HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS-2000-047-R-005/17/00
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A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a
Permit With the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
District of Greater Chicago Allowing the
City to Store Construction -Related Equipment
And Materials on District Property on
Ashland Avenue near Noyes Street
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 General Permit between the City to MWRD described herein below
is such an agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City is desirous of entering on and occupying a portion of District
property on Ashland Avenue near Noyes Street for use as a contractors' staging yard in
connection with the City's long-range sewer improvement program; and
WHEREAS, the MWRD requires the City to execute an agreement, a General
Permit, as a condition precedent to the aforedescribed use of the said MWRD land; and
• WHEREAS, execution of the subject General Permit to facilitate sewer improvement
program is in the best interests of the citizens of Evanston,
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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 three-year permit with the MWRD for
the sum of one dollar and no/100 ($1.00) permitting the City and its long-range sewer
improvement contractors to use the area of approximately 51,450 square feet of MWRD
property located along Ashland Avenue, near the intersection of vacated Noyes Street, and
just south of property at 2222 Green Bay; in Evanston.
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.
Mayor /"4 o r E, W,
ATTEST: >
ity Clerk
Adopted: �� ,Z , 2000
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