HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 1301RESOLUTION 13 O 1
A RESOLUTION FROM THE VILLAGE OF PLAINFIELD
APPROVING PARTICIPATION IN THE OUTER CIRCUMFERENTIAL
COMMUTER RAIL TASK FORCE AND SUPPORTING
ELEMENT TWO OF THE PHASE II FEASIBILITY STUDY OF
THE OUTER CIRCUMFERENTIAL COMMUTER RAIL LINE
WHEREAS, the Village of Plainfield's Comprehensive Plan supports Metra service to the
Village with a commuter rail station in close proximity to the Village Center; and
WHEREAS, the Outer Circumferential Corridor was recommended for further study at the
conclusion of the Phase I Feasibility Study in April of 1999; and
WHEREAS, the Phase I Study recommended travel demand forecasting, commuter rail transfer
interactions, vanpool and feeder bus services, and land use planning be investigated in the next
phase of the study process; and
WHEREAS, the communities within the Outer Circumferential Commuter rail line corridor
desire have established a Task Force to provide a larger forum to present results of the Study,
review draft study products, and provide input at selected points in the process; and
WHEREAS, the Outer Circumferential Commuter Rail Task Force ("the Task Force") is
comprised of the following jurisdictions within the E J & E Corridor: Aurora, Barrington,
Bartlett, Chicago Heights, Elgin, Frankfort, Green Oaks, Hawthorn Woods, Hoffman Estates,
Joliet, Lake Zurich, Long Grove, Lynwood, Matteson, Mokena, Mundelein, Naperville, New
Lenox, North Chicago, Plainfield, Park Forest, Richton Park, Sauk Village, Shorewood, Vernon
Hills, Waukegan, and West Chicago; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Plainfield supported Element One of the Phase II Feasibility Study
by resolution on February S, 2001, which supports the Village as a member of the Task Force;
and
WHEREAS, the members of the Task Force and Metra have jointly agreed to undertake a
Market Research Study, and to that end, have established a Project Management Team to guide
it; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Task Force together with Metra desire to participate in a Land-
use and Community Planning Study of the Outer Circumferential Commuter Rail Line; and
WHEREAS, the Project Management Team will be composed of Metra, RTA, Chicago Area
Transportation Study (CATS), and representatives of the Steering Committee; and
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WHEREAS, the members of the Task Force have agreed to make available relevant resources
(e.g. land use plans, development data, traffic data, transportation facility plans, previous studies)
that they have in hand to assist Metra and the Consultant in the conduct of the Study; and
WHEREAS, the participating Communities along the proposed rail line, have secured funding
through the Illinois Tomorrow Program to conduct Element Two of the Phase II Study, the
"Land-use and Community Planning Study", for the Outer Circumferential Commuter Rail
Corridor to produce transit-oriented development (TOD) plans for participating communities and
to quantify the sociaeconomic and transportation variables that will be used in the travel demand
analysis; and
WHEREAS, the Will County Governmental League will coordinate payments with Metra on
behalf of the local match and assume responsibility for the collection of all payments from the
members of the Task Farce, thereby acting as the fiscal agent for collection of the local match;
and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Village of Plainfield desires to participate
in the Outer Circumferential Commuter Rail Task Farce and in the Land-use and Community
Planning Study of Outer Circumferential Commuter rail line through participation in the Task
Force; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that as a member of the Task Force, the Village of Plainfield
agrees to pay the Will County Governmental League all properly presented invoices for an
amount not to exceed $2,000 towards the local match.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution demonstrates that there is a binding
agreement among local funding organizations to ensure that local matching funds will be
available for the Land-use and Community Planning Study.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this Resolution will be forwarded to the Will
County Governmental League, the RTA, Metra, and CATS.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the Village of Plainfield on this
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