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02/04/2002
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A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement
With Northwestern University and the Village of Skokie,
Providing for the Joint and Cooperative Establishment and
Operation of a Regional Alternative Fuel Authority (EVNORSKO)
And For Construction and Operation of a Clean Burning
Compressed Natural Gas ("CNG") Facility at the
City's Municipal Service Center, 2020 Asbury Avenue
WHEREAS, Article XI of the Constitution of the State of Illinois provides that the
public policy of the State and the duty of each ,person are to provide and maintain a
healthful environment for the benefit of this and future generations; and
• WHEREAS, the establishment and operation of an alternative fuel infrastructure site
on municipally -owned property in the City of Evanston will promote clean air and thereby
further the public policy of Illinois to provide and maintain a healthful environment; and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston and the Village of Skokie are home rule units of
local government under Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, among the powers granted to a home rule unit by Article VII, Section
VI of the Constitution of the State of Illinois is that to exercise any power and perform any
function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, a cooperative effort to fuel their fleets with clean -burning compressed
natural gas ("CNG") pertains to the government and affairs of the City of Evanston and the
0 Village of Skokie in that it will benefit the air quality of the area; and
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WHEREAS, Article VII, Section X of the Constitution of the State of Illinois allows •
the City of Evanston, and the Village of Skokie, as units of local government, to contract
with corporations to share services and combine functions; and
WHEREAS, said Article VII, Section X of the Constitution of the State of Illinois
allows the City of Evanston and the Village of Skokie to contract with Northwestern
University, an Illinois corporation, to share services and combine functions by providing for
construction and operation of a new CNG pumping facility in the City of Evanston; and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston, Village of Skokie, and Northwestern University,
collectively, "the parties", have determined that joint action is the most effective way to
accomplish the above -described purposes; and
WHEREAS, execution of this Agreement is in the best interests of the citizens of •
Evanston,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That the foregoing recitals are found as fact and made a part hereof.
SECTION 2: That the City Manager and the City Clerk, respectively, are hereby
authorized and directed to execute, attest, and deliver the EVNORSKO Agreement
attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof, and such other documents as may
be necessary to the herein -authorized Agreement.
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SECTION 3: That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to negotiate
any additional terms and conditions of the EVNORSKO Agreement as may be in the best
interest of the City.
SECTION 4: That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after the
date of its passage and approval in the manner required by law.
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Adopted: 2- � , 2002
ATTEST:
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Lorraine H.
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Morton, Mayor