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INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF DU PAGE, ILLINOIS
AND THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES
OF CH 8/YORK ROAD MULTI-USE PATH
SECTION 24-00171-09-FP
(ESTIMATED COUNTY COST $149,500.00)
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WHEREAS, the County of DuPage (hereinafter referred to as "COUNTY") and the Village of Elk Grove Village (hereinafter referred to as "VILLAGE") are public agencies within the meaning of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (5 ILCS 220/1 et seq.); and
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10, of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois encourages and provides for units of local government to contract and otherwise associate with each other to exercise, combine or transfer any power or function; and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY by virtue of its power set forth in "Counties Code" (55 ILCS 5/1001 et seq.) and "Illinois Highway Code" (605 ILCS 5/5-101 et. seq.) and the VILLAGE by virtue of its power set forth in the "Illinois Municipal Code" (65 ILCS 5/1-1-1 et seq.) are authorized to enter into agreements and contracts; and
WHEREAS, in order to promote the public welfare and facilitate vehicular traffic by providing convenient, safe, modern and limited access highways within and through the State of Illinois, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority ("TOLLWAY") intends to construct the I-490 Toll Highway connecting the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) with the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) along the west side of O'Hare International Airport ("O'Hare Airport") as part of the ILLINOIS TOLLWAY's Elgin O'Hare Western Access ("EOWA") project; and
WHEREAS, the EOWA project includes the reconstruction of York Road from south of Gateway Road to south of Devon Avenue ("PROJECT"); and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY requested that the TOLLWAY expand the PROJECT to include the re-construction of the sidewalk on the west side of York Road to a shared-use path and driveway apron from Pan-Am Boulevar...
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