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Joint resolution declaring support for allocations of Lake Michigan water to members of the Water Planning Group and intent to create a Joint Action Water Agency.
Staff Summary
· The County along with eight villages and the Lake County Public Water District are members of the Northern Lake County Lake Michigan Water Planning Group who have met regularly since September 2006 to explore delivery of Lake Michigan water to member communities.
· The Planning Group includes the County, the Village of Antioch, the Village of Fox Lake, the Village of Lake Villa, the Village of Lindenhurst, the Village of Wauconda, the Village of Long Grove, the Village of Lake Zurich, and the Village of Volo, as well as the Lake County Public Water District.
· Each member has submitted its application for an allocation of Lake Michigan water to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and pre-hearings on the applications are scheduled for January 13th and 14th in Chicago.
· The Planning Group members have conferred and have determined that it is necessary and in their best interests that the entity be created as a municipal joint action water agency pursuant to the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 5 ILCS 220/1 in order to provide for a joint water works and or water supply system to obtain Lake Michigan water.
· The Planning Group members (other than the Village of Long Grove) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding pursuant to which they have agreed to share the cost of preparing the various agreements necessary to create the Agency.
· While the joint water allocation effort is pending, the planning group members are continuing to work with legal counsel to prepare and complete various agreements necessary to create the Agency to operate and govern the joint water service system.
· This resolution incorporates County Board action on several recitals including (i) ratifying and confirming the submission of its two applications for allocations of Lake Michigan...
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