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RESOLUTION NO. 1518
A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE LOCKPORT STREETSCAPE COMMITTEE'S
"LOCKPORT STREET CONCEPTUAL STREETSCAPE PLAN"
WHEREAS, the Village of Plainfield is cooperating with Will County and the Illinois
Department of Transportation to facilitate shifting the alignment of the designated route for U.S.
Route 30 as it passes through downtown Plainfield from the existing alignment on Lockport
Street north to the proposed new alignment on 143r`~ Street; and
WHEREAS, fallowing this change in alignment, the Village of Plainfield anticipates that
jurisdiction for the section of Lockport Street between James Street and Illinois Route 59
(Division Street) will come under the control of the Village of Plainfield; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Plainfield intends to construct improvements to this section of
Lockport Street, including the reconstruction of certain underground utilities, roadway
reconstruction, and construction of Streetscape improvements; and
WHEREAS, construction of streetscape improvements will be predicated on several future
factors, which cannot be assured at this time, including completion of the U.S. Route 30 and the
related jurisdictional transfer, as well as potential funding fox the design and construction of the
desired improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Plainfield formed the Lockport Streetscape Committee, acitizen-
based Committee with representatives from interested stakeholder groups, to research potential
improvements, to gather public input, and to develop recommendations for a conceptual
improvement plan; and
WHEREAS, the Lockport Streetscape Committee is made up of representatives of the Village of
Plainfield Board of Trustees, Plan Commission and Historic Preservation Commission; Village
resident representatives (3), a downtown business-owner representative, arepresentative of
MainStreet Plainfield, Inc., a representative of the Plainfield Fire Protection District, and
representatives of the Village of Plainfield Police, Public Works and Community Development
Departments; and
WHEREAS, the Lockport Streetscape Committee has met regularly since its formation to
develop its conceptual plans and recommendations; and
WHEREAS, as part of its efforts, the Lockport Streetscape Committee conducted a public open
house and other meetings to gather input from downtown property owners, downtown business
owners, and the Plainfield community at large; and
WHEREAS, based on the research and discussions of the Lockport Streetscape Committee, and
in consideration of the public input provided, the Lockport Streetscape Committee has prepared
the "Lockport Street Conceptual Streetscape Plan", dated December 2006; and
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WHEREAS, the Lockport Streetscape Committee presented this plan to the Village of Plainfield
Village President and Board of Trustees at the December 11, 2006 meeting of the Committee of
the Whole.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Village of Plainfield does hereby actively
support the Lockport Streetscape Committee's "Lockport Street Conceptual Streetscape Plan".
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Village of Plainfield endorses the use of the "Lockport
Street Conceptual Streetscape Plan" as the framework for the development of construction and
improvement plans for implementation of the plan.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the Village of Plainfield on this 22nd day of January, 2007.
J ES A. WALDORF
ILLAGE PRESIDENT