Title
Joint resolution authorizing execution of an Agreement for Retail Water Supply Services to Mettawa St. Mary’s Road Service Area with the Village of Mettawa.
Staff Summary
• The Central Lake County Joint Action Water Agency (CLCJAWA) previously authorized the County to provide water to the Village of Mettawa through the County’s Knollwood/Rondout water system.
• Eight properties within Mettawa have approached the Village and requested Lake Michigan water service.
• The Village has established a Special Service Area (SSA) to fund the water system improvements and will design and construct the water system extension to County specifications and will subsequently be owned and operated by the County.
• This resolution authorizes the execution of an Agreement for Retail Water Supply Services to Mettawa St. Mary’s Road Service Area between the County and the Village and establishes the rights and responsibilities of the parties regarding the SSA and the design, construction, ownership and operation of the water system.
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the County of Lake (County) owns and operates the Knollwood water system, which serves areas of unincorporated Lake County as well as portions of the Village of Mettawa (Village); and
WHEREAS, the Village has proposed the establishment of a Special Service Area (SSA) to extend the Knollwood water distribution system to provide water to eight (8) residential properties along St. Mary’s Road utilizing water from the Central Lake County Joint Action Water Agency as the source; and
WHEREAS, the Village has requested that the County design and construct the water distribution system using the proceeds of the SSA funds and subsequently own, operate and maintain the water system; and
WHEREAS, the County and the Village wish to enter into an Agreement for Retail Water Supply Services to Mettawa St. Mary’s Road Service Area to establish the terms, rights and responsibilities by which the project will be administered; and
WHEREAS, execution of an Agreement for Retail Water Service must be authorized by Resolution of this County Board; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois that the Chair of the County Board and the Clerk of said County be and are hereby authorized and directed to execute the Agreement for Retail Water Supply Services to Mettawa for St. Mary’s Road Service Area with the Village of Mettawa in substantially the form attached and subject to the Village’s approval of the SSA Establishing Ordinance and this Retail Water Agreement.
DATED at WAUKEGAN, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, on this 20th day of November, A.D., 2012.