TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Allison Swisher, Director of Public Utilities
SUBJECT:
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Resolution Approving Acceptance of Donation of Land for Water Tower Site and Authorizing Approval and Execution of an Easement Agreement with TCIH Holdings, LLC (Northpoint) for the Alternative Water Source Program
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Joliet is working with five other communities on the Alternative Water Source Program to design and construct a pipeline to provide Lake Michigan water purchased from the City of Chicago to the region. The Water Supply Agreement between the City of Chicago and the City of Joliet, and the Water Supply Agreement between Grand Prairie Water Commission and its member municipalities, including the City of Joliet, each require the City of Joliet to provide water storage capacity in an amount not less than two times the City's Lake Michigan water allocation amount granted by the State of Illinois no later than the year 2040. The City's existing water storage capacity does not meet this requirement. Therefore, design and construction of new water storage tanks will be required to accept delivery of Lake Michigan water.
Computerized hydraulic modeling performed by the engineering firm retained by the City for the design of new water storage tank capacity showed that the existing customers in the southeast area of the City will benefit from adding elevated storage in the area. Based on the hydraulic modeling, both a radius of land area and the necessary elevation for a new site were identified for placement of a new water storage tank that will provide the necessary operating pressures to deliver water service to existing Joliet customers in the southeast area of the City. Review and analysis of available real estate within the identified hydraulic radius and at the required elevation resulted in a determination that a 1.317-acre parcel within the land acquired by TCIH Holdings LLC for the Compass Business Park, located east of I...
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