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Joint resolution appropriating $200,000 of Matching Tax funds for the acquisition of necessary right-of-way, by agreement or condemnation, and other right-of-way costs associated with the construction improvement of Delany Road from Yorkhouse Road to Wadsworth Road designated as Section 00-00093-18-WR.
Staff Summary
· Delany Road Construction Improvement, 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 an appropriation and condemnation authority is necessary.
· The appropriation is $200,000 of Matching Tax funds.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Delany Road, County Highway 22, 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 Delany Road from Yorkhouse Road to Wadsworth Road could be improved by reconstruction; 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 $200,000.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this County Board of Lake County, 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 Delany Road from Yorkhouse Road to Wadsworth Road together with construction and other easements, both temporary and permanent, for said highway, all as outlined in plats of highways made under direction of Martin G. Buehler, County Engineer of Lake County, Illinois, 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 ...
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