HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS-2000-039-R-0004/20/00
• 39-R-00
A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a
Permit With the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
District of Greater Chicago Allowing the
City to Re -Route a Segment of a
Water Main at 2222 Green Bay Road
WHEREAS, the City and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
Chicago ("MWRD") are units of municipal government; and
WHEREAS, 5 ILCS 220, The Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, provides that
units of municipal government may enter into cooperative agreements with each other for
the joint exercise of municipal authority; and
• WHEREAS, the City, as a home rule unit, is empowered to enter into agreements
pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the permit described herein is such an agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City is desirous of re-routing a small segment of an existing 36-inch
water main to the Village of Skokie on and around MWRD property at 2222 Green Bay
Road; and
WHEREAS, the water main re-routing requires the City to enter onto MWRD
property and to do work thereon; and
WHEREAS, the City and the MWRD will in the future submit to the City Council and
MWRD Board, respectively, for approval, a subsurface easement allowing the re-routed
0
water main to remain in situ on MWRD property; and
39-R-00
04/20/00 •
WHEREAS, re-routing the said water main and execution of the MWRD permit are
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:
herein.
SECTION 1: That the foregoing recitals are found as fact and incorporated
SECTION 2: That the City Council hereby authorizes and directs the City
Manager to execute, and the City Clerk to attest, a one-year permit with the MWRD
permitting the City to re-route a segment of the 36-inch water main to the Village of Skokie
for an approximately six hundred (600) feet in length on and around MWRD property. is
SECTION 3: The City Manager is authorized to negotiate any additional
terms and conditions deemed to be in the public interest.
SECTION 4: That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
i
ayor
ATTEST:
lerk
� z ,
Adopted: �,1�-� ; - , 2000
-2- 0