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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 52
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend Senate Joint Resolution 52 by | ||||||
3 | replacing everything after the heading with the following:
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4 | "WHEREAS, Lake County is a desirable place to live because | ||||||
5 | of its people and its location and hosts long-standing | ||||||
6 | communities that have called Lake County home for generations; | ||||||
7 | and
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8 | WHEREAS, The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority has | ||||||
9 | found that they are not in a position to lead the exploration | ||||||
10 | of extending Illinois Route
53 into Lake County and into these | ||||||
11 | communities; and
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12 | WHEREAS, The communities of Lake County have been voicing
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13 | concerns about the type of impact that the extension would have | ||||||
14 | on their homes; therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
3 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Illinois Route 53 Expansion Land | ||||||
4 | Alternative Use Task Force is created to study the following: | ||||||
5 | (1) The cost, feasibility, and environmental impact of | ||||||
6 | alternative uses of the expansion land, including any | ||||||
7 | potential impact on flooding in the area; | ||||||
8 | (2) The short and long term economic impact to the | ||||||
9 | region; and | ||||||
10 | (3) All options for funding alternative uses; and be it | ||||||
11 | further | ||||||
12 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | ||||||
13 | following members: | ||||||
14 | (1) The President of the Senate, or his or her | ||||||
15 | designee; | ||||||
16 | (2) The Speaker of the House, or his or her designee; | ||||||
17 | (3) The Minority Leader of the Senate, or his or her | ||||||
18 | designee; | ||||||
19 | (4) The Minority Leader of the House, or his or her | ||||||
20 | designee; | ||||||
21 | (5) The Secretary of Transportation, or his or her | ||||||
22 | designee; | ||||||
23 | (6) The Executive Director of the Department of Natural | ||||||
24 | Resources, or his or her designee; | ||||||
25 | (7) The Director of the Illinois Environmental |
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1 | Protection Agency, or his or her designee; | ||||||
2 | (8) A representative of Lake County appointed by the | ||||||
3 | Chairman of the Lake County Board; | ||||||
4 | (9) The President of the Lake County Forest Preserve or | ||||||
5 | his or her designee; | ||||||
6 | (10) The Chair of the Lake County Stormwater Management | ||||||
7 | Commission, or his or her designee; | ||||||
8 | (11) The Mayor of Long Grove, or his or her designee; | ||||||
9 | (12) The Mayor of Hawthorn Woods, or his or her | ||||||
10 | designee; | ||||||
11 | (13) The Mayor of Mundelein, or his or her designee; | ||||||
12 | (14) The Mayor of Grayslake, or his or her designee; | ||||||
13 | (15) A representative of a local sustainability | ||||||
14 | organization, nominated by its president and appointed by | ||||||
15 | the Task Force members who are General Assembly members; | ||||||
16 | (16) A representative of a local livability | ||||||
17 | organization, nominated by its president and appointed by | ||||||
18 | the Task Force members who are General Assembly members; | ||||||
19 | (17) A representative of an environmental | ||||||
20 | organization, nominated by its president and appointed by | ||||||
21 | the Task Force members who are General Assembly members; | ||||||
22 | (18) A representative of a tourism organization, | ||||||
23 | nominated by its president and appointed by the Task Force | ||||||
24 | members who are General Assembly members; and | ||||||
25 | (19) A representative of a conservation organization, | ||||||
26 | nominated by its president and appointed by the Task Force |
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1 | members who are General Assembly members; and be it further | ||||||
2 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall select a chairperson | ||||||
3 | from among the members of the Task Force who serve in the | ||||||
4 | General Assembly; Task Force members shall serve without | ||||||
5 | compensation; and be it further | ||||||
6 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Natural | ||||||
7 | Resources shall provide administrative and other support to the | ||||||
8 | Task Force; the Illinois Department of Transportation and the | ||||||
9 | Illinois Tollway shall provide all information requested by the | ||||||
10 | Task Force; and be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet a minimum of four | ||||||
12 | times and make recommendations to the
General Assembly and IDOT | ||||||
13 | before December 31, 2020, and, upon the filing of its final | ||||||
14 | report, the Task Force is dissolved."
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