and the City of Waukegan stating the terms and conditions for watermain and sanitary sewer modifications, construction of a sidewalk and a multi-use path, installation of street lighting, and the jurisdictional transfer of that portion of 14th Street within the municipal limits of the City of Waukegan, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Victoria Avenue, from the City of Waukegan to Lake County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by this Lake County Board that 14th Street, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road easterly to Victoria Avenue, in its entirety, be added to the County Highway System of Lake County and identified as County Highway 78, and that 14th Street, from Victoria Avenue easterly to Sheridan Road be renumbered from County Highway 13 to County Highway 78, as depicted on the map in attached Exhibits B and C of the agreement, and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Illinois Highway Code and as approved by IDOT.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk, the County Board Chair and the County Engineer of Lake County are authorized and hereby directed to prepare and transmit whatever information IDOT determines is necessary to document the addition of 14th Street, County Highway 78, from Illinois Route 131/Green Bay Road to Victoria Avenue, in its entirety, to the County Highway System and the renumbering of 14th Street, from Victoria Avenue to Sheridan Road, from County Highway 13 to County Highway 78 in accordance with the provisions of 605 ILCS 5/4-409 of the Illinois Highway Code.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Engineer shall transmit, in writing, the final agreement and any amendments, to be executed by the County Board Chair and the County Clerk.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 13, 2018.