Lake County Illinois - File #: 23-1553

• File #: 23-1553
• Version: 1
• Name: Lewis Avenue at Martin Luther King Drive: Property Acquisition and Appropriation
• Type: resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/17/2023
• In control: Public Works and Transportation Committee
• Final action: 11/14/2023
• Title: Joint resolution appropriating $250,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the acquisition of real property and demolition of the associated structure necessary for the reconstruction of Lewis Avenue, from Illinois Route 137 to Belvidere Road.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/14/2023	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
11/2/2023	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the consent agenda	Pass
11/1/2023	1	Public Works and Transportation Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass

Title
Joint resolution appropriating $250,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the acquisition of real property and demolition of the associated structure necessary for the reconstruction of Lewis Avenue, from Illinois Route 137 to Belvidere Road.

Staff Summary
* Lewis Avenue, from Illinois Route 137 to Belvidere Road, will be reconstructed, inclusive of non-motorized travel improvements.
* Phase I preliminary engineering is currently in progress, and right-of-way needs for the improvement are being identified.
* The property at the northeast corner of Lewis Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (1918 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) is required to construct the improvement.
* The property is currently vacant and listed for sale by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) through a real estate agency.
* The Lewis Avenue Improvement project is included in the Transportation Improvement Program with construction anticipated to begin in 2027.

Body
RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Lewis Avenue, County Highway 27, from Illinois Route 137 to Belvidere Road is a designated route on the County highway system; and

WHEREAS, Lake County believes it would be beneficial to the safety and welfare of the traveling public if Lewis Avenue, from Illinois Route 137 to Belvidere Road, be reconstructed, inclusive of non-motorized improvements; and

WHEREAS, Phase I preliminary engineering is in progress and the right-of-way needs for the improvement are being identified; and

WHEREAS, a property located at 1918 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive needs to be acquired and the structure demolished in order to construct the improvement; and

WHEREAS, the property is currently vacant and is listed for sale by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) through a real estate agency; and

WHEREAS, an appropriation of funds is required.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that it is necessary, and desirable, that Lake ...