TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Nolan Ming, Deputy City Manager
SUBJECT:
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Resolution Approving Dedication of Approximately 4.3 Acres of Land as Public Right-of-Way West of Illinois Route 53 (D-3-26)
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BACKGROUND:
The subject property consists of 4.3 acres, and is located west of Illinois Route 53, across from the former Breen Road right-of-way that was recently vacated. The parcel acreage was incorrectly stated as 7.4 acres on previous public notice advertisements, and is actually 4.3 acres in size, per the attached Plat of Dedication. The subject property has been farmland throughout much of its history. The property was annexed into the City and zoned I-1 (Light Industrial) in 2021, with the intent of being used as land to construct a bridge over Illinois Route 53 for the East Gate Logistics Development Park closed loop truck network. The property has since been graded for the proposed bridge approach.
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 bridge crossing Illinois Route 53 to provide tractor-trailer truck access from the portion of the East Gate property lying east of Illinois Route 53 to the Railroad Bridge, which crosses over the Union Pacific Railroad to the northwest of the subject property.
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