Title
Joint Resolution authorizing the County Board Chairman to execute an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of North Chicago to provide up to $100,000 from the County’s Brownfield Funds to the City to assist with environmental clean up activities at the northwest corner of Sheridan Road and Martin Luther King Drive in North Chicago, Illinois.
Staff Summary
• The HCS Committee heard a presentation at their last meeting and directed that a Resolution be prepared to provide funds for their proposed project.
• The Resolution authorizes the intergovernmental agreement for the project at the northwest corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Sheridan Road in an amount not to exceed $100,000.
Body
WHEREAS, the County is vested under State Statute with authority to protect and clean the environment and the groundwater; and
WHEREAS, the County has established a Brownfield Fund in an intergovernmental effort to reduce environmental contamination and promote the redevelopment of brownfield sites throughout Lake County; and
WHEREAS, the Community & Economic Development Committee has approved guidelines by which the County can entertain requests from local governments within Lake County for brownfield funds for specific projects within their community; and
WHEREAS, the North Chicago has determined that there is a need for additional environmental remediation at the Northwest Corner of Sheridan Road and Martin Luther King Drive in order to redevelop the downtown area; and
WHEREAS, the City of City has submitted a request for the County’s Brownfield Funds, with said funds to be matched by the City, to be used for environmental cleanup activities that will result in the protection of the groundwater; and
WHEREAS, the Community & Economic Development and Financial & Administrative Committees hereby accept the request of the City of North Chicago and recommend that the County provide up to $100,000.00 in Brownfield Funds to the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois that the County Board Chairman is hereby authorized to execute an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of North Chicago for brownfield activities, a copy of which is attached, and hereby incorporated in this Resolution by reference; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County will provide up to $100,000.00 from the County’s Brownfield Funds to the City of North Chicago for environmental clean up activities at the Northwest Corner of Sheridan Road and Martin Luther King Drive in North Chicago, Illinois; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that with the acceptance of the County’s Brownfield Funds, the City of North Chicago will comply with the provisions of the Lake County Brownfield Fund Guidelines and the Intergovernmental Agreement for which Lake County funds are expended.
DATED, at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois on this 14th day of October, A.D. 2008.