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Joint resolution adopting an ordinance requesting the conveyance of parcels of land and a temporary easement from the Village of Wadsworth to Lake County and effectuating an agreement relating to the widening and resurfacing of Wadsworth Road and other roadway improvements and designated as Section 01-00033-10-ES.
Staff Summary
• Wadsworth Road Widening and Resurfacing, Land Transfer, Village of Wadsworth: Agreement
• Wadsworth Road will be widened from the Des Plaines River eastward to east of the entrance of St. Patrick’s Church.
• Wadsworth Road will be resurfaced from east of the entrance of St. Patrick’s Church eastward to west of Delany Road.
• Additional road improvements will include three street parking spaces, a sidewalk and a bicycle-friendly paved shoulder.
• An ordinance is required to request conveyance of parcels of land and a temporary easement, from the Village of Wadsworth to Lake County.
• This resolution authorizes the execution of an agreement between the Village of Wadsworth and Lake County for this improvement.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, proposes to widen Wadsworth Road, County Highway 17, from the Des Plaines River eastward to east of the entrance of St. Patrick’s Church; and
WHEREAS, Lake County, by and through its Division of Transportation, proposes to resurface Wadsworth Road, County Highway 17, from east of the entrance of St. Patrick’s Church eastward to west of Delany Road; and
WHEREAS, as part of said improvement, additional right-of-way and a temporary easement are needed from the Village of Wadsworth for the construction of certain roadway improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Wadsworth will grant said additional right-of-way and a temporary easement at no cost to the County; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10 of Article 7 of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, units of local government, such as the Village of Wadsworth and the County, may contract or otherwise associate among themselves in any manner not prohibited by law or ordinance; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Local Government Property Transfer Act, 50 ILCS 605/0.01, et seq., the County and the Village of Wadsworth may transfer property as depicted and described in Exhibit A and Exhibit B attached hereto upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the corporate authorities of the County and the District and subject to the provisions of such act; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Wadsworth and Lake County are desirous of entering into an agreement stating the terms and conditions by which the Village of Wadsworth will provide said additional right-of-way and temporary easement, 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 are authorized and they are directed to execute an agreement stating the terms and conditions by which the Village of Wadsworth will grant to Lake County said right-of-way and a temporary easement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Engineer shall transmit in writing the final agreement to be executed by the County Board Chair and the County Clerk.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Lake County Board hereby adopts the ordinance incorporated herein requesting the conveyance of land parcels for right-of-way and a temporary easement from the Village of Wadsworth to Lake County.
O R D I N A N C E
Section 1: Recitals. The recitals set forth above are incorporated as part of this ordinance by this reference.
Section 2: Request for and Acceptance of Conveyance of Village of Wadsworth Parcels. The County hereby declares that it is necessary for it to use and occupy for right-of-way and a temporary easement the Village of Wadsworth parcels as depicted and described in Exhibit A and Exhibit B, attached hereto, and requests that the Village of Wadsworth convey said parcels to the County at no cost. The County Board Chair and the County Clerk are hereby authorized to execute whatever documents are necessary to accept such conveyance in accordance with this ordinance. The County Engineer shall prepare or have prepared said documents of conveyance.
Section 3: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and adoption by the County Board.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on August 9, 2011.