Title
Joint resolution authorizing a second amendment to an agreement for sewer service with the Village of Hawthorn Woods.
Staff Summary
• The Village of Hawthorn Woods has requested that its sewer service area be amended to include a 15-acre parcel know as Hawthorn Trails Phase Three.
• The parcel is located at the northeast corner of Quentin Road and Illinois Route 22.
• The request was discussed at the March 1, 2017 Public Works and Transportation (PWT) Committee meeting, at which time the Village of Hawthorn Woods made a presentation regarding the proposed development.
• Following the March 1, 2017 PWT Committee meeting, Planning, Building and Development staff met with the developer and was successful in incorporating additional design improvements. These improvements include: elimination of two residential lots (39 and 37), increased lot sizes and setbacks, as well as a park between the proposed houses and the project’s northern perimeter.
• This resolution authorizes a second amendment to the sewer service agreement with the Village of Hawthorn Woods that amends the sewer service area to include service to the Hawthorn Trails Phase Three parcel.
Body
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the County of Lake (the “County”) has entered into an Agreement for Sewer Service (the “Agreement”) with the Village of Hawthorn Woods (“Village”) dated July 10, 1990; and
WHEREAS, on July 13, 1998, the County and the Village entered into the First Amendment to Agreement for Sewer Service (the “First Amendment”)(the Agreement and first Amendment shall hereinafter be referred to collectively as the “Sewage Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Village now desires to have the County provide direct sewer service to additional properties within Hawthorn Woods; and
WHEREAS, the County has determined that expansion of the service areas under the Sewage Agreement to additional properties is feasible; and
WHEREAS, execution of a Second Amendment to Agreement for Sewer Service (the “Second Amendment”) must be authorized by resolution of the County Board;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Chairman of the Board and the County Clerk be and are hereby authorized and directed to execute and attest the attached Second Amendment with the Village; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, in light of the impending expiration of the current Sewage Agreement between the County and Village on July 10, 2020, the County staff is hereby directed to immediately begin negotiations with the Village on a new agreement for sewer service, and that the County consider no additional properties for sewer services until a new agreement is in effect; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Clerk is directed to deliver to the Village President and Village Clerk of the Village a certified copy of this Resolution.
DATED, at WAUKEGAN, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, on this 11th day of April, A.D., 2017.