Title
Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with the Oasis Business Center Property Association (Oasis) transferring ownership of the Oasis water supply system to Lake County.
Staff Summary
· The Oasis manages the Oasis Business Park, which is located in Mettawa.
· In 2000, Oasis constructed a private water distribution system to provide water service to businesses in the Park.
· Oasis would like to obtain Lake Michigan water via the County’s Knollwood water system and transfer ownership of its current water system to the County.
· The County and Mettawa entered into an agreement in June, 2001 whereby the County agreed to provide retail water services to certain properties within Mettawa, which included the Oasis Business Park.
· The Public Works Department has inspected the Oasis water system and has determined that the water system meets or exceeds the County’s standards.
· The agreement has been approved by Oasis.
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the Oasis Business Center Property Association, Inc., an Illinois not-for-profit corporation (“Oasis Property Association”), holds clear and uncontested fee simple title to, and possesses full authority and right to transfer ownership of, the aforedescribed Oasis Water Distribution System and Facilities, and any and all attendant easements, to the County; and
WHEREAS, the County has established a Department of Public Works pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois entitled "An Act in Relation to Water Supply, Drainage, Sewage, Pollution, and Flood Control in Certain Counties", as amended, for the purpose of performing, among other things, the function of providing potable public water supply and facilities to certain areas within the County’s jurisdiction, including portions of the Village of Mettawa, proximate to the Oasis Subdivision (hereafter “County Waterworks System”); and, the County is a member community in the Central Lake County Joint Action Water Agency (“CLCJAWA”), w...
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