TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Nolan Ming, Deputy City Manager
SUBJECT:
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Resolutions Associated with Right-of-Way Dedications to Allow Construction of the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge.
Resolution Approving Dedication of Approximately 11.1 Acres of Land as Public Right-of-Way, South of Millsdale Road and West of the Union Pacific Railroad (D-1-26)
Resolution Approving Dedication of Approximately 8.1 Acres of Land as Public Right-of-Way, South of Millsdale Road and East of the Union Pacific Railroad (D-2-26)
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BACKGROUND:
The subject properties have been undeveloped throughout their histories, though they have since been included in two large industrial developments in the CenterPoint Intermodal Center (West of the Union Pacific Railroad) and East Gate Logistics Park (East of the Union Pacific Railroad).
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.
The northern portion of the parcel located immediately east of the railroad, and the northern portions of the parcels located west of the railroad, south of Millsdale Road, must be dedicat...
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