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R-351-95 Accepting a dedication of a Corridor 20 feet in width within East Boundary of the Toll Highwat right-of-way between New Ave and 135St and reserve the corridor for future Development as a Regional BikewayVILLAGE OF LEMONT RESOLUTION NO. 351 DATE OF APPROVAL 2/27/95 WHEREAS, the State of Illinois has authorized the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA) to develop a 12.5 mile extension of the North -South Tollway (I -355) from I -55 to I -80; and WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority have made a commitment to reserve land within the North -South Tollway extension for future development as a regional bikeway; and WHEREAS, the Northeastern Illinois Regional Greenways Plan developed by the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission and the Open Lands Project identifies the I -355 corridor as a proposed greenway; and WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority have expressed a willingness to convey the easterly twenty (20) feet of the planned toll highway right -of -way, from New Avenue to 135th Street, to the Village of Lemont; and WHEREAS, the Village of Lemont supports continuing, cooperative efforts to plan and develop a regional bikeway in the I -355 Corridor. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT, COUNTIES OF COOK, DuPAGE AND WILL, THAT: The Village of Lemont is willing to accept a dedication of a corridor twenty feet in width within the east boundary of the toll highway right -of -way between New Avenue and 135th Street and reserve that corridor for future development as a regional bikeway. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT, COUNTIES OF COOK, DuPAGE AND WILL, ILLINOIS, on this 27th day of February , 1995. AYES NAYS PASSED ABSENT Barbara Buschman V Alice Chin V Keith Latz V Connie Markiewicz Richard Rimbo Ralph Schobert / Approved by me this ATTEST: 1/ 2tee c 221 RLENE M. SMOLLEN, Village Clerk , 1995 HARD A. KWASN r , Village President CHARLENE M. SMOLLEN, Village Clerk IMIss Wood —7::sdear cone swn 7c Aurora KANE CO. KENDALL CO. DU PAGE CO. WILL CO. wio n NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS REGIONAL GREENWAYS PLAN O Boulevard System • Chicago River': O Noah Blanch O North Shore Channel O South Branch O III & Mich. Canal National Heritage Comdor. O Lake Michigan Shoreline. O Railroad Corridors O Ravenswood O Buffalo Creek Chicago River•: 0 North Branch 0 North Shore Channel 0 Skokie Ricer 0 West Fork ID Des Plaines River. 0 Green Bay Trail. ID McDonald Creek North/Northwest Corr( Co. Forest Preserve connections.: O Baker's lake to Deer Grove 0 Crabtree to Paul Douglas O Ned Brown t Busse Woods) to Poplar Creek O Paul Douglas to Poplar Creek 0 Poplar Creek to Elgin O Poplar Creek to Spring Lake 0 Poplar Creek m TO -County Park 0 Spring Lake to Helms Woods (Kane Co.) 0 Sal Creek• YAW, ABith0 0 Butterfield Creek O Cal -Sag Channel O Calumet R. & Little Calumet R. 0 Centennial Trail* O Des Plaines River. 0 ill. & Mich. Canal National Heritage Condor• O Illinois Prairie Path' co Old Plank Road Trail* 0 Plum Creek Soath/Soathwest Cook Co. Forest Presrn'e connections•: O McGinnis Slough connections O Palos to Tinley Creek 0 Palos to Waterfall Glen (DuPage Co.) 0 Spring Creek O Stony Creek O Thorn Creek* DGPaagefipJuiit'i� ;`fir ;L�=' 0 Centennial Trail. 0 East Branch (DuPage Ricer)• Greenways Key (numbers correspond to descriptions in text of Northeastern Illinois Regional Greenways Plan document) Forest Preserve Connections': O Songbird Slouch to Wood Dale Grove 0 Churchill Woods to Hidden Lake O Hertick L ke/Danada to Hidden Lake 0 Herrick Lake to Blackwell O N1cDowell Gr. to Blackwell & Illinois Prairie Path 0 McDowell Grove to Naperville parks O Tri-Co. Park/Pmlis Wayne to Mallard Lake/West Branch/ Timber Ridge 0 W. DuPage Woods/Winfield t Iound tuber Ridge to Blackwell & III. Prairie Path 0 Great Western Trail. 0 Illinois Prairie Path. 0 Klein Creek 0 North - South Tollo'ay (I -3551 corridor 0 Salt Creek• O Wauhansee Creek 0 West Blanch (DuPage River). 0 Winfield Creek O Blackberry Creek. O Chicago & Northwestern RR 0 Ferson Creek O Fox Rive 0 Great Western Trail• O Illinois Prairie Path' O Jelkes Creek O Mid - County Trail 0 Mill Creek' O Otter Creek 0 Tyler Creek O Virgil Gilman Trail* LTalieieo`u`nty :: 0 Buffalo Creek Chicom River*: O \fiddle Fork 0 Skokie River 0 West Fork 0 Commonwealth Ed. right-of -way 0 Des Plaines River• O E. J. & E. Railroad 0 Flint Creek O Fox Riser. O Green Bay Trail• 0 Indian Creek O lake Michigan Shoreline. O Metra rad corridor O Mill Creek 0 Mutton Creek O Nonh Shore Bike Poth• O Liberty Prairie Reserve trail system O Route 53 (Proposed 1 -355 extension) bike trail O West Lake County Loop T it n malPtiOft O Boone Creek 0 Chicago & Northwestern RR 0 Chicago. Milsnukee. Sr, Paul & Pacific RR O Commonwealth Edison right -of -way O Coon Creek O Cotton Creek 0 Fox River. 0 Hollows to Fox River connection 0 Huntley- Union- Marengo Trail O Kislnsaukee Riser• m Moraine liilis State Park connection ° Nippersink Creak• O Piscasaw Creek It/Prairie Trail' CD Richmond to Hebron Trail 0 Rush Creek C Spring Creek ° Centennial Trail' ID Chicago, St. Paul. & Milwaukee RR. 0 Des Plaines River* 0 DuPage Riser' © 0.1. & E. Railroad ° Forked Creek ° Hickory Creek ®11). & Mich. Canal National Heritage Comdor• (0 (Proposed extension-of) I -355 corridor 0 Kankakee Riser• °Lily Cache Creek 0 Norfolk Western RR. Wabash line 0 Old Plank Road Trail' 0 Plum Creek ° Rock Run Creek ° Spring Brook ° Spring Creek 0 Thorn Creek. • Priority Green, ay Mc GI abapn Laic Rommel, Heron Mph, Orland Park wmroor'o ean..�.nr, rt oaPUM Rr. T,. Park runst SM T�d 13 • x lauk rge e ro COO CO._ K �. _. WILL CO. j MIKlnp Ti c'. ood+ ti.. Hams. raceme. xx'iltninrnut: .WtL'C CO"J KANKAKEE CO. _ Braid ww I Cower - -. Park G.. l ` a.n.,x.. Ri,er - - - -J� - �..-_- \ sraw Pan= northeastern Illinois planning commission OPENLANDS PROJECT Prepared by: Richard Manner, Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission and Betsy Otto, Openlands Project Special assistance in the development of this map was provided by Eva Wurm, Suzan Pinsof, Steven Byers and Tom Mayo. Greenway information current as of September 10 Greenway designations on this map do not imply spe- greenway widths, other design characteristics. management approaches. These should be detern,. through detailed planning for the individual green,. •Natural Area Inventory sites current as of 1978: III,, Nature Preserve sites current as of Jarc_ary 10 Additional information about these areas can obtained from the Illinois Department of Conserves Natural Heritage Division, Ph. (217) 782 -2685. Nartloon a Laboratory for Cactapat b, 00•12. cow. sal •.