Lake County Public Works, Planning & Transportation Committee met Oct. 28.
Here is the agenda provided by the committee:
1. Call to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Addenda to the Agenda
4. Public Comment
5. Chair's Remarks
6. Old Business
7. New Business
CONSENT AGENDA (Items 7.1 - 7.7)
7.1 20-1565
Minutes of September 30, 2020.
7.2 20-1566
Minutes of October 7, 2020.
7.3 20-1517
Ordinance providing for the establishment of an altered speed zone for 25 miles per hour (MPH), currently posted 30 MPH, on Rockland Road in Libertyville Township.
· The speed study was requested by the Libertyville Township Highway Commissioner.
· The necessary speed studies have been undertaken and an ordinance is required to establish speed zones.
7.4 20-1518
Joint resolution appropriating $50,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds for the Fiscal Year 2021 repair and replacement of various guardrail and fence installations, under the applicable Illinois Highway Code.
· The County owns miles of guardrails and fences along the County highway system, and annual repairs and replacements must be made to various installations which are included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Section 21-00000-06-GM.
· Before the purchase of material or a contract service can be procured, an appropriation of $50,000 of Motor Fuel Tax funds is required.
7.5 20-1519
Joint resolution appropriating $144,800 of Matching Tax funds for contract documents, inspections, and maintenance of native landscape areas along various County highways.
· The County has planted native landscape areas for various projects on the County highway system that require routine inspection and maintenance and are included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Section 21-00000- 14-GM.
· The contract documents and inspection work will be done by a consultant, while the maintenance will be completed by a contractor through the formal letting process.
· Before a project letting can be held, an appropriation of $144,800 of Matching Tax funds is needed.
7.6 20-1520
Joint resolution appropriating $33,000 of County Bridge Tax funds and $164,000 of Matching Tax funds to provide for Fiscal Year 2021 acquisition of materials and services needed to maintain items such as drainage and bridge facilities, pavements, shoulders, guardrails, fencing, signage, and right-of-way.
· Miscellaneous maintenance materials and services are needed to maintain the County highways.
· Before materials can be ordered, or work can be done using the County Bridge Tax fund or the Matching Tax fund, an appropriation is needed.
· The acquisition of these materials and services is included in the Transportation Improvement Program, and designated as Section 21-00000-03-GM.
7.7 20-1521
Joint resolution appropriating $92,100 of County Bridge Tax funds, $149,900 of Matching Tax funds and $152,900 of 1⁄4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for Fiscal Year 2021 general engineering and support services needed to address items such as soil, environmental, drainage, bridge, wetland, easement, and right-of-way purchases.
· General engineering and support services are needed throughout the year to supplement in-house design services and improve the County highway system.
· An appropriation of funds is required each fiscal year for these support services.
· The acquisition of these services is included in the Transportation Improvement
Program, and designated as Section 21-00000-02-EG.
REGULAR AGENDA
DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION
7.8 20-0003
Director’s Report - Transportation.
PLANNING BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT 7.9 20-1524
Committee action on Zoning Board of Appeals Case Number 000536-2019 for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) Final Development Plan for a self-service storage use (indoor/outdoor).
· Timothy James, record owner, previously petitioned for a rezoning from the Residential-(R-1) to the General Commercial (GC) District and for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for a PUD for a self-service storage use (indoor/outdoor). The subject property is located at 25250 W. Old Rand Road, Wauconda, Illinois, Property Identification Number 09-36-400-009 and is 23 acres (approximate).
· The petitioners obtained approval of the rezoning and the Conditional Use Permit for a PUD and PUD Preliminary Plan by the County Board on August 11, 2020, subject to conditions relating to signage and open space preservation.
· Per Section 151.051 (C)(5) of the Lake County Code, approval of a PUD Preliminary Plan shall constitute approval of a CUP which, together with any zoning change accompanying the CUP, shall not become effective until any PUD Final Plan for the development is approved by the Public Works Planning and Transportation Committee and recorded.
· Staff has completed their review of the PUD Final Development Plan and recommends its approval.
7.10 20-1545
Resolution accepting the Annual Evaluation Report of the (County-Wide) All Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan for Unincorporated Lake County, Illinois and directing the Planning, Building and Development Department to make the report available on the department’s website and issue a press release to meet CRS recertification requirements.
· The Lake County Planning, Building and Development Department participates in the Community Rating System (CRS), offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which has secured flood insurance premium discounts of up to 20 percent for residents of unincorporated Lake County.
· The CRS program offers flood insurance premium discounts to residents of communities that have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to protecting residents and reducing flood damages.
· The FEMA CRS Program requires annual recertification.
· An Annual Evaluation Report for the All Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan must be reviewed by the Lake County Board, posted on the Lake County website, issued in a press release, and submitted for recertification each year.
· The attached resolution accepts the Annual Evaluation Report of the All Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan for Unincorporated Lake County, Illinois and directs the
Planning, Building and Development Department to make the report available on the department’s website and issue a press release to meet CRS recertification requirements.
7.11 20-0041
Director’s Report - Planning, Building and Development.
PUBLIC WORKS
7.12 20-0042
Director’s Report - Public Works.
8. Executive Session
9. Public Comment
10. County Administrator's Report
11. Members' Remarks
12. Adjournment
Next Meeting: November 4, 2020.
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