TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Jayne Bernhard, Planning Director
SUBJECT:
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Ordinance and Resolution Associated with the Vacation of a Portion of Millsdale Road
Ordinance Approving Vacation of a Portion of Millsdale Road Adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad (V-6-26)
Resolution Approving Dedication of a Public Utility Easement Adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad (V-6-26)
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BACKGROUND:
In June of 2025, the City entered into a Settlement and Mutal Releases Agreement with Houbolt Road Extension JV, LLC, Centerpoint Properties Trust, Centerpoint Joliet Terminal Railroad, LLC, East Gate-Logistics Park Chicago, LLC, New Wave Farms, LLC, and Northpoint Development LLC relating to the construction of the East Gate Logistics Park development in Joliet. The Agreement stipulates that East Gate is required by the City to construct a closed loop truck network that would serve as the exclusive method of tractor-trailer truck ingress and egress within the East Gate property, only to be accessed to and from the East Gate property by tractor-trailer trucks via a single access point on Millsdale Road. The Agreement further states that the closed loop truck network shall include a proposed bridge crossing the Union Pacific Railroad at a point immediately south of Millsdale Road and connecting with Millsdale Road at a point west of the Union Pacific Railroad. Corresponding right-of-way dedications south of Millsdale Road, adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad crossing were approved by the City Council at its September 15, 2026 meeting.
A cul-de-sac has already been constructed east of the Millsdale Road and railroad intersection to separate residential traffic closer to Illinois Route 53 away from the closed loop truck network access point. Once the bridge is built, eastbound traffic on Millsdale Road, west of the railroad, will either have to merge onto the closed loop truck network, or will be forced to turn around in the existing turnaround circle that is...
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