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Illinois Route 53 Land Expansion Alternative Use Task Force
NOTICE: The Final Report of the Task Force is linked below. The Task Force has been dissolved
The Illinois Route 53 Expansion Land Alternative Use Task Force was created in 2021 via House Joint Resolution 6 to study alternate uses for the proposed extension of Illinois Route 53 in Lake County. The study will include the following:
- The cost, feasibility, and environmental impact of alternative uses of the expansion land, including any potential impact on flooding in the area,
- The short and long term economic impact to the region, and
- All options for funding alternative uses.
Appointed Members of the Task Force
- Administrative Support Staff
Dan Lewis, Legislative Liaison
IL Department of Natural Resources
dan.p.lewis@illinois.gov - Senate President Appointee
Senator Melinda Bush, District 31 (Co-Chair)
- Speaker of the House Appointee
Representative Dan Didech, District 59 - Senate Minority Leader Appointee
Leader Dan McConchie, District 26
House Minority Leader Appointee
Representative Chris Bos, District 51 (Co-Chair)
- Secretary of Transportation
Laura Mlacnik, Bureau Chief of Land Acquisition - Department of Natural Resources
John Rogner, Assistant Director
- Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Todd Rettig, Deputy Director - Lake County
John Wasik, Lake County Board, District 6
- Lake County Stormwater Management
Marah Altenberg, Lake County Board, District 20
- Village of Long Grove
Bill Jacob, Mayor - Village of Hawthorn Woods
Dominick DiMaggio, Mayor
- Village of Mundelein
Steve Lentz, Mayor
- Village of Grayslake
Rhett Taylor, Mayor
- Midwest Sustainability Group
Barbara Klipp, Executive Director - Livable Lake County
Sam Beard, Organizer - The Sierra Club, Illinois Chapter
Jack Darin, Chapter Director - Visit Lake County
John Maguire, Director of Community Outreach
- Openlands
Jerry Adelmann, President & CEO
- Lake County Forest Preserves
Jessica Vealitzek, Lake County Board, District 1
Final Report
Meetings
2022
- December 16
Meeting Agenda - November 23
Meeting Agenda | Meeting Minutes | Meeting Video Recording - November 21
Meeting Agenda | Meeting Minutes | Meeting Video Recording - October 17
Meeting Agenda | Meeting Minutes | Meeting Video Recording - August 12
Meeting Agenda - Postponed
- July 25
Meeting Agenda | Meeting Minutes
- May 27
Meeting Agenda | Meeting Minutes | Meeting Video Recording
- March 14
Meeting Agenda | Meeting Minutes | Meeting Video Recording - January 28
Meeting Agenda | Meeting Minutes | Meeting Video Recording
2021
- December 20
Meeting Agenda | Meeting Minutes | Meeting Video Recording