Title
Joint Resolution approving the Northern Lake County Lake Michigan Water Planning Group Memorandum of Understanding.
Staff Summary
· In order to evaluate collective concerns regarding the adequacy of water supplies, the County has worked cooperatively with various other providers of water service in Lake County, including the Lake County Public Water District, the Villages of Antioch, Fox Lake, Lake Villa, Lindenhurst, Wauconda, Lake Zurich, Long Grove and Volo; collectively called the Planning Group.
· The Planning Group members joined in the preparation of both an initial and a supplemental "Lake Michigan Water Feasibility Study" that the Group could in fact jointly develop a water service system utilizing Lake Michigan as their water source, provided that allocations could be obtained and an appropriate and acceptable legal entity could be established to operate and govern such a joint water system.
· The Planning Group members have collectively committed investments of approximately $249,000 so that the engineering firm of Applied Technologies, Inc. could prepare applications for allocations of Lake Michigan Water for submission to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR).
· The successful conclusion of the joint water allocation requires political support for the allocation request from each of the governing bodies of the Group.
· Lake County has engaged Holland & Knight as legal counsel to prepare documentation for the formation of the Entity (Preliminary Legal Work) including preparation of an intergovernmental agreement to allow the Group members to proceed.
· The Planning Group members have collectively agreed to fund this legal assistance in the amount of $50,000. Each member will pay $5,000, the County will pay $10,000 because we represent two (2) of the ten (10) water systems (Grandwood Park and Fox Lake Hills).
· This resolution authorizes the County to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding to further develop a joint system for ...
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