TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Beth Beatty, City Manager
SUBJECT:
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Resolution Authorizing Approval and Execution of a Real Estate Sales Agreement (Southeast Corner of County Line and Black Roads) and an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Village of Shorewood for the Purchase of Real Property
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BACKGROUND:
The Alternative Water Source Program to deliver Lake Michigan water to Joliet and the Grand Prairie Water Commission (GPWC) member communities will require significant waterworks system improvements. These improvements include the addition of regional and member community owned pumping stations and storage tanks at new sites which will require the acquisition of real estate as well as easements for regional transmission mains.
One of these sites is located at the southeast corner of County Line and Black Roads in unincorporated Will County. This location will provide sites for (1) construction of a regional water storage tank and provide space for a future regional pumping station and water storage tanks (20 acres); (2) construction of a City owned pumping station and related water storage tanks and provide space for a future City pumping station and water storage tanks in addition to space for a future City field operations garage (20 acres); and (3) Village of Shorewood facilities for water service by Shorewood (10 acres). The owner of this property also owns adjacent land along Black Road and County Line Road and has agreed to grant necessary permanent and temporary easements in that land for regional transmission mains along both roads.
In February 2022, the City entered into a Preliminary Agreement Regarding Formation of a Regional Water Commission. In this agreement, the City of Joliet is identified as the Program Manager and is responsible for contracting for development of the Program which includes land acquisition for water commission improvements.
The Village of Shorewood has agreed to pay its proportionate share of the purchas...
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