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ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT (NE CORNER - 147TH STREET AND RAVINIA AVENUE)
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WHEREAS, through a grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation (“IDOT”), the Village is preparing to widen and improve the intersection of 147th Street and Ravinia Avenue; and
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that such roadway improvements will significantly improve traffic flow through the Village and relieve roadway congestion along Ravinia Avenue and the LaGrange Road corridor; and
WHEREAS, to accomplish the roadway widening and improvements, the Village must acquire right-of-way and a temporary construction easement from the owner of the property at the northeast corner of said intersection in the project area; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Village of Orland Park that this project be completed expeditiously and that obtaining the right-of-way and temporary construction easement from the owner thereof will allow the project to proceed in a timely fashion; and
WHEREAS, the Village and the property owner have agreed upon the compensation to be paid by the Village for the right-of-way and temporary construction easement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park as follows:
SECTION 1
The preambles to this Ordinance as set forth above are hereby adopted as the findings of the Village President and Board of Trustees.
SECTION 2
The purchase of the right-of-way (fee simple title) from the current owner thereof, 14216 SC&B, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company (said right-of-way consisting of 2,850 square feet and legally described in EXHIBIT “A’’ attached hereto and made a part hereof) for the sum of THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($35,200.00) is hereby approved.
SECTION 3
The purchase of the temporary construction easement, extending for a period of five (5) years, from the current owner of the underly...
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